This is an AC/DC converter/charger, producing various voltages required for electronic valves, while simultaneously charging batteries for off-grid operations.
Crap! I forgot to send you the photos of the M106. I can tell you it’s a good thing you haven’t added the bump stops to the roof yet.
They go here - not where Tamiya has you put them:
There nothing like that in the kit except for some tool tie down points that are marked for a pioneer tool set, some boxes and a tarp, these are positioned behind the engine compartment. I can send pic from the instruction sheet if it would help us clarify this.
Exactly. C10. My photo shows its position relative to the latch (barely visible) on the right hand side of the roof. James photo shows the missing clamp for the mortar base plate, and the brackets for the pivot arm. For your model, in transport mode, I can see those being removed, but they’ll still leave holes.
I took these a few weeks ago:
To Sean, James and 18Bravo; thanks very much for these pics and information.
Much appreciated.
One more question, with the pioneer tools removed for transport, the retaining straps/latches holding them in place would still be visible
I’m thinking a short piece of trimmed material to replicate these…….
Lead foil, Chartpak tape, etc…
If you use lead foil, you can press it between the serrated surfaces on a pair of needle nose, pliers to give us some texture.
My Lady Wife found half a mile of chartpak tape among her seamstress doo-dads.
Thanks for the tip 18Bravo, I’ll grab some of that foil sometime too.
Cheers!
ETA One of the bump stops had gone walkabout (it’s a very old kit) so I spent half an hour scratchbuilding a replacement out of plastic strip. The locating slots for the bump stop’s incorrect locations are filled and drying.
I focused on making up the bed, which will get….more styrene. But for now, coming along. I was able to use a segment of an old M1000 bed, which sort of helped, but resulted in problems of it’s own The tanks and boxes are from an Italeri M1120 kit. The front skid plate, bumper and grill guard turned out to be pretty tricky to make and same for the back bumper, as both have a lot more going on than they seem to have at first glance.
Still plenty to add - but the really tough parts, I think, are behind me. But, as you all know, there’s always that part/assembly that seems easy enough, that can easily turn into a big mess!