I was given a weathered and dirty looking Bruder truck and rear loading unit by a friend as part of a swap for items.
It had sat in the shed for years, but the kids love playing with models, i recently got a box full of goodies of parts and found a un used chassis in there. I believe it was an MN99 models, so i just decided to check out the look underneath the truck. It looked ok, so there it began.
Parts needed
Bruder Cab & rear loading deck (screwed/bolted together)
MN99 chassis with motor and transfer case and axles and tyres
Bought a 22g servo for steering(made an adaptor to fit into the chassis, which was 3dp)
Then made adaptor for rear springs to stiffen them, so preloaded, as it was very soft on original springs!
Made some adaptors to bolt onto the rear chassis section and screw thru the loading deck
I decided to 3dp some of my own wheel hubs to match the tyres so it gives a better look
Designed and 3dp some rear light units, which may be connected later
Designed and 3dp a airtank and battery looking box for show, and hide a small receiver in
Designed and 3dp a fuel tank which doubles as a 2s lipo battery box
More parts to come like storage items in the back to hide esc and sound unit etc, but for now it works
It has alot of suspension travel, almost like a crawler, although at the moment has no real torque or power, but it copes ok in the garden and some rough items. If it needs more power later, we have some cool motor setups which are tried and tested, a dual 370 or single 540 transfer case option could be fun, but we have enough projects lol
Also doing another conversion for a friend, so here it is in comparison, the other one is a massive project and 8x8x4 and alot of trick parts, but we will show that another day
I venture to suggest this undercuts Tamiya's 1/14 r/c Trucks.
