Rockford

Happy anniversary! 🎉

Looks great, an extendable would be a challenge! I hope to build a 1/32 version one day.

Very nice workaday hero, the backbone of the industry. Looks great.

Nice job on the engine and transmission. I can almost hear it screaming through the gears.

Been snatching the odd few minutes here and there to do the fill and sand ritual. I think I'm on the third run. Filled the various holes that I'm not going to be utilising for the exhaust frame and grab handles. Opened the step well under the doors, I'll back that with a little box section. If it's warm enough today I might get primer on it. Still lots to do.

That's a great job, love the little touches like the tubs of stuff in the well. Very nice.

Excellent job so far. Sorry to hear about your treatment, hope it does the trick without too much hardship.

What a great little unsung hero. You've done a great job on this, very tidy. These were good looking trucks. Liked the integrated sleeper they did too, bit of a predecessor to today's equipment.

That's looking great mate. Well done. Looking forward to seeing it all come together.

Some great touches there! Why don't you try polishing your tanks? I'd use wire wool then Solvol Autosol metal polish for chrome bumpers etc... works great. Would look sharp and no painting.

Good idea on the flap mount bars because if they get caught on anything (which they always do) they can move instead of snapping. That's why I modify mine. The kit versions are too fragile.

You put such effort into every little piece of this build! Just fantastic, Professor.

So that's 4ft of boom to accommodate wherever you display this behemoth! That's going to take some space! I appreciate your dedication to this build, it's remarkable!

Excellent work. Looks impressive.

Good looking build there mate.

Clever stuff mate. Onward and upwards, as ever.

So well done, excellent scratchbuilding, inspirational.

Got sick of looking at the missing roof so used the offcuts of the Aerodyne cap to fill the void. Once it's hardened up I'll get filling and sanding, filling and sanding, filling and sanding. At least it looks whole now.

Finished my transmission. Just shaped little bits of plastic shrapnel to form the range-change and splitter cylinders and the remote shift housing. Quite happy with it. Used the one from the LTL9000 and some photos from the interwebs for reference.

I know exactly what you mean.

Stay drunk for a few days so you can't function.

Just fantastic work!

Just brilliant stuff. The hood is already better than any paint job I've ever done.

Great idea on the beads for lights. I'm might look for some myself. Nice paint jobs, just steel yourself to stay away from them now, I never can.

Isn't that something else!?