£1 Aerodyne-not

[Rockford]

Got this for £1 off eBay. I was the only bidder. It was rather grotty and benefitted from a good bath.

Then I took a saw to the cab and reduced it to a day cab. Not my tidiest cut but it'll do. Cut the interior down too. 

I don't really know where I'm going with this. Should I just do a day cab tractor or something else? Part of me has wanted to do a Navajo Freightlines drom, and this would fit the bill except that it's not a Freightliner. I'm torn. 

[TopherMcGinnis]

I googled custom cab over and found some nice examples. 

[Gary Chastain]

Curious to see what you do with it, like your direction already

[Jürgen M.]

Another unique 1/32 build! 

Front row! 🍺🍿

[Pete68]

This will be a cool one Steve and what a deal on your find glad you got one for a decent price. I’ll be following along 

[BK9300]

20 hours ago, Rockford said:

I don't really know where I'm going with this. 

I hadn’t seen many day cab, cab overs, apart from the Canadian Freightways trucks in Northern BC, back when I was in high school.  Like Topher, made me curious to search, and there are sure lots of pics out there.  Maybe the deck plates and fenders, on the one below, could be body colour -
 

Edited November 23 by BK9300

[Rockford]

4 hours ago, BK9300 said:

I hadn’t seen many day cab, cab overs, apart from the Canadian Freightways trucks in Northern BC, back when I was in high school.  Like Topher, made me curious to search, and there are sure lots of pics out there.  Maybe the deck plates and fenders, on the one below, could be body colour -
 

I've seen that when I've been searching for reference pictures, I can't believe it's a CGI, so crisp and precise.  

It's nice to know there's people looking out for me!

[Rockford]

Let a rear window into the rear wall of the cab.  

Used the remnants of the Aerodyne cap to form the cab roof. 

Trimmed the cab step down to a single dogleg similar to ones I've seen on the interwebs and drilled the cab. 

[BK9300]

1 hour ago, Rockford said:

I've seen that when I've been searching for reference pictures, I can't believe it's a CGI, so crisp and precise.  

It's nice to know there's people looking out for me!

Yes, it's a 3D model from Turbo Squid's web site.  Thought the concept was cool - don't want you to think there's any high jacking of your thread going on!

[Rockford]

6 hours ago, BK9300 said:

Yes, it's a 3D model from Turbo Squid's web site.  Thought the concept was cool - don't want you to think there's any high jacking of your thread going on!

Not at all! 

Jürgen could press a button and print that truck in minutes 😄

[Jürgen M.]

38 minutes ago, Rockford said:

Not at all! 

Jürgen could press a button and print that truck in minutes 😄

😆

Well, let's say in a few hours! 

The scrap bin of my Ford took 24hrs in two steps!