Greg W Posted May 20, 2019 Author Share Posted May 20, 2019 LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted May 21, 2019 Author Share Posted May 21, 2019 (edited) Steps two and three ended up being a entire evening's worth of work. This little assembly has over fifty tiny, delicate parts requiring a lot of time to clean up the molding seam lines. The strip of styrene on the bottom of one of the leaf springs is covering up some saw blade marks I inadvertently chewed into the part while removing it from the sprue. Edited May 24, 2019 by GDW LSP_Kevin, Durangokid and Youngtiger1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted May 24, 2019 Author Share Posted May 24, 2019 Although the front wheels can be turned, once the tie rods are glued in place, they are immovable. LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted May 24, 2019 Author Share Posted May 24, 2019 (edited) In order to make the wheels positionable, I drilled through the tie rod ends and where they mount, with a No. 71 drill bit and cut four lengths of .025 steel wire to act as the pivot points. Edited May 24, 2019 by GDW LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted May 24, 2019 Author Share Posted May 24, 2019 (edited) Now I needed to do something to keep the pins from dropping out of the tie rod ends. I drilled some holes in thin plastic sheet using the No. 71 drill bit. The holes were centered in the number two position of my Waldron punch and die set and punched out. This gave me a cap to mount on each end of the wire. A drop of thin super glue on the outside of each styrene disc fixed the wire in place after assembly. Edited July 18, 2019 by GDW Youngtiger1, Tnarg and LSP_Kevin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted May 24, 2019 Author Share Posted May 24, 2019 Durangokid, LSP_Kevin and Shawn M 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Some really great work there. The tires story is really weird. Maybe early vs new boxing? Keep up the good work Greg W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted May 27, 2019 Author Share Posted May 27, 2019 16 hours ago, Neo said: Some really great work there. The tires story is really weird. Maybe early vs new boxing? Keep up the good work I don't know what is going on there. I saw what looked to me like a current, up to date, in box review of the Italeri kit on YouTube and that had the same old plastic tires like the kit I have. I thought maybe the vinyl tires were just left out of the box by mistake but apparently not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted May 30, 2019 Author Share Posted May 30, 2019 In order to adapt the Italeri flat bed and crane to the Trumpeter chassis, the Trumpeter frame had to be lengthened by 1/4". Lengths of the Italeri frame 1/4" long were cut and sectioned in, reinforced by plastic sheet tabs which helped align the extensions and add some strength to the splice. A metal straight edge was used to align the frame as the glue started to set. Then, the model was set aside to dry with the freshly glued section supported by some sanding sticks in order to prevent it from sagging. LSP_Kevin and Durangokid 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted May 30, 2019 Author Share Posted May 30, 2019 (edited) After the Tamiya extra thin cement dried, the spliced sections were sanded. The gaps filled with super glue and sanded immediately after being treated with accelerator. Now it was time to test fit the tires and double check the clearance with the new additions to the chassis, which includes the base for the self unloading crane on the back. Edited May 30, 2019 by GDW Durangokid and LSP_Kevin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted June 1, 2019 Author Share Posted June 1, 2019 In this next group of photos, you can see the Italeri cargo bed glued to the Trumpeter frame. The flat bed was badly warped, with a pronounced twist, requiring me to use hot tap water to straighten it out. I glued the box sides on and placed some weight on the assembly while the glue dried. Still, there was a enough of a twist to send me back to the kitchen sink and use hot water again. Needless to say, I was very happy to find that the cargo bed frame fit perfectly, like it was made to go there. Durangokid, Pfuf, LSP_Kevin and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted June 4, 2019 Author Share Posted June 4, 2019 The crane is the last of the Italeri parts to be added to the Trumpeter kit. I think it looks good. The rest of the build will be straightforward, following the instructions to completion. LSP_Kevin, Out2gtcha, Youngtiger1 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Very cool. I've got a base Trumpy HEMTT at home to build, as I really do love the 4 x 4 x 4 look. Great work so far! Greg W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 8 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: Very cool. I've got a base Trumpy HEMTT at home to build, as I really do love the 4 x 4 x 4 look. Great work so far! I think you will enjoy building it. I would love to see you paint and weather yours. When you say "base" Trumpeter HEMTT, what do you mean? Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 nice clean work Greg W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now