3070 Acco

Fanilly after going over and voer the how to do topics in here i have got the 3070 acco going. Still a long way to go and still a lot of reading.
Thanks to all the members here and the help i got from others.

This is what it is going to look like when finished i hope


acco 3070 1977

This is what it looks like at the present

Still got to get the right wheels and put fuel tanks and all the trim on but i'm happy with the result so far. It is my first venture into mix and match

Thanks again to all who have written in the how to area i spend a lot of time in there

looks like u have got the hang of mix and match

thanks dv i think i have a few more grey hairs but im having fun. I only got bsck into making models last november my wife's mistake she bought me one for my birthday lol. Its been 30 odd years since i built my last one.

looking great so far, what did you use for the chassis.

Hi allan
I used the inter transtar 4300 eagle you can see in the back ground. Gave me some interesting problems not being a cab over. I think i should have used the older inter transtar the COE version. The interior of the cab i have changed as well the real one had the bench seat removed and another single seat put in so that a fridge could be mounted next to the gear lever.



I did touch up the paint work before i did the final put together of the cab. But at this point i am resonably happy

thank's for infor,did no see other it in the back ground I plan on building one on a old coe eagle chassis,that's why me asked.

I used the chassie from a DAF 3300 overbeek for my ACCO 3070 and a Paystar 5000

having looked at both the COE eagle and the daf 3300 kits if i ever make another 3070 or decide to improve on this one that is the way i would go

well its getting closer to looking like the real thing still got bits to do

Nice, keep at it.
Ben

That's looking great so far,

That's going to be one cool ACCO. I love the red colour

Thanks guys the original acco i am trying to reproduce was owned by Barry Phillips from adelaide doing adelaide to Perth.
It was his pride and joy. He almost cried one night when he was asleep and i hit a roo out of Norseman and lost the right hand front mud flap.
I still have to do a bid of work on the paint work and also make up a sunvisor (still trying to work that one out) and also i only have temp rear cab mounts. I have not quite worked out what i'm going to do there yet. But it is all a learning curve.

From my old memory there wasnt any rear cab mounts ? Half way down the chassis there were two steel arms that were rubber mounted to the chassis ,and the cab rested on them and you would then push two rods, one that was at your feet and other one on passenger side in through them till they clicked . They had a very basic locking clip . When those arms wore in they were a mongrel to line them up as well as pull the cab down .

you got it right i can remember fighting with this cab trying to get the passengers side one done. I'm just looking at ways to set that up on the model may just leave it the way i have for now.