Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
01-03-2025, 07:56 PM
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Re: Mercedes O-305 - city bus
Thanks Zabco, hopefully it'l be an enjoyable ride. Or atleast maybe worth what you paid in bus fare.
First reaction, I'm leaning about 1/16 scale. Bruder sized figures look propertional and fit...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
01-01-2025, 09:25 PM
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Replies: 4
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Re: Mercedes O-305 - city bus
Did some repairs. Opened & polished the original motors since i can't figure out what they are. Cleaned up the bright work with Molotow chrome. Picked up some new side mirrors. Got a new Rx bound to...
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Forum: Up Coming Club Events Section
12-25-2024, 03:47 PM
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Replies: 5
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Re: Lafayette, IN - Farm Toy show 28Feb-2Mar 2025
Yeah krewmember, I finally set up a burner account over there just to try seeing events. I don't know all the various groups it's splintered into. I guess having 1 central place for your RC Truck &...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
12-23-2024, 10:32 AM
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Replies: 4
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Mercedes O-305 - city bus
Rico toys of Spain produced a "Rico Bus" based on a Mercedes Omnibus O-305 City Transit bus. The full size bus was produced between 1969-1988. I can't find when toy bus production started, but Rico...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
12-23-2024, 09:11 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 28
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Forum: Up Coming Club Events Section
12-20-2024, 07:27 PM
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Replies: 2
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Cabin Fever - Lebanon, PA 17-18 Jan 2025
Cabin Fever
Lebanon Valley Expo Center
28th Annual Show!
Some of the things to see at the Show are displays of all types of model engineering, a miniature dragline with RC construction...
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Forum: Big Boys of the road 4x4/6x6/8x8/10x10 Trucks
12-20-2024, 11:33 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 35
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Forum: Big Boys of the road 4x4/6x6/8x8/10x10 Trucks
12-18-2024, 11:41 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 35
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Forum: Big Boys of the road 4x4/6x6/8x8/10x10 Trucks
12-14-2024, 12:22 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 35
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Forum: Construction Equipment
12-12-2024, 11:44 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 43
Re: TH407C Telehandler 1:14 scale
Looking like really nice progress!
I like that your setting up the rental machines differently to help meet customer needs. Floatation tires vs High clearance AG tires.
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Forum: Big Boys of the road 4x4/6x6/8x8/10x10 Trucks
12-11-2024, 12:36 PM
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Replies: 34
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Forum: Construction Equipment
12-06-2024, 07:33 PM
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Replies: 27
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Re: Gradall XL5100 V 1/14 Scale 3D Printed
Awesome looking first gradall! Any other pics of it?
Looks like a killer start on the new machine
Yeah, building a second, more complicated machine instead of taking the first one apart for...
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Forum: Up Coming Club Events Section
12-04-2024, 05:43 PM
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Replies: 1
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Napoleon, OH - june 6-7, 2025
Northwest Ohio
June 6 & 7, 2025 (Friday & Saturday) @ The Henry County Fairgrounds
- South Merchants Building in Napoleon, Ohio
* Napoleon, OH is located 15 miles South of the Ohio Turnpike...
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Forum: Up Coming Club Events Section
12-04-2024, 05:37 PM
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Replies: 5
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Lafayette, IN - Farm Toy show 28Feb-2Mar 2025
Feb 28 to March 2, 2025
Tippecanoe County Fairgrounds
1222 Teal Rd, Lafayette, IN 47905, United States
3 Days of RC Fun, In-Door on Concrete Floors RC Event at a LARGE Farm Toy Show. We'll have...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
11-30-2024, 03:35 PM
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Replies: 120
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Re: Nylint michigan crane conversion, hopefully
I finally managed to find a man with enough management experience that he doesn't have that toxic "Not my circus, not my monkeys" attitude! A real take charge type of leader, whose not afraid to jump...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
11-24-2024, 09:27 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 43
Re: TH407C Telehandler 1:14 scale
Great looking chassis! That looks like it'll be a really solid machine
If the stainless tubing doesn't work well, brass might be easier to work with
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Forum: Truck Building Tech
11-20-2024, 10:07 PM
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Replies: 127
Views: 128
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff
For the shackle benders, what about designing to use some needle-bearing rollers as the radius for your hard corners? Or even trying embedded needles in a Hotrolled version
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Forum: Construction Equipment
11-15-2024, 01:39 PM
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Replies: 4
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Forum: Static Conversions
11-15-2024, 09:17 AM
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Replies: 80
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Re: VW bay-window transporter
https://imgur.com/CicLu3Lh.jpg
I was thinking the BUS is more like fix the shipping curb-stomp, clean it up, couple esc, servos for steering and mid-doors. Fix some details, new mirrors. It's got...
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Forum: Static Conversions
11-14-2024, 01:57 PM
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Replies: 80
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Re: VW bay-window transporter
Everybody likes to talk about the "VW Microbus" most i've seen in the usa seemed to be the "2+5 layout" of astationwagon or minivan, but higher seating versions were made like 9 passenger
I've been...
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Forum: Tanks!
11-12-2024, 10:18 AM
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Replies: 10
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Forum: General Discussion
11-09-2024, 12:23 PM
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Replies: 20
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Re: Rc bus
I think this is really inspiring for a huge scale project, good thing my Pooping Robot printer is tiny
1976 movie "The Big Bus"
https://youtu.be/Y1SJthmEiWk?feature=shared
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Forum: Farm Tractors and Implements
11-07-2024, 09:11 AM
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Replies: 9
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Re: International Harvester Farmall 1256 (1967-69)
Well, to tell a family secret, I don't have a clue what i'm building.
Dunno dd, i thought it was just an old Plowin' Tractor, somehow thought those crawler motors were for bogging deep and turning...
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Forum: Truck Building Tech
11-04-2024, 12:11 PM
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Replies: 127
Views: 128
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff
If the Oring idea doesn't work out, you might be able to build up something like a bushing with Heatshrink tubing.
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Forum: Up Coming Club Events Section
11-03-2024, 09:37 PM
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Replies: 1
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