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Old 12-29-2011, 09:42 AM
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Hey all,
in this thread I want to show you my second tractor. It´s a King Hauler, built with some left over parts.
First of all, I extendedthe frame by one tank-length.
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This was just right to extend the sleeper by just cutting away the rear on one and the front on the other one!
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After the sleeper was glued together and finished, I started to paint the whole cabin. First I liked the blue, but I´a m thinking about a different paint-scheme. I got some good Ideas here, let´s see!
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The most important change on the boby was cutting away the original Tamiya frontlights and closing them with some plastic.
I replaced them with some frontlights from the Wedico Pete 359.
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Then I built some mirror-holders by myself. Used some thin brass.tube, fatened at the ends, so I could drill the holes for the screws. The mirrors themselves are the original Tamiya ones.
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Old 12-29-2011, 09:54 AM
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Great looking Job you have done.. Any plans for for more details.
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Old 12-29-2011, 09:57 AM
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Nice job on your mirror-holders.
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Old 12-29-2011, 03:48 PM
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Cool build! What are you using for mirrors?
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Looks good stretched out and painted. Nice work
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Is it just me, or do I spy a line of TINY little LEDs along the top of the sleeper? Nice and neat.
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Nice truck.....it looks great stretched out!
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Old 12-30-2011, 03:07 PM
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I think the paint looks good. I was going ask about the LEDs on the sleeper too. There are quite a few of them! The mirror mounts look good too. I've got to try something like for my own trucks. It makes a huge difference!
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You´re right, theres some LED´s along the sleeper. Add some power and they look like this:
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Sweet. Lights and truck look great. Nice work
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that is one great looking truck!
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Now that is really looking great kaipi, nice work! Looks fantastic finished and lit up.
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Looks GREAT! I didn't catch the mirrors until someone mentioned it. And the lights are AWESOME1

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The Truck is in pieces again. I will do a new paintscheme, before that correct some small scratches in the body. Pics will follow!
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The truck and all the lights look really good!!
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All right, started to repaint the Tractor. The red stripes will follow in a few days!!
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Scott, you're really doing a fantastic job. I love the mirror brackets, what size of tubing did you use? This is going to be a beauty.

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That will be a popular paint scheme on here! Very neat work!
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Yep!! I like it great looking truck and all the lights very nice touch..
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Old 01-26-2012, 11:22 AM
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Just got back from the cellar after the 3rd paint-session! Now some small corrections, probably some decals and then clear-cote and I´am done with painting!!
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