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CharlieBravo

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  1. looking great! love seeing another BJ build going on! I have a couple of sets of JBOT decals well preserved I hope they still work out for me when the time comes soon. nice, clean build mate! Chris
  2. Still going on this build! It's been a busy 12 months and little and sporadic time on the bench but still chipping away. modified kit reefer to get the control panel on the correct side. Added some bolt detail to chassis. used balsa wood and varnish to create the Brown mfg trailer inside walls. still plugging away on the scratchbuilt aerodyne dash. Not sure how I will replicate the rocker switches yet, any ideas? used a 3D printed Hutchens suspension with scratchbuilt frame. Raised the floor of the kit trailer and detailed the ribbed floor. Got some momentum!
  3. Hi Guys, I'm Having a real hard time deciding on rim size for my 1/25 Kenworth Aerodyne BJ build and I need some expertise please. I thought it would be as easy as 1/25 scale rig/trailer - 1/25 rims. I'm using the 1/25 Revell Aerodyne and the 1/25 ERTL Reefer. To be honest the kit rims on the 1/25 trucks seem too small to me. They measure out to be 23.5mm in diameter. Can anyone answer whether the K-100 from Factory and particularly the BJ and the Bear Kenworth had 22.5 or 24.5 inch Alcoa rims? Was one a standard factory option over the other? In 1/25 scale that would measure out to be roughly 22.8 or 24.8mm in size. Kit rims are 23.5mm. I do have some nice aluminium rims that are 1/24 and measure out to be 26.7mm. Although the scale would dictate to use 1/25 rims, my eye tells me different in that the 1/24 scale rims might look better? Does anyone have experience fitting 1/24 rims to 1/25 trucks? There seems to be quite a size difference. Using 1/24 rims will result in width issues. I've tried to do a bit of a side on comparison with a Revell rig but note the height of the picture is not uniform in both pics so that could alter the view and I don't really know what i'm doing! opinions? cheers. chris
  4. Cant wait to see you start this! I've just acquired a gold mine in BJ rig parts for my build which I am forever in debt... the dash is still a go it's about 80% done, lots of custom aluminium parts - bumper, mirrors, horns, grill, light surrounds you name it. Will be good to bounce ideas off each other. Long live BJ McKay!!
  5. Nice!! shall do. Do you have any pics of the masters Ben?
  6. This is what I love about this site, thanks for this info also. Sam I Am has kindly found one in his stash he is happy to part with. the AMT Livestock Trailer is not too badly priced at the moment so that is also another option if I get stuck. Just fyi for anyone interested - with small mods to this suspension it will make a very accurate representation of what is on the 'BJ and the Bear' Brown Co. reefer trailer. Chris B.
  7. I did look on KFS/Auslowe but couldn't see that suspension anywhere.
  8. thanks Warren, that's not it but I have confirmed the correct suspension I need is out of the AMT Livestock Trailer kit!
  9. Need some expertise which is why I love this site. Can anyone tell me if this kind of suspension (Hutchens) is available in 1/25 in any kit form? From my research so far the only two kits that I can find that may be able to replicate this is the old AMT Wilson Livestock trailer kit; the AMT Tandem vans also looks to be accurate but being singles i would need to join two together and go from there; Would there be any more kits that would have this suspension or more appealing - any resin/printed ones available? Thanks in advance; Chris
  10. from what i have researched it looks to be the same red used on the Chervorlet p/up trucks and also know as cardinal red Still can't seem to cross it over to a equivalent tamiya or vallejo but I'll keep searching!
  11. thanks KJ! No to see if I can find a Tamiya or Vallejo equivalent.
  12. Hi guys, hoping someone can point me in the right direction or already knows the answer to my following question; I have a Kenworth paint code (Red 58209 U) I want to find a suitable match for this in the model paint arena. This red is for my BJ and the Bear build and I want to get as close a match as possible. I can't seem to find that code at all in a search. It is the exact code stamped on the data plate of Paul Sagehorns original rig. thanks !
  13. Anyone know who does working ones or ideas on how to make them? For 1/25 build, side door and rear doors on an ERTL Reefer. cheers
  14. very little to report guys, it's been few and far between days on the bench. I've finished the ribbing of both sides, just needs some clean up. The sides are fairly close to how I want them now. I am going to sand down the ribs slightly to give them a flatter appearance. I've got some Archer rivets coming to hopefully replace some of the detail I have lost removing the Great Dane branding etc. The side door opening was a bit of pot luck as I just added sufficient framing with evergreen to make it look accurate and low and behold the side door fits in the groove perfectly!! So the side door relocation and the ribbing was a success for me. I have also trimmed the rear trailer framing as the kit doors needed to be larger; it is already heavily modified but needed more tweaking.
  15. ok great thanks guys. I have ordered the Archer sheet with the multiple sizes so will see how they go
  16. Pros and cons for both. Revell is on the whole more detailed and the better kit in my opinion. It has the shorter chassis whereas the AMT has the long chassis. AMT kit has more accurate/detailed seats. It also has more accurate headlight surrounding panels like the real thing where the whole panel housing the headlights and cab step is one piece. The Revell kit is incorrect as it has just one piece for the front section. The AMT kit bumper is way to thin and the Revell too wide for the classic gullwing bumper, but DoubleTakeReplicas does a beautiful after market bumper. The Revell has the two piece roof which I like for the fact I will be able to super detail it a lot easier than the AMT kit. It will need a bit of modifying though. Revell kit has more detail piece to piece and has opening doors and inner door panels. The downside to this is the hinges on the doors are hideous and way oversized so it would need to be removed, filled and replaced with the ModelCarGarage piano hinge sets.. As mentioned the dash is incorrect in both kits for an Aerodyne - the dash in these kits seems to be an older KW dash, quite a lot of differences there. I'm sure there are more differences and comparisons to be made as I make my way through the build but these are some of what I have noticed so far. Chris B.
  17. Has anyone used Archer rivets and can tell me their thoughts and more particularly if they have a size suitable for doing rivets on my 1/25 ERTL Great Dane Reefer? I am converting to a Brown Reefer for my BJ and the Bear build and have lost some rivets due to the sanding and modifying. They have a lot of stuff on their site and have no idea what size I would need to order. Thanks in advance
  18. One side ribbed! Didn't take as long as I thought it would. Way back at the start of this thread Ben Wicker suggested drawing a straight pencil line to line up the ribs. This is what i did and it worked perfectly so thanks Ben!! No I just have to do the other side and finish the door relocation.. I am thinking of sanding down the ribs to give them a flatter appearance just like the real thing, not sure though if I want to mess with it though...
  19. Thanks and I hope so! I'm sure once the paint is on any little mistakes I make should hopefully blend in!!
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