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Old 02-10-2015, 04:37 AM
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You know the feeling when you get a little carried away when ordering parts, got this in the post today, 2,7 kilo around 4,5 pounds of aluminium, and I still haven´t ordered a truck for the parts, guess its gonna be a grand hauler.





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Been there done that...LOL
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got a bit more in the mail box today

cut the bunk, a did my first attempt at reshaping the fenders.







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got a bit more in the mail box today

cut the bunk, a did my first attempt at reshaping the fenders.







Is it just me or is that literally just a updated king hauler???
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Is it just me or is that literally just a updated king hauler???
glorified King Hauler if you ask me Chi-Noos
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glorified King Hauler if you ask me Chi-Noos
I kinda figured that and agree just wasn't sure if they changed the body any.
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got the front fenders glued in, and the rear of the cab closed up




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got the inside of the fenders glued in, and a set of FULDA tires on my aluminium wheels.




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got the gap around the fenders filled in, still a long way to go






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Should look great! Good plastic work, Styrene is really great to work with.
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Rene - nice fill work.

Travis taught me to take a seperately bottle of our styrene glue and put little pieces of styrene in it from our cutting and carvings. The pieces disolve and add filler to the glue. Helps fill moderate gaps.
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Should look great! Good plastic work, Styrene is really great to work with.
thanks Trucker_Jo, it's more or less my first real attempt working with styrene
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Rene - nice fill work.

Travis taught me to take a seperately bottle of our styrene glue and put little pieces of styrene in it from our cutting and carvings. The pieces disolve and add filler to the glue. Helps fill moderate gaps.

Thank you Izzy, as mentioned above, it pretty much my first real attempt with styrene, I got an old bottle of glue where the tube is broken, I'll try to put some of the shavings in it
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Got a little more work done last night, cut a new frame stretched 6 centimeters or 2.1/4 inch, fitted aluminium rear axles, and a true scale dropped front axle.

first pic it got the tamiya front axle, and second one is the true scale dropped front axle














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bunk glued, just need filler and sanding now.

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truck is shaping up nicely i want to do that frotn axle on my next build did you lower the rear of the truck too or leave it stock if lowered how did you do it thanks and any tips on making the sleeper the same height as the working cab keep up the great work
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truck is shaping up nicely i want to do that frotn axle on my next build did you lower the rear of the truck too or leave it stock if lowered how did you do it thanks and any tips on making the sleeper the same height as the working cab keep up the great work
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I just cut the sleeper in four pieces, glued the sides together, and then I trimmed the top until i thought it looked the way it should
rear end is left stock, didn't want a truck that could run only with one trailer, tried that already

there are some pics in the link of my first King Hauler, stretched and dropped!

http://www.rctruckandconstruction.co...hread.php?t=85
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awesome thanks and thsoe trucks look sick as well one more question that i forgot to ask what do you use to cut the cabs up with will a dremel tol with a cut off wheel work okay or is there something better thansk again and cant wait to see how this one turns out.
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usually I use a dremel, but for the front fenders i used a thread, drilled a little hole next to the headlight, put at thread through and pull it back and forth, it can make a pretty clean cut if you know what you are doing, mine was far from clean
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