kw areodyne

[cappy625]

hello anybody familiar with ertle's version of the 1\25scale kw areodyne coe. i never seen one from ertle before.their is one on ebay now and i'm thinking of buying it.can anybody tell me about this kit.thankyou.

[whale392]

I believe the Ertl is an AMT kit. If it is of the same caliber (build-wise and parts count wise) as the other AMT offerings of the time (truck kits here, not cars), it will be a very nice piece once completed.

[cappy625]

ok i got alittle excited and bought it anyway.i'll probably regret the 86 dollers i just plunked down but i've been building these truck kits since the70's and i never seen one.i checked again and its not an amt\ertle it says esci\ertle.

[clayton]

Sounds like the one with the blue cab on box art(AMT/Ertle). I think it is the same kit as the BJ and the Bear kit. it is a good kit,I got one.

The Bj kit came out rite after the show(red and white cab). Then Amt did a re-pop a few year ago with the blue cab(I think)I under stand it is the same kit.

[cappy625]

thanks for the info. i seen the bj and the bear and the blue one from amt. and revell made one too. but this one has esci/ertle on it. which is the first time i ever seen that.

[Jim B]

The AMT/Ertl/Esci Kenworth Aerodyne are all the same kit. They are based on the Tyrone malone Papa & Hideout trucks, so they have long frames & the Kenworth 8-bag air ride suspension.

[clayton]

Yeah, I forgot that one.

[cappy625]

thanks for all the info.

[billb]

hello anybody familiar with ertle's version of the 1\25scale kw areodyne coe. i never seen one from ertle before.their is one on ebay now and i'm thinking of buying it.can anybody tell me about this kit.thankyou.

It is a very nice kit to build...

I built one way back in 1995...

It does have a very long frame, so I shortened it by one section, and it looks AOK now...