optimus prime transformers

[straightpipejakebrake]

Wow, great job on this truck! Great idea on the trailer doors too

[krankillen]

SO NICE!!!! LOVE IT!!

[kingbob]

Nice! Looks about the right scale too. I've been thinking about a Traxxas 1/16 rc car to go woth mine, can get a Camaro body for it. But same width as the truck, so not quite the right scale.

[1985 kenworth]

this is the best size i could find that is close to the scale or even looks somewhat to scale anyway..it will be for photos and videos and display with optimus at various venues ..

[kingbob]

Maisto make a nice 1/18 one that looks good, I might get one to go with the truck.

[1985 kenworth]

i think 1:18 might be abit small

[1985 kenworth]

got the reefer unit reinstalled on the new aluminum headboard

[1985 kenworth]

will update more soon

[kingbob]

Traxxas do a 1/16 rc that has a Camaro body available for it. Its 180mm wide. Same as the truck, thats about as close as you can get i think.

[1985 kenworth]

https://youtu.be/2YhxD4dsz-A


Here is something i added to my replica way back when ...i went to my local hobby shop guy with this request to help me ..he laughed

[flatdeck]

Great looking truck Dwayne.......

[1985 kenworth]

Originally Posted by flatdeck

Great looking truck Dwayne.......

Thanks Wayne ..peter did a fantastic job ,cannot wait to give him the stainless trailer so he can do is magic on that....Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!someone who knows what they are doing and i am proud and glad he and you and the others are part of our great club group

[1985 kenworth]

True i guess its better than nothing

[Sargen]

This truck is nothing short of breathtaking! I especially like the quilted aluminum doors. Outstanding work my friend!

[1985 kenworth]

Hello everyone the only thing holding up this build being finished is the wiring of the l.e.d.s for the trailer..its funny i rewired my real KW Zeus when i got the new main electrical junction box for the whole truck and wired up some l.e.d.s inside...piece of cake but trying to wire up a ton of lights on the R/C trucks is very frustrating for me because you have resistors...etc and volts you have to worry about. I have read lots of threads on it but for me its a visual thing...that works for me. So at some point when i figure it out i will be able to say its done for this build too...hopefully before i get to old ....lol

[1985 kenworth]

tore down the old transformers trailer and decided to build a new one more to scale and detail .this one will be a true aluminum 53ft reefer trailer

making the measurements as i am using the suspension and other parts from the old trailer
here is the frame and floor of the trailer so far ,i installed the suspension in a fixed spot just in a more forward position as the real one has
i think this trailer will be much better than the previous shorter on and it will be a true ribbed aluminum reefer

[kingbob]

Nice, that's what I did with mine too. Ali base, stainless sides and roof, with Ali frame. Did the front from bent sheet the same. Only plastic parts are the rear doors since I just cannot find any metal sheet with the right size pattern.

[1985 kenworth]

well some of you may or may not know ..i too built the transformers Optimus Prime ...the first one to come up with this idea as soon as i saw the very first movie some years ago.it has been a painstaking job to try to get this truck exactly or as close to the real truck as possible including getting the storage boxes made to the proper front bumper etc.i have not been very good with l.e.d.s. so this truck has been in the building stages for roughly about 2-3yrs and its still not completed yet...lol however i did drop it to a good friend and a member of my r/c truck club Peter Mitchell(mavrick0) and he basically redid pretty much the whole truck to fix the mistakes done by others who were supposed to help (yea right) anyway i am still building the scale stainless 53ft trailer for it but here are some updated pictures of the new and improved Optimus Prime ...the way it should look ..hope you like it as much as i love it

[1985 kenworth]

[1985 kenworth]