Many thanks gents, hopefully some more progress soon.
Mick's Scania S770 4x2 Italeri 1/24.
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Very nice updates Mick all looks good
Thanks Lee, larger update next
Bit of a larger update but as swmbo is away until tomorrow evening I got some desk time in.
I used this part to test the final colour as once the cab is finished it will not be seen again.
After watching a few videos on the real truck I found that this red box covers a positive terminal for jump starting, beside it is a hexagonal negative terminal which I’ve now added.
While painting in the panels above the driver I decided to convert one into a rough looking tachograph.
On the back wall of the cab there is a remote control and a control box for various lighting features etc. I had a go at them and they don’t look too bad fitted behind the drivers seat.
Some idiot then lost the pair of seatbelt clips I managed to find one in some bluetack but not the other so I set about making one. Here is the rough start with two bits of plastic strip glue together and drilled, and then fitted.
And finally a couple of pics of the assembled cab interior so far.
I used this part to test the final colour as once the cab is finished it will not be seen again.
After watching a few videos on the real truck I found that this red box covers a positive terminal for jump starting, beside it is a hexagonal negative terminal which I’ve now added.
While painting in the panels above the driver I decided to convert one into a rough looking tachograph.
On the back wall of the cab there is a remote control and a control box for various lighting features etc. I had a go at them and they don’t look too bad fitted behind the drivers seat.
Some idiot then lost the pair of seatbelt clips I managed to find one in some bluetack but not the other so I set about making one. Here is the rough start with two bits of plastic strip glue together and drilled, and then fitted.
And finally a couple of pics of the assembled cab interior so far.
I've been playing some serious ketchup up here 'Good Buddy' and it's a big '10-4' from my end Sir!!! Some great work whipping her into shape and some nice scratchy thrown in there too, Mick. The blue looks to be a good color, but I have to ask if you going to add the CD player and speakers to it...No music, no rolling down the highway!!!.............I'll try and keep up now, my friend...
Prost
Allen
Prost
Allen
Excellent work
Coming along nicely.
That's looking very nice Mick. Love the extras.
Thanks for having a catch up buddy, the music system is in the dashboard and there are speakers in the doors
Thanks Ian
Cheers Andy, wasn’t going to fuss about then that little voice starts
Mick,
Apologies mate for not commenting sooner just had a good catch up. Some very nice work going on there.
Apologies mate for not commenting sooner just had a good catch up. Some very nice work going on there.
Thanks pal, it’s hard to keep up with so much happening
Some excellent additions Mick. The whole cab interior is looking very smart.
G
Nice scratched seat belt part Mick , bet you said something when the original went missing !
Thanks Andy, it’s knowing when to stop as it’s supposed to be a demo, so no drivers clutter
Thanks Jim
Thanks John and yes I dipped into my new truck swear words. I had them on a piece of blue tac so I wouldn’t lose them then balled them up when I collected up some more bits I’d been using, by the time I realised what I’d done I could only find one.
Got to bit of a problem bit now and that’s the outer cab pieces which are all to be painted in the final colour. The door windows fit from the inside and the windscreen from the outside so I wanted to avoid lots of masking if I could and I want to avoid painting separately and damaging the paint with glue. I’m mulling it over and doing some of the smaller bits like mirrors and the frames for the wings etc. I did paint up the inner door panels and controls on them, I also painted up the marker lights on them which are just ignored on the instructions, silver paint and clear red.
LOOKIN good Mick these lorries look realy good when they are built an painted as there are a lot of guys up my Norwich pond that do the r/c lorries an drive them around the pond on the concrete foot path for the public to see but cor they are exspensive around 1500 quid with all the workins but cheap i suppoce compared to my tiger costs an im just toyin with the idea of doin something different an thats a R/C combine harvester to build it an make it all work but thats still in the pipeline as i need to find some drawings of how to build one an may ask the guys on here for help yes as i was thinkin of doin this before but could not get much info on them
keep up the good work Mick
chrisb
keep up the good work Mick
chrisb
G
Drop a line to the manufacturer mdia or PR department and explain what you are planning to do and what you need. It would be good advertising for them if you did it in their colours.
G
Well Mick,
That dash reminds me of 'home', you need reading lights above the bunk on both sides as drivers would have a preferable way to sleep on the bunk. I used to prefer sleeping with my head behind the passenger seat, on the basis that if some clown decided to hit the truck it would be the drivers side that got the damage.
As for the main colour, try a silver undercoat to bring out the blue.
Mike
That dash reminds me of 'home', you need reading lights above the bunk on both sides as drivers would have a preferable way to sleep on the bunk. I used to prefer sleeping with my head behind the passenger seat, on the basis that if some clown decided to hit the truck it would be the drivers side that got the damage.
As for the main colour, try a silver undercoat to bring out the blue.
Mike
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