King Hauler slighlty modifiied

[kaipi0070]

Hello to everybody,
in this thread I´d like to show you some pics of my first King Hauler. I´ve built it in 2009, then did some changes in 2010 and finally finished it this year.
I´am not gonna show pics from building the frame, I think there´s enough in other threads!
The first change I did was the front lights. The original Tamiya lights look somehow sad, so I chagned them and made the tractor look more like a Kenworth, with two lights each side.
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I used the rear bumper to cut out the bulb-housings with a dremel and used some clear plexi to cover the 5mm LED´s.
After Building the tractor together it lokked kie this:
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I also put some LED´s behind th dashboard, hard to make a pic!
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The tractor sat fo a while like that, but then I wanted a different paint-scheme on it, so down with the old paint!
This is the final result:
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After a week of re-wiring all the lights and putting it back together it came out like this.
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This was last winter, we had some snow outside, so let´s put the rig on the ice-road!
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Then I finally got me a new trailer this year. A good friend of mine with alucky hand on graphics got me some nice stickers for the container, reminding me of the good times I spend in the states on vacation!
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Well what else is different from the original kit? The front bumper is from M. Fischersworring, made of polished Aluminium, the rims are from Stellamodels, the support-legs on the trailer are motorized and I used some 60 LED´s for the lights.
The tractor and trailer communicate via infrared, so no wires between them.
Now I enjoy driving this rig!