muminvater Posted October 29, 2022 Author Share Posted October 29, 2022 Very nice attention to detail! Your modeling skills are amazing, Tobias Hi guys, thanks for your pleasant comments Of course I´m pleased to get such comments. In the model forum there is silence in the forest, as we like to say in Germany means: no comment at all, with luck you get a thumb up. While checking the model I´ve found another bug. The contour of the wheelhouses ist still wrong. It´s the curve of the 9th generation (still from the purchased model). So another task on the list and the wire of the parking brake. I found it today on the layout book you send me. The radio antenna is also an unsolved task. It should be a telescopic wire. I have just an idea but don´t know if it works... greetings Tobias Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 Hi guys, thanks for your pleasant comments Of course I´m pleased to get such comments. In the model forum there is silence in the forest, as we like to say in Germany means: no comment at all, with luck you get a thumb up. While checking the model I´ve found another bug. The contour of the wheelhouses ist still wrong. It´s the curve of the 9th generation (still from the purchased model). So another task on the list and the wire of the parking brake. I found it today on the layout book you send me. The radio antenna is also an unsolved task. It should be a telescopic wire. I have just an idea but don´t know if it works... greetings Tobias Yes the wheel arches of the eight gen trucks were flattened on top even if most of the body lines are the same. I don't think any of these trucks came with a telescoping or retractable antenna. (at least I've never seen one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 Yes the wheel arches of the eight gen trucks were flattened on top even if most of the body lines are the same. I don't think any of these trucks came with a telescoping or retractable antenna. (at least I've never seen one) You are right, the Bullnose trucks didn't have a telescoping antenna. All trucks from 1980 through 5/87 used EOTZ 18813—A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muminvater Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share Posted November 1, 2022 so, it is done... As I said, the front brake discs had to be redone due to the modified linkages.I decided to use aluminium, copper and brass instead of styrene. There is still no space in the width, so the brake disc has to sit on the linkage and for this it has the square cut-out. The brake caliper is soldered together from copper. An L-bracket is soldered to the back of the brake caliper as a bracket and the brake disc is glued to the brake caliper. The single parts of the brake hose: hose with brass connection already installed, pipe collar for connection to the brake caliper and the cover or lead-through plate on the chassis frame. wish you a pleasant weekend Tobias so, this is the correction of the parking brake. Perhaps I should not look so often into the layout book... Sadly, I had to cut the arrangement at the U-profile - the hook was already done - because the floor (assy group 11) starts there and takes it´s place. If I find tiny coil spring, I will add it. Tomorrow is bench-correcting-day Tobias Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 so, this is the correction of the parking brake. Perhaps I should not look so often into the layout book... Sadly, I had to cut the arrangement at the U-profile - the hook was already done - because the floor (assy group 11) starts there and takes it´s place. If I find tiny coil spring, I will add it. Tomorrow is bench-correcting-day Tobias That looks so perfect! I built model cars in the 50's and we thought we were good with thread for spark plug wires. But we never ever considered parking brake cables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muminvater Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share Posted November 1, 2022 That looks so perfect! I built model cars in the 50's and we thought we were good with thread for spark plug wires. But we never ever considered parking brake cables. Yes, that´s the way it is I never thought that I would do. Sometimes I´m sitting over my work thinking "you are totally crazy". But that´s ok and I´m on my way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muminvater Posted November 4, 2022 Author Share Posted November 4, 2022 so, this is the correction of the parking brake. Perhaps I should not look so often into the layout book... Sadly, I had to cut the arrangement at the U-profile - the hook was already done - because the floor (assy group 11) starts there and takes it´s place. If I find tiny coil spring, I will add it. Tomorrow is bench-correcting-day Tobias Hello guys. I´m confuesed... I had a look at too many pictures to compare My question to you refers to A-pillar/A-joint. Both pics have the same scale, so far as possible (vanishing point + techninal perspective) and both in the same CATIA view for measuring. turquoise joint: analogue to the body builders layout book pink joint: analogue to the photo You see the differences of the both curves underneath the beltline. For the model it is up to 6mm that means 1:1 about 78mm (31,2 inch). The whole cabine of both pics are congruent, so I won´t believe in a distortion. On the other hand, never will a joint be modified in a mockup. I´m interested in what may happen there Tobias Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muminvater Posted November 4, 2022 Author Share Posted November 4, 2022 Hello guys. I´m confuesed... I had a look at too many pictures to compare My question to you refers to A-pillar/A-joint. Both pics have the same scale, so far as possible (vanishing point + techninal perspective) and both in the same CATIA view for measuring. turquoise joint: analogue to the body builders layout book pink joint: analogue to the photo You see the differences of the both curves underneath the beltline. For the model it is up to 6mm that means 1:1 about 78mm (31,2 inch). The whole cabine of both pics are congruent, so I won´t believe in a distortion. On the other hand, never will a joint be modified in a mockup. I´m interested in what may happen there Tobias located. The bug seems to be in the body builders layout book. The sketch doesn´t fit to the measure. It is much too long for the height and in result the joint does not fit. I wrote "The whole cabine of both pics are congruent" but obviously it was not - but I was sure Tobias Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 located. The bug seems to be in the body builders layout book. The sketch doesn´t fit to the measure. It is much too long for the height and in result the joint does not fit. I wrote "The whole cabine of both pics are congruent" but obviously it was not - but I was sure Tobias There's no real discrepancy. The fender rear edge is the pink line. The cab has a big recess at the A pillar (turquoise line) because of the hinges and the wire boot for speakers, window control.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muminvater Posted November 5, 2022 Author Share Posted November 5, 2022 There's no real discrepancy. The fender rear edge is the pink line. The cab has a big recess at the A pillar (turquoise line) because of the hinges and the wire boot for speakers, window control.. Of course, that is clear. But that is not what I mean. The pink and the turquoise curve should be the same curves (the curves on the outer panel building the joint) one taken from the a picture and one taken from the layout book. I compared some other pics from the layout book and there is the same. They are distorted in lenght to heigth. Tobias Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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