m978 hemtt heavy fire truck tanker 8x8

[semijoe]

next inline was mounting the transfer case. rc4wd makes a perfect size transfer cse for this truck. i made some spacers and installed it

[BrassBuilder]

What are the rails, crossmembers, and the transfer case made out of? Looks like aluminum to me.

BTW...got my jack stands today! Pretty cool looking. Glad I got them.

Mike

[semijoe]

What are the rails, crossmembers, and the transfer case made out of? Looks like aluminum to me.

BTW...got my jack stands today! Pretty cool looking. Glad I got them.

Mike

rails and tranfer case is alum and crossmember are plastic

if you doing large scale ,the stands are great to have .

[semijoe]

i made the cab mounts useing .080 styrene
doesnt look strong but once you have it all together, the mounts feel really strong

[semijoe]

not much an update. but was excite about the styrene i received in. i had some hex rod come in. im useing it to look like bolts

[semijoe]

i started on the cab floor, center and backer

[semijoe]

sense the truck is going to be non military, why put military seat.
i want to not newr type seats but something that i can remember from my 69 camaro
the seats and interior is going to be black and orange. so i made seat today, wanted you guys imput. they do fold done. i made it out od 3x .125 styrene ,.040 for the side straps and rubber legs for the seat cushion.

[semijoe]

added the basic dash and some other stuff
hoping motor comes today.

[semijoe]

i made some lower bars for the rocker suspension. skocks , tires and rims are here .
it takes 2x tires to make one (thnx stu) and 2x rims to make one. so lots of modding to do.
still havent thought of which motor to put in it

[semijoe]

worked on the mechs for the suspension and axles. i think i have it right ,unless somebody sees something wrong. let me know
ive add some simulated airbags and drainage screw for the pumpkin
shocks also came in

[semijoe]

hey hey im back on the one for aliitle while
i had some tire made from stu, he took a single tire and made them double wide
so i had to order 2x the tires and rims also
ive installed the shocks,tires, rims and a bar to keep the axle from tilting

[semijoe]

i have the front suspension done, waiting on alum steering knuckles now
for those who havent seen my race truck. here it is in the back ground

[hmaia]

Hello Joe,
This project will have us drooling. What I see of the frame is very impressive. Beautiful work.

[kmeaders@q.com]

Joe, again, you do amazing work!

[semijoe]

finally received in some parts
the alum steering knuckles came in. i was also able to install the steering bell cranks. these were also alum made
so the front suspension is done. but still need to install steering servo.
you can see that i started on the engine compartment floor. this will be removable
next im modding the rims for the doulbe wide tires