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Here's my next major project. It's a new 2019 KW T800 rotator wrecker used by Champion Towing here in Winnipeg. The wrecker is a Miller 1075S rotator with an HHU underlift. (Miller took over Century wreckers awhile ago). This truck is 45' long, the length restrictions were recently changed. I built a similar wrecker for Dr.Hook towing a few years ago and it was limited to 40'. This truck is very pretty with the right colour scheme and is all business, approximate weight is 80 000 pounds. It has a 600 hp Cummins and standard transmission. The moose bumper (as they are called in Canada) is made by Herd. I found a portion of my old notes and had to update a few things and redraw the pencil into fine ink. The forward section of paper is a new overlay with the updates as is the very rear where the HHU underlift is. I find it easier to draw the model out in scale and do all of your figuring out on paper. It still takes a few days to draw and or redraw all this up. Small stuff can be eyeballed as you build. Also because this truck is stored at the other end of the city, so it's a trip to get to see it and it's a very busy truck. I'm about to go on vacation so I had to pick something simple to get started on. I decided to start with the hydraulic cylinders. They are made of various Evergreen tubing up to 11 mm. I had to use a bit of tamiya tape to shim a few of the tubes to fit tight. The pistons are just going to be the ends. I'm making this as a static model that will be in a case when done. The engine will be put in and hood openable. I found a Miller PDF parts manual online that will help a lot to, just no measurements or straight on views. Here's a link to a 1/50 Peterbilt I made for Champion Towing in 2015. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235014127-2015-peterbilt-tri-axle-wrecker-done/- 89 replies
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