hook lift truck

[Alasdair Ryan]

What i ment is theese: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=32013 that holds your steering arm.. if you try holding the wheel and run the steering you will se how this part slowly detaches from the axle (according to the 2nd pic)

Oh sorry i have changed that last week on the moc sorry i did not show you the new design in the video so you dont need to worry

[Alasdair Ryan]

Well i ran into a problem in which the model is to heavy for one xl moter so i need to add another one,also the front steering wheels 'flop' so no pics just yet

Edited May 17, 2011 by Alasdair Ryan

[Badger]

Its looking really good , keep up the good work man

[Alasdair Ryan]

Thank's man i have fixed the drive and now working on the steering .(thanks Allanp)

[Moz]

£60 uk pounds those wheels cost me

Did you consider supercar (8880) wheels? I just bought two lots of 4 for $CA25 and Euro15 so they're pretty affordable. Not easy to drive, but they're big.

Also, if you trawl some of the older sets for sale on Bricklink it might be cheaper to buy a bunch of the old sets that have 2 or 4 24x43 wheels than to get them separately.

But you could just wait for the UniMog to come out later this year since that seems to have big road wheels :)

[Alasdair Ryan]

If looked etherly in the topic you would of seen the smaller wheels i was going to use but then my good mate milan told me to go and spend all my money on the bigger ones you can see here,I got 12 wheels from ebay for just under £60 pounds

[Alasdair Ryan]

Is it a bird is it a plane ... no its a big white and red blob 'with a touch of black weighing in at over 2 kg .It drives slowly and the steering works ok, i hope once i add a bit of weight to the back it will be better at driving.

I still need to finish the cab ,i am waiting for a order,i also ran out of red tiles at the back,then its the hock lift part its self,i think i will be spending £150 on just one skip.

Thanks to Allanp for the drive and steering.

I do realize it is a bit out of scale at this point am hoping that when it is done it will look better

Edited October 10, 2011 by Alasdair Ryan

[Milan]

Looking clean!

I would move that XL more to the front, I dont like how it looks back there near the axles. Ideally XL would be placed under the cab and long shaft would lay through the chassis.

Based on the picture you provided as a inspiration model, your cab is out of proportion. I think you should scale it a bit lower.

[timslegos]

I like the progress so far!! i cant wait to see more. I like how the cab uses SNOT, it looks very sharp.

tim

[Alasdair Ryan]

Looking clean!

I would move that XL more to the front, I dont like how it looks back there near the axles. Ideally XL would be placed under the cab and long shaft would lay through the chassis.

Based on the picture you provided as a inspiration model, your cab is out of proportion. I think you should scale it a bit lower.

How many studs might i need to take out to make it look more to scale?

[Milan]

How many studs might i need to take out to make it look more to scale?

Use that reference pic you provided at the beginning of the tread, enlarge it so the tires on that pic are approx 80mm (like the real tires you are using on the truck) and then measure the cab height from the pic. That is actual cab height you are looking for

That way you can make pretty accurate scale mode.

It is easier to do that when you have PDF file.

[Alasdair Ryan]

I have nearly finished restyling the cab i hope you like it ,i am still going to take 1/3 of the top roof and add the mirrors,i removed 2 full studs which looks a lot better.

Tell me what you think of the new cab.

[vmln8r]

The cab could use more detail, eg:

Lego Scania R730 1:13 by bricksonwheels, on Flickr

[Alasdair Ryan]

I think it will look better once the mirrors are fitted.