Daf 2800 NTT "Cattleman"

[PierreR89]

This must be the oddest truck i have built.
Also the first ever 4cylinder powered truck i have built.
Nothing extra added, just out of the box build.

It has some fitment issues even if the frame is straight. I had to mount the cab with a slight turn in it to get it to line up and close the gap between the cab and the hood.
Its still not perfect but good enough for me.

The paint is from greenstuffworld and is called burning gold.
It was supposed to be red that turns to yellow/gold so i have no idea where the green came from.
Its hard to find a paint that works with darkbrown metallic as the decal stripes are but i think this works without being to wierd
Sleeper window is painted in Tamiya clear blue.
The paint splatter in some pic's are the result of a malfunctioning airbrush...

Still have no idea what the chrome things on the fenders are for, i thought they were us style air cleaners but nothing is connected to them
The intake pipe from the turbo goes to the one behind the sleeper.

[DRIPTROIT 71]

I like the color! Nice build!

[Force]

Nice.

But 4 cylinders...11.6 litres would be very large for a 4 cylinder engine and it might look like a 4 cylinder because of the manifolds, but the DAF engine is a 6 cylinder Turbo Intercooled engine.
Here is some information on the DAF 2800 series.
https://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/truck-stop-classic-1980-daf-n2800-series-van-doornes-last-conventional-a-tough-cookie/

Edited March 5, 2021 by Force

[PappyD340]

Nice!

[PierreR89]

15 hours ago, Force said:

Nice.

But 4 cylinders...11.6 litres would be very large for a 4 cylinder engine and it might look like a 4 cylinder because of the manifolds, but the DAF engine is a 6 cylinder Turbo Intercooled engine.
Here is some information on the DAF 2800 series.
https://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/truck-stop-classic-1980-daf-n2800-series-van-doornes-last-conventional-a-tough-cookie/

That explains it.
I got confused bu the exhaust manifold and intake manifold just having 4 ports connecting it to the head.

[Force]

I thought so, but there are not many trucks with 4 cylinder engines, Scania had a couple back in the 40's, 50's and early 60's and there has probably been more, but that's many years ago.
So in most cases truck engines are 6, 8, 10 and 12 cylinders, with the base at 6 and 8.

Edited March 7, 2021 by Force

[doorsovdoon]

Good looking truck. DAF trucks are very popular here in the UK but I haven't seen this style before. Very nice.

[Jim B]

Nice looking DAF.

[slusher]

Nice..