6x6 Dakar Race Truck (1:16 scale)

[azbill]

Seem's my bar lights missed up the function of the hinges on the cab door's. So I there now going to be non-functional.

New plan for the truck color. I got roll of blue flexible carbon fiber vinyl wrap (MetroRestyling.com) and went to town wrapping the cab and the trailer. Took about 7 hours to wrap. I think it looks a better!

I got a small sheet of plexi-glass from Home Depot and cut it to the shapes of the cab windows and spray painted the inside black. Then mounted them with hot glue.

At this point the truck looks a little to militant. I'm going to add some decals to the truck to match the decals on my old race bike.

[azbill]

My buddy gave me a smoke generator for a train and dared to integrate it into the truck. It wasn't that hard, but I'm very dis appointed that that I can find in "black" smoke. All the train products produce thin white smoke with doesn't come close to a turbo diesel output.

I got a couple of the MSDS sheets from a couple of the train smoke fluids and I measured the voltage and temperature of the heating element in the smoke generator. I send all the info to a chemical engineer friend of mine and asked him to make me some black smoke fluid...

Then thin walled tubing keep clasping on it self, so I may redo the plumbing once I get the black fluid.

Video...
http://youtu.be/qi5Hpynxl8s

[azbill]

Lighting test...

1) Running Lights
2) Running & Bar Lights
3) Running & Ground Lights
4) Running, Bar & Ground Lights
5) Rear Break Lights

[mack kid]

I once saw on a tank forum black smoke. i know that in itself not a lot of help but just maybe i can find it again.

[azbill]

Originally Posted by mack kid

I once saw on a tank forum black smoke. i know that in itself not a lot of help but just maybe i can find it again.

I'll keep searching google...

[azbill]

I got my vinyl decals! They match the design of my old Ducati E900 race bike (my race team was 'Elefant Racing').

My friends at the vinyl shop wasn't to happy with cutting out the small graphics. I guess with there equipment they have to hand cut graphics under 1/4". They did a great job!

I think the color gives the truck a little more life...

[azbill]

I decided the truck needed full under body skip plate for the cab. So after a few try's at making paper patterns that would protect the undercarriage and not interfere with steering I came up with a design.

I make a simple "U" bracket and mounted it to the middle of the frame. Then cut my skid plate pattern of of aluminum plate and bend it on two places to wrap it over the differential. I mounted the leading edge to the trucks bumper and the used the "U" bracket to mount the rear of the plate.

The skip plate cost me about 3/16" of clearance at the front axel.

[azbill]

I got a ServoNaut SMX Sound Module (With Turbo) for the truck. It took a while to figure out the wiring and how to integrate it into the speed controller.

I also got a 1:16 scale 42" speaker!