CharlieBravo

This is a gorgeous build. Great work! Chris B.

gorgeous build!

The valves are from CTM form memory an the fittings are a mixture of CTM and generic ones I 3D printed.

The Trailer chassis is a mixture - scratch built frame + Shapeways suspension, my printed hubs. Brake chambers from Revell Kenworth kit.

I have also drawn and printed new hubs for the truck and trailer to fit onto the Revell parts. Aluminium wheels are from Jamie Rahmoeller.

Reefer/trailer work. I originally modified the kit reefer side walls but ended up designing and printing new ThermoKing grill, side walls and doors to fit to the ERTL/AMT kit parts. Added some riveting to the trailer front wall to convert more accurately to a Brown trailer.

chassis work + wiring. A most tedious job. I used a combination of Czech model fittings/ plus some 3D printed fittings. I also added chassis bolts using TichyTrain bolts.

great job on this!

nice build!

looking great! love seeing another BJ build going on! I have a couple of sets of JBOT decals well preserved I hope they still work out for me when the time comes soon. nice, clean build mate! Chris

Still going on this build! It's been a busy 12 months and little and sporadic time on the bench but still chipping away. modified kit reefer to get the control panel on the correct side. Added some bolt detail to chassis. used balsa wood and varnish to create the Brown mfg trailer inside walls. still plugging away on the scratchbuilt aerodyne dash. Not sure how I will replicate the rocker switches yet, any ideas? used a 3D printed Hutchens suspension with scratchbuilt frame. Raised the floor of the kit trailer and detailed the ribbed floor. Got some momentum!

guys thank you! this is just the info I need!

Hi Guys, I'm Having a real hard time deciding on rim size for my 1/25 Kenworth Aerodyne BJ build and I need some expertise please. I thought it would be as easy as 1/25 scale rig/trailer - 1/25 rims. I'm using the 1/25 Revell Aerodyne and the 1/25 ERTL Reefer. To be honest the kit rims on the 1/25 trucks seem too small to me. They measure out to be 23.5mm in diameter. Can anyone answer whether the K-100 from Factory and particularly the BJ and the Bear Kenworth had 22.5 or 24.5 inch Alcoa rims? Was one a standard factory option over the other? In 1/25 scale that would measure out to be roughly 22.8 or 24.8mm in size. Kit rims are 23.5mm. I do have some nice aluminium rims that are 1/24 and measure out to be 26.7mm. Although the scale would dictate to use 1/25 rims, my eye tells me different in that the 1/24 scale rims might look better? Does anyone have experience fitting 1/24 rims to 1/25 trucks? There seems to be quite a size difference. Using 1/24 rims will result in width issues. I've tried to do a bit of a side on comparison with a Revell rig but note the height of the picture is not uniform in both pics so that could alter the view and I don't really know what i'm doing! opinions? cheers. chris

Cant wait to see you start this! I've just acquired a gold mine in BJ rig parts for my build which I am forever in debt... the dash is still a go it's about 80% done, lots of custom aluminium parts - bumper, mirrors, horns, grill, light surrounds you name it. Will be good to bounce ideas off each other. Long live BJ McKay!!