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Special Force Truck W.I.P. #2
seb43
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Posted: Thursday, November 23, 2006 - 06:42 PM UTC
Dear All
Please find new pictures of my M1078 Special Force truck
the 1st thread can be found here

View of the basket of the spart wheels and Tacsat antenna


Floor of the cabin has been added as well as the mount for the M240 for the passenger


Front view of the cabin



The frame with the transmission bar and the exhaust pipe



Close up of the air filter


Close up of the driver seat



Next step:
Tank on the right and size with the winch
Air filter in the bottom of the big one.
Rear Light system
and Finally the flat bed

Comments very very welcome

:-) :-)

Seb
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Posted: Thursday, November 23, 2006 - 07:31 PM UTC
Wow! Looks good! Can't wait to see it done!
seb43
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Posted: Thursday, November 23, 2006 - 09:14 PM UTC
Dear James
Thanks for your kind word
Actually I have a question to all of you
I am looking for better tires than the one i have.

Especially the american types like


Thanks in advance

seb
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Posted: Thursday, November 23, 2006 - 11:27 PM UTC
Sebastien,
What make are the one's your using now?
If you colud post the dimensions of the tyres on the actual vehicle someone might know of an alternative.
Tom
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Posted: Thursday, November 23, 2006 - 11:46 PM UTC
Can't help with the tire question, but that's shaping up nicely.
seb43
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Posted: Friday, November 24, 2006 - 04:42 AM UTC
Dear Tom
Well the hub it is totally different shape and the number of rivets is also different there is also a pipe for the inflating system
so it is really different for the one i am using now

@David thanks for the comments

Seb
Henk
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Posted: Friday, November 24, 2006 - 05:13 AM UTC
"Well, if no company wants to take my cash by producing a model that I desire, I'll b####dy well build it myself"

Bravo, I'm always intrigued and in awe to see the efforts of those able to create things from scratch. This is shaping up nicely, and I look forward to more progress pics.

Cheers
Henk
ti
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Posted: Friday, November 24, 2006 - 05:23 AM UTC
This is looking good. I too can't wait to see theend results, Nice job.
seb43
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Posted: Friday, November 24, 2006 - 05:45 PM UTC
Dear Henk
thanks for your remarks, it is exaclty my motivation

And Ti
this comments coming from it is really nice

Cheers
seb
gbkirsch
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Posted: Friday, November 24, 2006 - 09:15 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Please find new pictures of my M1078 Special Force truck
the 1st thread can be found



Hi Sebastien,

It looks like it will be a great build. I am humbled by the skill it takes to complete such a model. Good luck and thanks,

Gary
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Posted: Saturday, November 25, 2006 - 12:15 AM UTC
Looks really good.
Interesting vehicle.
mother
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Posted: Saturday, November 25, 2006 - 12:43 AM UTC
Hey Sebastien this is just awesome, totaly awesome. This is going to look great once done. Not sure if you covered this, what are you using for nuts and bolts. Looking forward to the next set of photos.

Joe
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Posted: Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 02:46 AM UTC
Thanks Pod
For your remarks

Really nice vehicle and very unusual

Seb
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