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 Wednesday at 03:07 PM 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!😆

[Jürgen M.]

Thank you guys.

I like the wheels too. I saw them on a Freightliner in a pic and thought, those I want. 

I designed them myself and printed by Bren they look really good.

Concerning the sleeper, that you might see on one of my next builds. I decided to install a service box instead. Hope it turns out the way I expect!

Here's the first pic of the painted cab and hood with decals on:

A few smaller decals still to apply, then clear coat and window seals and then assembly!

Edited Thursday at 04:46 AM by Jürgen M.

[Jürgen M.]

Got the interior assembled a bit more.

And here's a little mock-up of the cab and service box Plattform.

Windshield is glued in and I'm proud to say, without glue marks!

The service box will be scratch built except for the roof and doors.

[Jürgen M.]

I had to make a bumper support cause the ones on the chassis were a bit too short. 

(I hadn't designed the hood hinges at the time I had made the frame rails!

Made new door hinges too. I unfortunately ruined the first ones. 

The service box still looks a bit strange but when it's painted it'll look better. Still have to work on the edges too.

I made the box of styrene sheet and printed the door frames. 

I'm still undecided which color to paint the box. Either the dull chrome finish like the fuel tanks, black or copper like the cab. Still have enough time to think about it! 

[Jürgen M.]

Mock-up with the hood. Still have to work on the alignment but not bad for the first shot.

[Biggu]

WOW ! This is the best one so far….. the color, the wheels and the grille are all really clean and painted to perfection. The grille is especially eye catching, super nice job JM !! This is just getting better and better. The FLC was a handsome truck… as is yours ! I REALLY like this one. Makes me think I should look for the Italeri kit and try to back date it like this.  

[Jürgen M.]

Thanks pal!

You can have my files if you like. No back dating neccessary! 😉

The grille mesh by the way is a decal! Just like the holes in the stack heat shield will be! 

I know, it could be done in hardware too but I admit, it's laziness that made me do it this way! 

I'm afraid I'll have to use a different bumper too. It's a bit too wide. I had reduced the width of the whole truck before printing and must have forgotten to adjust the bumper.

I can use it for a future build though. Nothing's waisted.

Since it's going to be a kind of service truck I'll have to think of a bumper design that fits the truck type and its purpose.

[BK9300]

This is looking really good, Jürgen, and the cab and hood have turned out amazing!  My two cents worth say to paint the box the cab copper colour.