Jürgen M.

Hi, I've got a bit of progress to report. The chassis is growing. Fuel tanks and axles have found their destination! Shocks are printed... Fuel tanks prepared for mounting, .. The assembly of the chassis is headed for completion! A few more steps until the painting begins!

Well done! The scratch trailer looks great. I know it's a lot of work. I did the trailer of the Rubber Duck almost the same way. But the effort is worth it. Your build looks perfect! ?

Absolutely immaculate! I can't imagine anything being different to the original! Accurate Work, beautiful paintjob! Thanks for the pictures! ??

Hey Rockford, I'm sure it's not easy to memorize all of the trucks in the movie, especially when you've only seen it once or twice. I'm a Convoy Freak though and I'm not sure how often I've seen it but it must have been at least twenty or twenty five times. Maybe more. Still I'm going to quit building one after the other! With this one I'll have five of them. That's enough, even for a freak like me! ? I'll show them all when this one's finished. I'm gonna have to Take a Look at some scenes again though because I have to find Out what it says one the doors in order to make the decals! Here's some more printed parts.

Thanks Rockford, wasn't easy though. It took me almost three months of effoert to get the hood designed. It's still not perfect but it looks more authentic than the R600 hood. The cab of the R600 for the "Big Nasty" project was comparably easy but took me about 6 weeks. I've learned a lot in 3D designing in the last 9 months and I'm sure there's many more tricks to discover.

Hi, I'm back with a new projekt. As the title of this build says, it's going to be the Mack R600 called "Big Nasty" from the movie Convoy! It will also be the last "Convoy" truck I'll be doing. This time it won't be completely from scratch since I've got lots of parts in my box that I want to use. Of course the hood will be the old R.D. hood, the engine is from an old amt Peterbilt359 kit which fell totally apart during moving. Anyway, I'm looking forward to it. Especially the two trailers will be a challenge. The cabin ist already printed, so are the wheels and some chassis parts. I'll be back with more details shortly!

OK, it's done! I completed the hood, overdid the bullbar once more and finished the paintjob. Still doesn't look exactly like in the movie but much closer! The designing of the hood was a real toughy! Still I think it Looks pretty good but you decide! ? Only the dust ist still missing but that'll be the easy part!

Hi, I've used break cleaner before! It worked well but afterwards the plastic dissolved and fell apart. Wouldn't recommend it!

Hey everyone, I´m back and I just wasn´t satified with the result of my R.D. workover. Anyway I designed and printed a new hood since the AMT one isn´t quite similar to the original RS700L one which is higher an the fenders are lower and closer to the wheels. This is the result of the 3D design. The print out: And a new bullbar: Hope it turns out better this time. I know, this over-over work might be picky but I just couldn´t resist. Oh yes, since I now have a hood of an R600 left I might as well do something with it. But that´ll be another post!

Here's one with similar features:

I know, my rebuild is not quite like the one on the picture but I call it freedom of art. ? There were some of this type with rectangular head lights, probably a later model year. The proportions might not be perfect either but my only reference was putting the picture into a close to 1/25 scale and measuring off the screen. I think for that it worked out pretty well. Nothing to brag about but I'm satisfied with the result!

This was the picture I used as a reference:

As far as I know it's a 73 model or so but I'm not sure! Early to mid seventies though!

Thanks very much! ?

Yes it did. Actually it's a 2023 model if I'm correctly informed. I took a look at the website of Autocar and found several pictures that were shown as the 2023 MY. Glad you like it, thanks!

Here's a comparison before / after:

Looks good to me! Put some "dust" on it!

It works!!!!! Now follows the obligatory fine tuning! ?

Unfortunately the hood of the Mack model kit is not the same as the R.D. hood, which is a bit higher above the fenders. I've been honestly thinking about printing one that's more similar to the original but that's gonna take quite some time. The designing will be a real challenge. For the time though, this one will have to do it.

The hood is now integrated and taped. Hope it comes out satisfactory!

Here's some more progress! Sleeper completed and the bullbar hinged up. Wheels completed too!

Thanks Rockford! The better surface finish ist due to the new printer and new printing parameters. I'm happy about that too. I try to improve my work and the details each time and during a project. I'm glad it shows! ?

Hi everyone, there's still quite something to do in this truck. here you can see the rims, the fifth wheel and the steering front axle. I put in steel pins because the printed one's always broke off. These are the connectors between bullbar and hood. I saw those on a scene in the movie. In the below picture you can see those just above the plates. Hope I can fit those in to make it look good. The back side of the bullbar doesn't look really good, but it's hardly visible later. Just wanted to show you how I want to make the tilting mechanism. Actually I'm going to combine hood and bullbar to tilt in one piece. There'll be more after the holidays!

? I can try! But Ali MacGraw would bei nice too! The plates are the authentic plates of R.D. in Convoy! I know that not everything is Like the original but it's getting close! All parts are printed meanwhile! Tomorrow they get their paint job. Then the (re-) assembly begins! Pictures will follow!

Thanks very much! I'm very Happy about all your positive feedback! Wow! Hope my next project will be at least close to this! ?