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Hey All,

 

  The drive lines I needed to build were a bit on the fiddly side, a bit.  You already know about this build, a bunch of small parts 20 time each or so...

 

I first should show the building of the Mounting Collars.  Altho not all the parts are quite ready to be added to the build just yet, the parts for show are really simple and not to difficult to figure out.

 

  The frame mounts are the triangle parts the are riveted to the frame.  The model only needed a few parts...I added the little mounting shelf to more match my ref photo.

 

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Next, to make the collar, I cut a small section of my soda straw.  I cut a simple ring to match the inside radios, and a bit larger on the outside to get a nice "lip" around the edges.

 

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Once I had my rings mounted to the straw, a small bridge to span the gap to finish the lip and a couple of Meng bolts...IMG_2103_zpssj6xqfld.jpg

 

To finish the construction of the Mounting Collars I still need to build the arms that link the collar to the triangle mounts.  I have painting and other things to mount before I can do thet tho.

 

 

 

The next thing was to start the tedious process of getting all this mounted together and ready to drop into the frame.  The parts for the drive shafts not to small for me to work with.  Again, a few repetitious numbers....

 

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To break up the numbers a bit I built the drive lines one at a time and did a primary install.  This next photo is one of the Gear Boxes, mounted to the Differential, with the spacer and Mounting Collar in the middle.  I have added the first Drive Shaft to the Gear Box...

 

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The construction of the rest of the drive lines is the same, just different lengths.  I mounted all of this as provisionally I as could and still keep things together for the photos. 

 

In no special order...

 

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I still have a ways to go just to get what's in the photos really secure and solid before I can glue it down.  This all fell apart for its photo session at least once..

 

Thats it for now, I have to secure all of this.  Be back later.  Stay Tuned.

 

Rich

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Hey Everyone,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   I finally managed to get the bottom end of the Drive Train installed.  Because all of this is at the bottom of the frame, I had to finish each piece before I installed.  The way I work makes this a some what slower process...anyway.

 

The first parts to be painted and ready for install was the little side mounts for the bracing.  I thought it would be easier to paint as I went along down the frame....

 

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I found some paint that said it was a "hammered metal" finish, that I thought would look cool under all the grime I was planning to add.  Good idea, bad results.  The paint turned out to be a sort of glitter paint, that a cheep date would wear as finger nail polish.

 

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I re-sprayed with a light grey color and all looked ok for what I was going to do.

 

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I did my pin washes, and stains before I set into the final position...

 

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Now all I had to do is march right down the line and paint and stain as I go...

 

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All the inside of the frame still needs a bit of staining and powders, but I have been looking at this for to long.  I'll add a bit more later...

 

I have been playing around with the wheels and tires while I have been waiting for supplies.  I'm just about ready to try casting the tires.  I'll show ya.

 

Bye for now...Rich

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I have installed the lateral cross braces that stiffen the frame.  I built the braces way back when I was putting the frame together. These braces are on the top side of the frame and I needed to install the drive line first before installing these. These are simple cross members made of styrene rod.

 

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This is just a bunch of photos of the drive line close up...I think I'm about done with the ageing of the inside of the frame...

 

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I have started the construction of the Axle "U" joints.  I have eight drive axles to build, and the u-joints look to be a bit much...

 

On another front...I had to order more legos for the tire molds.  The tires where a bit overwhelming for the few legos that I was using to build the dam around the tire.  Thinking ahead a bit, it's time to get to back to the suspension.  I'm feeling a need to get the old girl up and on her feet.

 

Be Back Later...

 

Rich

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  I have finished with the drive axles.  These little things took a bit of time to build.  The nature of the parts were that I produced each one at a time.  Just a lot of filing and finishing. And don't ya know, when I installed these, they can't really be seen...

 

The parts...

 

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Eight new Drive Axles...

 

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Once I got these installed, a person barley notices 'em...

 

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So that's the current state of affares with the frame ...On a different front...

 

 

I attempted my first mold for the tires...I poured the rubber at 1:00 in the afternoon.  I went to bed at around 9 pm.  During that time all looked well with the mold, no leaks and all the rubber was still in the mold.

 

 I got up in the morning...

 

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It took me about an hour to clean up the mess...I ended up with this...

 

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I spray varnished the heck out of the original, to the point that the rubber came off with some mineral spirits.  It took a bit of time to clean, but I'm ready for round two.

 

 More photos to come...

 

Rich

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Hey Guys,

 

  So I got some new material for round two of casting the tires.  I didn't get to work on the build over the weekend, but yesterday and today I have built the wheel.  Well half a wheel anyway.

 

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Be back with round two...

 

Later, Rich

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Hey Guys,

 

  Round two went great!  I had fresh supplies to work with, and I spent a bit of time getting the mold built correctly.

 

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A new resin tire...everything looks great.  

 

I'll be back with more later...Thanks All,

 

Rich

 

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OK!  That's it.  I now have you guys up to date with the postings I have done.  You are on the same page as I am with this build.  I'll be back in a bit with more work on the tires.

 

Thanks All for looking,

Rich

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Hey!,

 

  This is sort of a short report for today.  I have been spending most of my time dealing with molds and castings.  In between all that i have working on the braking system and trying to find photos of the braking components.  

 

I started with building the air tanks...

 

The tank mounts...

 

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I used a bit of clear straw for the main tank body...

 

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New air tanks.  I'll run the lines when I get ready to do the install.  While my mold are drying I have also started working on the compressors for the line and trying to find photos of how the line is laid out.

 

I have finished with casting the wheel fronts.  I have some cleaning up to do, and then these are ready for install.

 

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Thanks everyone for watching,  be back later

 

Rich

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Hey Guys,

 

  So I left off with priming the air tanks.  I managed to get them installed and weathered.  Altho I might make things a bit dirtier under the frame.

 

  The install was easy enough.  The air lines were in a cramped space, but I managed to get everything secured.

 

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That was fun.  OMG! The pumps had way more parts than what they looked like they should have.  I spent a week just on these two items...what a slow process...

 

Parts...

 

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I had to get a little creative again about the pump body.  My striped straw ( I have about an inch left to work with)  on the inside and a clear straw on the outside, to get the correct outside DIA.

 

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Two new air pumps...

 

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  I next have to build the Moisture Separators for each pump.  I have to work on the Braking System before I can install the back side of the wheels.  Once the wheels are in the way, things get real tight space wise.

 

Thanks for watching...

Rich

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Hey Guys,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    I have now completed with building the braking components. I felt I wanted to finish off the interior braking items, all the stuff inside the frame,  before I get back to dressing the tires.  I now have two air tanks,  two air pumps,  two filters,  and the brake actuator.

 

The filters...

 

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The two Air Tanks...

 

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The two pumps...

 

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Lunch...

 

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The Brake Actuator...

 

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The install of these items is really straight forward...and then the plumbing between the items...

 

Be Back Later,

 

Rich

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Hey Guys,

 

  So while researching the brake run I discovered an interesting item.  I'm guessing some of you guys already knew about this and you were just waiting for me to run over myself with the bad info.

 

  The MAZ has an Oil Brake system, not air.  I have built two oil tanks, two oil pumps, two oil filters, and an actuator.  I also ran across a MAZ factory oil run layout schematic. (for some reason it wont let paste it).  I used the MAZ drawing and then I drew my own oil run to scale with my build, using several photos from the junk yard to see where and how the line go.

 

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Now that I have the proper info, I have to figure out where the lines are connected on each item, and how to render the line connections.  At this point I'm spending more time researching than building.

 

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Be back later when I get things worked out.

 

Rich

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Hey, Thanks everyone for getting me over a thousand views.

 

  I've been working on tires this week.  I needed to order some more supplies, so brakes are on hold for now.

 

I had a bit of sanding to do on the tires. I wanted the treads to blend into the sidewall, remove the cast seams as good as possible, and just generally clean them up.

 

Nine new tires...

 

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filing to get things "used"...

 

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A dirty old tire...

 

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I'll probably have the tires finished by the time the new supplies show up.  I still have the inside wheel cover to design and build, so I can attach the brake lines.

 

 

Be back with a pile of tires...

 

Rich

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Hey Guys,

 

I was a little bored with working on tires so I took a break and built the Hot Water tank and Pump for the Internal Cabin Heater.  

 

  I really had a hard time finding any info on this item.  The Model-Kom kit did not include this item.  The Trumpeter kit did not include this item.  The E63 kit was the only kit that addressed this issue.  However I still had no photos of this, so I just sort of went with what the E63 model had described.

 

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The build...

 

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I guess I'll go back to working on the tires and the back hubs.  More photos later.

 

Rich

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Thanks everyone for tagging along...

 

Hey You All,

 

It's been a long week of building.  I keep finding things I need to do before I install the tires.  I almost forgot that I had to install the rear suspension rocker arms before, I install the plumbing, before I install the back hubs... 

 

I'm not really sure why this part of the build seemed to take so long to work with.  Just a lot of small parts, and a lot of small cuts.

 

I had several rocker arms to choose from as far as the design of the look.  I liked the design of the Trumpeter kit part, and to find photos was easy.  I just had to adapt the paper patterns to look like the example that I was going to build.

 

The parts...

 

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I had to do a bunch of test fitting of these rear parts...

 

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These are the pass through collars that support this axle...

 

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I used 0.05 rod to line the openings...

 

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Punching a really big hole in the side of the frame was a bit stressful to say the least...

 

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Dry fit the entire system...

 

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A bit of behind weathering...

 

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The materials I was waiting for to build the plumbing showed up right in the middle of this chapter.  But I needed to finish.  I can now get back to my brake line plumbing, I hope...

 

 

I'll be back when I figure out what I'm doing...

 

Rich

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It's getting a bit crowded in there!  Lots of small parts to fit inside an ever-shrinking space...  I expect that the plumbing is going to be quite the adventure.

 

great work, and thanks for sharing all the steps

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Crazypoet,   I started with the brake plumbing.  What was I thinking!  I sure am glad I didn't wait until later,  I'd never get things into place.  You are correct...

"the ever-shrinking space" is right!

 

Rich

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Hey Guys,

 

  A quick update today...

 

The rough in plumbing is done... and it's time to put the finishing touches on the plumbing connections and leads.

 

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Be back when I get thing cleaned up...

 

Rich

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