6x6 Dakar Race Truck (1:16 scale)

[JensR]

Not a biggie
Just for your information:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=mercedes+SK
For the MAN, I sadly do not know how the generation back then was called, but they looked like this one:
http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/d_child.htm

[azbill]

I rattle can painted the trailer blue, but I'm really not liking the color. Plus the paint is high lighting my piss poor wood working skills...

I hooked up some "RPM" bar lights for the cab. I wires in some micro-incandescent light bulbs into the light bars instead of LED's. No real reason except I never seen micro-incandescent light bulbs (aero-naut) and tough the light color might be different.

[azbill]

I added some exhaust pipes, Wedico air-cleaners ad hinged the tail gate. Then reassembled the truck and drive around the yard for a while.

I'm trying to post the build in segments, like I built it. I'm several post behind. I'm not really working that fast...

[azbill]

Seem's my bar lights missed up the function of the hinges on the cab door's. So I there now going to be non-functional.

New plan for the truck color. I got roll of blue flexible carbon fiber vinyl wrap (MetroRestyling.com) and went to town wrapping the cab and the trailer. Took about 7 hours to wrap. I think it looks a better!

I got a small sheet of plexi-glass from Home Depot and cut it to the shapes of the cab windows and spray painted the inside black. Then mounted them with hot glue.

At this point the truck looks a little to militant. I'm going to add some decals to the truck to match the decals on my old race bike.

[azbill]

My buddy gave me a smoke generator for a train and dared to integrate it into the truck. It wasn't that hard, but I'm very dis appointed that that I can find in "black" smoke. All the train products produce thin white smoke with doesn't come close to a turbo diesel output.

I got a couple of the MSDS sheets from a couple of the train smoke fluids and I measured the voltage and temperature of the heating element in the smoke generator. I send all the info to a chemical engineer friend of mine and asked him to make me some black smoke fluid...

Then thin walled tubing keep clasping on it self, so I may redo the plumbing once I get the black fluid.

Video...
http://youtu.be/qi5Hpynxl8s

[azbill]

Lighting test...

1) Running Lights
2) Running & Bar Lights
3) Running & Ground Lights
4) Running, Bar & Ground Lights
5) Rear Break Lights

[mack kid]

I once saw on a tank forum black smoke. i know that in itself not a lot of help but just maybe i can find it again.

[azbill]

Originally Posted by mack kid

I once saw on a tank forum black smoke. i know that in itself not a lot of help but just maybe i can find it again.

I'll keep searching google...