Rockford

I'm sorry to hear that you have been in hospital. Hopefully you get your mobility back fully and can get back to building. Sounds like they caught this one early so should have a good result.

This is going to be good to watch. Quite a close match to the film unit, certainly in the cowl but looks like a different manufacturer for the body. Will be a challenge on the exterior decoration for you. Wheels and tyres look great. Are you using a different printer? The parts appear very smooth.

This is becoming about 4 builds in one! Amazing stuff. I wouldn't know where to keep something that big. You could do be on this one forever.

It's been so busy lately with work on the house, I'm racing against winter but I managed an hour or two today. Built a rear light and licence plate bracket. Added some detail to the spring hangars on the rear tandems. Will have to add the radius arms also. Built two air tanks and mounted them on the fuel tank brackets.

We called them "greedy boards" when i was on tippers in the UK.

I must have looked at one of the earlier pictures over the air cleaner, all I saw was the hole in the hood! I am showing my age, I tell people that I'm just glad to be "upright and watertight" nowadays! I think I'm still finding my feet in my new workshop and I'm scared of ruining Caboverdose, I've put that much effort into it. My workshop is at the back of my garage and the garage is full of materials to do work on the house. It will get there though, I'm determined. Thanks for remembering the build though. I sometimes get it and sit it on the table in front of me when I'm having my breakfast, it aids digestion.

Understood Lee, thanks for the information.

Wow. The looms on the firewall look fantastic and the snow chains are just something else.

With the headache rack, I'd say flatbed.

Looks great. Just realised that I've never seen this kit before.

19 days to build that! Amazing stuff. Looks fantastic.

You only ever need half the bolts the manufacturer supplies. The rest are spares.

Great build but especially significant that it's your dad's. You must be very proud of it. Did you go on runs with him? I spent a lot of my childhood with my dad in his mobile crane, I know how much it means when you grow up and look back at that time.

This is going to be interesting. I have seen this kit but I've never heard of EMHAR. Looking forward to seeing it come together. This chassis had long been replaced by my day but that wooden dropside type body was still a standard. You'd hear them rattling and banging, especially when they were empty. They were so versatile. When drivers knew how to rope and sheet a load.

Great to see it coming together after all this time. Gives me hope that I might finish some of mine! Good realistic choice of colours on the box and the cab. Are you going to use the square air cleaner?

Had some bench time this afternoon. Modified the Aerodyne interior to suit the new cab size. I sectioned the tub behind the seats (arrow) and then had a small amount to trim off the back of the upper bunk. I used the trimmed piece as a filler panel to ensure a tight fit. It practically touches the cab roof so I'll just put a valence in front at the top and hide it. Looks ok in situ, needs a repaint. Changed the air intake stack for a more mundane top hat style. Looks more in keeping. It actually comes from the AMT Aerodyne K100, I just added a flange to the cap and some straps. Tank straps! I added 90 degree angle pieces to the tank brackets and used 3mm strips of electrical tape to form the straps. They look ok I think.

Late start this afternoon so didn't get much done. Made a driveshaft from some spare ones I had lying around. Added a centre bearing while I was at it. Moved the front axle forward about 4mm, and machined some little collars that go on the stub axle outside the wheel dish. This is a "no front brakes" truck and often the wheel flange appears to be a little further inboard on the hub with the outer wheel bearing housing jutting out from the wheel. I wanted to mimic that look. Otherwise it's just fuel filler caps repositioning the air cleaner.

Great subject to build, it's going to look impressive. The Holmes wrecker will look the part. Shame AMT didn't do a Holmes on their Peterbilt 359 chassis.

Nice looking machine Jürgen! I love the colour and the stance. You've had some great ideas on this build and it really shows in the overall appearance. Well done.

Fitted my transmission, looks ok. Fitted the exhaust frame behind the cab. Made the cross member that forms the rear cab mounting. Dug out two spare GMC General fuel tanks and removed all the strap and filler neck detail. I wanted KW style tank brackets which go below the tank, not over it like a Pete or Freightliner. I tried several scratch build methods but nothing worked so I cut the ones off a GMC General chassis and used them.

That would be easy to find in the truckstop! Looks great.

It looks a proper bruiser! Great stance. Decals aren't lazy, they're clever!

Coming together well! I like the sparse detail in the sleeper - just a bed, wardrobe, TV on a shelf and interior wall covering.... Very sparse!😆

Impressive stuff! Looks very tidy.

Thanks mate, the finish won't be up to your standards but it will do.