W900 progres

[rronning84]

Here are some pics of the initial build process. I started out with the Australia Hauler because I got a very good deal on it but never had any intention of making it in to the Australia truck.

It is a very nice model and goes together well. I love the detail in it also.

Front Suspension

The chassis coming together

The rear suspension

Front axle. I was disappointed to find it was not a steerable axle. I assumed it was.

I had to grind away much of the plastic to get these to fit the shape of the differential housing

Prepping the back of the cab to have the raised edge for the sleeper removed

Some more progress

Engine mock up

[rronning84]

The 3408. I love the detail on this engine

Rear suspension

Back of cab ground down

Frame painted

I went with Pumpkin Orange for the color and it looks great in the sun

[Scott S]

The 3408. I love the detail on this engine

Rear suspension

Back of cab ground down

Frame painted

I went with Pumpkin Orange for the color and it looks great in the sun

Gonna Be a nice one Ryan, the detail on those w 900 is pretty nice. thats the chassis i used in the Project 53 build. i've built so many of those chassis/engine combos i could build um in my sleep..lol 1 thing about um is the front axle is very spindley (kinda lite for the app. imo) other wise it a pretty gud setup. i gonna use one in my bullnose conversion but w an inline cummins in it.

Scott

[Jim B]

Looking good, Ryan! I like the orange; nice color. What did you end up doing for the day-cab panel?

[mackinac359]

Nice work so far.

Tim

[rronning84]

Looking good, Ryan! I like the orange; nice color. What did you end up doing for the day-cab panel?

Out in Oregon where I am from it is very common for truckers to remove the sleeper on what ever truck they happen to own at the moment and what they do is find some whether molding that will fit the hole that is left and have a custom piece of glass made. It makes for a really big rear window. I wish I could find a picture.

[Jim B]

I've seen some of those here in Central New York. Looks pretty cool.

[rronning84]

I've seen some of those here in Central New York. Looks pretty cool.

Its the cheap and easy way out. LOL

[highway]

Out in Oregon where I am from it is very common for truckers to remove the sleeper on what ever truck they happen to own at the moment and what they do is find some whether molding that will fit the hole that is left and have a custom piece of glass made. It makes for a really big rear window. I wish I could find a picture.

Yeah, and looks better than a few I've seen around the WV/PA/Oh area with a piece of plywood covering the hole. That must be the hillbilly/redneck way of doing it!

[rronning84]

[rronning84]

[rronning84]

Here are some updated pics. The cab still is not mounted.

Edited April 16, 2010 by rronning84