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Where do you guys know all this from? ?

I'm glad you do, I can learn so much here! ?

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On 4/5/2024 at 2:08 PM, Jürgen M. said:

Where do you guys know all this from? ?

I'm glad you do, I can learn so much here! ?

Years and years of modelbuilding and research on upcoming and planned models.
I like to get my models as accurate as possible.
Another thing, I've been around and been tinkering with cars and trucks all my life and I have an adjucation in cars and body and also have a class 1 license to operate both trucks and busses, and wheel loaders and excavators...so I have learned how these things work.

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On 4/5/2024 at 1:08 PM, Jürgen M. said:

Where do you guys know all this from? ?

I'm glad you do, I can learn so much here! ?

By being old and involved with the auto industry since I can remember. Rode with my dad as a kid, then trained as a truck technician from school. Worked in various parts of the industry until I retired. Worked for Mercedes-Benz for 27 years, from the good times to the bad. 

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Wow! Great to learn from the best! Never thought I'd still learn so much about trucks at this age being a Fan for about 45 years or so.

Thanks again to everyone for sharing your knowledge ! ?

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Here are a few more designed parts:

Bumper:

3DBumper.jpg.1d6f7bde545550f956e4c030139df607.jpg

Cab rest:

3DCabinrest.jpg.99d24d658e7abfa6641d3aaa39b95030.jpg

Headlight bezzles and horns:

3DHeadlights.jpg.abaf2cd0fd9a7e224bab9dfe174eb263.jpg 3DHorns.jpg.10937a3d1e6ddc191cb3b18c99b4c6fb.jpg

Inside door panels and interior:

3Dinsidedoorpanels.jpg.3eef102fb39057ba3f87e11e04980a15.jpg3DInterieur.jpg.3b98876d39c5e485303fd84827544fa2.jpg

Seats and sleeper curtain:

3DSeats.jpg.2ea7257b40e792690b18486db2e59410.jpg 3DSleepercurtain.jpg.6c8ee213410910dbcc326f8e72b4f6ac.jpg

Steering wheel:

3DSteeringwheel.jpg.15df413ac7443a1f148f9828251f6c1a.jpg

There are of course lots of other parts which I have already designed but I won´t fill this thread with them.

Some parts I´ll actually take over from previous models such as engine parts for example. Only the exhaust and air pipes

will be custom made for this specific truck.

 

3D Radiator grille.jpg

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I already printed the suspension. Just couldn't wait to see how it comes out.

I chose a different filament this time. One that's printed at a higher temperature but slower. It says it promises better results in surface quality.

Looks pretty good to me! Still has to be sanded in a couple of places though.

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Took a shot at the cab! Looks pretty good. 

Still it won't be the one I'll use! I've already made some changes and corrections in the drawing so I'll print it again!

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Fascinating stuff. You're doing some amazing work here. I suppose the beauty is you can "cut & paste" it to a double sleeper or a daycab. 

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Yes, that's true Rockford! 

Glad you like it! 

I could even turn it into an aerodyne. Still I've got some Others waiting in line to be designed and printed. Since there are already 4 Kenworth trucks on the shelf I thought it would be more interesting to do some more exotic types after this one. But that will stay confidential Till the KW is finished! ?

I had even thought about shortening the cab of the K100 VIT which I had posted a while ago but I just couldn't! Too many good memories!

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That cab looks very nice.  I can see some 3D printing lines, but overall you have done a great job designing and producing it.  Not everyone can do what you are capable of.
 

Bravo!

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Wow, thanks very much! 

The printing lines will hopefully be covered by a fill primer I purchased. Haven't tried it out yet though. 

Sanding is a bit complicated with all those bolts rivets and other 3D details. 

I read on this board and in personal notes that some guys had good experiences with it. 

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Thank you guys!

These are the corrections I made to the cab:

As you can see, the slim struts and the side windows don´t come out really well and They´re absolutely impossible to sand or rework
in any other way so I extracted them out of the cabin in order to be printed in a different position. That way they should come out nicer!

3DCab04.jpg.a4902b59520e97e681b803a340899d84.jpg

 

I put in some support struts in order to keep the roof from falling during printing.

The front part will be held up by a software generated support structure.

3DCabB.jpg.d945c02b58ef095ecc63335f9f9f5134.jpg3DCabBMittelsteg.jpg.b0b7e84b78f7e999930b68b549ce1f41.jpg

I also began designing the trailer which turned out to be quite tricky.

Here´s the original first:

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Bruhn21.jpg.ab56fedb85e10bb61b1f24c4c7934217.jpg Bruhn10.jpg.af7f439c766c3554f5a476daa1dded62.jpg

Sorry, these are screenshots from the movie. They´re a bit blurry but I think you can see the important things.

Now the designed parts of which I had to split some up due to the size of the parts. The printer only goes up to
220 x 220 mm.

3DAufbauTrailer.jpg.36125edc5df2262d9016fa92c610b2f9.jpg

I also designed the cross bars in mounting position and then extracted them to get a better printing result.

The back end:

3DHeckabschlussTrailer.jpg.c1ab2f5e0f7de0311cf5187777af0591.jpg

The container inside:

3DLadecontainerTrailer.jpg.b1476b93423bec36474a5038778f9c14.jpg

Underbody and doors:

3DLorenbodenTrailer.jpg.039e376f311ea8c8eee1cdcf74b171e3.jpg3DSchlieklappenLore.jpg.4d7e1e99315d587c999ba51f4d9aea4d.jpg

and the suspension which I took over from the tractor and changed them to a trailer suspension with the u-bolts being mounted upside down like I learned from Force! Thanks again for your valuable input!

3DSuspensionTrailer.jpg.8dd9761670f73015ad0552b490ef1698.jpg

That´s all for the time but there´ll be more!

 

 

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That's excellent work Jürgen, drawing the trailer must be very time consuming with the conflicting angles on the hopper. Fascinating stuff to do, but I don't think I've got the patience for it. 

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Thanks Rockford!

What I forgot to say, I also lowered the cab a bit because compared to the K100 VIT kit the windshield and the side windows were way too high. So I took out a few millimeters
and adjusted the bolts and everything else. It would have looked strange having two KW K100s with different windshield hights.

Except for the engine tubing and a few smaller parts the designing of truck and trailer are almost finished. Didn´t think I´d get through that fast. Maybe it´s because I learned a lot in designing
the last couple of weeks. I´ve been watching tutorials on different skills like freestyle shaping parts and using "short cuts" for things I had done much too complicated before.

I also learned how to easily design gears and so I´ll be synchronizing the doors underneath the trailer when they open. Hope that works out.

 

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Thanks Rockford!

What I forgot to say, I also lowered the cab a bit because compared to the K100 VIT kit the windshield and the side windows were way too high. So I took out a few millimeters
and adjusted the bolts and everything else. It would have looked strange having two KW K100s with different windshield hights.

Except for the engine tubing and a few smaller parts the designing of truck and trailer are almost finished. Didn´t think I´d get through that fast. Maybe it´s because I learned a lot in designing
the last couple of weeks. I´ve been watching tutorials on different skills like freestyle shaping parts and using "short cuts" for things I had done much too complicated before.

I also learned how to easily design gears and so I´ll be synchronizing the doors underneath the trailer when they open. Hope that works out.

Here´s the first shot at the sun visor!

3DSunvisorB.jpg.43590f545265568f68a16b2ad739d496.jpg

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Yes, and I hope it comes out like I expect it to.

I'll be starting the print of all parts shortly so I can do the painting during summer.

It'll take quite a while till everything is printed. The cab I showed you took 37hours.

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