Kenworth C500

[gotnitro?]

Outstanding mock up

[Gary Chastain]

Getting the Donaldson air cleaners built, thanks BK9300, Brian for taking time with me today. Need to shorten screen a bit and some finish work. Also more work on gas tanks. 

[Swamp Dog]

14 minutes ago, Gary Chastain said:

Getting the Donaldson air cleaners built, thanks BK9300, Brian for taking time with me today. Need to shorten screen a bit and some finish work. Also more work on gas tanks. 

they look great Gary..

[Gary Chastain]

1 minute ago, Swamp Dog said:

they look great Gary..

Thanks, chatting with Brian now. These are a copy of what he built for his Western snow plow. He is kinda guiding me thru this. 

[Biggu]

1 hour ago, Gary Chastain said:

Thanks, chatting with Brian now. These are a copy of what he built for his Western snow plow. He is kinda guiding me thru this. 

This is such a good place with you guys all willing to share, makes it a great place to hang out and learn.  Awesome stuff

[Gary Chastain]

Some progress today: all tank (fuel and DEF) mounts built, need finish work, straps built. Make up filler necks tomorrow. Partial assembly tomorrow and get ready for primer/paint. Paint will be here Friday. Still waiting on body, suspension parts and one more axle. 

[Pete68]

Looking good Gary 

[Gary Chastain]

Taking a little time before the turkey, cut apart a heavy kit axle to mimic the white metal axle kit, modifying the parts for an .062 kingpin. Never done this before, so hopefully it doesn’t end up in my box of bad ideas. At least I got to try out my new vise, works pretty good. 

[BK9300]

54 minutes ago, Gary Chastain said:

cut apart a heavy kit axle to mimic the white metal axle kit, 

Always fun, doing 'mechanical' work at this scale!  What kit is the axle you are modifying from?  It looks more sturdy than many of the I/24 Italeri kit ones.

[Gary Chastain]

4 minutes ago, BK9300 said:

Always fun, doing 'mechanical' work at this scale!  What kit is the axle you are modifying from?  It looks more sturdy than many of the I/24 Italeri kit ones.

AMT Kenworth T600, but it is the same as the AMT Kenworth 925. Was trying to mimic the 24,000 lb axle that would be used under a C500, if I got my facts correct. 

[Scott Eriksen]

Gary,,where did you get the vise,Amazon? Looks interesting

[Gary Chastain]

2 hours ago, Scott Eriksen said:

Gary,,where did you get the vise,Amazon? Looks interesting

I got mine on eBay but Amazon has them. prices vary greatly. 
https://www.ebay.com/itm/177551854162?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11996.m144671.l197928&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=58e76661757644ffb882682659202a8b&bu=44477854810&exe=0&ext=0&osub=-1~1&crd=20251126140935&segname=11996

[Scott Eriksen]

14 minutes ago, Gary Chastain said:

I got mine on eBay but Amazon has them. prices vary greatly. 
https://www.ebay.com/itm/177551854162?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11996.m144671.l197928&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=58e76661757644ffb882682659202a8b&bu=44477854810&exe=0&ext=0&osub=-1~1&crd=20251126140935&segname=11996

Thanks bro!

[Gary Chastain]

Got a front axle built up today with some nicely detailed front brakes. ….But I definitely need some stronger glasses for those two parts that got away. Luckily I had to of those front axle kits, now I got a half a kit left. 

[ShakyCraftsman]

2 minutes ago, Gary Chastain said:

Got a front axle built up today with some nicely detailed front brakes. ….But I definitely need some stronger glasses for those two parts that got away. Luckily I had to of those front axle kits, now I got a half a kit left. 

Hey Gary 

  They are pretty fiddly. I have 7 of those axle kits. They are the best ones for detail.

Ron G 

[Gary Chastain]

19 minutes ago, ShakyCraftsman said:

Hey Gary 

  They are pretty fiddly. I have 7 of those axle kits. They are the best ones for detail.

Ron G 

OMG are they fiddly but agree on the detail. Now I just gotta wait until those two lost parts show up. 

[ShakyCraftsman]

Hey Gary 

 There probably lost to the carpet monster...😆 🤣 😂 

Ron G 

[Gary Chastain]

I did not realize how challenging it is to build a truck without a boxed kit. I am constantly searching for parts to fit the build and vision. So many little parts we take for granted. My heavy duty fifth wheel setup arrived, found a heavy duty (wide and multi leaf) set of front springs (Autocar dump truck) that fit a straight frame, found a big radiator that fits the grill leaving me enough room for the turbo intercooler. The rest of my axles arrived but my redesigned rear suspension has not yet (on its way) arrived. 

[Gary Chastain]

Most detailed rear suspension I have built. Sanded the air bags to the same height, everything is pinned. I think I will make a fixture to pre assemble each of the three and make sure they are square, a lot of moving parts. my crossmembers will need to support the front to rear track bar, and a second crossmember to support the shocks, repeat this axle to axle. 

[BK9300]

No 'paint by numbers' here - will be interesting to see how it all comes together!  I've got a suspension like yours, too, so will be watching to see how you make out.

[Firebuilder]

Looks like this is going to be a  heavy duty monster!

[Gary Chastain]

16 hours ago, BK9300 said:

No 'paint by numbers' here - will be interesting to see how it all comes together!  I've got a suspension like yours, too, so will be watching to see how you make out.

Still not sure if I will use this suspension yet, I have another set coming from 3D concepts that they redesigned to match (spacing and detail stuff) the Kenworth design guide. The package just reached the US customs, so should have it in a couple days. I need to choose the suspension I’m going to use so I can get the frame width numbers and continue building. Just kinda working on odds and ends for now. 

[Gary Chastain]

Oooohhhhh……nnnoooo, woke up last night and boom….the C500 has a left and right steering boxes. The axle I just built is only left steering, well I have another future use for this axle. Order more steering kits this morning and will start over, first carve out a blank front axle and wait for parts. 

I could just let it go as the build would represent the idea of the C500 🐿️🐿️🐿️🐿️🐿️wait ……I could do two steering axles, I have the second set of fenders………….oh stop it, stay on track😂😵‍💫🤣😍🤪

[Rockford]

Have a lie down and then revisit the job. You're hallucinating. 

[Gary Chastain]

Front axle, take two:

I spent all afternoon, going thru all my spare parts and found right side and left side steering boxes, found my last heavy duty axle to build from, ordered two steering kits ( need steering arms on the top side on both sides) found a better set of rims with larger bearing hub with larger lug nut bolt circle to represent the extreme duty of this truck and found tires to fit. 

will use the dark gray rims and the hub fits the axle, these wheels came with acorn lug nuts. Now I can do the gray rims, black hubs with chrome lug nuts.