Rockford

I have a tanker or a 20ft container trailer. I think it would look good with either. Just a question of which one I do first. Thanks for the kind comments all!

This is my T600 tribute to the unsung and overlooked also-rans of the truck world. The humble daycabs with hardly any chrome, that toil tirelessly to get the job done. The kit comes with all the spoilers and fairings around a double sleeper but I wanted to lose all that. Cut the sleeper off, used the rear wall of the sleeper to make the rear wall of the cab. Let in a rear window. Added brake chambers to the rear axles, filled the top of the rear differential. Made a pogo stick and airlines. I'm fairly happy with the result.

Just finishing touches now. Fitted the interior, glued the cab down and applied the simple single stripe. It set down nicely using MICRO SET. Then fitted the mirrors and grab handles. All that's left is the rear lights. The kit pieces are just two chrome square lamps. I wanted the flat panel that runs under the rear crossmember with stop/turn, fog and reverse lights. I cut a section out of the sleeper remnants for a bracket. Then cut 4 small slices of sprue and glued them to the bracket. Rubbed them down with P600 wet and dry, foiled the lights and coloured them appropriately with a red marker and some Tamiya white. Fitted the light bar and it's finished, so I suppose it's got to go on the Under Glass section. I'm going to miss Sam, the American eagle. Mind you, he needs a trailer now!

Good advice Can-Con. I went for the Revell Nova because I couldn't find a Gen2 Camaro with any better suspension detail than the MPC Nova. The Revell Z28 kit is awful under the floorplan as is the Revell Firebird, so I compromised with the 69 Nova. BTW, I use masking tape for my vinyl roofs. They look very good and I've had them on for about 20 years and it hasn't started lifting yet.

Love Edsels, right car at the wrong time. Brave styling too, but as wild as it was it was tamer than a Mercury Turnpike Cruiser and that didn't get the same negative comments. Anything with a transmission selector called the Teletype Sensomatic is a winner in my book. This is a great kit, I have one in my stash so this is educational. You're doing a grand job, keep up the good work.

They look excellent! I can see some similarities with UK/European GM styling of the same era. Spotted laurel, if you think of Opel Ascona, or Opel Manta Coupe (it even had the gills behind the door), also Vauxhall Firenza - long forgotten car! Don't know where this fellow came from, can't get rid of him!?‍♂️

Thanks Doors! I've only ever seen one other "Disco" Nova in the UK and that was on eBay and looked hacked to pieces. I do love it, love the colours, love the white seats and doors with the green dash and carpets it's just so different to today's cars.

It's original but has the expected rash on the rear quarters but otherwise in great shape. Undersealed from new. Lived in Oregon and Washington state, built in Van Nuys, LA plant alongside Firebirds and Camaros!!!

I'm so buzzed by this build because I own a 1976 Nova Coupe here in Liverpool, with a factory vinyl roof that has a seam down the middle. I also owned a 1979 Caprice with the central seam too, so your build is right mate. I love my Nova, it's only a 305V8 with a 3 speed TH350 auto so it's no flyer but I don't care. It hasn't got the hatchback like the MPC one either. I found the custom version of this kit many years ago at a car show and bought the the AMT dragster kit with the Lenco transmission when it was re-released years ago. Both are fairly poor kits but the MPC version has a very accurate body profile, the AMT is too boxy. I intend to model my car one day, and I've bought the new Revell 69 Nova for the chassis, engine and interior etc... but will use the shell of the MPC kit. I'm so sorry to hijack your build but I'm just so excited! I'll be watching closely and you're doing a great job mate!!!!

Very tidy build, looks spot on for the stance etc... Like the paint too!

You pulled that off really well. All the wiring looks great!

That interior looks brilliant. The gauges look brilliant.

Hey don't apologise, Stefano sounds more sophisticated!

Hey Aerodyne, very well done on the progress. So glad you went with the high impact green! Looking great mate!

Very nice work! I love Astros, masterpiece of design. So ahead of its time, beautiful dash too. That truck would still look good on the road today.

Thanks Hermann. I'm very pleased with how it turned out. I'm going to miss it when it's finished. I've caught the modelling bug again!

Thanks Aerodyne. Don't be worrying about talking about fire trucks. In GB we have a national standard for livery etc... but I think in America each district chooses their own colours etc... so if you want to do your truck high impact green then you do so.

Got the interior together. Probably shouldn't have a white steering wheel but they just look so right for me, can't resist them. Not really much left to do now. Got to put the stripes on, just a simple yellow line. I also have an exhaust pipe to meet the bottom of the stack. Then it's just the mirrors and glue the cab on. I'm going to miss it.

you are very knowledgeable about trucks, Oh Aerodyne, I think you give me too much credit but thanks very much for the compliment. How to do the fire truck? I'd look at the web as the pumping equipment is manufactured by a few companies and installed on various manufacturers' chassis. You should be able to get a very good idea of the colouring etc... and then you just need to pick a colour scheme that you like from one of the pictures.

Looking good mate, I saw it on Under Glass first ao I asked you where the rear duals came from but you tell us here. Quick turnaround on this, well done.

That was quick! Love it! Where did you get the trailer wheels from? They look great. I wish I had room for trucks and trailers too, problem is it doesn't stop me buying them! D'oh!

Starting to look close to finished now. Found a piece of flat kit glass covered it in masking tape and scribed the outline of rear window into it. Carefully filed it down until it pressed into place in the rear wall (kept it snap-tite!). My fallback option was to just glue a piece of clear acetate inside but the recess would have been too deep. Made myself a better shift lever for the Fuller box, using scrap from my odds and ends box. Managed to add the trigger for the high and low range. Gave the grille a black wash, put some red on the KW emblem, added the licence plate and 'bingo' plate foiled the marker light recesses in the front bumper and then gave them some clear orange. Added the roof bling and couldn't resist mounting the exhaust stack temporarily. Looks better than I ever thought when I mocked it up. Doesn't look anywhere near as awkward as it did initially.

Nice truck, British plate from 1976. Remember them like yesterday. Yes there were other trucks in Europe other than Scanias at one time. Brings back memories... When I worked for Tate & Lyle sugar refiners they had one of these on demo. Not sure if it had a Fuller gearbox in it because GB didn't really like ZFs. The driver who had it boasted that you didn't split the top gear into "high" until 73mph and it just kept pulling until you ran out of numbers on the clock. That was in the days before speed limiters. The same driver set his trailer on fire through a blown tyre and had to be pulled over and told about it by another driver, that's how much he used his mirrors! His nickname was Roadrunner

Nice KW, K100s have high cheekbones like Faye Dunaway! On engine colour, didn't KW paint all engines white (regardless of manufacturer) to reveal oil leaks?

TarheelRick, you're right , it did come through, but in some lights it's not there, in others it's quite apparent. I thought the primer had done the job but once the topcoat went on there was a tinge perceptible. It's an amazing effect, how it does it I don't know! They say put a coat of silver on it first and my paint mixing days would say use a blue to knock the red out but never mind. Most times it looks fine. Aerodyne, some of the interiors are better than others on these kits, the Mack is a poor one , I don't blame you for not taking too much time on it.