IH 350B Payhauler Truck

[Espeefan]

Ken, the updates are looking great! I was hoping this project didn't get lost. Wow, that chassis looks really scale, and perfect. The cab is well on it's way too. You are very talented with the mill and lathe! I love watching scratchbuilds like this take shape. Please keep the updates coming.

[RCP57]

Woohoo! I was wondering what was happening with this! Great job! I'm so happy to see some updates.

Where did you get the material for your leafs? I'm not sure what to use on my 850 build. I used bundle strapping on my Euc but it is so thin that it would take about 30 lefs to get the thickness right. Yours look bang on for the real deal!

Reg

[sparkycuda]

RCP57, the rear leaves are from banding material. Yes, individual leafs are not scale thickness - I made the total stack height correct by using a thicker spacer between mains and helpers. The fronts are a combination of banding material (the two longest leaves) and pieces from Tamiya truck springs that I separated and cut to length. Some leaves were straightened out - unrolled the eyes - to get the needed length. I'll have to wait on the final configuration, though. If the springs are too light when loaded, I'll be adding coils inside the shocks to assist. Worst case, I'll add additional leaves to up the spring rate.

Ken

[RCP57]

Originally Posted by sparkycuda

RCP57, the rear leaves are from banding material. Yes, individual leafs are not scale thickness - I made the total stack height correct by using a thicker spacer between mains and helpers. The fronts are a combination of banding material (the two longest leaves) and pieces from Tamiya truck springs that I separated and cut to length. Some leaves were straightened out - unrolled the eyes - to get the needed length. I'll have to wait on the final configuration, though. If the springs are too light when loaded, I'll be adding coils inside the shocks to assist. Worst case, I'll add additional leaves to up the spring rate.

Ken

Wow you did a lot nicer job of the banding material than I did! I would have never guessed that parts of your springs were made of that. Maybe I will just use that in my KW then. I have a pile of it saved up so the price is right.

Thanks for the info!

Reg

[ihbuilder]

great job Ken , I got the 1:25 1 from 1st gear for christmas along with the 433 payscraper .

Reg , not sure (proby not ) if you can order through McMaster but I got a coil of spring material there . recoil spring from old lawn mowers will work too .