BJ and The Bear KW with Reefer Trailer

[Radio Control Trucker]

Dwayne, once you finish the BJ & the Bear, maybe you could revisit the idea of building a Neil Yates Recovery K100.
That would be an awesome build. I know several of us would be interested in seeing it built.

- RCT

[1985 kenworth]

i might do one but at a later date ..i have a few other replicas i am getting ready to start soon

[1985 kenworth]

seeing that BJ is an independant trucker and hauls anything anywhere anytime here are a few more pics for yah

[1985 kenworth]

the bezels were made from thin sheet styrene and the lens are made from the crazy eyes package you find in the craft stores ,.they are called crazy eyes and the are flat eyeballs with a black round plastic piece inside that look like pupils of the eyes and the roll around inside .they come in different sizes and you cut out the backs take out the black piece and trim of the access ,as you see the front lense part is crystal clear and they make great headlight lens

[Bo Wallen]

That was a great idea !!! can't get enough of those bezels ;o)
Thank You Sir

[Espeefan]

Originally Posted by 1985 kenworth

the bezels were made from thin sheet styrene and the lens are made from the crazy eyes package you find in the craft stores ,.they are called crazy eyes and the are flat eyeballs with a black round plastic piece inside that look like pupils of the eyes and the roll around inside .they come in different sizes and you cut out the backs take out the black piece and trim of the access ,as you see the front lense part is crystal clear and they make great headlight lens

Great idea! Thanks for sharing that. I thought the lenses looked a heck of a lot clearer than anything else available out there right now. It never dawned on me to try those crazy eyes.

[1985 kenworth]

here are some updates

[1985 kenworth]

making it a spread axle .and installed the rearmost axle and the forward axle is just resting on it until i decide how much of a spread i want.sprayed the white colour and let it dry for a few days ,masked it off and sprayed the italian red colour ,unmasked and touched up the white in spots and installed the black pinstripe on one side of the trailer.once the clear is dry i will do the other side and hopefully get it assembled tonight

[1985 kenworth]

[1985 kenworth]

here it is finally done!!! i put just a slight spread on it ,chromed the front headboard with the old school style reefer unit.i used red anodized wheel nuts for the trailer .i custom did the rear doors to look like the new style reefer doors with the mirror polished look.i also made my own mudflaps with the thin sheet rubber and sheet aluminum ,sanded and polished them for that mirror polished look on the mudflaps hope you like it ..wait until you see whats next?

[1985 kenworth]