Post by doug1966 on Dec 21, 2017 7:32:28 GMT -8
Starting on my latest project, BC Forest Products Unit #6-284 PACIFIC P510S and Knight Trailers Triaxle Trailer. BCFP bought these trucks in the early 80's as a replacement for the large off highway trucks they were using on Vancouver Island. Not the same payload but more versatile, on off highway. The 'S'stood for steel as this truck came with the option of a fiberglass tilt hood or the steel fenders and side hinged hood that this truck had. If interested their is a PACIFIC face book page as well on Hank's Truck pictures this a thread that has the PACFIC trucks history. The trucks are out of production now but there is a Company in Vancouver that is doing rebuilds and parts as they bought the rights to everything Pacific and in fact there are 2 original employees still working each with almost 40yrs building Pacific trucks.
I contacted this company and they have been providing me with specs and drawings. I started by using cad to lay out the frame rails and cross members in scale. I laid out the frame rails on 1 piece of .30" styrene then, with a carving chisel I made a V-groove where the C-Channel flanges would be and then with liquid cement to help soften them for the bend, bend 1 flange then clamped to a piece of aluminum angle to dry, then repeat to other side.I drilled the rails with same bolt patterns as the 1:1 for locating all the cross members and various brackets. The rear cross member parts were made with same procedure as the frame rails. The brackets were clamped one at a time to the C-channel then drilled where the bolts would have been and hex styrene used to pine them together. Once all were pinned in place and the brackets glued to C-channel the hex was sanded flush and the MING Models bolt ends added. Thanks Doug
PACIFIC and Knight NEW by dougsscaletruckreplicas, on Flickr
LOADED by dougsscaletruckreplicas, on Flickr
IMG_0003 by dougsscaletruckreplicas, on Flickr
IMG_0005 by dougsscaletruckreplicas, on Flickr
IMG_0005 by dougsscaletruckreplicas, on Flickr
IMG_0012 by dougsscaletruckreplicas, on Flickr
IMG_0009 by dougsscaletruckreplicas, on Flickr
IMG_0010 by dougsscaletruckreplicas, on Flickr
IMG_0015 by dougsscaletruckreplicas, on Flickr
I contacted this company and they have been providing me with specs and drawings. I started by using cad to lay out the frame rails and cross members in scale. I laid out the frame rails on 1 piece of .30" styrene then, with a carving chisel I made a V-groove where the C-Channel flanges would be and then with liquid cement to help soften them for the bend, bend 1 flange then clamped to a piece of aluminum angle to dry, then repeat to other side.I drilled the rails with same bolt patterns as the 1:1 for locating all the cross members and various brackets. The rear cross member parts were made with same procedure as the frame rails. The brackets were clamped one at a time to the C-channel then drilled where the bolts would have been and hex styrene used to pine them together. Once all were pinned in place and the brackets glued to C-channel the hex was sanded flush and the MING Models bolt ends added. Thanks Doug
PACIFIC and Knight NEW by dougsscaletruckreplicas, on FlickrLOADED by dougsscaletruckreplicas, on FlickrIMG_0003 by dougsscaletruckreplicas, on FlickrIMG_0005 by dougsscaletruckreplicas, on FlickrIMG_0005 by dougsscaletruckreplicas, on Flickr
IMG_0012 by dougsscaletruckreplicas, on FlickrIMG_0009 by dougsscaletruckreplicas, on FlickrIMG_0010 by dougsscaletruckreplicas, on FlickrIMG_0015 by dougsscaletruckreplicas, on Flickr
