Making a D110 work truck for a thing.

[Antipodean]

Great looking service box and boom. It looks to be a huge undertaking, but I really appreciate the extra effort to make all the doors functional and having full interiors for the storage boxes.

Welder and compressor look great too! Going to be a very unique build.

Thank you.

 

[Antipodean]

A bit more color.

 

[Antipodean]

The metal has arrived for the boom so now I get to be a brasshole

 

[ItsTooBright!]

What a brasshole...

 

[Antipodean]

The boom servo is mounted, battery lead from battery box to the esc is run and I have started detailing. I need to make some floor mats for it and get some dashboard clutter organised.
Weathering will come later down the road. I think every truck needs to be brand new for a while

 

[cooper]

great work! the battery location is clever

 

[Antipodean]

great work! the battery location is clever

The idea is that once I have it all together unless something goes wrong with the electronics or I need new shocks the body and bed never have to come off. Got the idea from a Range Rover build from Canada.

 

[Antipodean]

Started cutting and fitting brass for the hoist to get it ready for brazing.
I have also been playing around with making water slide decals for it. The D90s get to be the test beds for that.

 

[chimeraa]

Hi!

great job on the work truck! Sure you want to braze the hoist? I made some bad experiences with the brass warping and softening because of the high temperature brazing requires. I ran into these problems on my unimog build. Scrapped the first bed entirely and soldered the second iteration.




regards

Flo

 

[Antipodean]

Hi!

great job on the work truck! Sure you want to braze the hoist? I made some bad experiences with the brass warping and softening because of the high temperature brazing requires. I ran into these problems on my unimog build. Scrapped the first bed entirely and soldered the second iteration.


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regards

Flo

I am using silver bearing solder paste so the temps are lower but the joints are almost as strong. No warping yet but fingers crossed.