King Hauler Daycab on Volvo FH12 Chassis

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Hello Guys,

I would like to show you my current project:

Those are some photos of my Tamiya Vovo FH12:






A normal, boring, European truck, as one very often sees it in model building meeting. But i wanted however a model which one see not so frequent. I like the American Trucks with its long hoods anyway most of all and thus was born my new project.

First I bought a King Hauler cab with all attachments:



The Servos I put lengthwise into the front of the chassis. The front axle was turned, so that the tie rod behind the axle is:



I used only the tanks and omitted the entrances, since the chassis is shorter of the Volvo than the chassis of the King Hauler:



The fifth wheel was moved also somewhat to the rear and sits now nearly over drive differenzial: