irish lorries:
seth 70:
irish lorries:
seth 70:
irish lorries:
You know how much that’s probably worth beside I have to finish the f12 May do stateline in a while
I will have built a full scale australian road train livestock truck in the garden shed by the time you have finished your model m8,your allways on here 
only joking m8
Not rushing have to build the trailer after may get that finished by New year maybe you looking forward to stobart fest
Not this year irish lorries,im not that bothered to be fair 
So did you ever get in touch with guy martin
yea ,i bought the 143 with last months wage 
seth 70:
irish lorries:
seth 70:
irish lorries:
seth 70:
irish lorries:
You know how much that’s probably worth beside I have to finish the f12 May do stateline in a while
I will have built a full scale australian road train livestock truck in the garden shed by the time you have finished your model m8,your allways on here only joking m8
Not rushing have to build the trailer after may get that finished by New year maybe you looking forward to stobart fest
Not this year irish lorries,im not that bothered to be fair
So did you ever get in touch with guy martin
yea ,i bought the 143 with last months wage
Not chat to him then one of my mates showed me a video of him he’s a bit mad
Good to see you guys have been getting on with things. Nice stuff there CWM very clean builds. That Scania and tanker is coming on a treat Gerry.
Jeff…
Nice work there lads.
Well I got the phone call I’ve been waiting for, my splead axle tilt (it came from Japan) has arrived, I should be home tomorrow and I ain’t planning on going anywhere until Sunday at the earliest, so I’ll have some time on my hands, I’m really looking forward to getting stuck in again.
When you have a look at it you’ll find that the body sits on top of the chassis like a container. It’s an easy job to lower it.
Set the body up side down on the chassis and mark where it sits on the cross members, cut the cross members so the chassis sits on the under side of the floor. I think you have to cut the big cross members at the front and rear as well.
The whole job takes about 10 minutes, remember to change the hubs as well as they’ll be reduction hubs.
Have fun
Jeff…
ps When you get a bit older I’ll show you how to build a real tilt…
Nice one newmercman looking forward to seeing it
I have a collection for sale mixture of irish and uk about 100 want to sell as a job lot if anyone interested(n.ireland)
So I picked up my tilt today, not what I expected at all, I’m going to have to make some serious modifications to get it anywhere close to what I want the finished article to look like.
I think future tilts will have to be scratch built, I am thinking that a simple 40’ skelly would donate chassis rails and axles and the rest will come from my imagination and skills that I’m yet to aquire.
However as I’m a glass half full kind of bloke, I think my first attempt at that will be a step frame, in for a penny…
newmercman:
So I picked up my tilt today, not what I expected at all, I’m going to have to make some serious modifications to get it anywhere close to what I want the finished article to look like.
I think future tilts will have to be scratch built, I am thinking that a simple 40’ skelly would donate chassis rails and axles and the rest will come from my imagination and skills that I’m yet to aquire.
However as I’m a glass half full kind of bloke, I think my first attempt at that will be a step frame, in for a penny…
A bit of help for your future builds forum.truckmodelworld.com/yaf_po … -Tilt.aspx
Cheers, the kit I have is not that great tbh, the side panels are all warped, so getting it all square is going to be… interesting…
newmercman:
Cheers, the kit I have is not that great tbh, the side panels are all warped, so getting it all square is going to be… interesting…
My next models getting one too so aleast I know not to buy the same kit as you did
It’s workable, but I’ve just tacked it together and it looks like it’s had a hard life, all twisted and wonky. Adds to the authenticity of a M/E trailer I suppose lol
newmercman:
It’s workable, but I’ve just tacked it together and it looks like it’s had a hard life, all twisted and wonky. Adds to the authenticity of a M/E trailer I suppose lol
Maybe italeri made it to be like a Russian or eastern European one . Did you ever get the tanks started
No I’ve been out earning a crust, my last trip was 11days so I’ve got some catching up to do. First I’ve got to fix my sprinkler system, a bloody pipe has split so I’m dusting off my Donkey Jacket
I can see this tilt giving me a load of aggro, much like every tilt I’ve ever come across 
One good thing has come of it though, I wanted to change the exhaust on the Volvo and I’ve already used some of the stuff the bits of tilt are stuck to (sprues?) With a bit of heat from a lighter, and I’ve got that ready to put together, then I can relocate the air tanks under the batteries where they would be on a unit with mega diesel tanks.
Now where’s my shovel…
newmercman:
No I’ve been out earning a crust, my last trip was 11days so I’ve got some catching up to do. First I’ve got to fix my sprinkler system, a bloody pipe has split so I’m dusting off my Donkey Jacket
I can see this tilt giving me a load of aggro, much like every tilt I’ve ever come across
One good thing has come of it though, I wanted to change the exhaust on the Volvo and I’ve already used some of the stuff the bits of tilt are stuck to (sprues?) With a bit of heat from a lighter, and I’ve got that ready to put together, then I can relocate the air tanks under the batteries where they would be on a unit with mega diesel tanks.
Now where’s my shovel…
Glad I don’t have a garden
Sure the tilt will turn out okay looking forward to seeing it
irish lorries:
newmercman:
So I picked up my tilt today, not what I expected at all, I’m going to have to make some serious modifications to get it anywhere close to what I want the finished article to look like.
I think future tilts will have to be scratch built, I am thinking that a simple 40’ skelly would donate chassis rails and axles and the rest will come from my imagination and skills that I’m yet to aquire.
However as I’m a glass half full kind of bloke, I think my first attempt at that will be a step frame, in for a penny…
A bit of help for your future builds forum.truckmodelworld.com/yaf_po … -Tilt.aspx
If you bung the warped panels in hot water About 70c you can straighten them out, The Heller Scania 141 is famous for it.
I’ve built a couple of step frame tilts NNM if you need advice just sing out.
I recognise that post, there’s a better one called "How to …foil tilt " I think it was in in the Help and tips section…
Jeff
Jeff, as a complete novice I don’t know what advice I need, so the more the merrier. I can pick out the bits I need and store the rest for later.
, Jeff.