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Old 06-29-2010, 07:37 AM
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Thanks for sharing the pics! That place looks awesome! Very nice area to run in.
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Wow... amazing!! Wish I had enough for a truck build... maybe one of these days... Do you have the details of the person who helped you with the custom decal printing?? I was planning on doing a Volvo myself, but I added up the costs, and decided to stick with upgrading my TT01...
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here is the company i used, they were extremely helpful [sm=thumbs_up.gif]

http://www.diginate.com/
Old 07-05-2010, 08:12 PM
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i have a new in box mammoth....i had a guy who wanted to buy it...i told it not for sale...he offered me 1,000 usd..
Old 11-21-2010, 01:23 PM
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another truck meet today, road layout is finished, all markings are down..
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quite a turnout for saying it was damn cold!
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more pics..
Old 11-21-2010, 01:32 PM
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some guy let me borrow his tanker trailer, made the corners a lot easier to take (as its shorter than the Reefer..)
Old 11-21-2010, 01:35 PM
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Once I figure out the rear steer on the reefer, I'll let you know
Old 11-21-2010, 04:22 PM
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Great pics.. thanks for sharing!! I wish we got truck meet here.. !! Have not ran my Aeromax for awhile.. !!
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That is so cool, who built the scale park?
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Man, I hate this site. Everytime I see something cool, I realise it's going to cost me money. LOL
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That is so cool, who built the scale park?
A lot the regular guys, there's some interesting pics here:

http://www.rc-trucking.co.uk/forums/...t=627&start=10
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That's crazy I would love to participate in something like that. I'm jealous...[:@]
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Hello Lee,
Can you tell me the dimensions of the reefer? i.e. the box itself Lenght, width and height?

Preston.
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Another truck meet today, it was very busy, with a few bad drivers... [:@]
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Default RE: Lee's Tamiya Volvo/Reefer build thread


ORIGINAL: lee172

Another truck meet today, it was very busy, with a few bad drivers... [:@]
Looks like fun. There's a lot of good looking trucks there.

That first pic reminded me of my future day cab king hauler project. So many projects, so little time.
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Default RE: Lee's Tamiya Volvo/Reefer build thread

Pics from today's meet... a very good turnout today, the plenty of traffic jams!
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Old 07-15-2012, 09:51 AM
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The big red truck was mental.. three drive units (all steered together) and the height of the load could be raised/lowered..!! [X(]

Excuse the poor video quality..

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWTkWBABloY[/youtube]
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Old 07-15-2012, 09:56 AM
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Default RE: Lee's Tamiya Volvo/Reefer build thread

More pics...
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Old 07-15-2012, 10:00 AM
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We have a night meet coming up soon.. BBQ, beers and driving in the dark (with the truck lights on obviously..) [8D]
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Old 07-15-2012, 01:09 PM
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The red truck is crazy, yo! [X(]
Old 07-16-2012, 10:27 PM
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Ive got to stop checking out this thread.... otherwise im gonna end up broke..... I want a truck so bad....
Old 07-26-2012, 12:51 PM
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They're not that expensive.. bear in mind you wont need to replace parts like on 1/10 when you hit stuff..

You can get stuff shipped in from Hong Kong as well..
Old 08-01-2012, 09:31 PM
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Default RE: Lee's Tamiya Volvo/Reefer build thread

yeah but to get it looking good, with nice scale parts it gets expensive... one day maby... I can just imagine the kids destroying it


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