Jürgen M.

A bit of progress: Tanks and holder brackets: Lubricator: And the interior: The instruments will be a decal! Not printed yet.

Congratulations! Beautiful build!

Thanks! Hope you don't see that as a hijack but it's always hard to describe tires so I thought a pic or two wouldn't hurt!

But correct! 😊 Thanks for trying! I appreciate and respect that!

Try the Italeri truck tires! I use them very often since my source for Revell soft rubber tires hast closed down. They also have wider tires for European trailers. They look pretty good! I used the truck tires on my Mack Cruiserliner recovery. The fatter trailer tires I put on the front axle of my GMC General:

🙈 Just noticed the mistake! It was supposed to say "cean and tidy" work! 😂 Didn't know you have a German vocabulary! Well spoken (written)! 😊

Had to redo the radiator! It was a bit too wide to fit underneath the dog house! That was what I had forgotton to do! 🙈 I knew it! The mesh is cut out from a printing raft, the Base printed underneath parts to ensure adhesion. The hubs will be weathered a bit with rust. Hope it works! And a few more parts: New seats, battery boxes with steps, instrument panel, steering wheel and slider for fifth wheel! I also designed a new fifth wheel because my "standard" one didn't look enough like the one on this truck! Pics follow when it's printed! It will tilt and slide. I sanded the seats a bit with 500 grain to make them look a bit used! I'm not sure yet if I should put sheep covers on too like shown in the pics. I'll think about it.

Beautiful build, Ron! Very clean and today work! Looks great!

Thanks very much! Yes, it is gratifying but not always. At least when you find your limits in designing. But I am an old dog who does learn a few new tricks so it stays fun! In fact, the white filament I have at the time does print a bit smoother. Unfortunately I can't Always get the same quality in each color. The good thing is, you can't see the uneven structures in the black as well (unless you have eyes as good as yours)! 😉

Bumper and front hubs added! Next I have to begin painting and assembling the interior. Then I have to mix the color of the cab which also goes on tanks and other parts! Won't be easy but I'll try to get as close as possible. The color for my Pig Pen Mack was mixed of five different colors in different percentages and it worked out pretty well!

Wow, thank you very much! 👍

Thanks Jeff! I hope this will turn out worthy! If this is actually the last of its kind, I want it to be good! But as always I will not go into detail too deep but probably more than usual! Research brought up that in 1962/63 there were only 25 of these built and this one survived till today!

Thanks Steve!

New seats:

I forgot to post this so I'll just do that now! It shows most of the printed parts up to the time shortly before begin of assembly: The seats don't really fit this truck so meanwhile I designed new ones. The other ones will wait in the box for future projects!

A bit of progress. Designed the panhards with brackets and fitted them in. I mounted the rear wheels. Mocked up engine and drive shaft. After having mocked up the front axle with wheels I realised that it was two low making the chassis rise up in front. So I reduced the space between axle and springs and now it's straight and levelled. Axle now glued back on.

So cool Steve! Fantastic scratch work! 👍

Found some good stuff on that! Now I also know how to fit in the shocks!

Thanks very much! Could have thought of that too! 🙈 So now I can design it as far as possible! Just didn't get the idea cause there's no rod visible! Must be behind the rear cross bar!

Thanks very much Scott! Now I have a clue what to look for! 👍

Can anyone tell me what this big white bracket on the rear axle is? I couldn't find any pictures of it cause I didn't know what to look for! Is it on both rear axles? Same side or opposite? What's it for and what does the whole thing look like? I'm greatful for any infos!

These are the 3D-drawings of the suspension with torsion bar and rear axles: I drew them as far as possible but not much is visible on the pics so I used pictures of similar suspensions to fill the gaps! Sort of like Jurassic Park for modelling! I designed new brake chambers that look more like the ones on this truck. Here's the assembled chassis: And a view of the new brake chambers.

Thank you Ron! Glad you like it. Some parts I can only design when the assembly is almost finished and some parts such as shift tower and other non visible things I'll have to use my imagination!

Thanks! Yes I did! I used the pictures I had and tried to design it as far as visible. Therefore surely not perfect but it does the job!

I'm back! Had a flu and couldn't even think of the bench! Now I'm at least feeling better. Not over the hill completely but no more fever. Couldn't wait to get back to the bench and did a little pre-assembly while I reactivated my printer to produce further parts! Front axle with brake drums: Rear suspension with axles: That's it for now. Chassis is in construction.