M548 tracked cargo truck

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Loving the details and the inventiveness, great stuff!

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Retrocosm wrote:

Loving the details and the inventiveness, great stuff!

Thanks!

Now a small detail that it’s almost invisible but wanted to do it anyway

Each road wheel arm has a piece atached to the hull where the axle pivots

So printed 8 of these:

OD paint to cover it all

These were meant to be bolted on but will try with glue only, for now

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My goal of closing off the drivetrain it’s closer to finish.Needed something on top to keep away dirt and sand

First idea was a standard cover but started to mess with the 3d printer and decided to do a more elaborate clear cover to see the gears working(might sound like a joke but many non-rc people who see this truck don’t understand how this truck moves or why it needs 2 motors…)

Then,put some rubber over the sheetmetal to cover 2 previous holes from the first gearboxes and to supress some noise

And a small rubber lip on the cover to keep sand and dirt away

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The M548 often came with the winch to load cargo,mainly ammo

I thought mine would look more complete with it so…3D printed the I-beam and the winch:

It’s held in place with small zip-ties:

It has a chain, only needs a hook or a D-ring

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This little thing keeps getting better and better. The cargo crane came out really nicely.

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As Pete said, this just gets better and better, love that crane.

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Pete wrote:

This little thing keeps getting better and better. The cargo crane came out really nicely.

Retrocosm wrote:

As Pete said, this just gets better and better, love that crane.

Thanks guys…I’m running out of ideas to finish this truck. Maybe cargo?

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Fantastic build. Amazing skills.

 

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Ricardo6784 wrote:

Fantastic build. Amazing skills.

Thank you!

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didn’t post anything anything new for a while…Truck is basically done. Just need some details.

One is a set of tags and labels, like this one:

The other one came to mind a couple days ago. The seat cushions I’ve had were fine. Cloth with foam inside, just don’t look very scale

So, took some modelling clay, did a mold to have a uniform thickness , the texture was made pressing cloth to the clay and the stitching was with a spatula. Roughed them up a bit and the next day, applied Tamiya XF-62

What do you think?

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never showed how the labels looked in place:

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