Custom build Scania Hauler T580

[gismow]

Painting the seats I tested a new mechanism by using flour to give them a bit of structure.





Some last peaces are drying at the moment. Tomorrow I can pickup the frame, it's actually at the painter to be powder painted.

Keep you updated.

[brr5]

Great job. Love the detail with the seats.

[egronvold]

Nice color! Awesome that you're able to make your own electronic components. The festures will give the truck extra realism.

[gismow]

Hi

The frame is back from the powder painting.



So I can start to assemble the truck again.

[gismow]

The front bumper resp. grill is added

[gismow]

Next milestone completed...

[gismow]

Hi...

It's nearly done...

[Rakthi]

Hi Peter, absolutely brilliant job! Followed the build on modelltruck.net too. Hat off to your skills!

Cheers!

Stephan

[The Wurst]

Great build. Thanks for posting so many pictures through the entire build.

[gismow]

Hi...

Today I made the last details on the back.

Here are some Fotos and two videos of the actual state.

The only thing I must do is to find a nice sun shield.

















Front

Front light functions

Rear

Rear light functions

[flatdeck]

Peter Amazing build... Love the Scania "T"


Wayne

[gismow]

Hi...

Because of technical reasons I couldn't use standard IR technics to lighten the trailer. So I started to create an own solution with Arduino boards.

The sender board



The receiver board



The sender board placed in the truck





And here's a video of the first ride in the living room.

First ride

[Serviceguyuk]

Exquisite work.

Your attention to the smallest detail is a credit to you

I wish I had your patience

[Louisbaby]

Amazing build. I'm attempting one myself, so I might use some of your ideas to help me along. I have a question regarding how your cab is mounted. I assume the hood/bonnet hinges forward. But does the cabin remain behind? Or is that hinged too? I also want to build the long cabin, to house my smoke system and various other electronics, But I'm still stuck with how to access it.

[gismow]

Hi Louisbaby,

thanx...

The bonnet is not mounted to the cab. It hinges to the front. It covers the main On/Off switch and also the charge connectors.

The cab is mounted in the front with two metal brakets. In the back I use the standard cab holder from the kit.

Here are 3 photos showing details:







If you want to open to maintain your smoke system, you can replace the srews in the brackets by metal pins having a hole to plug in a metal cramo to keep the brackets un place so you only have to remove thre cramps (2 in the front, 1 rear) and you can pull off the cab.

[Louisbaby]

Thanks for the reply, what are the 2 positions on the switch for?

[gismow]

Hi...

Position 1, the battery is connected to the electrics
Position 2, the battery is connected to the charging connectors right next to the switch.

It gives me the possibility to charge the battery without removing it from the truck.

[gismow]

The truck is mainly finished, only a sun shield is missing. First I wanted to use the standard shield but I wanted to have some integrated lights. So I started to build an own shield.





In addition many comments in my german threads were of the opinion that the rear mirrors are not really nice. They are not Scania like. So I started to build my own ones.

First I made the fixing for the cab.

[gismow]

After that I started to build the mirrors.

[gismow]