Scaleart - assembling an Arocs 8x8 roll on roll off kipper

[Brel]

looks great

[Rakthi]

Thank you Brel!

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Next up is the supports for the rear lights.



Tight fit indeed.



On the left side I had to loosen the bolts from the fender support to get a little leeway.



Installed. Still needs the part to attach the license plate.



Next, the rear bumper bar. (comes as part of the hook mechanism)



Can be installed high ...



Or low. Installed it low because I will install the rocking tow bit.



Having a little 2.5 socket key to hold the bolt while setting the nut is handy here.



Bumper bar in. (put some loctite on it)







That's all I had time for. I also shortened the 4th nut from the strengthening frame. One of the reasons of the order this is bolted together is to get the frame to the state where it can be painted. Hence the parts from different assembly units.

Cheers!

Stephan

[Rakthi]

The leaf spring assembly for both front axles. The 2 parts in the red box replace the regular spacers, one on the left inside of the first axle and one on the right inside of the second axle



The first axle left side, parts laid in order of assembly. I wiggled them out using the tweezers.



The points where they attached to the frame are sharp. I elected to sand them off to smoothen them.



All the parts for this assembly unit sorted out. (The 2 30mm long screws and the black block at the bottom come from the axle package. Not included with the suspension assembly)



Assembled





The leaf spring for the 2nd axle



Front suspension left side assembled



Closer look at the 2nd axle



Front leaf springs left and right



This took way longer than I thought it would. As before, fit and finish is excellent.

Cheers,

Stephan