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Re: Peterbilt 6x6 Medium Hauler
Oh, mine were drilled, but I wanted to move the axle forward a bit so I drilled new holes.
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Re: Peterbilt 6x6 Medium Hauler
Ah my bad!
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Re: Peterbilt 6x6 Medium Hauler
Might be a long time before you can take winter pictures again Looks good in the snow!
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Re: Peterbilt 6x6 Medium Hauler
I knew I'd want custom plates for this truck and rather than spend money on some custom ones, I decided to try my hand at making some. Being 1/14th scale, they're only about 1" long so it won't be obvious if they're not perfect. And it costs me nothing to try so why not? I went online and copied a few JPGs of license plates I'd want. I printed them and then trimmed them out. Here's a super close-up of what my mediocre printer could do:
Then I adhered them to some .015" styrene with some glue. Then I trimmed them out with some clear tape applied over them to protect the ink. The thin overall thickness feels pretty realistic and from a short distance I think they'll look just fine. Another thing I've been thinking about lately is the front bumper. I haven't found an aluminum one that I like so for now I'm going to use the stocker. I cut off the two "buck teeth" from under it to help the approach angle. I like weight in my scale RCs. They perform more realistically that way. In fact, I'm rather disappointed the Pete is only weighing in at about 9 lbs so far. So I decided to add some weight in the form of touring car weights glued into the front bumper. I Dremeled out some room inside the bumper, glued the weights in, and will paint them silver so they're less obvious. Those 80 grams really gave the bumper some heft! |
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Weight is good! Interesting way of making plates
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I agree! And ideally I'd like to apply the plates to some super thin aluminum, but I just used what I had around.....for now.
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Snow pics look great
Soda can or aluminum disposable oven cookware (tooling foil) can make pretty good license plate backing. Commercial rig with Vanity plates? (The LA plate took me a second to get.)
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I popped some holes in the dash today in preparation for backlighting the dash similar to how Bob at Hobby Concepts does it. And with paint and my marker job it came out looking like wood grain. Perfect!! Primed/painted some other bits today, too. Ignore Cletus. I think he sniffed too much spray paint today. |
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I picked up a pair of super single Michelins from RC4WD in hopes of maybe running them up front. Holy crapola, they're gigantic!
I mean....sure, technically they fit, but that wheel is way too narrow so these will be used another time. It's a bummer because they look amazing and are so much softer than the rock hard Lesus. I also started working on painting the driver. Never painted a person before so it'll be interesting to see how this dude turns out! But how do I mount him into the seat? Not gonna lie. This felt a bit awkward. But I had my reasons to violate poor Cletus the way I did! See? I told ya. This wasn't just for my own personal enjoyment! Finally getting around to doing some detailing of the cab, too. Rolled the windows down to make it easier to see the interior. Got the orange lenses fitted to the cab clearance lights and painted the visor. I also painted the wipers and some window trim. Lastly, I picked up a Gear Jammer fifth wheel slider and a Lesu fifth wheel and did some painting along the way. |
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For super-single steers, probably consider making a set of cut&shuts? You'll need some Rubberized CA glue normally used for mounting racecar tires. I'd take off the parting line tread block, and maybe the one next to it.
We're not gonna judge you about what you were doing with the driver, if you're both concenting adults, be yourself.
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As far as Cletus goes, things were a bit awkward between us for awhile, but we're all good now. I'm happy to see the interior taking shape the way I'd envisioned. |
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Well, Cletus has gotten all gussied up so he can scour the truck stops for lot lizards!
I told him his toupe looks ridiculous. Since I got rid of the raised transmission I decided to get a new floor section that wasn't cut up. I also painted and detailed the seats a bit. Uh oh, the Lesu trans is also too tall. A 2mm body lift under the cab and sleeper did the trick. Barely noticeable. Here you can also see the plates I put on the bumper and I also added some lenses to the Lesu headlights because they weren't included! Speaking of the Lesu headlights, it's not going to be easy to wire these up cleanly! Since I'm planning my trailer build, I also picked up some aluminum axles and some cheap wheels. For now I'll use the extra Lesu AT tires I had laying around, though I'm hoping to get some lower profile tires to fit underneath my trailer. Anyone wanna trade? It's getting so close! Cletus had to jump in and make vroom vroom noises. By the way, it's not easy getting the body on with him in there! LOL |
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Re: Peterbilt 6x6 Medium Hauler
Did you at one point think "Hey, I've finished my truck!", before you started the modification and upgrades?
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No way! I've actually had a fairly clear vision for this truck once I got it. I know it's still got a way to go, but it's never been closer!
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Uh oh! Looks like I've got a defective super single. I hate it when that happens.
Yep, I'm resurrecting my cut-n-shut days from 10+ years ago. I decided to remove one sliver of tread blocks to get the width I wanted. I've got some more work to do on them, but I'm liking what I'm seeing so far. |
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All done. Incidentally, the Michelin on the right from rcbrmin.com is SUPER hard. It made the Lesu feel like a crawler tire. The RCW4WD Michelin that I narrowed, however, is very soft, but with the stock foams it looks like it'll support the weight of the truck nicely.
I may experiment with taller foams to see if I can get the profile of the tread a bit more rounded, but nonetheless, I'm quite pleased! |
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I LOVE the idea of trimming some meat out of the center of them tires!
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Trying a new servo that hopefully doesn't burn out like the Tower Pros have done.
Interior details. Now Cletus is ready for some gear jammin'! Anyone else tried TheDIYGuy999's homemade sound/light controller? I'm working on it now... |
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Re: Peterbilt 6x6 Medium Hauler
Not yet ... kind of intimidating ....really want to see how this works out
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