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Old 08-16-2010, 04:41 PM
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Default Gaullee Pa,Always wanted a 9 spd Atlas movin truck

Back a few years ago a good friend of mine had a truck built for his line of work.(movin) Always thought it was a neat rig.



So...Now that I have a few builds under my belt,I'm a gunna go for it!
Well close anyhow. Also was lookin at the pile of tamiya 3spds that weren't doing nothing.So figured lets do something useful w/them.
Now in real life you shift a tractor a bunch of times,why not with scale model? So this is what I did.


It will only be a 6 spd on the upward shift,3 of the combos will overlap ratios. Still 6 is kooler than 3!
Now the tractor. As you see in the pics,the tractor is almost as long as the trailer. So here's a tour of the build from start to date.















More to come!
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