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kaipi0070
05-26-2012, 06:43 AM
Hey guys,

well, after a long absence I want to show you my latest model.
Just for fun I bidded on a used Mercedes 1838 on EBay. Didn´t think of getting it, but.........:rolleyes:

After a few days, I got a box. After opening I found this:


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As you can see, there´s some parts missing, like the fenders and the sunshield, but the guy who sold mentioned that, so that´s ok!

Before I started to take it apart, I did a little testrun......:eek:
The gearbox sounded somehow strange, so I opened it first.
This was horrible:

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/5987/p1050439j.jpg

All those of you that have build a Tamiya-Truck once know, what the blue stuff is....
So I took the gearbox completely apart, cleaned it and put some grease on it, now it´s fine again.

The rest of the Truck needed a close inspection after I found this. Ther guy who built this one had no clue or simply didn´t use/read/understand the construction manual:confused::confused::confused:!!
Most of the screws where wrong (short one needed, long ones used), etc!!

After i corrected all this, I started to put the Merc back together, giving him some new parts, like a Poison Truck Motor, new speed controller, wide rims and tires.
I decided to paint it in a dark red, the color of a local company, specialized on heavy-weight transports.
Finally it looks like this:

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/520/p1050434o.jpg

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aussietruckerguy
05-26-2012, 06:58 AM
NICE rebuild very nice!!
Diesel Demond
05-26-2012, 11:51 AM
that has got to be one happy little truck after all the mistakes. looks very good as its new look of life great job!
SWAGGER
05-26-2012, 06:03 PM
A touch of class, great rebuild. Nice to see an abused truck go to a caring home.
dabears
05-27-2012, 02:38 AM
great rebuild!!
Ogar
05-27-2012, 05:40 AM
It looks good,very nice.
The lock tight in the tranny scared me yikes.

Paul
kaipi0070
05-31-2012, 05:48 AM
Did some more details on the Truck. First, I hided the wiring in the cabin, so this looks much better now:
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Then I put a Poison Truck motor in and re-installed the gearbox. The guy who build this one first overturned the schrew in the pinion-gear that bad, that I had to drill a new hole and cut new windings!
But even after overhauling the gears, they still "sing" very loud. I guess, the only solution will be in changing all the gears some time!
kaipi0070
05-31-2012, 05:51 AM
And now the other Tractors came to say "Welcome to the fleet":cool:

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rcman
05-31-2012, 06:12 AM
very nice fleet you have there! love the 1838 makes me want to build mine! I have all the parts sitting but no tranny yet!
Brel
05-31-2012, 07:30 AM
nice work on the rebuild of the Mercedes truck
coligny
06-01-2012, 06:41 AM
Nice work... do you have any tips/advice on how to make clean rectangular holes for the sidemarker leds on the fenders ?
kaipi0070
06-01-2012, 11:11 AM
Hello coligny,

first I drilled a small hole with a 0,1mm driller. Then I used this one to cut the material away. After that I used a very fine file to finish the hole. I used some of the yellow squre rear-lights from Tamiya and cut matching pieces out. Finally, I glued some SMD-Led´s with 5 minute-epoxy in the inside of the fender.

I hope, this helps!
Diesel Demond
06-01-2012, 04:24 PM
very nice fleet mines in shambles but should have pics by 3rd week in july
coligny
06-04-2012, 07:57 AM
Hello coligny,

first I drilled a small hole with a 0,1mm driller. Then I used this one to cut the material away. After that I used a very fine file to finish the hole. I used some of the yellow squre rear-lights from Tamiya and cut matching pieces out. Finally, I glued some SMD-Led´s with 5 minute-epoxy in the inside of the fender.

I hope, this helps!

Ok thanks, I will try that ASAP... I now have quite a stock of rectangular leds (2x5mm) to put to good use...