My scratch built RC's

[RCP57]

The truck will be painted yellow, green and white. Here's an update...
Thanks for looking!

 

[Cat1693TA]

Absolutely awesome, I am very impressed.

 

[robin yates uk]

The truck will be painted yellow, green and white. Here's an update...
Thanks for looking!
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you are a real expert, very impressive indeed,

 

[RCP57]

Thank you very much although I would never say that I was an expert! I just try to keep improving with each build.

Here is another update on the 850. I started to build the diffs and I managed to finish one but then my milling machine died so now I'm waiting on some warranty parts before I can continue....
http://youtu.be/9WI4r7hD1YQ http://youtu.be/LS6eurJgOYY http://youtu.be/LS6eurJgOYY

 

[JDOFMEMI]

What a great looking truck you are building.

 

[RCP57]

Finished up the driveline this weekend! I was able to take it for a bit of a spin too! http://youtu.be/CzEctlPR0o0

 

[td9clyde]

nice work all the time you spend working your drive line out payed off great stout truck nice work

 

[RCP57]

Yeah it turned out good I just hope it stays together with a 100 tons of logs haha. Here's a couple outside shots...

 

[RCP57]

I haven't posted anything here for a while but I am still working away on the truck and finally have a good jump on the trailer. Still a ton of work to be done but most of the big stuff is finished now.

 

[Iron Art]

RCP57, I'm aways amazed at the results of your "work". No short-cuts taken on this project. Thanks for posting the build. Fred

 

[RCP57]

Thanks Fred. I'm trying my best to go a little further with details on this one than I normally would. Here's a little update from yesterday... I received some clearance lights from a friend a couple days back. They are for 1/14 scale trucks but I think they fit this perfectly. I made up a horn and found some hose in my stash of junk that I could make little hump hoses out of for the air cleaners. After everything is painted I will make some small wire clamps for them.





Thanks for looking, Reg

 

[HATCHEQUIP]

Supper stuff:notworthy... showed my wife and she wants a volvo and euc to work in her flower garden ...until I told her the price then she decided I could go out and dig the holes for her

 

[RCP57]

Supper stuff:notworthy... showed my wife and she wants a volvo and euc to work in her flower garden ...until I told her the price then she decided I could go out and dig the holes for her

Thanks a lot! Haha, Yeah they can get expensive. Not too bad if you build your own and don't count your time. The thing is though, to build your own you need thou$and$ worth of equipment. I enjoy building more than playing though so to me it is worth it but some just wanna turn it on and dig. I guess you could always make the excavator noises while you're digging in the flower bed. Maybe the wife can talk you into wearing Hi Lite green clothes.

Here's few boring videos from a couple days back. I put a new pump motor in the Volvo and just finished converting the Bruder Mack to RC so I needed to try them out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe-MKykyspw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcgubSPQo1k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O_AdIcDoV4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3fwQojwYRk

Thanks for looking! Reg

 

[ShaneK]

Fantastic work - I'm very impressed! Where do you get your truck tires from in that size? Could you PM me a link? Thanks!

 

[RCP57]

Fantastic work - I'm very impressed! Where do you get your truck tires from in that size? Could you PM me a link? Thanks!

Thanks very much. The tires are from RC4WD and are about 5 1/4" tall. They are called Mil Spec ZXL 2.2 and can be found in here http://store.rc4wd.com/Offroad-Tires_c_11.html I need to order some more for my truck but have been putting it off.... I hope this helps!

Reg

 

[glenlunberg]

Very cool RC models!

 

[RCP57]

Here are some updated pictures of the 850 Kenworth. It's not quite finished but is getting close...Some video too!
http://youtu.be/eyNYXqC6q8E http://youtu.be/ICljl6usiZo

 

[busy dad]

That is terrific work..You can see the skill progression from the Euclid to the Kenworth. Mind you they are two separate generations of trucks also.. Your detail is nicely done..

 

[RCP57]

That is terrific work..You can see the skill progression from the Euclid to the Kenworth. Mind you they are two separate generations of trucks also.. Your detail is nicely done..

Thanks very much. I would agree that my skills and understanding of scale have improved a lot since building the Euc. Always much more to learn though!

 

[Seilbagger]

Hey Reg,

this Kenworth is one of the best rc-trucks i've ever seen.