Pete 367 in brass

[Espeefan]

Is the cab floor or the sill plate of the cab in the way, or something, that you can't push the pin in from the bottom? You might not have a choice but to solder the hinge onto the cab and door, after the pin is in place. Unless you build the hinge first, and then bolt it to the door.

[ihbuilder]

looks good Tim , here's a pic of my hing for my 5900i heavy haul . They're basically 2 brass butt hinges stacked to make the piano hing . you can find them in any hardware store . I think I used .625"x.5"

[crawler07]

I feel your paint with the hinges, I have the biggest trouble when it comes to them on my build as well. I hate them so much that I built one for the drivers door about 6 month ago and still havent done the pssengers side out of hate LOL..You can look over my 5 ton build and see how I did mine if it helps..

And you doing a fine job here man!! Please keep posting its motivational to say the least!

[Timmy]

Thank you diesel diamond. Espeefan, pretty much everything is in the way, door sill, floor, door frame. I was hoping to keep the doors removable, I like the stacked hinges that ihbuilder used. I looked at my local hardware store but I couldnt find anything that small. So espeefan, I may have to just solder them!
There is a doll house store in town that I'm going to check.
Crawler07, I like your hinges. Do you have anymore detailed photos of how you did them? I want to try everything and see what works best.
I have an idea that I'm going to try, and I'll post pics even if it doesn't work.
This is why I joined this board, everyone is so helpful and friendly!
Thanks for looking
Tim

[Timmy]

Wow what a week!! I didn't get much chance to do anything until today. I played with hinges today, and I'm going to try a couple other ideas before I decide on my final arrangement, but I'd like to hear what you guys think.

These are the small hinges I finally found that ihbuilder suggested

And this is the same thing just from farther away

I like the look, but I've got to do some structure mods to use them. They push the door way back.
What do you guys think?

[crawler07]

yep I like them also. I would get you some pics of my hinges,but it doesnt look like you need to see mine as yours look so good!

[Timmy]

Thanks guys! I like it and I wish I could take the credit for building them, but they are store bought, I really wanted the pin to be removable though. I may try to remove the pins later and re-work it.
Crawler07, I'd still like to see some pics of your hinges if you have some, as nothing is set in stone.
Thanks for looking
Tim

[Timmy]

I haven't had very much chance this last week or so to do much, but I'll be posting pics again soon. I do have a question though.
Is there a place in the US or Canada that sells complete tamiya drive axles seperatly?
My usual haunts say no, I have to buy a complete kit to get them, so I went as far as talking to the head guy at tamiya Canada (I know him from working in a couple different hobby shops) and he even says no.
In my long winded way, I'm reaching out, can anyone help?
Tim

[Mrfish55]

All that metal why would you want plastic axles? Why not get some of the alloy ones available? Check out R/C channel, I've never used them but they look nice and they are alloy, would look better than plastic, especially if you decide to just polish the brass instead of painting it, truck is looking real good, I initially wanted to do brass and copper for my cab but I lack the tools to do it right. Good luck.

[hippy]

Originally Posted by Timmy

I haven't had very much chance this last week or so to do much, but I'll be posting pics again soon. I do have a question though.
Is there a place in the US or Canada that sells complete tamiya drive axles seperatly?
My usual haunts say no, I have to buy a complete kit to get them, so I went as far as talking to the head guy at tamiya Canada (I know him from working in a couple different hobby shops) and he even says no.
In my long winded way, I'm reaching out, can anyone help?
Tim

www.store.rc4wd.com for your axle.

looking great so far!