Rockford

I remember building this decades ago, it was a great kit then, nearly as good as the ERTL kits of the day. Looking forward to seeing another build on this.

Thanks lads, it's a difficult decision. It's not going to be a show truck so it needs to be reasonable. It looks better with a trailer behind it. 🤔

Snatched a bit of time this afternoon. Lengthened the mudflaps, added fuel lines to the tanks and fabricated a pogo stick. I'm not sure about whether it needs a little more length in the chassis. What do you think?

Excellent engineering!

That's a stand-out rig right there. Looks great as a daycab too! Is the trailer still to follow?

We all do it mate. You'll have a great feeling of satisfaction just knowing what you've done with this engine. The bolts will make a difference too, they just bring that extra touch of realism to the job. Well done.

All those bolts would drive me nuts!

Did some fettling on the chassis today. Cut out more of the filler they put in and scratch built some crossmembers. Used offcuts to fill the notches they have for locating the quarter fenders etc... Cut some sprue for tank caps and roughly added some mudflaps. The drives are glued on so I'm not sure how I'm going to do my usual filling job on the differentials. Might cut them off and glue them back on before painting. I'm still not happy with my fifth wheel.

You're right on the proportions being off, the cab windows too are just too big. Shame. It still looks good though. Haven't seen one of these for sale for a long time. Looking forward to seeing it done mate. I think the picture you added was from Overdrive when they did an extended review of the Aerodyne. I read that article recently on Fotki. Beautiful truck and a fantastic idea.

Great job, the photos look really good in the snow, you've got your own 1/32 highway!

Nice clean job there Lee, colour combo is great! This remains a great kit.

That's not just yellow, the box says it's authentic IH colour! You'll feel better about going blind now. Watch you don't fall off this kit, it's big enough.

Looking forward to seeing this on the bench, can't have too many Movin' On replicas.

Looking very good. Going to be impressive.

I think it's an illusion because it's not quite a single sleeper, but not a daycab. I think it's had a high cube body on it that may have been transferred to a new chassis. I looked the company up and they appear to be cotton processors. I've never seen anything like it.

That looks great! Whatever the weather did to the paint on your interior it looks excellent! Perfect texture. Great colour choice and those decals make it pop.

Looking good mate, colour scheme is great

This will be interesting, looking forward to seeing things taking shape.

Theres a few other pictures of it on the interweb and it looks like it's been a rigid truck with a drawbar trailer but ive never seen anything like it. It is like it's trying to be a European truck.

While we're on, look at this!!! What is going on here? It's like a Peterbilt Rubik's cube! Everything 180 degrees out

The kit bumper is too wide, too flat and too thin. Other than that it's great! The type of truck I'm going for in this build would look better with the smaller bumper, maybe even painted chassis colour...🤔

As I've said I'm limited at the moment but I'm determined to get something done on this job if I can. I decided to section the bumper and realised that if I cut carefully I could just remove a section right across and reattach it to the grille. I managed it but had to separate the two when I fitted the grille properly as it pulled the bumper too far up. For now I've just used tape to hang the bumper lower down. I am much happier with the appearance already, it just needs more shaping. I wanted to recess the grille which I did by spacing the mounting plate out with plastic sheet, fairly straightforward. I felt the kit tanks were too long but I didn't have all the materials around to make my own so I endeavoured to alter the kit pieces. I cleaned the joints and solidly glued the halves together. After that was set I used the moulded welds on the end plates as a guide to cut the ends off, then I cut the tank down flush with the brackets. I de-tapered the brackets by filing and filed a recess in the top of the brackets for a more life-like appearance. Reassembled and I think they look grand! The shorter tanks emphasize the long frame as I wanted. I'm not happy with my fifth wheel now. Sorry, no reefers today.

What an excellent job! Looks very realistic with the weathering you've done. Glad you got the cab to sit down properly and tilt still. Nice to see the little points that differ from the Pete and make it a Hayes. You can be very proud of yourself with this build.

Just spectacular. I think my dad drove one in the late 50s in Malaya (as it was then known) during his British national service. I'll have to see if I can find the picture.

Nice build there Lee, photo is great too, looks like it's actually on the road!