SCM Australian Trucks Groupbuild
1October 18, 2019
2February 22, 2020A bleach bath didn't work, so oven cleaner it is
3February 22, 2020Spraying the stuff didn't work as hoped, bathing it is
4February 22, 2020One side works perfect.
5February 22, 2020After drying, this residue returns....
6February 22, 2020Testing 123 in a sealed bag
7February 22, 2020Result is.... disappointing
8February 22, 2020Als parts taking a bath
9February 22, 2020In the meantime, clean up time
10February 22, 2020This will become a thingy to connect to the part to form another thingy?
11February 22, 2020Overnight Mr Muscle Oven cleaner bath
12February 22, 2020No dice!
13February 22, 2020Tried Bozzer's advice: brake fluid, bleach, brake fluid. Result is this
14February 22, 2020I. Am. Getting. Desperate!
15February 29, 2020New kit on the dock
16February 29, 2020Brake fluid & bleach
17February 29, 2020It’s green!
18February 29, 2020After rinsing
19February 29, 2020Looks okay?
20February 29, 2020Could it be?
21March 15, 2020I use plastic bags for sorting. From left to right: Cut, sanded, polished with pads, machine polished
22March 15, 2020Been busy for a bit
23April 12, 2020Let me sleep on it
24April 12, 2020Cut off the spoiler
25April 12, 2020Filled with sprue glue
26April 12, 2020Yuck
27April 12, 2020Paper
28April 12, 2020Plastic
29April 12, 2020Tadaa!
30April 12, 2020Still some bubbles in the sprue glue
31April 18, 2020Before polishing
32April 18, 2020Before
33April 18, 2020After
34April 18, 2020One done, one to go
35April 19, 2020
36April 19, 2020
37April 19, 2020
38April 19, 2020
39April 19, 2020
40April 19, 2020
41April 19, 2020
42April 26, 2020Glued some chassis parts
43April 26, 2020Suspension
44April 26, 2020My can also needed some putty
45April 26, 2020But not much
46April 26, 2020Lots of mold lines on the bull bar
47April 27, 2020Added some sprue on the back for the clips to bite in.
48April 27, 2020Some primer on the floor and the shelves
49April 27, 2020Shelves will be rough bare aluminium
50April 27, 2020Chrome on the rims
51April 27, 2020And the bull bar
52April 27, 2020Me like
53April 27, 2020With the round black thingies around the rims
54May 9, 2020Base layer for the sleeper. Diarrhoea anyone?
55May 9, 2020Even less so
56May 9, 2020Not so proud
57May 9, 2020Okayish?
58May 9, 2020These I like!
59May 9, 2020#proud!
60May 9, 2020I like how the fabric came out in the blanket
61May 9, 2020Glued the back to the door panels
62May 9, 2020Silver layer
63May 9, 2020It’s blue?
64May 9, 2020Definitely blue
65June 6, 2020Dry fit to glue the roof to the front
66June 6, 2020Bed is in
67June 6, 2020Aluminium trays as well
68June 6, 2020The sprue glue stayed uneven
69June 6, 2020
70June 6, 2020AC tinted with metallic pigment
71June 6, 2020Polished once more
72June 6, 2020Thank you mr Hardy for the idea!
73June 6, 2020Primer!
74June 6, 2020
75June 6, 2020
76June 7, 2020Orange over black primer
77June 7, 2020Orange over white primer
78June 9, 2020More colour! Needs an extra layer though
79June 9, 2020More colour! Needs an extra layer though
80June 9, 2020I nicked the bonnet, needs a stripping and a do over
81November 20, 2020Yellow top and brown bottom sprayed
82November 18, 2020Do over done!
83November 20, 2020After unmasking, I used an 1mm Molotow pen. I need practice 🙁
84January 2, 2022Ejector pin marks everywhere! Putty to the rescue!
85January 2, 2022
86January 3, 2022All this mess is from cleanup of 1 part…
87January 3, 2022Two chassis beams cleaned, sanded and glued. About 2 hours work
88January 3, 2022Chassis all glued up
89January 3, 2022The diamond tread plates are dry fit after cleaning and sanding
90March 7, 2022These lights will go
91March 7, 2022These too
92March 7, 2022Some aftermarket stuff for improvement
93March 7, 2022Vertical parts cleaned up.
94March 7, 2022What do these dental sticks have to do here?
95March 7, 2022The caps are needed!
96March 7, 2022Glueing, clamping and sanding
97March 7, 2022Tadaa! Homemade air tanks!
98March 7, 2022These will come in handy
99March 7, 2022Added the small black connectors to the lifting cilinders
100March 7, 2022Added some steel brake lines through the chassis
101March 7, 2022Dry fit of the homemade air tanks
102March 7, 2022And the last bit to the junction box
103March 7, 2022There will be 2 air hoses for each brake. A feed line and a return/actuator line.
104March 25, 2022Time to stop fooling around with dryfitting!
105March 25, 2022Degreasing is a challenge
106March 25, 2022So is drying
107March 25, 2022White primer on top
108March 25, 2022
109March 25, 2022
110March 25, 2022Molotow chrome on the wheels
111March 25, 2022Grey primer on the underside
112March 25, 2022
113March 25, 2022
114March 27, 2022No guesses as to the colour
115March 27, 2022More parts
116March 27, 2022Primer colour does matter. Underside in grey on the left, topside in white on the right
117March 28, 2022All that’s left of my yellow
118March 28, 2022
119March 28, 2022
120March 28, 2022
121April 3, 2022Final assembly started!
122April 3, 2022What a difference a wash makes
123April 3, 2022Brake lines installation
124April 3, 2022On her wheels!
125April 3, 2022Weight to help the glue set
126April 3, 2022A drop of weathering
127April 3, 2022Dry fit of the upper deck
128April 3, 2022Dry fit of the whole thing
129April 3, 2022Cutting chains to length
130April 3, 2022Hydraulics installation
131April 10, 2022Hydraulics installed
132April 10, 2022
133April 10, 2022
134April 10, 2022Controls
135April 10, 2022Nice flow
136April 10, 2022Masking
137April 10, 2022Shoddy maintenance
138April 10, 2022
139April 10, 2022
140April 10, 2022Leaks everywhere
141April 10, 2022Kit in inself
142April 10, 2022Nice!
143April 10, 2022
144April 10, 2022
145April 10, 2022Upper deck chains installed
146May 29, 2023Trying to get this build running again
147May 29, 2023
148May 29, 2023
149May 29, 2023
150October 30, 2024More sanding and cleaning.
151October 31, 2024Primer! Surfacer 1200
152October 31, 2024
153October 31, 2024Tamiya bright gun metal
154October 31, 2024
155November 1, 2024More parts prepped
156November 1, 2024White primer for the yellow
157November 1, 2024Some more primer on resented parts
158November 1, 2024Some black
159November 1, 2024And yellow!
160November 3, 2024Custom paint job on the sleeper
161November 3, 2024Making fest
162November 3, 2024The plot thickens
163November 3, 2024
164November 3, 2024License plate
165November 3, 2024Mr surfacer black 1500
166November 3, 2024Revell chrome. Decanted and thinned with slt. 50-50
167November 3, 2024
168November 4, 2024Yum!
169November 11, 2024The tank is coated with Alclad aqua gloss, the rim isn’t
170November 11, 2024
171November 11, 2024These take a lot of time and patience
172November 11, 2024She’s on her wheels
173November 11, 2024
174November 11, 2024The small tanks underneath the chassis make mounting the large tanks hard.
175November 11, 2024Starting to look okay
176November 11, 2024And then I quit for the day. The radiator sits too high for the bonnet to close
177November 11, 2024Now it closes
178November 11, 2024A very elegant solution
179November 11, 2024I’m done
180November 11, 2024
181November 11, 2024
182November 11, 2024
183November 11, 2024
184November 11, 2024In its rightful place
185November 11, 2024
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189November 11, 2024
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SCM Australian Trucks Groupbuild
15. Şubat a kadar 31. Temmuz 2020
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