Kenworth 850 Off Highway

[chaseracer]

wow looking awesome Reg.. some nice peices you have made there

[RCP57]

Thanks Jason... you'll have to come over and take a look!

[Exile Trucking]

Sweet lookin work Reg. I'm coming over to...lol

[RCP57]

Haha, for sure Mike!

[RCP57]

I was busy doing other things today but I did manage to get a start on the turn table. I've been trying to decide if I should go with scale 14' or 16' bunks. The real truck had 16's but in 1/10 scale that is 19.2". This is a big truck!




I finally got my hands on the pictures of the real truck. Unfortunately there is only three pictures and they're all from the front but one is from the left and one is from the right so at least I can see some cab detail. Anyway here is one my Dad took the day it arrived...

[ihbuilder]

Reg , you wouldn't mind coming down here and givin me a hand with some of the stuff I got goin would ya ??? holy crap your fast

[RCP57]

Originally Posted by ihbuilder

Reg , you wouldn't mind coming down here and givin me a hand with some of the stuff I got goin would ya ??? holy crap your fast

I would love to! Haha, I'm just not working right now so I have too much free time. I don't sleep much either. I always tell my fiance that I've just been sitting around watching Oprah while she's at work... She knows I'm full of it and have been busy...

If I was living next door I would be trying to trade you CNC work for TIG welding for sure.

[ihbuilder]

Originally Posted by RCP57

I would love to! Haha, I'm just not working right now so I have too much free time. I don't sleep much either. I always tell my fiance that I've just been sitting around watching Oprah while she's at work... She knows I'm full of it and have been busy...

If I was living next door I would be trying to trade you CNC work for TIG welding for sure.

LOL . Travis once told me that but he just wanted the machine work OH and the cookies

[doodlebug]

Nice progress, the visegrips put it in perspective. Packed a pair of 5wr's for 31 year's.
Cheer's, Neil.

[RCP57]

How about this for a size comparison....

[chaseracer]

wow thats big

[Espeefan]

The KW is looking great. The Bruder looks like a 1/32 scale model, sitting on the turntable! It must be nice working in 1/10. Machining small parts like these only gets harder, as you go smaller in scale. It'd be fun to build a big truck like this, but I'm not so good with body work. I don't think I'd be able to pull off a cab as nice as yours. For someone who doesn't think they know what they are doing, I'd say you're doing just fine.

[RCP57]

She's a little plump but that's OK....

It has it's good points and bad points building in this scale. It is nicer to make the parts as they are a lot bigger BUT you have to make everything! There's no going online or to the hobby shop for a set of diffs or a scale set of tires that's for sure. I enjoy the challenge though...

I really don't know what I'm doing but I am getting better at making it up as I go along.

Reg

[RCLogger]

Like they say Reg

GO BIG OR GO HOME.... hahahah

[RCP57]

Originally Posted by RCLogger

Like they say Reg

GO BIG OR GO HOME.... hahahah

I guess! I just figured out that the frame is 2 1/2 inches too short in the middle! I guess I will be practicing with my grinding skills once again! Thats what happens when you start building off of drawings that aren't accurate before you get solid dimensions!

[MoRockN]

What an AMAZING truck you are building my friend. Outstanding . WOW!!!!!!!!

[RCP57]

Since I figured out the truck was too short I had no other option but to cut it in half and weld in a piece. Thanks to my half-*** welding skills and my "superb" grinding ability() you can hardly tell anything was changed. I've also machined the rear spring-trunion mounts, built some ladders and started on the radiator guard in the last couple days. I'm going up island to look at some of these trucks this week so after that I should be able to finish the sheetmetal.

Reg

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Nice stack of dimes that was a beautiful tig weld you are a true master builder. And this is going to be a great truck yours and Lou's and Oz's log trucks are true works of art..

[dirthalr]

This whole build is truly amazing. Your skills are super.

[Espeefan]

Reg, I wish I could tig weld that well. I wouldn't have to bolt so much stuff together! Nice work on the frame stretch. The nice thing about working with metal is if you make it to short, you can always make it longer again, if you can cut and weld.