Scania R620 - Tank transporter

[r32]

My Pershing has taken a bit of a back seat currently with the purchase of a Tamiya Scania R620, MFC-01 unit and a flatbed trailer. I really need to buy or modify my flatbed, seeing how half of the Pershing's tracks hang over each side. At least there's chains to secure the load in the meantime.

[Ad Lav]

Looking good, surprised you didn't go for the camo look on the Scania?

I wouldn't like to be the Pershing driver and get the tank on in one piece...

[r32]

In my country, the military commonly requisitions civilian trucks to lug tanks around during mobilization exercises. While we don't use Pershings, the Singapore Armed Forces has got some Leopard 2A5 tanks. Its my hope to eventually acquire a Leopard as well as a proper low loader. In the meantime its just fun to use the flatbed to bring my tank to battles.

[r32]

I've added a LED beacon lamp to the roof to simulate a mechanical revolving beacon:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml8qODVC3cc

[BREL]

where did you gat the LED beacon from, becasue it looks great on your Scania R620, makes the truck look realy great

[r32]

A friend of mine who is handy with soldering irons and reading capacitors and chips made it up for me, it includes a potentiometer to control the speed of the "rotation". If you're interested I can ask him how much it would take to make one up for you.

[BREL]

sorry mate but tell your friend not to bother because forgebear has found me one on the internet, many thanks for your help and offer of getting your friend to make me one

[r32]

Not too sure if its the same one as what Magman showed in his build thread, those look much better than a scratchbuild. I didn't go for that because they seem to cost around 40-50 Euro and I can't find a place sells it to me.

It is item 500907010 from Carson.

[BREL]

that is the same Item that Dave (forgebear) told me about and I have ordered one from Axels modelbau

[r32]

Photographs of the newly fitted stainless steel ramp and widened flatbed. With so much weight so high up, a low loader is definitely more ideal, but this will have to do for now. I've added LEDs down each side also.