So this will be the buildthread for my entry in this GB
It will probably be the biggest "car" in the build since the XF 105 is a truck used for long and/or heavy haulling
So first i will be boring you with a short bit of history about the company and their activities
The DAF company was born prior to WWII
DAF is short for : van Doorne's Aanhanger Fabrieken wich is dutch for van Doorne's Trailer Factories
In the beginning they only made trailers for trucks and cars
After a couple of years thet started to produce parts for cars aswell
Mainly becuase the skill of metal working was there allready
After some time the van Doorne brothers who founded the company decided to start producing cars aswell
Unfortunatly WWII started and the factory was used to produce parts for the Germans
When the war was over DAF started to make cars , trucks and trailers
Even though they stopped making trailers for civilian thry still made military trailers
Mostly small ones that where towed by jeeps or tanks
For the civillian market they made trucks and cars
After a number of fairly succesfull cars models and even some succes in formula 3 racing the company sold the car division to Volvo
But the truck division remained along with a racing department and a 'military' division
This division adepts regular production trucks for military use but they also made some other products like the landing gear for the dutch F-16
In the mean time the racing department started to focus on track and rally racing with trucks
The comapny had a number of wins in the Paris-Dakar rally with driver Jan de Rooy during the 80's
But during the 90's they stopped with racing for a while
The regular factory produced several types of trucks like the 2100 and 2300 series in the 80's to the 45,55,65,75,85,95 trucks from the 90's wich had good succes and made the company grow
In the late 90's they replaced their line of tracks with 3 base models
The LF as the light trucks replaced the 45 and 55
The CF replaced the 65,75 and 85 models
And the XF replaced the 95 model
Allthough the number is still included in the type
After a while the 105 was added as the biggest of the bunch ,they have larger cabines and bigger/stronger engines wich makes them better for long hauls or heavy hauls
From 2003 onwards DAF restyled the trucks to make the second generation of the XF,CF and LF series
This was done again in 2015
And now it is time for the kit
It is this one
This is a XF 105 of the second generation wich in my peronal opinion looks the best out of the 3 generations
And this is what is in the box
The unboxing
The single piece chassis
Cabine parts
More cabine parts
Sadly some parts snapped from the sprue
Various parts for the cab and chassis
Cab interior and exhaust parts
Wheels
Clear parts
Rubber tyres
Decals
And that is all there is in the kit
Next time i will post the building stages so i can get the thread going
The build itself is going very well and i actually primed the build already and it is now ready to get painted
But more on that next time
Thanks for stopping by and having a look \take care and happy modelling
Cheers
Mark
