Scania T580 8x4*4 dumptruck with krane

[Actros861]

Well i think its time to show my T-cab Scania. This truck was originally thought as just a simple dumptruck like this.



So i bought a T-cab kit.



It was a lot of work to get it to line up with the Tamiya bumper and cab. It was to narrow as yo can se here.



So i cut it in to three pieces.



And then put it together again.





Next step is to fix the grill.



This is what i ended up with.



Sidesteps.



Primed.





Then it took a turn to a heavy hauler and at this time i realised that a wanted a crane.





Craneparts.



Batterybox under the hood.



Crane starts to take shape.





A little movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXNdX...layer_embedded

[Actros861]

Lights are very important







Fenders in aluminium.





INstead of using Tamiya suspension i bought this sweet thing from Germany.







Front driven axle with servo holder.





New three speed gearbox with transfercase from Veroma Germany





It's alittle bit smaller then Tamiya.







New chassi the old one looked like swiss cheese.



Video to show how the axle mount works.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd1hf...layer_embedded

[Actros861]

As i was saying light is important.





Made this cover over the lover part of the crane.



And now it's a dumptruck again.

[Claus]

How do you like the Veroma transmission? I have been considering one for my Wedico Pete.

[scalelover]

Very nice build the cab came out sweet, the rear is nice too I'm liking the versatility of it. Plus the sweet arse suspension and crane. Looking forward to the next round of updates.

Do you have any info on the crane set, links to a website???

--Dan

[Hemi1966]

Anders, your Scania sure looks nice. Was that rear suspension from Getriebe Doctor ?

[dabears]

Thats a pretty impressive set up! You guys have access to all the cool stuff!

[plow jockey]

Outstanding build,great job on the cab,crane and suspension.

[Actros861]

Originally Posted by Claus

How do you like the Veroma transmission? I have been considering one for my Wedico Pete.

Oh its just great, small, quiet, easy to install and there are motoradapters for 4 or 5 diffrent motors. Buy one thats my advice. I even considered one for my CAT 966 loader.

Originally Posted by scalelover

Very nice build the cab came out sweet, the rear is nice too I'm liking the versatility of it. Plus the sweet arse suspension and crane. Looking forward to the next round of updates.

Do you have any info on the crane set, links to a website???

--Dan

Thanks
You can by it here. Very nice guy to talk to when i met him in Denmark on a truck meet.
http://www.der-getriebedoktor.de/sho...l.php?kid=1593

Originally Posted by Hemi1966

Anders, your Scania sure looks nice. Was that rear suspension from Getriebe Doctor ?

Thanks
Yes it is, its a really sweet setup for this kind of truck.
http://www.der-getriebedoktor.de/sho...s.php?aid=2440

Originally Posted by dabears

Thats a pretty impressive set up! You guys have access to all the cool stuff!

Yes it is but what a pain it is to get everything work like i want it to
I guess we have to euro trucks, but to us trucks its very limited

Originally Posted by plow jockey

Outstanding build,great job on the cab,crane and suspension.

Thanks

Some more pictures maybe

This is the underside of the dumpbody. I but on aluminium frames instead of the plastic ones that came with it, its made out of styrene btw.



Made a mount for the VBG-coupling. I made the drawbar to the trailer buy my self, its made in styrene as well. I'm gonna show the trailer here as well







And the last one is on the griffin decals. Just a little to big but how cares if you can see out of the truck

[dabears]

Man your trucks are cool!! That crane is awesome! Love the vids keeps em coming!!

[Actros861]

Thanks

Two small videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5LRJwBloFk&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4kuQksN_LI&feature=plcp

[Claus]

I'm interested in the LRP Truck Puller motor, have you used it yet? Do you like it? Are you running 7.2V or 12V?

[Actros861]

Yes i have used it, and it pulls my big *** excavator so i am happy with it
It's the 7,2V version i have in this one, next truck i'm gonna build i probably go for the 12V version. This truck is only ment for "light loads" so it's enough with the power for this truck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOi-LnCZuNU

[buzzy16]

Thats looking good, I was just wondering how strong the styrene dump body is, and what you treated the styrene with?

[Actros861]

No problem with the strength, it takes a full load of gravel without a problem
Haven't done anything with the body yet, just gonna paint it red on the inside and red/yellow combo on the outside. I will not spend so much time in the paint because I want to have a little run-down appearance of the body

[buzzy16]

ok, it looks very tidy, cant wait to see it all finished, where did you get the styrene from?

[Actros861]

It's pretty nice, i think the bottom is 7mm thick and the sides 5mm.

I got the hole body from a german shop http://www.fechtner-modellbau.de/shop/index.html
Item:nr is 7423

[dabears]

I didnt even know that place existed!! They have TONS of cool stuff!!!

[Actros861]

He has almost 9000 items in his shop So yes there are one or two items of interest

If somebody going to order from him, don't forget to change the language to english

[Actros861]

Some parts arrived for this one



Started with the bucket.





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Teeth, but i thinking of removing them again don't think they are necessary.







Sadly i forgot to take more pictures on the build but this is how it came out

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Hydraulic cylinders for the dump