Medium duty loosely based Mitsu-Fuso build

[Thorsteenster]

I think this is the proper forum for this as it'll be a construction/dump truck.

Well, I got my Tamiya Volvo cab parts a couple weeks back and have sat looking at it and pondering what I'll build with it. After many many different possibilities, I came up with doing a medium duty dump truck. It will be roughly based on a cross of 80's and 90's Mitsubishi-Fuso trucks. No one model in specific to keep mods to the Volvo cab minimal.

The frame will be made from 1/2" steel sqaure tube cut in half. The axles will be Losi Mini Crawler axles perched on Tamiya semi leafs. For the motor I'll use a Novak Mongoose crawler system powered by A123 LiFe batteries.
I'm not sure on what transmission yet, but may end up using the trans from the mini crawler as well.
For tires I found some on AFV I think I'll go with, Euro-tary Michelins that I think are for Wedico trucks. With a 76mm height and a 35mm wheel, I hope they'll be small enough in comparison to the semi tires to look like they belong on a medium duty truck.
http://www.afv-model.com/4711shop/sh...Full-tire.html
Any tire suggestions would be appreciated, I'm not set on these tires, but want something 2.75" - 3" in height with a 1.5" wheel or smaller to be an approximate 16" wheel in 1:14th scale.
The dumbody is still in the works but will be a screw drive lift. I'll have to research this some more and try to come up with a solution that's with in my current capabilities.

Then also to further this category being the right one, I want to build a trailer and mod a Bruder skid steer to RC to pull behind it.

All I have so far is the cab, I've just ordered the parts to build tha axles. I'll have to wait for them to see how much I need to narrow the cab.
The cab will be narrowed about 1", and I'll either extend it slightly to make it a crew cab, or shorten it and make a single cab.