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Part 4 :- final assembly & small part fitting construction
SECTION 9 :- final main chassis buld build
It's now time to start putting the remaining chassis parts & cab onto the chassis. I fixed the fuel tanks & fifth wheel on the chassis & allowed to set for a good 24 hrs. The front section of the cab was glued onto the chassis & left to set then the "Sleeper" section was glued next to it. when dry the exhaust stacks & connecting pipes were fitted.
It was now time to start adding all the remaining small parts. All the hand rails had the chrome removed & were sprayed with Halfords "bright copper", as I wanted to add a slight "personal"! feel to the truck. These were glued in place & also the step for the sleeper unit & the door handles.
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SECTION 10 :- Air filter & cab small parts
The air filter box was sanded down & painted in the same "bright copper" as the grab rails & fitted to the cab, together with its, air connection pipe. The roof lights & horns were sanded & painted copper, to simulate the bulbs & put "Fluorescent green" at the tip of the lights then the lens fitted over the top.
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The next tricky section was the fitting of the wing mirrors. These come in three parts & the best way I found was to scratch off the chrome from where it fits the cab & a small amount of paint from around the mounting hole on the cab, thaen to use a very small amount of superglue put on the bottom mirror fixing & set this in place firmly. Only when this will ot move do you put a bit of superglue on the top fixing & then place the mirror & top fixing in place. If you do this the mirror should not slip or start to fall down of position. You can, like I did, then drip a small drop of liquid glue on the top & bottom fixings to make another bond.
SECTION 11 :- Front grill & bonnet
Now to finish the model by gluing the painted radiator to the bonnet & fixing the lights & details. Is was then just a acse of fitting the bonnet fixing brackets under the front bumber & resting them in the holes in the chassis. The last job was to fit the rather flimsy rear mudguards & there it is all ready to go on display.
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Please see below a selection of photo's of the finished model :_
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