Tamiya King-Globeliner

[Oldpete]

Hi all!
This is my first thread (with some content) on this forum and i wanna start with my last truck
A used Tamiya Globeliner that ive bougt 3 years ago... to be specific it was a MAN 4x2 chassis with a Globeliner cab glued on that ive paid 150€ Of course it was without electronics exept for a steering servo that doesn't work at all.

This is how it looks like when i've brougt it home... on my old scratch built low loader pulled by my Grand Hauler











I disassembled everything and recovered the parts I needed, cleaning them from paint and repainting where necessary and sold on ebay parts I didn't need
earning some money to buy even some small upgrades.





As I told you the chassis of the Man was restored to be sold and I bought the rails of the king hauler, the center axle and a set of suspension from the same truck







this is the chassis after the restoration before the sale







This is a test with a 3d printed Mack cab which I initially wanted to use but found it to be printed in a different scale as you can see in the pics







I added some metal crossmembers that ive bought on ebay and made some out of aluminium tube.





And swapped the stock plastic suspension arms with some alloy ones



For the driveshaft I used 2 steel driveshaft that I had discarted from a previous build, I cut them to size and welded to create one of the right length. Then I put it on the lathe, roughened, sanded and painted





I bought a brushed combo with 55t motor but the shaft was too long so I decided to create a spacer between the gearbox and motor to make the sprocket work in the correct position. the gearbox (all on bearings) has been cleaned, overhauled and greased with the covers painted in caterpillar yellow



I decided to do a little driving test under load. I used my flatbed trailer which weighs 2.5kg, a tank full of water 22kg, a crate of water 9.4kg and snow chains 6kg











it runs very well! as soon as I can figure out how to do it I'll upload a video