semijoe

the bearing came in today, wahoo! was able to start on the 1st arm

did some painting, also waiting on a part for the neck

added more detailed parts , cany wait to put some paint to these parts

hopefully everybody had a safe and wonderful holiday but break is over, time to get back on this beast motor is mounted, wires add, the base is in closed and 1st arm is prefitted, inside base is metal and out side casing is plastic. motor is 600:1, plenty torque

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY !

a lot of painting to do and a lot of reassembling

started on the interior

thanks guys time to catch up on some painting

both light buckets almost done

today I started on box that's mount on top / center bumper, not sure what the function is, so I was thing maybe hydraulics or electrical . any way here it is. also made the right head light with working door

1st I notice the bumper was sitting 8mm to low , so I had fix that will quick. ive added some side orange refecters , a ladder and started on some kind of unit that mounted on the top bumper, im thinking its some kind of hydraulic block

the truck is a military MRAP (buffalo) . there used in the iran, irag etc, by our military for detecting anf destroying land mines , also a troop transport basic bumper is built

cant wait for paint and the round styrene to come in so I can finish the roof, should be here Thursday so in the mean time, I will get started on the bumper,i was able to mod the king hauler front bumper mount for this part next I using a solid 1/4 x 3/4 inch alum bar for the main support next I made the hydraulic arm support here I start wrapping the alum with styrene

today ive added some aerial antennas

today I started on the roof mounted search lights, basically all scratch . im using .040, .060 styrene and clear .010 styrene , the light bucket is from the rear bumper of a king hauler . the driver will be able to rotate the search light from the inside. I will add lights later

hope everybody had a safe and a wonderful holiday today I made the fender light buckets and installed the lights, they work great

VIDEO today I started on the sound and rear lights

added some stuff

thanks man ! the truck has a crank, pully set up for the tire lift , its a 2 part system

inner mirror holder is done, I will attach mirror when I dine painting it

appreciate that , thanks man all that will be added

I made the next part for the mirrors, its the outer casing, next is the inner mirror

made the mirror mounts, added the diamond plate on steps and add couple things here and there

I started on the rear ladder, here i used hollow plastic tubing, solid metal rod for shaping and a threaded rod for mounting upper and lower ladder is made, hinged and mounted, here it is pictured up pictured down , now i need to sand and add diamond plate for steps heres the 1:1

made some rear light mounts and use the knight hauler light buckets, perfect size