King Hauler Daycab on Volvo FH12 Chassis

[Papabaer]

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:

[Papabaer]

My problem: Where with the accumulator?

For a deep emphasis to reach I built the accumulator lengthwise into the chassis. I removed two tie bars from the chassis and fixes the accumulator with the safety device lever from the "old" accumulator box in the chassis:




Sorry for the bad image quality

The chassis got a cover from Diamond Plate:

[Papabaer]

A good friend in Germany build some Custom Parts for me:









and now this Parts on my Truck:



From the frontside:



At Detail:






The backside:





At Detail:



The last Picture is´nt up-to-date. I shifted the Diamond Plate a litle to the rear, thus that the Diamond Plate directly in the T-bar turns into.

[Papabaer]

I have now also an idea for the airbrush topic of the truck:

The cab becomes black and the chassis remains red.

This one go on the backsite of the cab....


...for a big Representation klick on the picture

...and that on the hood:



Both pictures are adapted to each other from the style

[Papabaer]

At present i wait for my Airbrusher to do his paint job. He has many jobs to do at the moment and i meet him Saturday on the Intermodellbau in Dortmund.

So i have time to build some litle accesoires for the cabine:





Ok thats an american Truck and "Tchibo" is a german Company, but i think thats ok - Mc Donalds gives it also in "good old Germany" and i am a coffeejunkie

In addition I has trie to copy my good old "Lehnert HS-120" in 1:14,5 (and this with my very big Fingers )

The Original:



...and my "Big Fingers Copy"





On a shopping tour my wife found a litle dog and she means that this is a good "Shotgun". Ok i love my girl and so "Lucky" come on my "Shotgun Seat":

[Izzy]

Awesome project....... The artwork looks great!

[BRICKNICK]

This truck looks cool, i have to agree with you about the "boring euro style trucks". Those custom Chrome goodies look great, who made em?

[tc1cat]

Great looking truck! It can only get better after the paint! Make sure you post lots of pictures when complete

[Papabaer]

Thank´s a lot for your coments - that´s give me new power to work on

Originally Posted by BRICKNICK

This truck looks cool, i have to agree with you about the "boring euro style trucks". Those custom Chrome goodies look great, who made em?

The chrome goodies are polished alu and steelparts and they are from "Custom Model Trucks and Parts"

[Papabaer]

Originally Posted by tc1cat

Great looking truck! It can only get better after the paint! Make sure you post lots of pictures when complete

Yes of course - i will show you all

[Tamiya Cowboy]

What a great looking little truck.. Can't wait to see more..

[Papabaer]

Thank´s Cowboy

I found a generator for "License Plates" (http://www.acme.com/licensemaker/) - their you can generate also older licenses - bring it into the correct size - print it - and cover it with clear (self adhesive) foil

....and here is the License for my Truck:

[B-Train Hauler]

Cool site , will add another touch of realism! Keep on your great work, we can't wait to see it complete

Salutations,

Gaetan

[Papabaer]

So Guys, now i can have a look on the "Backdoor" of the Convoy

My new Mirror Holders:





Locking much more better them the tamiya holder and the mirrorarms are adjustably



After my easter holidays i paint the holder looked like alu and you get new pictures with holder at the cab.

[rockNmayhem]

Them are some fancy little mirror holders. Who made them they look amazing.

[Espeefan]

Wow, what a great looking project. Those mirrors especially! They look like perfect replicas of real truck's 1:1 mirrors.

[Papabaer]

Thank´s Guys for your positive feedback.

Originally Posted by rockNmayhem

Them are some fancy little mirror holders. Who made them they look amazing.

The mirror holders are from "LKW Modellbau Berlin" (http://www.lkwmodellbauberlin.1a-shops.eu/)

[will43209]

That's a VERY nice truck! These trucks are just like the real ones, that you can change and customize parts. I'm ADDICTED to them! Great job!

[Car5858]

Those mirror supports are the best I have seen so far, just another detail for me to add to the list.

[Papabaer]

Sorry Guys,

when i have post the link to "LKW Modellbau Berlin" i don´t think about the language of the site (it is in german) and that somebody can´t find the mirror holder there

So here is the direct link to the productsite:

http://www.1a-shops.eu/cgi-bin/shops...6&subid=154426

The holders for Wedico Scale are the second Product (from the top) - in Tamiya Scale are the third Product (from the top)

I hope they supply the products also overseas, but i don´t know.

And by the way - i don´t work at "LKW Modellbau Berlin" and also i don´t get money to link the hompage