HL Truck Mods

[Son of a gun-ner]

That's awesome Gary

[maltins]

Ok so i know this is not strictly WPL truck related, but it did start it all off for me haha.
I have been quiet recently as i working on a commision build, this truck is just bonkers







The truck cab inside has 3d printed custom roll cage with cross bracing and will help give strength back to the truck cab which is cut up. I have reclined the seats inside and will set back the steering wheel with a mad driver.
Flip front cab to allow access tohidden electronics.

Need a cheap smoker if anyone has got good ideas as i need to smoke these exhausts up. 2nd hand?
Also need cheap sound emulator, should i get a das mikro??
This build is on very tight budget.

Wheels 3D printed custom
Tyres 1/14 Tamiya truck
Axles off a 4x4 crawler & 2 speed gearbox
Mounted mad brushless motor with esc.
Have Tamiya light kit for it aswell
Drive is 6x4 only. The front axles is free wheel but the whole suspension setup my own design

5th wheel is not my design, but only to get idea of mockup. It needs to be larger, plus i am almost there with my own design 5th wheel to work in conjunction with servo.
Plus it can swivel and rotate on 2 axis so should be cool for offroad capabilities also

Hi What Scale is That 5th Wheel You Have On the Chassis in Pics I'm Looking For a 5th Wheel For My 1/16th jjrc truck Cheers Malc

[Will01Capri]

The 5th wheel is scaled to fit nicely with the WPL trucks. It is closer to 1/16th scale, whereas the WPL type trucks are really not 1/16, they closer to 1/18.
As for the Crawlers like the Toyota it is closer to 1/13.5 and the MAN Kat1 truck is smaller again than 1/18.

Hopefully that clears it up a little about the scale of what these trucks are

[Max-U52]

I thought the M35 was closer to 1/14th, not 1/18. I could be wrong about that but it seems like the M35 is bigger than a standard 1/16 scale truck, especially the tires. If you were to scale those up 16 times, that tire would be 42 inches tall.

[midlife306]

A 1/16 figure struggles to fit in the cab Gary, you wouldn’t have that with 1/14


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[Roboticus_Prime]

I thought the M35 was closer to 1/14th, not 1/18. I could be wrong about that but it seems like the M35 is bigger than a standard 1/16 scale truck, especially the tires. If you were to scale those up 16 times, that tire would be 42 inches tall.

Based on my measurments, the M35 is 1/16. They're only a 2.5 ton truck, so they're smaller than most on the military 6x6 trucks.The tires are for the civilian 4x4 mods. The C14 is closer to 1/14. I haven't looked up the specs of the Urals to get thier scale, but I'm thinking they're closer to 1/18.

[maltins]

The 5th wheel is scaled to fit nicely with the WPL trucks. It is closer to 1/16th scale, whereas the WPL type trucks are really not 1/16, they closer to 1/18.
As for the Crawlers like the Toyota it is closer to 1/13.5 and the MAN Kat1 truck is smaller again than 1/18.

Hopefully that clears it up a little about the scale of what these trucks are

Hi Thanks for the info , also do you know where I can purchase one ? thanks Malc

[Will01Capri]

The 5th wheel is scaled to fit nicely with the WPL trucks. It is closer to 1/16th scale, whereas the WPL type trucks are really not 1/16, they closer to 1/18.
As for the Crawlers like the Toyota it is closer to 1/13.5 and the MAN Kat1 truck is smaller again than 1/18.

Hopefully that clears it up a little about the scale of what these trucks are

Hi Thanks for the info , also do you know where I can purchase one ? thanks Malc

I have to say i cannot sell the one in the picture as that was a trial i printed as a favour for someone.
However i am working on a servo actuated one myself which is all my design and i hope to test prints sometime in next few weeks.
If it works out how i expect i wouldn't mind printing off if you are interested.

[maltins]

The 5th wheel is scaled to fit nicely with the WPL trucks. It is closer to 1/16th scale, whereas the WPL type trucks are really not 1/16, they closer to 1/18.
As for the Crawlers like the Toyota it is closer to 1/13.5 and the MAN Kat1 truck is smaller again than 1/18.

Hopefully that clears it up a little about the scale of what these trucks are

Hi Thanks for the info , also do you know where I can purchase one ? thanks Malc

I have to say i cannot sell the one in the picture as that was a trial i printed as a favour for someone.
However i am working on a servo actuated one myself which is all my design and i hope to test prints sometime in next few weeks.
If it works out how i expect i wouldn't mind printing off if you are interested.

Hi Thank you Please Keep Me Informed I Will Keep Watching This Space

[Will01Capri]

Another item finsihed being designed is my wifes next build, a M35 Crew Cab.


Next jhob is to get the cut rear truck bed modelled up for same WPL wheelbase, alternatively you could use stock truck bed and stretch the wheelbase, just need different length driveshafts or re-jig the driveline entirely with something new, which isn't such a bad thing