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Subject:

[Chapter] Getting Started – Rear Suspension

Date:

Oct 8, 2007

From:

James Wechsler

Getting Started – Rear Suspension

For lack of any other approach, I plan for this blog to basically follow the steps in the instruction manual. I’ll note if there’s additional detail to be added or changes to be made, but I’m pretty sure they’ll be minor since this kit is very complete.

Step 1 involves assembling the rear suspension. First, I had to coil the two rear springs by wrapping the solder wire provided around a 2.5mm (0.1 inch rod). While this seems a bit intimidating, it’s actually pretty easy. Unfortunately Accurate Armour doesn’t provide a 2.5mm rod and the amount of solder wire isn’t enough to make both springs (much less the two more for the front suspension). I had both on my work bench so for me it wasn’t a big deal.

Then, I had to mount the two springs to the frame. Note, there’s a lot of clean up required on the frame, but it’s pretty simple stuff so just be patient. With the springs mounted, I then mounted the shock absorbers and then the rear axle. This is a really nerve wracking job since there’s no definitive mounting locations and you must get the axle mounted correctly or the wheels will not be aligned right. Since this is all in resin, I used slow drying Krazy Glue which gave me all of 10 seconds or so to get this right.

In retrospect, I wish I’d added two support pins inside the springs to allow a positive mount on the rear axle. This is exactly what Accurate Armour did for the front axle (next chapter) and why they didn’t do this for the rear one is a mystery to me.

With the axle mounted, I added the brass support rods and the rear strike plate. Unfortunately, the rear plate was broken off right at the mounting rod and since its super thin (0.005 inches) gluing it back together was nearly impossible. Fortunately, it’s located on the under belly and won’t be visible once I mount the vehicle on the base.

All said and done, a rough first step.

Thread Listing

[BLOG] SAS Land Rover 110 DPV - James Wechsler - Sep 26, 2007

. . . [Chapter] A Simple Build? - James Wechsler - Sep 26, 2007

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] A Simple Build? - Chris Oldfield - Sep 26, 2007

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] A Simple Build? - Michael Powers - Sep 26, 2007

. . . . . . . . . Reference Pictures - James Wechsler - Sep 26, 2007

. . . . . . . . . Zip file - Chris "Panzer" Mrosko - Sep 26, 2007

. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Zip file - Bruce Oomen - Sep 26, 2007

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Zip file - Chris "Panzer" Mrosko - Sep 26, 2007

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Zip file - Michael Powers - Sep 26, 2007

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Let's see - James Wechsler - Sep 27, 2007

. . . Re: [BLOG] SAS Land Rover 110 DPV - Mike Powers - Sep 27, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Maybe Not - James Wechsler - Sep 29, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Getting Started – Rear Suspension - James Wechsler - Oct 8, 2007

. . . . . . coil springs [IMG] - spencer norcross - Oct 9, 2007

. . . . . . . . . Re: coil springs - James Wechsler - Oct 9, 2007

. . . [Chapter] The Front Suspension - James Wechsler - Oct 13, 2007

. . . [Chapter] The Engine, Drive Train , and Exhaust - James Wechsler - Oct 15, 2007

. . . . . . Radiator Mounts - Hans Haase - Oct 15, 2007

. . . . . . About the Radiator - Michael Powers - Oct 15, 2007

. . . . . . . . . Re: About the Radiator - spencer norcross - Oct 16, 2007

. . . . . . . . . . . . Hilarious! - Jim Wechsler - Oct 16, 2007

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Looking good so far - Chris "Panzer" Mrosko - Oct 26, 2007

. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: About the Radiator - Chris Oldfield - Oct 27, 2007

. . . [Chapter] The Body and Wheels – Part 1 - James Wechsler - Oct 31, 2007

. . . . . . About the hood - Michael Powers - Nov 1, 2007

. . . . . . . . . I can attest to that! - Hans Haase - Nov 3, 2007

. . . [Chapter] The Body and Wheels – Part 2 - James Wechsler - Nov 5, 2007

. . . . . . build/rebuild woes - spencer norcross - Nov 6, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Roll Cage and Weapon Mount - James Wechsler - Nov 12, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Front End Details - James Wechsler - Nov 18, 2007

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Front End Details - Michael Powers - Nov 18, 2007

. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Front End Details - James Wechsler - Nov 19, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Cab Details - James Wechsler - Nov 23, 2007

. . . [Chapter] The Driver - James Wechsler - Nov 26, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Truck Bed Details - James Wechsler - Nov 29, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Roll Cage and Weapon Mount Details - James Wechsler - Dec 5, 2007

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Roll Cage and Weapon Mount Details - Glenn Bartolotti - Dec 5, 2007

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Roll Cage and Weapon Mount Details - Michael Powers - Dec 5, 2007

. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Roll Cage and Weapon Mount Details - Jim Wechsler - Dec 6, 2007

. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Roll Cage and Weapon Mount Details - Brian O'Donoghue - Dec 8, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Commander and Machine Gun - James Wechsler - Dec 17, 2007

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Commander and Machine Gun - Michael Powers - Dec 18, 2007

. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Commander and Machine Gun - John Desrosiers - Dec 24, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Gunner and Grenade Launcher - James Wechsler - Dec 23, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Construction Complete – Perspective - James Wechsler - Dec 25, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Basic Painting - James Wechsler - Dec 27, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Camouflage - James Wechsler - Jan 1, 2008

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Camouflage - John Steinman - Jan 3, 2008

. . . . . . Re: Excellent Wheel overspray... - Michael Powers - Jan 4, 2008

. . . . . . . . . Re: Excellent Wheel overspray... Maybe not - James Wechsler - Jan 4, 2008

. . . [Chapter] Detail Painting – Step 1 - James Wechsler - Jan 6, 2008

. . . [Chapter] Decals and Dash Board - James Wechsler - Jan 13, 2008

. . . [Chapter] Drybrushing - James Wechsler - Jan 19, 2008

. . . [Chapter] Wash - James Wechsler - Jan 19, 2008

. . . [Chapter] Figures - James Wechsler - Feb 2, 2008

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Figures - Michael Powers - Feb 3, 2008

. . . [Chapter] Putting it all together - James Wechsler - Feb 2, 2008

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Putting it all together - John Yarosh - Feb 2, 2008

. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Putting it all together - James Wechsler - Feb 4, 2008

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Putting it all together - Chris Oldfield - Feb 3, 2008

. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Putting it all together - James Wechsler - Feb 4, 2008

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Putting it all together - Steve Camley - Feb 3, 2008

. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Putting it all together - James Wechsler - Feb 4, 2008

. . . . . . Still more chapters - Paul A. Owen - Feb 3, 2008

. . . [Chapter] The Groundwork - James Wechsler - Feb 9, 2008

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Groundwork - Michael Powers - Feb 10, 2008

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Groundwork - Jason Bobrowich - Feb 10, 2008

. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Groundwork - James Wechsler - Feb 11, 2008

. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Groundwork - Walt Babst - Mar 13, 2008

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Groundwork - spencer norcross - Feb 13, 2008

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