Rich
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Dec 29, 2021 19:43:21 GMT
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Remember kids, don't drink and drive. It was the 70's, a different time..  Aero fitted, CB antennas fitted, all there ready to rock and roll!  Money shot!    And a panorama with the stake bed. I've removed all the extraneous stickers, including the marker lamp stickers that were all on the wonk and the stickers that a shop should apply as a demo piece including the ones that said 'TAMIYA SEMI TRAILER' and 'RETRACTABLE LANDING LEGS'  Next up is make the lights on the trailer work and finish the load I'm prepping and add a little detail on the trailer like tanks and a chain box, that sort of stuff. I've also bit the bullet and ordered some proper malaise tractor truck steels. Seeing as they are from AliExpress they will take a month to appear and as markbognor pointed out to redress the balance will accidentally be 1:1 scale..  |
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vanpeebles
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I am eastbound in pursuit of a white Lamborghini, this is not a recording.
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Dec 31, 2021 22:48:40 GMT
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Looks superb! Made a real good job of it  |
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Rich
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Dec 31, 2021 23:06:37 GMT
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Looks superb! Made a real good job of it Thanks man. Need to put some effort into the trailer now. |
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markbognor
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That wasn't me, but I did chuckle when I read the comment.
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Rich
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That wasn't me, but I did chuckle when I read the comment. Could have sworn it was. Mind ain’t what it used to be. All those paint fumes. |
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Rich
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Jan 24, 2022 20:34:38 GMT
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vanpeebles
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I am eastbound in pursuit of a white Lamborghini, this is not a recording.
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That looks loads of fun  |
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Rich
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Jan 30, 2022 20:43:35 GMT
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New wheels came Thursday!  Building them up..  Looks so good. A massive improvement over the stock wheels is the rear floating bearing hub, something Tamiya seemed to have decided wasn't a thing.  After the circuit driving day I did I realised I needed to throw some simple upgrades at it. First was a new steering servo as the old one was wandery and had play in the shaft.  Also, new motor. The Mabuchi 540 is IIRC 37T, swapped for a Carson Poison 80T for proper low speed control.  The gearbox is lovely. But can you see an issue?  Moulding flash left on the 2nd gear dog clutch stopping it engaging properly. Nice job.  I've also de-staked the trailer to allow for some load change possibility. Need to dechrome some wheels for it now too.   |
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Love this! I have a Scania R470 and the same trailer. Built it yeeeeeeaaaaaaars ago and its been sat on a wardrobe at my parents house for at least 7 of those years. Initially it went there when my wife and I moved to our second house and I wanted it out of the way for the move... Now on our third house and two kids later and after seeing this I am thinking perhaps I should bring it home! Please keep the updates coming |
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I had no idea such awesomeness existed.
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75 Range Rover 2 door 82 Range Rover 4 door
84 Range Rover 4 door 78 Datsun 120Y 2 door
78 Datsun 620 Pickup 81 Datsun Urvan E23 86 Datsun Vanette van
98 Electric Citroen Berlingo 00 Electric Peugeot Partner 02 Electric Citroen Berlingo
04 Berlingo Multispace petrol 07 Land Rover 130 15 Nissan E-NV200 15 Fiat Ducato
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Rich
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Love this! I have a Scania R470 and the same trailer. Built it yeeeeeeaaaaaaars ago and its been sat on a wardrobe at my parents house for at least 7 of those years. Initially it went there when my wife and I moved to our second house and I wanted it out of the way for the move... Now on our third house and two kids later and after seeing this I am thinking perhaps I should bring it home! Please keep the updates coming You aught to get it back out. Upgrades are now cheap enough and plentiful, lots of local clubs offering circuit meets, and it definitely is quite enjoyable. I’ve do quite enjoy the euro tractors but I had to have a US unit, just so much more me. |
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Rich
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Feb 17, 2022 21:35:47 GMT
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Feb 19, 2022 16:12:33 GMT
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Looks ace.
There's nothing like that where I live, to the best of my knowledge.
Can't find any for cars or crawlers either.
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Rich
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Feb 19, 2022 19:19:48 GMT
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Looks ace. There's nothing like that where I live, to the best of my knowledge. Can't find any for cars or crawlers either. 🙂 Good few rc groups on The Google in the area, just got to have a trawl and find something you want to check out I guess. I got lucky I think, being in Bristol I’ve got a wealth of local clubs within a shortish distance. Got some pics from the Swindon meet to share later too 😆 |
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Rich
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Feb 25, 2022 14:28:01 GMT
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This looks fantastic 👍 All your mods have turned it into something even better!
That is another eBay search set up! 🙂
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Rich
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Feb 25, 2022 14:32:15 GMT
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This looks fantastic 👍 All your mods have turned it into something even better! That is another eBay search set up! 🙂 Haha, thanks man, I like it anyway. I think she looks great. best place to buy a truck is via the clubs. I often see units for sale for around £300 on Facebook at the moment. Happy to forward links to any I see, even just for window shopping. |
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Laters
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Feb 26, 2022 20:33:54 GMT
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Just caught up with your thread Rich.
Some nice work there looking really good.
Especially from what it looked like originally its quite a transformation.
I can never make my mind up with the wheels on mine so left them alone for now.
Hoping to find some scale chrome full hub caps for my Scania as a sort of retro style mod rather than the usual route.
Just been on with a 1/14 trailer project thats been stalled for a few years due to fitment issues as I got the dreaded lurgy so what better time to try and get the project moving again.
I will update my trucks thread at some point over next few days with some progress photos.
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Feb 26, 2022 22:23:44 GMT
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Was that a Wilesco stream engine? They were always much more realistic than Mamods.
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Rich
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Feb 26, 2022 22:53:05 GMT
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Was that a Wilesco stream engine? They were always much more realistic than Mamods. As far as I can tell it was a ‘proper’ engineer built type engine, I’ve seen Wilesco engines and it was more ‘real’ than that if that makes sense. Thing of beauty. |
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