Australian Mack
 

Well this is my first build post so here goes.

Since being an ex defence member I've wanted to build an Army Mack and just have been given the chance to.

I found myself purchasing a 1/14 scale R series "Australian Army" Mack cab (YES there is a difference).

The vehicle i'll be putting together is an ex Australian Army Mac Artillery Tractor

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A new nose for my Mack, sorry for the photos but only a phone camera

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Pretty good. Where did you get the 1/14 Mack cab from?

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Cant wait to see how this turns out!

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The cab came from a company called Shapeways that is into 3d printing.

Please check this out:-

http://www.shapeways.com/shops/SSMCollection

The guy is great and does wonders off a set of plans, I sent him.

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And here is some more pics.

The chassis is a plain stretched chassis and a TLT-1 front cross member, with a dirty great hunk of aluminium up front as a bulbar, with the speed controller mounted underneath and behind a suitably made up "exhaust" and the receiver will be over the top.

The motor is an outrunner which surprisingly enough has enough torque to really push this vehicle along when finished. ( Geez I remember motors that were big heavy things, must be getting old, all this new tech )

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A couple more of the body fitted to chassis, and yes I am going to build an R/C Palfinger for this truck (non-hydraulic)

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What model Mack is that ?......looks like a DMM686SX? That's what an all wheel drive,steel hood,heavy spec us mack tractor would be.

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That's the one.

The Australian Army bought a whole heap of same model with different usages

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Thx for the info mate. I sent you a pm :)

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Wow, that is a good looking cab and hood! As far Macks go, they always look tough, but this one maybe a little more so. It has an interesting arrangement for the exhaust stack.

Re: Australian Mack
 

Cool old school Mack build. I really like it.

Re: Australian Mack
 

Looks more like an RD800, RDs had centered cabs, DMs had offset cabs.