PierreR89
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Revell T600 Aerodyne. Absolutley nothing fit as it was supposed to even the instructions were wrong in my kit. I think I have posted it here in the wip or under glass or both describing how it fought me all the way... it was so bad that the amt t600 everyone said was a pain to build felt like a italeri kit where everything just goes toghether without major problems..
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My left shoulder that I had surgery on 6 years ago is starting to act up again with constant pain and limited movement...
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I have noticed for a few days that the right front wheel have been warmer then the rest on my volvo v50. So I decided to find out why and thats when the irks started.... First the jack sunk in the the ground while trying to jack up the car.. once that was dealt with by using a piece of wood under it as support i removed the wheel and found out why almost instantly. The dustseal from the piston was gone and piston had alot of rust and complelty stuck, also noticed marks from a plier on the surface of the piston that did not have any rust on it. Then came trying to find a new caliper and found out every wheel exept right front was in stock... so I ordered one and are waiting for it to show up. When putting it back toghether i found out that the previous owner had destroyed the threads for one of the sliding pins for the caliper... So I had to find a temporary solution for that problem and stripped a piece of wire to wind the copper around the threads of the pin and then force it in the caliper carrier... So I have to find a new caliper carrier also. I thought since I live in the land of volvo that would be easy as you can basiacally kick a random bush and a part for a volvo will fall out from it. Nope how wrong i was... everything but the carrier are you able to buy... not even junkyars had them in stock.. after being almost everywhere on the internet i finally found one but it comes with a caliper. So I will end up with 2 right front calipers for a volvo v50 when I get them.. As a final irk one of the headlight bulbs gave up and service required light came on and at almost 300 000kms its time for the timingbelt and all other "not fun and not very cheap" parts to be replaced...
Next irk: Now when it is warmer out people are bugging me to fix their ac to (in sweden you have to be certified to be allowed to work on ac systems) and people somehow found out that i am certified for that.. T⁸hen they get mad when I say i dont have time or the equippment for that at home. I dont want the tools for ac work at home for exactly this reason..
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Okay thanks for that info. I have built both the dm600 and dm800 but never noticed that untill you said it and i looked at them. The only thing that looks off with my b81 cab is that I think the aircleaners looks to small but that is an easy fix as i probably have some spares in a box somewhere.
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Looks nice, but werent his cabs in 1/25 scale? Mine is 1/24. Maybee i am overthinking this since it is only me that are going to know when someone else looks at it when it is done.
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I have a Mack b81 cab conversion and was thinking of using a Mack dm800 chassie for it. But i noticed that i accidently ordered the b81 in 1/24 scale and not 1/25.. Will it look to big on a dm800 chassie since that are in 1/25 scale? Or they are so close that it wont be a problem?
Also will the v8 from the dm800 be the correct one for a b81 or they used another v8? The b81 i got is the one with the radiator and grille for the v8 engine.
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This engine and transmission is now avaliable to buy at a&n modeltrucks.
Just ordered one.
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Got 2 C15 engines today, one i have planed to use in a truck that i am going to build someday and are slowly gathering parts for. The other will be added to my collection of truck engines. My goal is to have one of each that came in different truckkits and are offererd in the aftermarket.
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On 2/26/2024 at 9:34 PM, Ace-Garageguy said:
No. Once it's opened, it's going away.
I've found the Loctite Ultra Gel Control lasts longer than most others, but I recently had to get new after not using an opened container for 2 years.
Oh, the humanity.
Now that you say it i have heard it before but apparently forgot that
On 2/26/2024 at 10:30 PM, stitchdup said:use the pound/dollar/euro shop cheap stuff. it doesn't last any longer but you get 5 in a pack so it matters less if it goes bad cos you have another. if its gorilla brand its garbage before you even open it
I found a new unopened i tried yesterday and it worked better but still not as i remembered it should have worked. Guess i need to throw out the remaining unopend tubes that are almost 2 years old.. buying new is useless for me now that I dont know when I will have time to build again
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Got these truck cabs today from global scale modeltrucks. A Mack b81 with the cummins/v8 grille and a Brockway 361 since i waited to long to order from aitm. I think the quality of the printing is good and there is not much cleaning to do on them. They also have the diamondplating on the bumpers and step on the hood(brockway)The Mack has a hood that can open and the Brockway needs some modifying to get the hood to open like the real trucks, i belive aitm also had to be modified to open.
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Loctite superglue...
For once after 16months i finally hade some time to build and I decided to do an a&n models cummins engine and apparently loctite superglue goes bad if not used for a while... nothing i glued stayed on and the engine disasembled itself as soon as i tried to put another part on... gave up on that project and put everything back...
Any suggestions for a superglue that does not go bad if it is unused for months/years?
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Started organizing out in the barn where i store my unbuilt kits. Had to build a shelf first and then I went from this disaster
To this:
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Here are some pic's of my bullnose, R700,Flintstone mack and marmon from robbos scale models. I tried to get some of the details in.
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9 hours ago, DRIPTROIT 71 said:
Has anyone purchased anything from this place. They seem to have a lot of good stuff at good prices. They are in Australia so shipping is a little high. I was curious about service and quality. If anyone has purchased anything from them, please let me know what you think.
I have bought from robbos scale models. There are some cleaning that needs to be done but not much more then from other makers. I have 4 cabs from him right now, 1 marmon, mack r700, "flintstone"mack and a kenworth bullnose.
Shipping time is about the same as auslowe. You also get a reflective sticker with his logo in every order if you collect stickers.
If you want i can take a few pic,s of the cabs if you want to see them.
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Right now i am trying to get my 15 months old son to sleep.
Not going as well as i had hoped....
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Got a 3d printed "rubber duck" Mack RS700 from ebay. Just need the wheels and the correct trailer for it now, already have the decals for it. It has a duck on the hood and 3 extras incase the one on the hood got damaged during shipping which it was. There are a few small things that needs fixing on it so it looks correct but nothing major.
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On 1/20/2024 at 7:56 AM, Force said:
You bet, I will be of assistance.
If you get a Scania 3 axle kit with spring suspension where the rearmost one is a tag axle wich you can lift hydraulically I can tell you right now that the Italeri instructions for that suspension is wrong.
Scania with spring suspension with a drive axle and a tag axle uses a balance beam suspension with a fixed pivot point between the 2 axles (and Volvo too with a slightly different construction) this suspension is like a teeter-totter, push one side down the other goes up.This is how Italeri wants us to do it wich is wrong, the arrow points at the axle lift beam and the hooks are under the spring hangers/tag axle carriers like it's drawn in the instructions.
This will in fact do nothing other than restrict the suspension travel so it can't move freely like it can with the tag axle down and the lift beam in the correct position, and if the hydraulic cylinder piston aft of the tag axle goes out the lift beam will do absolutely nothing as it's going down because the pivot point of the tag axle lift is at the same place as the tag axle carriers...so it's drawn backwards.
The correct way is like this with the hooks above the spring hangers/tag axle carriers, the axle lift beam is up against the frame when it's not in use so the suspension can travel freely, and when you lift the tag axle the beam pushes against the spring hangers/tag axle carriers and pushes the drive axle down and the tag axle goes up...like a teeter-totter.
First time that i know of that some pic's of one of my models is used to help someone. I feel kind of honoured for that. These 2 pic's are from my T142 i built some years ago.
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Thanks for confirming that it is no problems changing the dash around in the cabs. I suspected that it was possible but i wanted to know before i got to far in my plans.
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Do anyone here know if the cab for the Mack dm 600&800 have the same dimensions as the cab in the Mack R kit? I want to use the dashboard from the DM kits to put in an R kit to make it an early version with the steel dashboard.
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On 9/28/2023 at 11:47 PM, Engine 51 said:
Should be interesting working with the metal parts.
I have built one and it was a fun challenge with the metalparts. Easier then I thought. To bad they dont have done a rerelease because I want to build more of them.
Got this today a resin bullnose kenworth cab.
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Got these 2 truck cabs. A Mack flintstone and a Marmon. Going to use the Marmon cab and hood on my revell Marmon or Peterbilt or whatever it is in the box... The flintstone Mack will replace the offset cab on a DM800.
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Got these 2, when the alaskan hauler is built it will sit next to my revell peterbilt alaskan hauler.
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Got mine a few days ago. Also added the bullbar, mudguards and triaxle extension to it. Its going to be one heavy model once it is done judging by the weight of the boxes it is in.
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What Irked You Today?
in The Off-Topic Lounge
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Decided to count how many fenceposts my fence have since it has been bad since we moved here. Since this is a homebuilt fence i cant buy the style it is and i have to make it myself. Found out that if i make 600 posts i will have 5 spares to fix the existing fence.... As a bonus we are expanding it and adding more fence sections and are going to have the same style so in total i will have to make 3000 identical posts... atleast i know what i am going to do during my vacation....