Büssing NAG 4500 - 4.5 ton medium-duty all-wheel drive truck of the Wehrmacht 1942/43
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2024 5:57 am
Hello,
my last build...
As a combined Christmas and birthday present I received a 1/16 scale kit from Veroma of the Büssing 8000 S13.
However, the driver's cab is nothing for converting this into a 4.5 ton Wehrmacht truck - no dimensions, no shape, nothing fits the Büssing NAG 4500.
And if you're going to convert everything, then do it properly - i.e. all-wheel drive!
Here are some pictures of the Veroma Büssing 8000 S13 model:
And here is a drawing of the Büssing NAG 4500 (no all-wheel drive Version):
But first I thought about what I could do and what solutions were available...
- Make your own driver's cab and mudguards
- Driven front axle => convert a Veroma rear axle
- Take the flatbed from the kit
- Gearbox from the kit drive package and a 1:1 transfer case
- Rims and tires from AFV-Modell
- Make your own wheel hubs
- Electronics Beier SFR-1
Then to the computer and started Fusion360...
A few hours later a result:
Here is a drawn solution if and how you can convert a rear axle to a front axle:
Yes, I know, the steering joints are shown twisted...
Then the 3D printer got to work...
First printed sample parts in PLA and checked if everything fits....
Then the conversion parts were printed from PETG-CF (carbon fiber reinforced)
Here is the finished front axle "test-fitting" in the frame:
I also printed many additional parts from PETG-CF.
Then it was the turn of the driver's cab, which was also printed in PETG, including test prints of the mudguards in gray:
And here are some more pictures of the chassis with engine installation, transfer case and rear axle:
This made it possible to determine the required length of the cardan shafts, which were then ordered from Veroma.
That's it for today, I'll continue tomorrow.
Thanks for looking and see you soon...
my last build...
As a combined Christmas and birthday present I received a 1/16 scale kit from Veroma of the Büssing 8000 S13.
However, the driver's cab is nothing for converting this into a 4.5 ton Wehrmacht truck - no dimensions, no shape, nothing fits the Büssing NAG 4500.
And if you're going to convert everything, then do it properly - i.e. all-wheel drive!
Here are some pictures of the Veroma Büssing 8000 S13 model:
And here is a drawing of the Büssing NAG 4500 (no all-wheel drive Version):
But first I thought about what I could do and what solutions were available...
- Make your own driver's cab and mudguards
- Driven front axle => convert a Veroma rear axle
- Take the flatbed from the kit
- Gearbox from the kit drive package and a 1:1 transfer case
- Rims and tires from AFV-Modell
- Make your own wheel hubs
- Electronics Beier SFR-1
Then to the computer and started Fusion360...
A few hours later a result:
Here is a drawn solution if and how you can convert a rear axle to a front axle:
Yes, I know, the steering joints are shown twisted...
Then the 3D printer got to work...
First printed sample parts in PLA and checked if everything fits....
Then the conversion parts were printed from PETG-CF (carbon fiber reinforced)
Here is the finished front axle "test-fitting" in the frame:
I also printed many additional parts from PETG-CF.
Then it was the turn of the driver's cab, which was also printed in PETG, including test prints of the mudguards in gray:
And here are some more pictures of the chassis with engine installation, transfer case and rear axle:
This made it possible to determine the required length of the cardan shafts, which were then ordered from Veroma.
That's it for today, I'll continue tomorrow.
Thanks for looking and see you soon...