yeah, pictures of your collection...

WOW!!!
That 1/35 scale MAN wouldn't happen to be made by Revell, would it? If it is I have one just like it!!! It is a UN version.......I plan on making it R/C when I become all old like you guys.;) :p

I am reeaallly looking forward to see how it turns out!! Good luck!

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thanks squeegee, yes that's it, it's the1/35 4x4 MAN 5 ton Truck by Revell that i am working on right now... (Arch ;)).. right now, i'm 80% finished with the front axle... hey i'll try to post some pics here too, and hopefully some vids as well.

"OLD!!!!" ssshhh.. don't say badwords you can get banned here!!!! j/k :p ... nope i'm not that old, i'm just 26 years old remember? :D

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Even if that were true.......It's still too old for me yet!
 

That will be sweet to see the same model I have be turned into another "killer" creation!!!!!

How much did you pay for yours? I ended up paying 48 bucks for mine!!!!! YUP THAT'S RIGHT! It was only 24 dollars plus shipping on ebay, but mine was shipped from Europe. SHIPPING!:o

am i that old?!
 

:ö:guess what?.. they are cheaper here in the Philippines, if i convert the price of this into dollars, i'll come up with $23.oo only, no shipping, just a trip to the LHS which is just a minute away from my work :cool: ... hey i'll post some pics of the truck... well just the front axle for now ;)

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1/35 4x4 MAN Truck Front Axle
 

it's not yet finished though.. ;)

another angle..

top view..

bevel gear and pinion combo
 

:ö: this axle houses a bevel and pinion gear combo giving out a gear ratio of 2.5:1, this is quite high if you notice or compared with a worm gear combo that produces low 8:1 ratio...,

¤why did i use such combo?.. this truck is design to run faster than the previous rockcrawlers i made, and should have enough ground clearance for trials,

¤ how can this high ratio axles can be used for trials?.. a super low ratio tranny will be needed to get this truck moving

¤why not use a powerful/bigger motor?.. due the limited space inside the engine compartment (i plan not to remove the drivers area) plus the gearsets will occupy just enough space for the RX and a Micro ESC.

looking good!

:ö: thanks Arch ;)... so far so good :) -æ

WOW!

I take back what I said about the bruiser......just imagining my Revell model become R/C is enough to make this truck my absolute favorite of your creations so far. Or soon to be;)

Hold up..........where did you get those rubber tires?


My kit does not have those!!!!!!!

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yes, they are included in the kit, the rubber is made of semi-soft, sticky compound, which i find perfect for this project ;).

Yesterday i bought a 1/35 URAL 4320 6x6 Truck by Revell as to be my next project, it's tires has a good off-road thread pattern, but the tires are made out of a very hard rubber :(..

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killer,
the memebers in the overland section of mzr have discovered an awsome set of tires! they are hard to find but they are good.
http://mini-zracer.com/albums/album5...0010.sized.jpg

these are 1:24 satco tsl super swampers. they are very soft/sticky hollow rubber tires and can be found on a few aoshima "lift up" series models.

i suspect they are too large for your 1:32 bruiser but you never know...just though you would like the picture as well;)