In Between other things like Living in these strange times. - A Simple conversion ( that's a joke ) on a 1/24TH Revell Bussing Nag truck (its a monster)
Started with the rear axles - separate spring Leafs and torsion bars are all trial fit at the moment but Im getting there slowly - the kit has some nasty casting marks seen clearly on the axle half's - main chassis not to bad The second axle I had in the stock box from an earlier version of this kit
Barney
Most satisfactory! -- Russ
That truck is actually of German manufacture, not French. -------
Bussing trucks
Büssing-NAG Wehrmacht trucks. Büssing AG was a German bus and truck manufacturer, established in 1903 by Heinrich Büssing in Braunschweig. It quickly evolved to one of the largest European producers, whose utility vehicles with the Brunswick Lion emblem were widely distributed, especially from the 1930s onwards.
So your converting it from a Single drive to a "BOGIE" drive, that makes it a very interesting conversion.
Nice use of the polystyrene sheets to make the suspension leaves and that reddish coloured rod you have used for the bolts, good stuff, eh. Be blowed if I can remember the name of the manufacture of that rod.
Done something like that 30 yrs ago, only to a 16th scale Kenworth W 900 series American left hand drive kit, changed it over to an Australian right hand drive Kenworth W 924 S.A.R. Took quite a few years for me to eventually finish it.
Plenty of photographs of what I had to do, can be viewed at the following FaceBook site, worth your while taking a look at it, as you never know you might get a few pointers from all the pictures on that site. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10156582987375271&type=3,
Even managed to get a 30 year old model truck, onto the cover of an English magazine too.
https://pocketmags.com/au/truck-model-world-magazine/sepoct-2021
An adequate endeavor but I see no horses to pull it. -- Russ
My Apologies for the Confusion of the Truck Conversion - I realised now it should have read -A GERMAN TRUCK CONVERSION to A FRENCH LOGGING TRUCK HAULER BASED ON A AUSTRALIAN PROTOTYPE in the early thirties Confused or what - Then comes the crunch line "it will end up not looking like any truck known" a real home built all wheel drive hack of a wagon its a "freelance Prototype" Im just using the Bussing Nag as a base for starting point ! and I just love "those wheels and Tyres" a sort used all over in many countries
Your Kenworth Truck looks great lots of detail and a nice conversion - The name of the plastic rod company is Slaters but the " the glass type rod appears to be unavailable been replaced with a similar product in a darker colour red and it don't like to rivet over like the older glass type
I just keep looking for old stock I could do with some thicker versions
Note the truck will also have a driven front axle and a front mounted winch up front
Hope its not to confusing and not upsetting any "Prototype modellers of perfection"
Barney
Just go for it, it has to be better than another straight outa-da-box truck build ,eh.
It's good to see somebody actually building a truck and being different, got a real soft spot for them, had me 'dot in the hot seat of different ones for over thirty years.
Like the new name you have come up with -------- A GERMAN TRUCK CONVERSION to A FRENCH LOGGING TRUCK HAULER BASED ON A AUSTRALIAN PROTOTYPE -------- bloody big gob full that one. :-)
Thanks for understanding my thoughts - though my life I have come across many odd bod conversions of all types it was all a matter of "my engine has blown" but I have found another make laying around in my shed I will make that fit somehow that's the way it was "make do and mend"
But don't get me wrong I fully understand the "prototype modeller" and appreciate there workmanship and there methods
Barney
Logging conversions to tramway 'lokies' were pretty whacky here (NZ) and popular modelling projects. Health and Safety were not major considerations in those days and runaways were pretty common.
Hello Barny, where did you get the information that there was the Büssing 8000 with 2 rear axles. The vehicle has just had a good 8 tons payload and just a maximum of 180 hp.
I suppose there a couple of ways at looking at this - my way was - I was not bothered if Bussing Nag ever built twin rear axle jobs that is what I wanted to fit in with my logging diorama home built logging trucks - the second way was I will just check if they did build twin wheelers and the answer was yes many conversions in many ways - hope this helps with the question
Barney
Hello Barney, thank you very much for the picture that explains it wonderfully for me, nor can you get this kit yes on eBay but unfortunately in 1:24 also not really to 1:22.5 fit. However, I will be happy to follow up on your contribution.
Nice project, looks like you're off to a good start already!
Moving on a bit - getting it onto all its wheels lots of alignment issues but won in the end ( wheels all trial fit at this time )
Barney
Rear axles : different hubs as rear one can be made to free wheel if required by making an adjust to the hub
Barney
free wheel hubs
Beautifully satisfactory. -- Russ
Looking good!