Im Bau: Scania R480 8X8 Army Edition

Wohnort: Södertälje Sweden

Samstag, 10. Januar 2009, 21:20

Scania R480 8X8 Army Edition

Hello model friends!

It is time for a new project! I have been thinking about this project for over a year now so it is definitely time to start with it now. I am planning to build a Scania R480 8X8 in Army Edition.

So here is the start of this project:

More will follow…..
Best regards
Håkan

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nedlloyd

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Samstag, 10. Januar 2009, 21:49

RE: Scania R480 8X8 Army Edition

Hi Hakan, where are the wheels from?

Jan

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Hakan F

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Samstag, 10. Januar 2009, 23:13

Hello,
The wheels are from a JCB wheel loader toy I found at the local toy store. The tyres are in rubber and they actually fir right on the Italeri rims :ok:

Best regards
Håkan

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Stralis-480

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Sonntag, 11. Januar 2009, 14:53

Hey Hakan
Mycket Bra :ok:

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Truckerschraven

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Realname: Patrick

Wohnort: Wychen (NL)

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Montag, 12. Januar 2009, 00:28

Hey Hakan,

Nice start you have got there,
Keep the good work going on like that.

Greetings

Wijchen - Netherlands

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bluestarmodells

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Realname: Ralph Amsler

Wohnort: Schweiz

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Montag, 12. Januar 2009, 12:53

Hi Hakan

It`s a nice projekt. I will be return to see your next steps on this Model.

Greetings :wink:

Ralph

Ich traue Jedem. Nur nicht dem Teufel, der in Jedem steckt.

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Joschy

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Wohnort: Elstal, Brandenburg

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Montag, 12. Januar 2009, 14:05

hi hakan!

this is a very good idea to built this truck.

it looks good. i have a question to you, because you are engineer at scania.
could you send me some construktion plans from a scania LA 8x4/4 NA to my e-mail address (joschy_t@web.de), because i built this truck from MAD and i try to make it as realistic as possible

maybe you could send me some detailed pictures from the Scania or from the building process, please.

thanks for your awnser.

Joschy

Derzeitiges Projekt:

Scania SLT von MAD!

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Hakan F

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Montag, 12. Januar 2009, 21:15

Hello again!
Thanks for the comments!
There has been some work done on the wheels and rims lately and the chassis.

To be continued…..
Best regards
Håkan

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Hakan F

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Samstag, 17. Januar 2009, 15:49

Hello again!
It is time for a new update of the Scania R480 8X8 Army project.

I needed to cut the foot steps in order to make the shorter since I am going to use the Scania 4-series front.

To be continued…..
Best regards
Håkan

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bluestarmodells

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Realname: Ralph Amsler

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Samstag, 17. Januar 2009, 16:16

Hi Hakan

looks great the update

. Where you have the distributor gear? Is it selfmade ?

Greetings :wink:

Ralph

Ich traue Jedem. Nur nicht dem Teufel, der in Jedem steckt.

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Hakan F

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Sonntag, 18. Januar 2009, 23:08

Hello!
Thanks for the comments!
The transfer gearbox is self made but I actually used some parts from a gearbox of a Tamiya BMW K100 motorcycle kit in scale 1/12 ! That in combination with some other “junk yard” parts I had turned out to work just fine for this project.
Best regards
Håkan

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RODMAN

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Realname: Andreas

Wohnort: Am Fuß der Eifel

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Montag, 19. Januar 2009, 13:16

Hy Hakan,

very nice work so far. I´m sure the result will be another great Truck out of your "factory". :ok:

The idea for the tyres is realy a graet one and the transfer gear box is an amazing work, too.

Keep going on on this level! :ok:

Be sure that I will stay at this report...

8x8 Greetz,

A.

Immer mit der Ruhe. Das Gras wächst nicht schneller wenn man dran zieht!

In der Mache: MAN F 2000 V10 (Langzeit- )Projekt und meine,

, "Affäre"

Manches noch auf Eis .... :rrr:

....aber langsam wird´s wärmer

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Hakan F

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Montag, 19. Januar 2009, 22:36

Hello!
Thanks for the comments! :smilie:

There has been a small progress in the Scania R480 8X8 Army project. I have spent some time working on the high air intake. Even here I used a piece of the fuel tank from the BMW motorcycle kit. I try to use as much old “junk yard” parts as possible.

A small progress on the chassis has happened as well but still it remains much work…..

To be continued……
Best regards
Håkan

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Hakan F

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Donnerstag, 22. Januar 2009, 18:37

Hello!
It is time for a new update. I have made a silencer and a wildbar.

I also made a test assembly:

To be continued……
Best regards
Håkan

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Hakan F

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Sonntag, 25. Januar 2009, 22:44

Hello again!
There has been some further progress in the Scania 8X8 Army project. A roof rack, the lower part of the front grille and the wildbar has been finished. Now there only remains a few more details until it is time for the paint job.

I have also plans to scratch build a hook lift and then I am going to have a 20ft container as load.

To be continued…..
Best regards
Håkan

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Hakan F

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Donnerstag, 5. Februar 2009, 20:22

Hello again!
Ok it is time for the last update before the paint job.

To be continued…..
Best regards
Håkan

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nedlloyd

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Samstag, 7. Februar 2009, 17:35

It looks interesting so far...

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Hakan F

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Sonntag, 8. Februar 2009, 13:23

Hello again!
Now the paint job is done.

I have also been working on the hook lift. I used some old pens as hydraulic cylinders.

Best regards
Håkan

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Hakan F

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Mittwoch, 11. Februar 2009, 20:17

Hello!
Now there has been some further progress of the building process of the Scania R480 8X8 project.

To be continued......
Best regards
Håkan

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okdoky

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Wohnort: Stirling

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Mittwoch, 11. Februar 2009, 22:39

Hakan

I am so impressed by the detail you have captured on this big beast. I would love to have the access to the real vehicles for a try out to compare how it feels and drives from my memories driving the DAF.

It looks as if the Scania would have a much more modern feel and comfort factor. Do the real trucks get kitted out with optional Hiab behind the cab for the Dutch Army as extra kit?

Also does the cab easily accept extra add on crew armour for use in forward operational areas?

I am green with envy :abhau:

that you have access to Scania detailing at work.

Am watching this to the end for sure.

:prost:

Nige

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nedlloyd

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Donnerstag, 12. Februar 2009, 22:08

Hi Hakan
noticed you also discovered the TMW forum as well :wink:

I had a few questions on you that I didn't want to put here so I sent you an e-mail which I hope you got.

Nice work so far, go ahead!

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RODMAN

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Freitag, 13. Februar 2009, 01:30

Hey Hakan,

.......... puhhhh :nixweis:

there are no words left for this great an impressive Job.
Speachles, so to say.

Keep on building and showing such professional work to us on this community, thanks for sharing your work with us :ok:

Impressed Greetz,

A.

Immer mit der Ruhe. Das Gras wächst nicht schneller wenn man dran zieht!

In der Mache: MAN F 2000 V10 (Langzeit- )Projekt und meine,

, "Affäre"

Manches noch auf Eis .... :rrr:

....aber langsam wird´s wärmer

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Hakan F

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Freitag, 13. Februar 2009, 18:02

Hello!
Thank you very much for the positive comments and feedback!
To answer your questions Nige: No the Dutch Army order of Scania 8X8 vehicles did not include any crane behind the cab. It has a hook lift for containers or other type of loads as body build. But the Irish Army for example has a few of those Scania 8X8 vehicles as well and some of them do have a crane fitted behind the cab in combination with a hook lift. To be completely honest I am not making a detailed copy of any existing vehicle but my model is strongly influenced by several Scania Army orders such as the Dutch, Irish and so on.
Regarding the cab it can be upgraded with a ballistic kit which means a lot of extra armour to both the front and the side of the cab. This also includes thick bullet proof windows and so on.

Now back to the model project. Lately some interior work has been done. As details to the interior I added a couple of maps and also a drivers manual for this type of Scania 8X8 Army vehicle.