Orlandoo Hunter's amazing but challenging 1/32 scale Scania 650R Tractor

[traditional]

Built box stock, but probably the most detailed, amazing,  intimidating and challenging kit I' ve ever attempted.  This 1/32 scale Scania 650R tractor kit is made by Orlandoo Hunter in China and intended to be fitted with a radio control system (not included in the kit). I don't have any interest in RC stuff, but I was certainly interested in building the Scania as a static model. The kit consists of many hundreds of parts, including copious sizes of super tiny screws and nuts, resulting in operating shock absorbers, airbag rear suspension, and front leaf springs. There are also lots of machined parts, including wheel spindles and tiny bearings for the operating rear axles. Many tiny brackets must be bent and formed fron photo-etch style metal sheets, and the correctly operating fifth wheel alone is comprised of 41 individual parts (including the various fasteners, etc.) The fasteners are so tiny that my only addition to the provided assembly tools was a magnetized tiny screwdriver. I simply couldn't start the ultra tiny fasteners using my fingers. The model took a long time of fairly dedicated assembly....culminating with the installation of the wheels/tires using ten tiny nuts to fasten each wheel. The kit's body is supplied in white plastic which I decided to paint in custom mixed green basecoat/clearcoat.

I'm really pleased with the final result, and now I intend to build Orlandoo Hunter's trailer and 40' container to finish the project.

 

 

Edited Sunday at 08:30 PM by traditional

[Jim B]

Fantastic job.  Very well done.  Where did you find out about this?

[Swamp Dog]

that is Awesome..cant wait to see the trailer hooked up to it..

[PappyD340]

Very nice!