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[Schraddel]

Hello,

starting the conversion of an GMC General:

The left one was just unboxed. Here too the front axle was in low rider position. At the right one this was already corrected.
The priming of the idea was the pile of old Herpa parts Jürgen allocated me. He builds trucks of German prototype of 1970's and 1980's out of those stuff. Mostly Mercedes Benz NG and MAN F8. So he has no use for US parts. As tradeoff he got my German stuff. A real win-win transaction.










In a nutshell:
- Alter the position of the front axle. The axle has to be set so that the front of the vehicle will be raised up about app. 1.5mm.
- Remove this ugly sleeper and put it away.
- Make a pusher axle out of the stuff.
- Shorten the Herpa dumb bed.
- Complement the ribbes side with an additional rib made out ouf triangular plastic profile.
- Mount dump bed and tipping mechanism onto the frame.
- Take the time, consider the model thoroughly.
- Think what is not looking as it should be.
- Consult photos of real US dump trucks and compare to your model.


Lutz