Scaleart - assembling an Arocs 8x8 roll on roll off kipper

[Tp_hofmann]

Great model - nicely assembled !

Br,
Thomas

[chris1210]

I've been following since the first started. Can't wait to see the video of it running

[Rakthi]

Hi Brel, Tom, chriss1210 ... Thank you for the comments.

As for a video of it running ... will be a while due to slow 3G internet and nobody around to hold the phone.

Meanwhile I finally found a supplier of decent paint. Now seriously thinking of repainting the chassis in RAL 3002 (red). Since I will have to take the truck partly apart when I replace the 2 supports of the kipping mechanism, might as well do a proper job of it then. Will not be for tomorrow although I did put in an order for the paint.

Stephan

[Rakthi]

Time for an update here.

Christian who has the same container in the works pointed out a problem:
These hooks that hold the container during kipping are supposed to go completely over the cross piece.



And the sliding hooks that control the locking mechanism for other containers are blocked too,



ScaleArt is aware of this problem and will come out with an update to fix this. However in the meantime I decided to see if I could come up with something that would make it work as it should.

Since the cross bar is too thick to let the hooks slide over it, filing is in order:





Because a decent chunk of material was removed, a little bit of bracing would be good.





With this all taken care of noticed that now the hook mechanisme slides into the diagonal support of the exhaust - why did I have to order that piece? - bending it.



Added a small piece of aluminium to alleviate this problem.



After some filler and sanding tested it.



Missing the diagonal support with a hair! Will add some small bits of rubber to give a bit more distance.



Painted the cross bit black since it is barely visible.



Added 2 rubber bumper stops to it to give more distance



And re-installed. Everything now working in good order



Now waiting for the replacement pieces I messed up when I drilled out the broken bolts.