Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
08-25-2013, 06:23 AM
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Forum: General Discussion
08-25-2013, 06:19 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 6,321
Re: Tractor Trailer flies though the air
Far out thats insane. He's lucky he didnt have a cargo, could have ended up with something coming through the back of the truck!
Wonder what it would take to get a Tamiya to do that...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
08-25-2013, 12:16 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 19,384
Re: Bob's Hauler
Whos build am I copying? Theres very few ways to attach a 3rd axle, and I havent seen anyone elses build that looks like this.
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
08-25-2013, 12:03 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 19,384
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
08-24-2013, 05:28 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 19,384
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
08-24-2013, 02:05 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 19,384
Re: Bob's Hauler
Alrighty, chassis rails came in, so got drilling, and have the rolling chassis done!
I swapped the shock bodies from a trailer to get silver ones for the rear. Didnt bother with the front as you...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
08-23-2013, 01:48 PM
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Replies: 279
Views: 87,862
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
08-23-2013, 05:07 AM
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Replies: 279
Views: 87,862
Re: optimus prime transformers
Yeah bending a piece never occurred to me either until RCT posted that example!
And you think your build has had setbacks? lol, i think my body has more paint/primer/putty than plastic!
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
08-21-2013, 04:22 AM
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Replies: 372
Views: 162,116
Re: Movie Optimus Prime build
From an aussie shop online. Www.ledsales.com.au
They do some nice electroluminescent wire too, might have to think of a project to use some on.
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
08-21-2013, 03:03 AM
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Replies: 372
Views: 162,116
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
08-21-2013, 12:42 AM
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Replies: 372
Views: 162,116
Re: Movie Optimus Prime build
Ahh, right, sorry didnt get what you meant. The Ali I used was 0.1mm, so almost like foil anyway. Im going to try it on a slightly thicker piece and see if it holds better.
Also just found some...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
08-20-2013, 01:15 AM
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Replies: 372
Views: 162,116
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
08-20-2013, 12:07 AM
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Replies: 372
Views: 162,116
Re: Movie Optimus Prime build
Ive seen the square pattern styrene, and thats my fallback if I cant make anything else. I may get a better result by using a thicker piece of aluminium, the one I did above is super thin 0.1mm. A...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
08-19-2013, 08:36 AM
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Replies: 372
Views: 162,116
Re: Movie Optimus Prime build
So i'm working on how to do the back doors, they have a quilted pattern which is difficult to replicate.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~canison/prime/128.JPG
I had a spare bit of thin aluminium,...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
08-18-2013, 05:44 AM
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Replies: 372
Views: 162,116
Re: Movie Optimus Prime build
I had to remake the front panel of the trailer, the previous one was 5mm too short.
I think my method of construction is: measure once, cut, test fit, swear, measure again, trim a bit, test again,...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
08-17-2013, 07:15 AM
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Replies: 372
Views: 162,116
Re: Movie Optimus Prime build
Got the rear of the trailer mounted up. Had to re-make the rear side uprights of the trailer frame too, turned out they werent even.
Have some of Lynns bezels for the lights, and waiting on some...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
08-15-2013, 10:42 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 7,494
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
08-15-2013, 07:12 AM
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Replies: 372
Views: 162,116
Re: Movie Optimus Prime build
Made the rear bumper/lights for the trailer today. Its a llittle uneven, but it'll do the job. Still need to paint the styrene, and polish the ali though.
Thanks to Russ for the centre light...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
08-12-2013, 11:47 AM
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Replies: 92
Views: 36,301
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
08-11-2013, 11:38 AM
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Replies: 372
Views: 162,116
Re: Movie Optimus Prime build
From what I worked out, in scale it should be about 294mm tall ground to top of the roof. But the actual box should be about 200mm tall, which is how i've tried to size it.
I redrilled the mounts...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
08-11-2013, 06:26 AM
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Replies: 372
Views: 162,116
Re: Movie Optimus Prime build
I'm letting the clearcoat cure properly for a week or so before i do any masking over it. So in the meantime i decided to get some work on the trailer done since the styrene for the side panels came...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
08-08-2013, 08:54 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 19,384
Re: Bob's Hauler
Got a load of deliveries today!
Theres just something special about getting a nice big box with Tamiya written on it. I've had plenty of different brands of RC cars, but no-one takes quite as much...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
08-08-2013, 01:50 AM
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Replies: 372
Views: 162,116
Re: Movie Optimus Prime build
I'll give it a protective clearcoat tonight, then make the masks for spraying the blue. The one for the roof of the cab is going to be a pain.
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
08-07-2013, 09:59 AM
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Replies: 372
Views: 162,116
Re: Movie Optimus Prime build
Third times a charm!
I probably should have made the yellow/gold band a bit thicker, but oh well, too late now.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~canison/prime/118.JPG
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
08-07-2013, 07:57 AM
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Replies: 279
Views: 87,862
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