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M1070 + M1000 WIP
guido
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Posted: Monday, February 06, 2012 - 02:32 AM UTC
That's mine, and yes.....another one...sorry, but I couldn't wait to have one me too.
I've to admit Pavel and Milo's ones were very very useful to me and.... why would it be different?? So you can watch at some all and odds they already highlighted on theirs, and hope you enjoy all these pics.....too many??




















































Thanks so much for your patience.


bulivyf
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Posted: Monday, February 06, 2012 - 02:37 AM UTC
Hi Guido,
Very clean work and very nice start.
Miloslav
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Posted: Monday, February 06, 2012 - 04:14 AM UTC
Thank you so much, Milo.....where the hell did I put those resin wheels??


Hisham
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Posted: Monday, February 06, 2012 - 04:31 AM UTC
Very nice and clean work, Guido!

Where did you get the diagrams that show how to do all the wiring?

Hisham
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Posted: Monday, February 06, 2012 - 04:46 AM UTC
Beautiful work Guido!!!

All the extra work looks great!! What have you used for the winch cables??

Nige
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Posted: Monday, February 06, 2012 - 05:01 AM UTC
Thank you, Nigel. Those cables are from Karaya...don't remember the diameter, 'cos I lost the bag.

Hisham...no diagram at all ( as I wrote, I just tried to simulate what I saw with other wip. Thank you.




tanknick22
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Posted: Monday, February 06, 2012 - 12:09 PM UTC
did those tow cables on the winch come with the kit?
didgeboy
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Posted: Monday, February 06, 2012 - 12:15 PM UTC
Guido,
Looks really nice, very very nice. What did you use to "tie up" the hydraulic lines? the little metal looking strapy things? Also what size are you using for the hydraulic lines and electrical lines. Cheers.
guido
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Posted: Monday, February 06, 2012 - 07:51 PM UTC
Those cables aren't in the box, come from Karaja.
Damon, all the wiring is a lead mix from Plus Model, from 0.3 up to 0.6 mm. Those little strips come from endoral x-ray films, I use for my work: I'm a dentist : they originally are a 3 x 4 cm I cut in short strips to simulate those tie up and are really thin, 0.1 or less, I think.





PavelS
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Posted: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 - 01:42 AM UTC
Nice progres! Glad if my wip helped you a little... Actually I have (there is a link on Armorama) all the pdf manuals possible where the routing of air hoses are visible... NOW...so it is clear it´s not perfect now - but basicaly we have it not bad on our models

In my next build I´ll try to reconstruct the scheme and do the drawing of all hoses...
guido
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Posted: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 - 08:45 PM UTC
Pavel, your help wasn't "little".....much more...it was necessary. Thank you once again. So, do you think to go building another one, if I understood? You live in a shelter, considering how large those trucks are.
One help more, if possible: where did you put front wheels cables? I 'm not sure if they come as did with rear ones.
All the best and thanks.


AikinutNY
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Posted: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 - 01:25 PM UTC
How big will this beast be? I might have to add a room or wait for 1/72 scale
HeavyArty
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Posted: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 - 01:29 PM UTC

Quoted Text

How big will this beast be? I might have to add a room or wait for 1/72 scale



It is about 24" long.
guido
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Posted: Thursday, February 09, 2012 - 04:26 AM UTC
Hi, mates
just a few pics more for a quick update I liked to share. After having a better look to this pic



I decided to improve that section from this



to this new one





It was so tricky and everything would be easier if I had seen that photo before glueing all together, but now I've got and I'm pretty satisfied with it.
I saw Milo corrected the lower side of the bonnet, cutting off that slim edge, adding a new one from scratch.
It's a sort (I think) of bumper when the bonnet moves to closed position. Looking at this pic



it seems to me that has a semicircular shape and is empty inside.
So I decided to rework it.

Before



Then





I scratched that, starting from two double brass strips glued together and fixed to the lower edge





After two whole hours spending for that crying and fuc.... work, my honey just told me...."What did you do?? ...it's exactly how I saw it yesterday!!!!".......I like what others can see just only have watched at it....one, two, three times more

Your comments are really appreciated.


Sascha
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Posted: Thursday, February 09, 2012 - 04:36 AM UTC
Hey Guido, you did a great job with the M1070, it looks very good. Keep on the amazing work
pascalbausset
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Posted: Thursday, February 09, 2012 - 08:11 AM UTC
Hi Guido

You are making some nice improvement to this kit.

PavelS
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Posted: Thursday, February 09, 2012 - 09:23 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Pavel, your help wasn't "little".....much more...it was necessary. Thank you once again. So, do you think to go building another one, if I understood? You live in a shelter, considering how large those trucks are.
One help more, if possible: where did you put front wheels cables? I 'm not sure if they come as did with rear ones.
All the best and thanks.



Glad to help

this is the front axle - hope it helps and I am not breaking some law

vonHengest
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Posted: Thursday, February 09, 2012 - 12:36 PM UTC
Guido, honestly you can't have too many builds of a kit like this. It's such a big investment that not only is it worth sharing your work on here, but it's also beneficial to anyone else building one.
vonHengest
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Posted: Thursday, February 09, 2012 - 12:41 PM UTC

Quoted Text


Quoted Text

Pavel, your help wasn't "little".....much more...it was necessary. Thank you once again. So, do you think to go building another one, if I understood? You live in a shelter, considering how large those trucks are.
One help more, if possible: where did you put front wheels cables? I 'm not sure if they come as did with rear ones.
All the best and thanks.



Glad to help

this is the front axle - hope it helps and I am not breaking some law




If in doubt you can always state that the photo is being shared for discussion purposes only
guido
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Posted: Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 09:44 PM UTC
Jeremy, thanks so much...I cannot image this hobby in a different way...it's a part of it, sharing, discussing and having a debate with all of you is essential to me...thank you so much.
Some pics more...the last about building. I reworked some parts for detailing and having a better rendition (I hope) for scale. Once more.....please tell me your impressions about.






















Cheers.



seb43
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Posted: Monday, February 20, 2012 - 05:02 AM UTC
This is great work Guido

Regarding the flex for the air filter, I saw a build on ML (if I recall correlty), they were replace with plastic one from 1/24 racing car. It is called corrugated flexs.
If I found the ref I will post it here

Cheers
Seb
calgab
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Posted: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 05:05 AM UTC
Gents,

very impressive. Just curious, did you have any problem folding the photo-etch, e.g. the sleeve around the exhaust pipe, part PE-MB8, as on step 23, page 21? thx.


Louis
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Posted: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 12:45 PM UTC
Very accuracy updates !
guido
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Posted: Thursday, March 01, 2012 - 03:55 AM UTC
Thank you Louis....and yes: that was, I have to say, the only pe that obliged me to spent more time. It's hard enough but with the help of a steel tube of the right diameter I could obtain the shame I needed.


Quoted Text

Gents,

very impressive. Just curious, did you have any problem folding the photo-etch, e.g. the sleeve around the exhaust pipe, part PE-MB8, as on step 23, page 21? thx.


Louis

guido
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Posted: Monday, March 12, 2012 - 03:43 AM UTC
Slowly, I'm going on.
The cab is finished, even if I need two or three steps more to add some stuff inside.
How it's actually


















Thank you all.


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