BJ and the Bear 1/25

[CharlieBravo]

ok lets revive this after 7 years!

It's always something I've been tinkering with, collecting parts and ideas here and there, gaining more knowledge on the rigs themselves and the hobby itself.. After all this is one of my ultimate builds, as in this is probably the biggest goal i have in my modelling sights - The 'BJ and the Bear' Kenworth Aerodyne in 1/25

Cummins slowly coming along;

I scratch built the cylinder head and the plumbing, but i am about to re-do the plumbing with stretched sprue to get cleaner lines I think..?

The kit (Revell) comes withe twin turbo so i had to modify down to single turbo, I had engine/turbo parts that someone sent me long ago and not even sure what kit they are off but have used the turbo from that kit. I have also used from that kit the bottom part of the cylinder head also.

Great Dane Reefer - needs plenty of mods to get it similar the Bj trailer which is a Brown 40ft Reefer;

had to re-position side door; I thought the best way would be to basically cut another door out where the new one needed to be and then slide that part down into the original gap for the door.

 

will need lots of putty and special attention but we got this

will be using evergreen strips for the extra ribs needed, all just dryfitted for now;

Rear of the trailer needed some serious mods; original;

 

Great Dane trailer modding wasn't too bad as it's just cutting and filing away excess really;

 

 

cheers for now

 

 

 

Edited February 9, 2019 by CharlieBravo

[CharlieBravo]

beautiful decals from Jim at JBOT;

[Sam I Am]

Whoa ! Put some pants on dude !! 

Seriously though,  great detail in this build and am glad you resurrected it. 

[Casey]

1 hour ago, CharlieBravo said:

 

 

will be using

...better judgement by either cropping the picture or wearing some pants next time?  I mean, I know it's hot in Australia right now, but that's cutting it really close, Mate. 

[CharlieBravo]

52 minutes ago, Sam I Am said:

Whoa ! Put some pants on dude !! 

Seriously though,  great detail in this build and am glad you resurrected it. 

haha ! sorry mate it's like 38 degrees C here today in Australia and I'm sweating!

[DrKerry]

Great to see this going again!! Great detail in what you’re doing too! Will be following along as I’m soon to start my Bear Rig!

[Force]

You do nice work, I will follow your progress.

[CharlieBravo]

18 hours ago, DrKerry said:

Great to see this going again!! Great detail in what you’re doing too! Will be following along as I’m soon to start my Bear Rig!

cheers, please post pics of your build

 

chris

[CharlieBravo]

19 hours ago, Casey said:

...better judgement by either cropping the picture or wearing some pants next time?  I mean, I know it's hot in Australia right now, but that's cutting it really close, Mate. 

hehehe

12 hours ago, Force said:

You do nice work, I will follow your progress.

Thanks mate!

[CharlieBravo]

Putty time. Man I hope this works out...might take some time and patience I think.

One thing that is not correct in either the Revell or the AMT kit is the dash. It is not an Aerodyne Dash, I believe what is represented is an older Kenworth flat top dash?

kit dash;

Aerodyne Dash;

So, dauntingly, I have no choice (and because I want to) but to attempt to build a new dash so stay tuned this could go real bad real quick;

 

[DrKerry]

16 hours ago, CharlieBravo said:

Aerodyne Dash;

So, dauntingly, I have no choice (and because I want to) but to attempt to build a new dash so stay tuned this could go real bad real quick;

 

That’s the part that is making me cringe on my build, changing the dash to the correct style!! 

I will be putting pics of my build up as well when I get started on it. 

Pics below are from Paul’s rebuild of the number 3 Bear rig..

Edited February 10, 2019 by DrKerry

[CharlieBravo]

10 hours ago, DrKerry said:

That’s the part that is making me cringe on my build, changing the dash to the correct style!! 

I will be putting pics of my build up as well when I get started on it. 

Pics below are from Paul’s rebuild of the number 3 Bear rig..

Great pics thanks!

yes its going to be messy haha,

[DrKerry]

I have a post in the real trucks section with all the pics of Paul’s truck. It may be messy but will be nice to be more correct to the real deal. I’ll have to watch as you do yours so I know what to do on mine! 

[Yahshu]

Looking good, the race is one to see who'll get their dash done 1st. Whoever wins has to cast it for everyone else. 

[Force]

I'm intrigued that no after market guy has done a correct Aerodyne dash yet, the AMT Kenworth K100 Aerodyne kit came 1979 and the Revell Germany kit 1982-ish, so they have been around 37-40 years...and both the AMT and Revell kits have the wrong dash and all issues have allways had the wrong dash.
Of course the Revell Germany kit shared everything with the K100 flat top and the roof is the only thing different, but I think the Aerodyne kit came first, so it should have had the right dash as the Aerodyne got this dash when it first came out in 1976 with the Bicentennial Edition.

[CharlieBravo]

2 hours ago, Force said:

I'm intrigued that no after market guy has done a correct Aerodyne dash yet, the AMT Kenworth K100 Aerodyne kit came 1979 and the Revell Germany kit 1982-ish, so they have been around 37-40 years...and both the AMT and Revell kits have the wrong dash and all issues have allways had the wrong dash.
Of course the Revell Germany kit shared everything with the K100 flat top and the roof is the only thing different, but I think the Aerodyne kit came first, so it should have had the right dash as the Aerodyne got this dash when it first came out in 1976 with the Bicentennial Edition.

I agree, I have reached out to Jan at Czech model and he wasn't aware of the dash issue until I had told him. He has it on his list to do but sadly not a priority right now he told me as he has other projects on the go.

So I have no choice.  Have you noticed that the old 1/32 Monogram/Revell has the correct Aerodyne dash? I have a couple in my stash.

[CharlieBravo]

What I do need is the AMT seats as the Revell ones are incorrect for the BJ rig. If anyone has any they are willing to part with, I'd love to hear from you,

cheers

[Force]

Auslowe has them, with the KW "bug" emblem, Item Code: Seat1, the photo is from Auslowes Facebook page as there are none of this seat on the shop page.
They also have these seats without the "bug" emblem for one that don't need it.

No I have not seen that, I don't have any 1:32 trucks as I only work in 1:24-1:25.
Well you can get your measurements from the 1:32 dash and scale them up when you do the new dash for this build.

Edited February 11, 2019 by Force

[CharlieBravo]

3 hours ago, Force said:

Auslowe has them, with the KW "bug" emblem, Item Code: Seat1, the photo is from Auslowes Facebook page as there are none of this seat on the shop page.
They also have these seats without the "bug" emblem for one that don't need it.

No I have not seen that, I don't have any 1:32 trucks as I only work in 1:24-1:25.
Well you can get your measurements from the 1:32 dash and scale them up when you do the new dash for this build.

thanks!

[DrKerry]

Found out after looking into mine that the Papa Truck also has the seats in it! They have the KW logo on the head rests.. 

also, if you get those dashes cast I’d be interested in one!! 

[Force]

2 minutes ago, DrKerry said:

Found out after looking into mine that the Papa Truck also has the seats in it! They have the KW logo on the head rests.. 

also, if you get those dashes cast I’d be interested in one!! 

These seats are wrong for the Papa Truck as it's a Bicentennial Edition wich had fabric upholstery on the main part of the seat, but right for the Hideout Truck, the Movin On truck and of course for the BJ truck.

[DrKerry]

2 minutes ago, Force said:

These seats are wrong for the Papa Truck as it's a Bicentennial Edition wich had fabric upholstery on the main part of the seat, but right for the Hideout Truck, the Movin On truck and of course for the BJ truck.

Are the ones from Auslowe what is in the BJ truck?? That’s what I was getting at for the BJ Truck is that the type from Auslowe are in the Papa Truck.. 

These...

borrowed the pic you all posted..

[Force]

Yes, the BJ truck and the Papa Truck/Hideout Truck are from the same tooling and seats with this diamond pattern and KW "bug" are in them.
The Revell AG K100 seats are different with no diamond pattern and the Revell AG W900/T900 has the same diamond pattern as the AMT ones but no KW "bug", same goes for the Revell snap W900.
I don't know if the Auslowe seats are a direct copy of the AMT seats but they look a lot like them, the seat base looks to be from the Revell AG kits as the AMT kits has a different base.

[CharlieBravo]

5 hours ago, Force said:

Yes, the BJ truck and the Papa Truck/Hideout Truck are from the same tooling and seats with this diamond pattern and KW "bug" are in them.
The Revell AG K100 seats are different with no diamond pattern and the Revell AG W900/T900 has the same diamond pattern as the AMT ones but no KW "bug", same goes for the Revell snap W900.
I don't know if the Auslowe seats are a direct copy of the AMT seats but they look a lot like them, the seat base looks to be from the Revell AG kits as the AMT kits has a different base.

from what I can see from reference and definitely with Pauls restored original, you'll need a mix of both if you go down the Auslowe road as the seat/seat base in the AMT is correct but these have the Revell base which is different...

Edited February 13, 2019 by CharlieBravo

[Yahshu]

The AMT KW123 has the correct bases for the seats

Edited February 13, 2019 by Yahshu