Jürgen M.

Here are a few more designed parts: Bumper: Cab rest: Headlight bezzles and horns: Inside door panels and interior: Seats and sleeper curtain: Steering wheel: There are of course lots of other parts which I have already designed but I won´t fill this thread with them. Some parts I´ll actually take over from previous models such as engine parts for example. Only the exhaust and air pipes will be custom made for this specific truck.

Of course! I use Autodesk Fusion 360! And UltiMaker Cura 5.5.0 for slicing!

Exactly! Brockway belonged to Mack till they put it to sleep in 74 or so. Had same cabs, same fuel tanks, ...!

Great effects in the tanks! Looks so real!

Could be! I thought amt wanted to keep variations at a minimum. Hey Gary, sorry for the excursion but I was just surprised to see the same cab again. ?

Wow! Great to learn from the best! Never thought I'd still learn so much about trucks at this age being a Fan for about 45 years or so. Thanks again to everyone for sharing your knowledge ! ?

Thanks! ?

Hello everyone, I hope I´m putting this in the right category. I´ve got a web address of an online model shop selling not just models but also spare parts such as tires, headlight lenses, interior accessories, ...! Of course they don´t just sell truck models but since I´m a truck model fan it´s the first thing I think of when it comes to modelling! Anyway, it´s an Austrian online shop. Maybe one or another of you knows it already. It´s called modelmakershop. The web address is www.modelmakershop.com (I don´t know how to place a link here so I just listed the name) You can of course choose English as main language if your German has become a bit rusty! ? Hope it helps on or the other. I´ve found some nice things there! Jürgen

I have the largest respect for that. It's worth while. I can see that when I follow your builds! Really amazing! ?

Your precision is immaculate! Very nice build Rockford!

Very nice! A rare truck well built! ?

Wow! How did you manage to make such an exact sun visor?

Wow! Rockford, that's a beautiful build! Can't wait to see it finished! I used to build the 1/32 snap kits too but not one of them survived! I had a Freightliner COE with a reefer and a conventional with a tanker trailer. As they were gone I had comitted myself to 1/25 kits. No space for more! ? Keep going. I always loved "Movin' on"! Maybe I'll take a chance on that one in 1/25 some day!

Amazing how many Kits have the same cab! Just for comparison: Autocar A64B cab: White Western Star cab:

Looks great! ? Beautiful build! Is that the Diamond Reo Kit from Amt? Just asking because the cab looks exactly like the Autocar and the Western Star cab. Seems that they use the same cab in several kits. I noticed that as I used the Autocar to build the Diamond T "Spider Mike" and the Western Star for the Brockway "Widow Woman". They both had the same cab!

? I'll do my best!

Thanks! I look at them every day! ? For those of you who are familiar with the movie, I am totally aware of the fact that "Big Nasty" and "Widow Woman" never drove together in the convoy because the Brockway had tipped over quite a while before Big Nasty, Bald Eagle and a few more actually hit the scene. Still they're all part of the story and I like em sharing the road in my own little convoy! ? What I'll do though is, when the "Bruhn Trucking" (don't know the CB handle of that one) Kenworth is finished, it'll take the rocking chair right behind the duck where it stays most of the time during the movie!

Where do you guys know all this from? ? I'm glad you do, I can learn so much here! ?

OK, thanks again! ? I'll put in a 6 cylinder single turbo. I designed one as a standard engine more or less copied from an old amt Peterbilt kit.

Hi Rockford, thanks for the info and your feedback! ?

Thanks Harvey, so I wouldn't be doing anything wrong If I put a single or non turbo engine in that KW cabover? In the movie you can't see it anyway so why put more in than necessary? ?

Thanks very much! I'm glad that "the old stuff" is still liked! ?

I corrected the 3D drawing. I think that does the job!

Thanks! You're right! I'll correct that! The drawings of the trailer suspension will help me on the trailer! Thanks for that too. I'm really learning! ? By the way, If I may ask one more thing? Did the Kenworths of the late 70ies all have twin turbo engines? I've been following some current builds and took a Look at older ones. I also searched in the www, I only found twin turbos except for my old W900 which I posted shortly. I'm not sure which engine to choose! Thanks! I began building Models at about 9! First only cars, then planes and ships and at 13 I got my first truck kit. It was the amt Peterbilt 359 1/43 kit with a wrecker and a tractor. They might not have been the best start into the world of truck kits because the parts we're quite small but I got them together and I was very proud at that time. Unfortunately we moved shortly afterwards and my parents didn't really care about my model kits so a lot of them didn't survive including the two Peterbilts. So my first "real" truck kit which survived till today was the Mack R685 that was transformed into "Rubber Duck" as soon as I had seen the movie!

Really nice work on that! Can't wait to see the further progress!