No Stock R/C Kenworths

[tadder]

This rc part of the hobby is not lame ....I'm thinking your new to this side of it ...there is nothing out there stock that resembles anything that we have on north American roads or even over seas for that matter what make this a challenge aside from say rc aircraft is most of the parts in the semi truck and even more so in the construction end of it are all custom made use you imagination and get out that hack saw or milling machine and start cutting up broad way it's the only way to make it your own we all have different skill levels of creating something from nothing just kit bash the **** out of a stock tamiya king hauler. ..I did and now I have a mack granite heavy haul and at the moment making a hiab crane for it and let me tell ya I thought rc aircraft were expensive I had know idea.....this is a totally different game

[JonBailey]

Originally Posted by tadder

This rc part of the hobby is not lame ....I'm thinking your new to this side of it ...there is nothing out there stock that resembles anything that we have on north American roads or even over seas for that matter what make this a challenge aside from say rc aircraft is most of the parts in the semi truck and even more so in the construction end of it are all custom made use you imagination and get out that hack saw or milling machine and start cutting up broad way it's the only way to make it your own we all have different skill levels of creating something from nothing just kit bash the **** out of a stock tamiya king hauler. ..I did and now I have a mack granite heavy haul and at the moment making a hiab crane for it and let me tell ya I thought rc aircraft were expensive I had know idea.....this is a totally different game

Is the RC model industry, the commercial manufacturers of kits and parts, appealing to the American market even? Wouldn't most American RC scale modelers want quality scale model kits of full-size classic American vehicles on the road? I have no machining, welding or even painting skills. I still hate sloppy cosmetic workmanship. I will pay 300-500 dollars for a good paint job on a scale model done by a competent model painter.

It would be relatively cheap and easy for an RC model kit manufacturer to just cast all the scale Kenworth cab parts in plastic molds the way Testors, Revell and Monogram does. There are lots of static Kenworth assembled die-cast/plastic models out there as well as assembled plastic boxed kits on runners.

That there are so many Euro scale models and so few American ones suggests there is low American interest in scale RC trucks, period.
Is our current economy bad for this hobby in general?

I just emailed Tamiya begging for a Kenworth W900 kit.

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Originally Posted by JonBailey

Is the RC model industry, the commercial manufacturers of kits and parts, appealing to the American market even? Wouldn't most American RC scale modelers want quality scale model kits of full-size classic American vehicles on the road? I have no machining, welding or even painting skills. I still hate sloppy cosmetic workmanship. I will pay 300-500 dollars for a good paint job on a scale model done by a competent model painter.

It would be relatively cheap and easy for an RC model kit manufacturer to just cast all the scale Kenworth cab parts in plastic molds the way Testors, Revell and Monogram does. There are lots of static Kenworth assembled die-cast/plastic models out there as well as assembled plastic boxed kits on runners.

That there are so many Euro scale models and so few American ones suggests there is low American interest in scale RC trucks, period.
Is our current economy bad for this hobby in general?

I just emailed Tamiya begging for a Kenworth W900 kit.

I boils don't to licencing with the big truck makers it costs too much so we get what we get and build the rest. Buy a cab from True Scale Rc goose19 on shapeways they will have what you want.

[JonBailey]

Originally Posted by Tamiya Cowboy

I boils don't to licencing with the big truck makers it costs too much so we get what we get and build the rest. Buy a cab from True Scale Rc goose19 on shapeways they will have what you want.

Apparently, Tamiya was able to get licensing from a big American company, FoMoCo. They had a least one Ford AeroMax listed in their offerings.

What an outfit like Tamiya could do is offer royalties to PACCAR. 10% of the profits for every Pete or KW model sold. I would gladly pay that amount in royalties.


Besides the cab, I would need sources for scale cab-related hardware and trim:

1. working headlights
2. working cab marker lights
3. front bumper
4. hood
5. chrome air filters
6. chrome grille
7. Kenworth hood emblems: "KENWORTH" on the hood sides and KW logo on the grille
8. opening cab doors with handles
9. windshield and windows
10. cab interior: steering wheel, dash and seats
11. fenders
12. visor
13. mirrors
14. cab driver figure
15. chrome stacks
16. windshield wipers
17. chrome window trim

[RCP57]

You can't expect them to make every make and model of truck. You may want a W900 but I want a 925 and Joe Blow wants a T800 then Jay Bone wants a Pete and Polly Cracker wants a Mack Superliner ect. That's the reason the aftermarket exists. You can get whatever you want. Just open your wallet wide enough and all is yours. I'm not trying to be a jerk but you are missing the point of the hobby for most of us. We don't want a kit truck. We use what we need from the kit and customize the rest. It's what makes it fun.

[TRUCKMAKER]

Originally Posted by JonBailey

Apparently, Tamiya was able to get licensing from a big American company, FoMoCo. They had a least one Ford AeroMax listed in their offerings.

What an outfit like Tamiya could do is offer royalties to PACCAR. 10% of the profits for every Pete or KW model sold. I would gladly pay that amount in royalties.


Besides the cab, I would need sources for scale cab-related hardware and trim:

1. working headlights
2. working cab marker lights
3. front bumper
4. hood
5. chrome air filters
6. chrome grille
7. Kenworth hood emblems: "KENWORTH" on the hood sides and KW logo on the grille
8. opening cab doors with handles
9. windshield and windows
10. cab interior: steering wheel, dash and seats
11. fenders
12. visor
13. mirrors
14. cab driver figure
15. chrome stacks
16. windshield wipers
17. chrome window trim

Most everything you listed above is available on this forum through vendors and hobby shops!?

[JonBailey]

I just found the True Scale RC website. Besides a cab by goose 19 this firm maybe able to help me with other aspects of a custom truck build as well, even paint if the price is right. I am going to ask them about doing a Bruder cement conversion as well.

So, the Tamiya King Hauler 1/14 scale kit should be my platform for a custom truck build for what I have in mind?


Depending upon how my budget works out and the availability of hired custom cement mixer work, I could just go for a custom painted KW tractor
or a custom painted KW mixer. The thing is, a scale semi trailer can be expensive too. A tractor needs a trailer as a companion. The mixer is a stand-alone vehicle.
I am going to ask True Scale about a motorized Bruder mixer barrel that can be variable speed and reversible as well controlled by radio.

[bigdogrod]

i'm sure for a couple grand in labor, plus a couple grand in parts, pretty much any of the talented builders on this forum could get you what you want...

how deep are your pockets?