| CHASSIS/LOWERING KIT FOR CANNONBALL CARSHOPS GE STEEPLECAB AND BACHMANN '44 TONNER' POWER TRUCKS |
| What you'll need: Plastic Solvent (Ambroid's 'PRO-WELD'), CA Glue (Hot Stuff Super 'T'), Six 2-56 X 3/16" Flathead Screws, Couplers, Two 2-56 X 3/16" Round Head Coupler Mounting Screws, Screwdrivers, File, a #50 Drill and a 2-56 Tap. |
| Study Photos 1 and 2 and compare them to your 1/16" thick parts. Familiarize yourself with the components and test fit them before gluing. The three parts shown at the top in Photo 2, are cut from 1/32" thick Plex. They are the two lower Truck Mounting Pads and the Main Truck Mount. |
| Begin by gluing the Lower Truck Mounting Pads (the 1/32" thick rectangles rounded on two corners) to the underside of the 1/32" thick Main Truck Mount (the long piece with the scribed lines and slots in the middle) as shown in Photo 3. The scribed lines on the Truck Mount assist in locating the 1/32" Pads. |
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| Photo 2 |
| As in Photo 3, glue the Upper Reinforcement Plate (1/16" thick) to the top of the Main Truck Mount. Refer to Photo 5 to see how these parts are 'layered'. Note also, that by gluing the 1/32" thick Pads UNDER the Main Motor Mount, the holes for the truck mount- ing screws are automatically 'countersunk' for you. Set this assembly aside while the cement hardens. |
| Locate the two Frame Gussets and the Center Reinforcing "T". Assemble as in Photo 4, by gluing the Gussets to the Frame in the appropriate slots. Then place the "T" so that the tab on the bottom slips into the slot in the frame and the two "ears' slip into the slots on the Gussets. |
| Refer to Photo 5, to see how the Truck Mounting Assembly is glued to the top of the Gussets. At this time make ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN that the Truck Mount Assembly is PARALLEL and SQUARE to the Frame assembly. This will ensure that the completed model will sit flat and level. |
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