Kenworth 850 Off Highway

[9W Monighan]

Great job so far. He sure works fast, don't he Stevie

[Exile Trucking]

Good job on the nuckles. Two ?s how big of a block did the nuckle start as and do u have a 2 or 3 way vise for the mill. And please don't tell me you do all that great work with a regular vise. It would just put me to shame

[Espeefan]

Very nice! Now the front end is really coming together! I'm guessing you are going to add the torque / radius arms as soon as you finish making them? I think you did a great job.

[RCP57]

Originally Posted by Exile Trucking

Good job on the nuckles. Two ?s how big of a block did the nuckle start as and do u have a 2 or 3 way vise for the mill. And please don't tell me you do all that great work with a regular vise. It would just put me to shame

I have a Soba 4" vice. It has swivel base(I've yet to use it) and some V notches in one jaw. That's it, nothing too fancy unfortunately.

The spindles started out as one block about 2"x1 1/4"x1 1/2".

Lunch is over....back to work! Should have the front finished in a couple hours.

Reg

[RCP57]

Well I took a short break because the sun was out and I was feeling guilty for spending the whole afternoon in the shop but after that I got it working. I had to move the servo mount up from where I had originally planned to put it but as it turns out it is now mounted where the steering box is on the real truck making it look more realistic. The truck is starting to look like a real 40 year old truck. Every day I build something and weld it on only to cut it of and weld it on somewhere else the next day! I still need to add another leaf to the pack(there is 12 and should be 13) and then make fake U bolts but I'm happy with my progress.

Thanks for lookin...












http://youtu.be/9WI4r7hD1YQ

[kerst]

WOW! Nice work!

Kerst

[woodhog]

Holy Cow that is some amazing tig work looks awesome on the rest of the parts too! This is goin to be a workhorse

[chaseracer]

great job really making some progress now.. Mike and I were thinking about coming over to see you tomorrow but hate to disturb that progress lol

[Espeefan]

Looking good! The detail is great. I like how you put on the track bar and radius arms. Bolted them up, just like the 1:1 truck. What kind of servo are you going to end up using? Maybe a dual servo steering set-up is in order?

[RCP57]

Originally Posted by chaseracer

great job really making some progress now.. Mike and I were thinking about coming over to see you tomorrow but hate to disturb that progress lol

Haha... The shop is quite a mess....I better go vacuum

[RCP57]

Originally Posted by Espeefan

Looking good! The detail is great. I like how you put on the track bar and radius arms. Bolted them up, just like the 1:1 truck. What kind of servo are you going to end up using? Maybe a dual servo steering set-up is in order?

Thanks, I use a 645 in my Euc and it has no troubles. The linkage ratio's are almost the same on this so I think one of them will be fine.

[RCP57]

I wasn't happy with the shape of the upper window area so I cut it out and made a new piece! There's also a few other little things but nothing really note worthy.

I'm not sure if I will put the visor on the finished model or not but I thought that I should make one just in case...

Thanks for looking!












Reg

[Pippoe]

What a beautiful work! Your steering servo seems almost tiny for such a huge machine. Will you add a heavy duty servo?

Cheers

Pip

[D8R]

Coming together nice. That offset cab realy gives the truck a special look!
The spring blades, what are they made off?
dan

[RCP57]

Originally Posted by D8R

Coming together nice. That offset cab realy gives the truck a special look!
The spring blades, what are they made off?
dan

The springs are just made from lumber strapping.

Reg

[RCP57]

Originally Posted by Pippoe

What a beautiful work! Your steering servo seems almost tiny for such a huge machine. Will you add a heavy duty servo?

Cheers

Pip

I will be using a standard size high torque servo. This one is just being used for mock up.

[ihbuilder]

Reg , you should be good with the 645 servo . thats all I have on my mack . It fusses a little sitting still loaded but running no problems .

[RCP57]

Originally Posted by ihbuilder

Reg , you should be good with the 645 servo . thats all I have on my mack . It fusses a little sitting still loaded but running no problems .

Yeah I think so Steve. Use the same in the R18 with no problems and it runs a 6lbs battery right over the axle. This trucks steering is very similar and I doubt if it will be any heavier on the nose.

[RCP57]

Started on the rear suspension today... Still a lot to do.

[RCP57]

I made a little more progress on the rear suspension and frame today. It takes a long time to machine all these little parts when you don't know what you're doin! I think I am learning as I go though which is good!










Reg