question

[blackbeard]

anyone would know how much to shorten a k100 areodyn chassis to do a bj and the bear truck

[Old Buckaroo]

Not familiar with the length of the Revell kit.

In 1/1 scale the 108" Aero cab used the 180" standard wheel base.

[Force]

The Revell kit looks to be very close to 180 inches to me, and I just measured one of my AMT Papa Truck chassis and it looks like the AMT frame rails should be shortened about 66 millimeters (just over 2-9/16) to get a scale wheelbase of 180 scale inches measured from the center of the front axle to the center of the tandem.

I know you Americans like the Standard Inch system but the metric system is quite good for this hobby as 1 inch in the real world is very close to 1 millimeter in 1:25 (exactly 1,016) so a wheelbase of 180 inches is 182.88 millimeters wich is close enough to 183...and the wheelbase on the AMT truck looks to be 249 millimeters and 249 - 183 = 66.

Edited February 28, 2014 by Force

[blackbeard]

that makes sense