SCM Australian Trucks Groupbuild
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February 22, 2020
A bleach bath didn't work, so oven cleaner it is
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February 22, 2020
Spraying the stuff didn't work as hoped, bathing it is
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February 22, 2020
One side works perfect.
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February 22, 2020
After drying, this residue returns....
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February 22, 2020
Testing 123 in a sealed bag
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February 22, 2020
Result is.... disappointing
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February 22, 2020
Als parts taking a bath
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February 22, 2020
In the meantime, clean up time
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February 22, 2020
This will become a thingy to connect to the part to form another thingy?
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February 22, 2020
Overnight Mr Muscle Oven cleaner bath
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February 22, 2020
No dice!
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February 22, 2020
Tried Bozzer's advice: brake fluid, bleach, brake fluid. Result is this
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February 22, 2020
I. Am. Getting. Desperate!
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February 29, 2020
New kit on the dock
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February 29, 2020
Brake fluid & bleach
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February 29, 2020
It’s green!
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February 29, 2020
After rinsing
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February 29, 2020
Looks okay?
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February 29, 2020
Could it be?
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March 15, 2020
I use plastic bags for sorting. From left to right: Cut, sanded, polished with pads, machine polished
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March 15, 2020
Been busy for a bit
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April 12, 2020
Let me sleep on it
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April 12, 2020
Cut off the spoiler
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April 12, 2020
Filled with sprue glue
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April 12, 2020
Still some bubbles in the sprue glue
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April 18, 2020
Before polishing
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April 18, 2020
One done, one to go
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April 26, 2020
Glued some chassis parts
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April 26, 2020
My can also needed some putty
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April 26, 2020
But not much
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April 26, 2020
Lots of mold lines on the bull bar
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April 27, 2020
Added some sprue on the back for the clips to bite in.
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April 27, 2020
Some primer on the floor and the shelves
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April 27, 2020
Shelves will be rough bare aluminium
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April 27, 2020
Chrome on the rims
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April 27, 2020
And the bull bar
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April 27, 2020
With the round black thingies around the rims
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May 9, 2020
Base layer for the sleeper. Diarrhoea anyone?
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May 9, 2020
I like how the fabric came out in the blanket
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May 9, 2020
Glued the back to the door panels
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May 9, 2020
Definitely blue
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June 6, 2020
Dry fit to glue the roof to the front
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June 6, 2020
Aluminium trays as well
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June 6, 2020
The sprue glue stayed uneven
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June 6, 2020
AC tinted with metallic pigment
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June 6, 2020
Polished once more
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June 6, 2020
Thank you mr Hardy for the idea!
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June 7, 2020
Orange over black primer
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June 7, 2020
Orange over white primer
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June 9, 2020
More colour! Needs an extra layer though
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June 9, 2020
More colour! Needs an extra layer though
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June 9, 2020
I nicked the bonnet, needs a stripping and a do over
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November 20, 2020
Yellow top and brown bottom sprayed
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November 18, 2020
Do over done!
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November 20, 2020
After unmasking, I used an 1mm Molotow pen. I need practice 🙁
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January 2, 2022
Ejector pin marks everywhere! Putty to the rescue!
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January 3, 2022
All this mess is from cleanup of 1 part…
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January 3, 2022
Two chassis beams cleaned, sanded and glued. About 2 hours work
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January 3, 2022
Chassis all glued up
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January 3, 2022
The diamond tread plates are dry fit after cleaning and sanding
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March 7, 2022
These lights will go
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March 7, 2022
Some aftermarket stuff for improvement
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March 7, 2022
Vertical parts cleaned up.
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March 7, 2022
What do these dental sticks have to do here?
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March 7, 2022
The caps are needed!
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March 7, 2022
Glueing, clamping and sanding
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March 7, 2022
Tadaa! Homemade air tanks!
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March 7, 2022
These will come in handy
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March 7, 2022
Added the small black connectors to the lifting cilinders
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March 7, 2022
Added some steel brake lines through the chassis
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March 7, 2022
Dry fit of the homemade air tanks
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March 7, 2022
And the last bit to the junction box
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March 7, 2022
There will be 2 air hoses for each brake. A feed line and a return/actuator line.
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March 25, 2022
Time to stop fooling around with dryfitting!
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March 25, 2022
Degreasing is a challenge
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March 25, 2022
So is drying
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March 25, 2022
White primer on top
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March 25, 2022
Molotow chrome on the wheels
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March 25, 2022
Grey primer on the underside
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March 27, 2022
No guesses as to the colour
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March 27, 2022
Primer colour does matter. Underside in grey on the left, topside in white on the right
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March 28, 2022
All that’s left of my yellow
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April 3, 2022
Final assembly started!
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April 3, 2022
What a difference a wash makes
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April 3, 2022
Brake lines installation
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April 3, 2022
On her wheels!
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April 3, 2022
Weight to help the glue set
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April 3, 2022
A drop of weathering
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April 3, 2022
Dry fit of the upper deck
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April 3, 2022
Dry fit of the whole thing
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April 3, 2022
Cutting chains to length
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April 3, 2022
Hydraulics installation
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April 10, 2022
Hydraulics installed
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April 10, 2022
Shoddy maintenance
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April 10, 2022
Leaks everywhere
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April 10, 2022
Kit in inself
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April 10, 2022
Upper deck chains installed
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May 29, 2023
Trying to get this build running again
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October 30, 2024
More sanding and cleaning.
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October 31, 2024
Primer! Surfacer 1200
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October 31, 2024
Tamiya bright gun metal
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November 1, 2024
More parts prepped
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November 1, 2024
White primer for the yellow
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November 1, 2024
Some more primer on resented parts
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November 1, 2024
Some black
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November 1, 2024
And yellow!
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November 3, 2024
Custom paint job on the sleeper
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November 3, 2024
Making fest
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November 3, 2024
The plot thickens
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November 3, 2024
License plate
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November 3, 2024
Mr surfacer black 1500
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November 3, 2024
Revell chrome. Decanted and thinned with slt. 50-50
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November 11, 2024
The tank is coated with Alclad aqua gloss, the rim isn’t
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November 11, 2024
These take a lot of time and patience
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November 11, 2024
She’s on her wheels
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November 11, 2024
The small tanks underneath the chassis make mounting the large tanks hard.
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November 11, 2024
Starting to look okay
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November 11, 2024
And then I quit for the day. The radiator sits too high for the bonnet to close
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November 11, 2024
Now it closes
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November 11, 2024
A very elegant solution
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November 11, 2024
I’m done
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November 11, 2024
In its rightful place
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