Day Cab Work Truck by Izzy

[Izzy]

I had started this a while ago and well frankly I could use some thoughts....so I won't bore you with the chassis build pics but here goes....

standard rear of the king hauler....


my conversion - picked up the center plate on a trade


picked up these pete styled fenders from S&P here on the board.... alittle sanding and trimming and their looking real good...




Choping the cab fenders off....







had to do a test fit of the cab -


here's where I have the cab now .... moved the front axel forward and lowered the cab a bit....






some PMD tanks I had from some other trading...




standard steps with some air tanks that were in a trade...


what ya think so far??? Thanks for lookin..

[MACK Daddy]

Always a fan of your work

Great Job So far


Alfy

[hippy]

WOW! that's all i got is WOW!

[firefighter-1177]

Looks great!!! You are good my friend.

[1985 kenworth]

looks good, please tell me where do you guys get those realistic looking tires from love the look of the drives they look so real

[Brel]

nice work on the day cab Izzy

Originally Posted by 1985 kenworth

looks good, please tell me where do you guys get those realistic looking tires from love the look of the drives they look so real

I got mine off ebay.co.uk, item No. 190609765954

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Looking real good Izzy

[tc1cat]

Nice start, Izzy. Any hints as to what you are going for???

[bigTdozer]

Awsome truck Izzy ! I like the fenders

[Espeefan]

Great start! The fenders are really nice. We never see many photos of them, in a raw state, or slightly cleaned up and sanded. It's the best way to make a King Hauler a Peterbilt. Looking forward to this project!

[Bigg Redd]

Very nice I love the rear suspension awsome

[hammer]

Looks real good Izzy

Tony

[dsm4g63punk]

off to a good start.. i really like the black rim and nice job on the fenders

[Stepside]

Great start! Love all the references to trading! Great way to get stuff you need!

[CustomRCmodels]

as always , nice work Izzy

I noticed here a problem
on the suspension photo from our UK trucker Brel

Brel , do I see this correct and you use a solid drive-shaft ( no length-adjustment ) instead of the original dog-bone for your rear axles ?

You can not do that , you gone put your suspension in a bind .
If you want to do this you need to replace the lower control-arms from at least one axle
and replace them with something what has a variable length , like a shock

check out this link here ,
http://www.customrcmodels.com/Trucks/new_6wd_project.htm
it shows one of my 6WD builds
and pay close attention to the photos how I did the rear-axle suspension



Willy
CustomRCmodels

Originally Posted by Brel

nice work on the day cab Izzy



I got mine off ebay.co.uk, item No. 190609765954

[CAT29]

Nice work looks great.

[Brian in PA]

Looks great so far Chris! Any idea on color?

[petermoblin]

Willy, I believe that is a rc4wd shaft in-between the axles and it has a slip yoke in it. Don't quote me on that, but it looks just like the one I looked at yesterday on the rc4wd website and it says it can be used for the semis

[CustomRCmodels]

Originally Posted by petermoblin

Willy, I believe that is a rc4wd shaft in-between the axles and it has a slip yoke in it. Don't quote me on that, but it looks just like the one I looked at yesterday on the rc4wd website and it says it can be used for the semis

Now that is interesting .. I just looked at that too …
Guess you are right , that could be it , since by the dimensions they list there it should fit/work .
Good find ! Must be a new item …guess I need to get me a set and check it out .
I am wondering how it’s done , if it can fall apart when you excide these 50mm length ?

What irritates me on the UK-trucker photo is that the u-joints are lined up so strange ,
not even , not 90 degrees offset , just a few degrees offset

[gun]

the truck is looking good Izzy what color you going to paint it ?