Merc rebuild

[moogie]

I decided to give my old Merc tractor unit a new lease of life by building it into a 8x4 tipper.



I had a couple of frame rails left over from another build and a front axle, so joined it all together and came up with this.





One part of this build that had me doing a bit of head scratching was how to steer both front axles from one servo. This is what i came up with.



With playing about with the linkages i was able to get the second axle steering less than the front.



Made a start on the tipper,i would have had more done but Mk1 tipper body was pulled apart as i wasn't happy with the way it looked, so this is now Mk2.



All made from 3mm plasticard and is loosly based on a Boweld Muck lite.



I have decided to have my wheel arches mounted to the chassis rather than the body, just makes things a little easier for me.



The bar across the top of rear opening is just to keep everything square, it will be remove later and the corner posts shortened.



For the rear pivot i found a pair of hinges from a Tamiya F350 Hi Lift. Hope you can see them ok in the photo.



The back axle will be eventually changed for a driven one, if i ever find one at a decent price !