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Wile my building mojo is in high gear im gonna attempt a WIP for this one.

After discovering my Trailmobile double header vans would not work with my Astro 95 i needed a single drive day-cab to put in front of the Trailmobiles.

This was in the stash so even though it is a odd match for the trailers im gonna do it anyway.

Everything is in a Dawn bath till tomorrow but heres a shot of the box 

Ill try not to write confusing stuff so bear with me if i slaughter the English language along the way

 

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Today i have all the parts cleaned and have started  assembly.

This is the first 8 steps for the frame.

There was minimal flash and mold seems to clean and the frame went together straight and square with no issues

Next will be the engine assembly

 

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 Cool, love the old 1628 trucks. Not a bad kit, but the part I didn't like was the mounting of the wheels to the axles. They where clip on. I will be following your build.  

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On 8/2/2019 at 2:04 PM, bigred63 said:

 Cool, love the old 1628 trucks. Not a bad kit, but the part I didn't like was the mounting of the wheels to the axles. They where clip on. I will be following your build.  

Gotta say i don't like the wheel axle mount  ,not sure how i will deal with that

More parts on frame and have the engine  and some sub assembly together

 

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Looking good! I remember buying it when it first came out in Germany. I also had bought the same tractor with a 3 axle tanker trailer, as a set.  

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Moving steadily along  i have some color down on a few things

Everything is fitting together fabulous so far,the only setback was my fault when painting the wheels.

A little superclean soaking put me back on track

 

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I just wraped this one up

Heres a couple shotz,one  with the Double Header vans and ill post glamor shots in under glass

Now to the Shell Tanker ?

 

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