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    Can't do parked regen

    in Engine and Transmission

    Posted

    Hello!

    I'm not sure, but I'd say you have to put some load on the engine, otherwise you have no chance to get the exhaust temperature high enough. Once I had a similar situation (OK, with a Skoda!), and I had to go out on a highway and while my buddy was driving I was connected to the car with a service computer and had to tip in a "secret code" for the burning to start. From then on it worked fine.

    Good luck and have a nice day

    Paweł

    Mack Rw Superliner Scale Model

    in Mack Scale Model and Diecast Corner

    Posted

    84superdog - you say it so often I'm getting used to that thought, which is a good thing :-) I'd suggest you start taking pictures of your machine right away! And I mean guts - the radiator, insides of the hood, under the cab - stuff like that. We could write a book about modelling the Superliner together! Thanks for your comments and have a nice day

    Paweł

    Bulldozers

    in Tractors and Equipment

    Posted

    Thanks a lot, other dog! Very interesting photos, especially that partially disassembled one. So now if anybody has some photos of the old D7E, I would appreciate them a lot!

    Thanks again and have a nice day

    Paweł

    Short wheelbase good or bad?

    in Driveline and Suspension

    Posted

    Hello!

    Well I sure would like to know what the pros say here, too! As an engineer the first thing to say would be: Good for what? Short wheelbase could potentially make tighter turns possible. Longer wheelbase would probably make the rig more stable when going straight. Then again - longer frame means more weight you're carrying with you that you have to pay for. That's physics - but there are also regulations, so that also depends on where you're going to use the truck. Anyhow - welcome to the forums, and have a nice day

    Paweł

    Bulldozers

    in Tractors and Equipment

    Posted

    other dog - are those old dozers D7's or D8's? Could you take some close-ups of them for me? Some day I'd like to build a model of a Vietnam-era Rome plow and the references are pretty hard to come by. Thanks a lot in advance and have a nice day

    Paweł

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    Mack Rw Superliner Scale Model

    in Mack Scale Model and Diecast Corner

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    Larry - thanks a lot!

    gearhead204 - thanks for your comment! I agree with you - those air brakes are no longer healthy... But then look at my baby - does that bulkhead look right without all that spaghetti? I say no. Would like to put at least SOMETHING there, but I know it won't look right before I understand the machine and what is going on there.

    Thanks for reading and have a nice day

    Paweł

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    Mack Rw Superliner Scale Model

    in Mack Scale Model and Diecast Corner

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    Hello!

    I've been fighting with the air brake plumbing for some time. Neil (fifth wheel) helped me a lot - thanks again Neil! I'm basing my build on the photos of Neal's truck. For now I installed the threadle valve and the quick release valve for the front axle:

    chassis32.jpg

    I also tried to build the double check valves and the stoplight switch:

    chassis33.jpg

    Unfortunately in the end they turned out to be still too big... I wil have to do something more simplified to squeeze it in by the cab mount - oh well, happens all the time!

    So thanks for reading and have a nice day

    Paweł

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    D-day Normandy pics

    in Odds and Ends

    Posted

    Hello Vlad!

    Beautiful pictures and some really classy trucks there! I just wonder, why did they put the national star upside down on the door of that Mack in the first pictures? Thanks for sharing and have a nice day

    Paweł

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    Mack Rw Superliner Scale Model

    in Mack Scale Model and Diecast Corner

    Posted

    Hello!

    I was struggling recently, so trying to break through the crisis I built a detail that was pointed out to me by 85snowdog - thanks a lot, Keith! That's the clutch cable. Somehow this detail doesn't show in other truck models? Well, it's present in my model. It's also mighty hard to find a good photo reference of this one on the net. Anyway, here it is:

    chassis31.jpg

    Did I get it right? Sure do hope so, thanks for reading and have a nice day

    Paweł

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    Mack Rw Superliner Scale Model

    in Mack Scale Model and Diecast Corner

    Posted

    Hello!

    Vlad - thanks a lot for your comment! To tell you the truth, I don't feel like modifying the wheels... But I might try the idea with those wheel nuts - have to come up with an idea on how to do it nicely.

    Vinny - sorry to hear about your problems. Is it more a leak of some kind or do you have missing components? Maybe you could post a thread with pictures in the Air&Brakes section of the forums - I could get a look at how it looks like in your truck and somebody could help you to solve the issue?

    Thanks again for your comments, have a nice day

    Paweł

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    Mack Rw Superliner Scale Model

    in Mack Scale Model and Diecast Corner

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    Hello!

    It's been a while! I finally found my men-up pills and glued the exhaust stack guards to the cab. I also experimented with the cab mounts and so finally I dry - fitted the cab to the chassis:

    cab45.jpg

    Pleased to report, that the hood meets with the cab OK. Looking under the hood - I also managed to mate the exhaust to the turbocharger:

    cab46.jpg

    Before I glue the cab on I would like to sort out at least some of the lines on the firewall. I even posted a separate thread asking for help, here:

    http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?/topic/35368-brake-system-components-on-a-r-model-cab-please-help/

    But if you have any photos showing how the air lines go from the treadle valve back into the cab, you're more than welcome to post them here, too! There is also a check valve and brake light switch somewhere - wonder if it could be shown on my model. I also plan adding the clutch linkage.

    So - back to the workshop, thanks for reading and have a nice day

    Paweł

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    Bulldozers

    in Tractors and Equipment

    Posted

    Hello!

    Does anybody have a picture or a drawing that would show a Cat dozer (preferrably D7D or D7E) from the underside? Such pics are very hard to come by. And I'm not sure I understand well how the rails around which the tracks go attach to the body of the dozer. I believe there's a spring under the hull front - how does it look like? Thanks in advance, have a nice day

    Paweł

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