Well let me see....First off I realized when I was trying to finish up all the different areas currently ...I never added the drive shafts! and on closer examination...(after all this time!!!) I realized I installed the rear end upside down! So some careful cutting here and there and a turn and flip...it's where and how it should be.... ( On a side note, when working on the cab...I did get ahead of myself..even though I tried to not do so...and attached the rear wall. then discovered , One..I had for got to remove the mask off the side and back windows...and 2 ...I had forgot to paint the new frames around the back windows ...Trying to paint around a corner was no fun!...) Any way...to get the drive shafts in I had to finish off the main unit that drives the wench and jib and so went a tiny bit over kit build in doing so....
created scratch built "Dog Clutch" and just looking at how the thing works I guess it gets it's name from the way it BARKS when you engage it...This is in NO WAY accurate...but it does give the over all feeling of accuracy for this scale...so...good- s -nuff... ( Tweasers used to test fit in place)!!
I could then add the universal joints and drive shafts after built of course... nothing special here rolled copy paper, and some disk and a few .5mm chunks of scrap make up every-thing....
( What really surprised me was the fact after all the other things and all the additions and changes scratch built add-ons ..they actually line up with the transmission!! )
It was about this point and looking at the top I thought !!!!! "What if the Dog Clutch is too tall !!!!) Time for a quick and dirty test fit!!! and that means front to back as it is all related! Tried to judge by holding the suspension with one hand and te clutch with a finger here and there and the box supports with the othe and fingers and things were going all directions...Time for painters Tape!!
Painters tape/tweasers and the like and I have just enough room for it to fit under the floor of the back box!!
Checked Cab fit compared to radiator/back box...all looks like I might have actually had a plan!!
I gave up on adding another layer to the back of the cab..and spend a slow..mm by mm tape and glue session all around the back seam... tore off the rivet strips from the sides and will replace them and add the rest when cab gets repainted..and before camouflage as I have decided to go ahead with it!
and a final...view from the top to check that as well ...and if I don't mess up something ??!!!
till next time....