No Stock R/C Kenworths

[JonBailey]

Originally Posted by JonBailey

Perhaps you have a point here. This guy has a day cab interior but no diesel engine sounds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9Wr7cnqn6A

Are working vehicular lights even possible on this Mack mixer?


This Ford AeroMax mixer has a "small" sleeper cab and seems to also have the trucks sounds and a cab interior.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSuBxW3KY3Y


Wow, there are more compromises in this hobby than I ever thought before.

What components go under the hood?

Ok, Cosset, let's say I do have to stuff a MFCU into my day cab,
how about neatly pasting or framing pictures of a cab interior with driver right behind the window/windshield glass instead of blacking out the windows? I probably would not even need functional opening cab doors either unless they would be handy to access electronics inside the cab.

Probably the next advancement in RC electronics will be to scale down all the R/C "guts" super tiny/ultra compact to the delight of the dyed-in-the-wool true-scale fanatic.

Houston, we have a "space" problem!!

In theory, however, having simple interior images (maybe holograms???) behind the window glass should still be cheaper than having a detailed painted 3D cab dash, steering wheel, driver figure, gear shift lever, brake pedal, clutch, gas pedal, fan, CB radio and seats.

On scale model passenger cars for trains, simple silhouettes of people are common in windows.

[JonBailey]

Originally Posted by JonBailey

Ok, Cosset, let's say I do have to stuff a MFCU into my day cab,
how about neatly pasting or framing pictures of a cab interior with driver right behind the window/windshield glass instead of blacking out the windows? I probably would not even need functional opening cab doors either unless they would be handy to access electronics inside the cab.

Probably the next advancement in RC electronics will be to scale down all the R/C "guts" super tiny/ultra compact to the delight of the dyed-in-the-wool true-scale fanatic.

Houston, we have a "space" problem!!

In theory, however, having simple interior images (maybe holograms???) behind the window glass should still be cheaper than having a detailed painted 3D cab dash, steering wheel, driver figure, gear shift lever, brake pedal, clutch, gas pedal, fan, CB radio and seats.

On scale model passenger cars for trains, simple silhouettes of people are common in windows.

How about custom decals of cab interiors and people figures that could be inserted and applied right behind the window panes?

[schmoking]

my advice would be to forget about project management and bottom line cost.. its going to be expensive!!!
start out with the w900 parts from truescale and a king/grand hauler and go from there. the way u want to do things may change along the way.
there are other soundunits than the mfu.. many people (in europe anyways) will swap this out for better alternatives like beier or servonaut.