Scaleart - assembling an Arocs 8x8 roll on roll off kipper

[Rakthi]

Did not get around to the doors. Decided to install the fender parts first. Seemed like a simple job. Remove wheel and bolt on.







Didn't like the inside to be so white, so painted it black.



So I needed to use black bolts instead of the stainless screws. I only have those in M2x10, so cut 6 of them down to size and filed the cut mark





Easier to write about than to do it. Mighty tight in there and the axle is in the way for access to the bottom 2 nuts on this left side.

Well, if the left side was mildly enervating, the right side was close to frustrating. Barely room to fit the nut. So only picture of the thing installed.



If I ever get around to building another one of these, I will install these two bits before I even touch the axles.

Then "just" attach the bumper to the frame.



Tight ... but it fitted. One just has to fiddle to line all the parts up. There's not a mm to spare - especially on the bottom. One has to admire ScaleART for the tightness of their designs and the close tolerances of the parts.





A channel to run the wires is foreseen in the bumper.