discussion CHOSIN FEW at Funchilin pass

[BigGreg]

well John and Paul i tried to remove it but unfortunately l glued all the rope.... BUT... since i'll do these 2 trucks (one with winch and one without)...in both cases there is so much stuff in the front you won't see anything...

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[BigGreg]

Today “exchange” of the cabs from hard to soft....fun fun fun:smiling5::smiling5::smiling5:View attachment 308088View attachment 308089View attachment 308090

 

[Jim R]

Hi Greg
Good to see the trucks started.
Jim

 

[BigGreg]

this truck is reallly more "complicated" than the other one... but still loads of fun :smiling5::smiling5::smiling5::smiling5::smiling5:

 

[BigGreg]

And today’s work... cab and cargo section... well there are a LOT of adjustments to do....but as l said before... loads of fun:smiling::smiling::smiling::smiling:View attachment 308213View attachment 308214

 

[Guest]

Hi Greg,
See I told you it would be fun.....
Just caught up to you on the build and the cab change over, some good work there to get the shape of the entry into the cab.
Will look in later to see how the build is going. I take it you have superglued the winch cable in place. Can I suggest taking four or five long strands of copper wire from electrical cable, put one end into a hand drill and hold the free end with pliers and twist untill you have a length of cable. Then run it over a candle to soften it, after that cut the loose end from the cable already on and wind the new one over and across it to form the new cable.
Hope this helps, Cheers, Mike.

 

[minitnkr]

Great start on the cab. Is that a dry fit of the bed fold down seats? I believe they were mounted higher up, or is that one of the adjustments you mentioned? Just an observation. PaulE

 

[BigGreg]

Thanks for your suggestions Paul and Mike i changed the cable... but i dis not understand you comment on the “bed fold down seats”.... :smiling::smiling:View attachment 308276

 

[minitnkr]

The photo at the top of this page shows the fold down seats in the bed folded in the up position, thus the sideboards look complete. The photo of the model's bed shows the seats folded up, but too low relative to the side boards. I was hoping to help out by bringing this to your attention. I believe the seats were attached to the sideboards, not the bed, so when sideboards are removed like in the second photo, the seats go with them. The winch cable is much improved, once painted, the fix will be invisible. PaulE

 

[Guest]

well John and Paul i tried to remove it but unfortunately l glued all the rope.... BUT... since i'll do these 2 trucks (one with winch and one without)...in both cases there is so much stuff in the front you won't see anything...

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Greg.
All is not lost, the new cable looks better. As those photos show with a load of kit on the front not much would show.
John.

 

[BigGreg]

thanks John for your encouragement... and Paul THANK YOU very much... l really didn't see the mistake l made... l had a MASSIVE BLOND moment... thank you again for help and your very kind comments

 

[Steve Jones]

Nice to see you having a lot of fun with the trucks. Great to see the build coming together

 

[BigGreg]

Today’s work correction of the bench in the cargo area and chains on the tires...View attachment 308636View attachment 308637View attachment 308638

 

[scottie3158]

Greg,
Great work love the snow chains

 

[minitnkr]

Outstanding chain work. The 105 apparently was just a warmup. PaulE

 

[BigGreg]

Thanks Scottie and Paul well i still have to do another truck 2 jeeps and a trailer...:smiling::smiling::smiling::smiling::smiling::smiling:

 

[minitnkr]

Yeah, but the trailer won't need chains.:smiling2aulE

 

[BigGreg]

And there it is... today’s work.. dry fitting, windshield, details and doors..:smiling::smiling::smiling:View attachment 308724View attachment 308725View attachment 308726View attachment 308727View attachment 308728

 

[minitnkr]

Love the cracked windshields. PaulE

 

[BigGreg]

And today’s work 2nd truck..View attachment 308838View attachment 308839View attachment 308840