Rockford

I remember when I was serving my time I had to clean out an oil bath air cleaner and I was moaning about how antiquated it was over a cartridge filter. The mechanic I was apprenticed to gave me a lecture about how good they were. They filter out so much airborne grot without restricting the efficiency of the intake system when they get dirty, unlike the modern cartridge filters. He taught me to respect 'old', newer is not always better in every way. Sorry to digress. I'll be quiet now. Except to say, that's one cool looking beast of a truck.

Excellent scratch building, so clean and tidy. This is going to be impressive. Fire equipment is always perfectly presented.

Your fleet looks great too!

Great attention to detail there. I like the oil filters on the oil coolers, very good. You could have used white sprue to save you having to look a more yellow!

Great looking rig Jürgen, on the floats situation, you often see rubber extension lips on the front fenders when they run them because of the width issue. You don't have to add them to make that truck look good though! Well done. You can see that you're getting more adventurous with the 3D printing.

22!? Thanks for giving me ammunition for when the wife starts on me about my stash! The trailer looks great. They are detailed little kits, I wish 1/32 were as good but they're a totally different concept.

Made myself a driveshaft from various pieces of tube. Put pieces of stock card around each suspension bracket, also had to make an airleaf bracket because it came with one snapped off. Looks ok. Cut the top edge off the transmission and will make a rudimentary lid assembly.

It's a worker!

Here's another picture that's stuck with me for about 40 years. It's from the book Hammer Down about 1980 of this truck going on a Dyno. I was amazed at the length of this truck, though I know it's a bit of a "drom" with the platform behind the cab. UK trucks were all about cramming everything into as small a space as possible. I wonder if the San Diego dealer on the mudflaps is still there?

Nice looking combination, well done. Is the sleeper going to be "shiny" or painted?

Nice contrasting colour choice, will look really good I think.

Payhaulers are obviously like buses, you wait ages for one and two come at once!!!!

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.