Freightliner FLC

[Jürgen M.]

Fuel tanks are attached:

The straps are printed and chromed. Just snapped on at the moment. I'll glue them later!

What you see in the background are the air cleaners and the intake plumbing for both sides:

Here's a closer look at the mocked up air cleaners:

The quarter fenders are also printed and painted in the same dull chrome effect as the fuel tanks and air cleaners!

They're attached with 2mm brass rod bent into shape!

Edited September 21 by Jürgen M.

[Jürgen M.]

The Show can go on!

Got my parts from Bren! Now I can proceed with primering.

A big thanks to Bren! He helped me out once more so I can complete my build! 

[Biggu]

WOW , JM !! That’s awesome!! The parts look perfect. It’s like Christmas in September !  Glad you got them this time. This build will be super good and I can’t wait to see how it comes out. So cool. 

[Jürgen M.]

Thanks Jeff!

I'm sure it'll be a nice build. 

Thanks to these smooth parts the painted surfaces should come out pretty nice!

The first parts are primered. 

I hope to apply the base coat tomorrow as well as the dull chrome effect on rims, grille, sun visor and side steps.

[Gary Chastain]

Man, you guys are on another level, this is gonna be good, got my popcorn😆🤩😆

[Jürgen M.]

And that from a guy with your skills and abilties!

Thanks very much! Glad you like it. Don't forget the beer! You'll need it to over see mistakes! 😉

Edited Monday at 03:38 PM by Jürgen M.

[BK9300]

Just checking in now, Jurgen and very glad to see you have your printed parts in hand!  Going to look awesome.

[Jürgen M.]

Thanks Brian! 

Hope it'll turn out as I expect it to. 

This truck was always one of my favorites!

[Bren]

8 hours ago, Jürgen M. said:

The Show can go on!

Got my parts from Bren! Now I can proceed with primering.

A big thanks to Bren! He helped me out once more so I can complete my build! 

You are so welcome Jurgen! Just to point out for the readers, Jurgen designed all these parts from scratch - excellent .stl files (as always). The three spare hoods on the top left corner represent failed prints - they warped. I like to send the duds along so the builder can practice with filing/painting without worrying about wrecking a good part. I left the sun visor on the supports to prevent breakage during shipping from Canada to Germany. Should make an awesome model!

[Jürgen M.]

Thanks Bren! Hope not to disappoint anyone! 

I keep seeing the next steps before I can even make them. 

Next step is to furnish the sleeper and put on the roof so the whole thing can be painted.

I designed a two way cross member for inside the sleeper so the walls can be pulled a bit to the inside. Should work out with 0.5mms of clearance on each side. Wouldn't want to have a convex appearance when it's closed.

[Jürgen M.]

Sleeper is more or less furnished. Didn't do much on that cause it won't be visible anyway!

And I did some work on the dash:

I'm quite satisfied! But it's not finished yet.

[Jürgen M.]

A bit of progress:

Assembled the wheels...

... and mounted them:

 

[Biggu]

NICE !! You could leave the roof ‘unglued’ , so it could be removed to show the interior if you like. There is some nice detail inside. 
 

Your wheels turned out really nice. What tires are you using? I like the finish on the rims, they look very real…. This is a cool build pal. I am excited for the next up date.  
 

And yes, I can attest to your design skills as Bren mentions, I was a recipient of your excellent skills. 

Edited 10 hours ago by Biggu

[Jürgen M.]

Thanks pal!

I'm actually thinking of not using the sleeper for this build but putting a sort of a tool box there like on service trucks, but not as big. A bit smaller than the sleeper.

Tires are Revell soft rubber tires. I stole them from my Marmon conventional. I'll put Italeri ones on that with new rims! Seperate construction site! 

The rims are painted with the same dull chrome finish as the fuel tanks. I like that stuff. Just ordered a new can the other day. It went empty today!

[BK9300]

Jürgen, your newly printed wheels look fantastic, and even more impressive now that your truck is a 'roller'!

[Gary Chastain]

Wwwoooowwww, Those wheels look outstanding, well done Jurgen. Nice progress

[RoninUtah]

I love how this build is coming along, Jürgen! A great testament to your 3-D design skills. The interior looks awesome and those wheels look perfect! Great work, I can’t wait to see it develop!

[Rockford]

Coming together well! I like the sparse detail in the sleeper - just a bed, wardrobe, TV on a shelf and interior wall covering.... Very sparse!😆