Model makers

[jack]

Just wondering if there are any rc model makers on this forum :)

This is my rc Scania r470 highline wich i built and painted myself :thumb:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbsOYyKf8Zw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdJxV6YRjUM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqoEGhdJ ... re=related

 

[Mike1981]

I get to work on the full size ones everyday...loads of fun

But that is pretty cool :thumb:

 

[jack]

Cheers :thumb: Im training to be a mechanic in september a car one tho :)

Get a real show truck one day hopefull :thumb:

 

[31bb3]

big v8 scannys are the best drive ever nearest to it is the volvo i love driving scannys :thumb:

 

[jack]

You cant beat abit of volvo :thumb:

 

[31bb3]

id say volvo are better on the hills than scannys though

 

[jack]

Ye scania are more about looks really
My dads old fh12 would out pull any scania up hill :thumb:

 

[31bb3]

see scanny were originally coach builders so the engines arnt really torquey enough for really big loads

 

[jack]

Ye they do some great coaches. You seen the volvo fh16 700 thats got some power :lol:

 

[31bb3]

yea big beasty love em

 

[jack]

The price aint very nice though :lol:

 

[31bb3]

you dead right but you get what you pay for proper trucks great build quality beats bloody merc what im driving now crap

 

[jack]

:lol: You on curtain siders ?

 

[31bb3]

mainly box but do pull curtains aswell

 

[jack]

Me dads on tippers now use to be Powder tankers.
Had a load of jipsum in tipper once it was hell :lol: There was a half mile long road you had reverse up to were the farmer wanted tippin but there was some polish man backed halfway up tipped a ton on the floor then rest wudnt come out was a long day lol

 

[jack]

And it didnt really help that who ever loaded my dad did it all on one side so we spent half hour in the boilin sun movin spreadin 28 ton with bear hands cam out lookin like ghosts. Finally 2 an hour n abit later went up tip n trailer nearly went over scariest thing ive ever seen :lol:

 

[Muddydisco]

Good until you lifted the cab and I seen that nasty motor and electrics, I would of found a way of squeezing this in the chassis rails!

http://youtu.be/mutb7KgA9NM

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Drac]

I used to work at Hobbies Ltd way back in the early 1960's selling model kits (plastic and balsa) and aero engines (diesel and glow plug)

 

[Dave Ne]

Hi, never been into model making but i have made many parts for others over the years, i have spent most of my adult life making clocks, heres a pic of the sort of thing i used to get up to, cheers Dave NE
http://www.flickr.com/photos/96658643@N ... hotostream

 

[jack]

theres about 70 wires now cus of all the extra lights its hell when u tilt the cab :lol: I wud get a plane but it wudnt be in the sky for long :thumb: looks good dave :thumb: