Mike77

I love it...and I'm sure JT will too!

Very cool KJ, great scratch work on the bed!

Very cool KW!

Go big or go home!

Please re-read the original post. My question was not about the shipping time (10 days) which is understandable coming from Australia. Rather I was curious as to why it took them 15 days to put them in the mail to begin with. I'm not bashing Auslowe, I was just curious as to whether that's an isolated occurrence or the norm for them.

Sounds reliable, but did they say why it took 15 days to get the order put in the mail? Was there a problem with available stock or is that the norm for them? Just curious.

Where's a good place to get grille screen/mesh for our trucks? I've heard some guys use regular window screen but I'd like to think there's something out there that's more in-scale and realistic. Thanks in advance!

Not much to report here except to say that my KW has been at a standstill while I wait for more parts. They should be here in a few days so I hope to have some update pics this weekend. In addition to getting going on the sleeper I'll also be tweaking the frame, possibly adding a little more length.

Looks great! I wish I had a case or two of those tankers!

A lot of great work there, outstanding hooker!

My first thought was "Photoshop!" until I saw the second photo.

Yeah, my closest HL has had an endless supply of those and the Freightliner COEs for months now. I'm itching to see something, anything, new there.

I picked up a can of "Caterpillar Yellow" spray the other day at Big R for $6. As soon as I can I'll test it but it should work fine.

I know it's a requirement but the "oversize load" sign is kinda redundant!

Al, with work like that you should be building more than one truck a year! I've always thought that of all the modern trucks on the road the Volvos seem to me to be the most solid-looking. Now I want to build one!

I hope he doesn't mind me borrowing it, but Kevin's W900L thread in the "Workbench" section illustrates perfectly why I was mentioning needing to increase the sleeper height to accommodate the roof slope. On the stock T600 kit the front sleeper windows come down to the top of the flat roof, so if the kit sleeper height is left as-is then the back of the slope would run halfway up the windows. I know, shut up already about the sleeper and get back to building the truck!

I hope he doesn't mind me borrowing it, but Kevin's thread in the "Workbench" section illustrates perfectly why I was mentioning needing to increase the sleeper height to accommodate the roof slope. On the stock T600 kit the front sleeper windows come down to the top of the flat roof, so if the kit sleeper height is left as-is then the back of the slope would run halfway up the windows. I know, shut up already about the sleeper and get back to building the truck!

You guys are killin' me! I agree that nowadays most drivers probably prefer headroom in their sleepers as I did...being 6'3" tall. On the other hand, a hi-rise sleeper cancels out the "low" part of a "long & low" truck. Then there's the midroof like the one Clayton posted which I guess is a compromise between looks and practicality. That said, I've finally decided...it'll either be a flat top, midroof, or studio sleeper!

Great build Rick, and very timely too! You've just answered a few questions I had regarding my BRBO W900L build, thank you!!!

Thank you for all the research and photos guys. I guess what I'll just have to do is get the T600 sleeper assembled and see if it's just my imagination. Just when I had my mind mostly made up on a flat top you've all just about swayed me back to a studio sleeper!

Thanks KJ, that gives me a good view without the stacks. I noticed on that one as well that the front sleeper windows seem higher, even with the sloped roof. The T600, at least the kit version, has the bottoms of the sleeper windows down almost to the top of the flat roof. That's what leads me to think the later versions of the studio sleeper are taller so that the front windows are higher to accommodate the slope.

Thank you very much for that, any input is helpful. One other thing I noticed about the T600 sleeper is that it appears to me to be shorter, as in the front sleeper windows seem to come right down to the roof of the cab. The roof slope on the W900L gives me the impression that the bottom of the front windows is higher up which would mean the sleeper is taller. Another optical illusion maybe? I've tried to find info on the various sleeper heights with no luck.

I had seen that one before in my research (Google images) and it's a very sharp rig. Mine may end up with a lot of those characteristics but I don't want to just replicate down to the last detail someone else's truck. I've gone back and forth on the sleeper thing a hundred times in my head. The T600 kit comes with an older version of the studio sleeper you see on the W900L so a lot of fabrication would be necessary to copy the newer one. In addition, if I go the studio sleeper route I'll have to slope the roof upward to mate to the sleeper. It might be an optical illusion but the forward part of the T600 sleeper seems to hang over the roof than the W900L studio sleeper does. I've also been trying to find a pic of a W900L without stacks to see behind them with no luck. I guess that's the fun of truck modeling, everything doesn't have to be exactly how it is on a 1:1.

Had the day off work and it's actually looking like a project now. Everything's just set in place...as you can tell by the fenders resting atop the tires. There'll be a sleeper in there too, preferably a KW flat top double if I can find one.

These just arrived in today's mail. The Aerodyne is open but it's all there. A little water damage to the decals which I won't use anyway. No immediate plans for either one but the prices were right on both.