Newby from OZ

[rugeT950]

Hi there. My name is Tim and I'm from Australia. I'm glad I found this forum and its inspired me to get back into some truck modelling. I haven't done any trucks for about 5 years - been on a race car modelling kick. Anyway - there are some awesome builds here. I'll post some of mine soon.

In the mean time - here is a Kenworth T904 I went for a ride in on my last holiday in the Norhtern Territory. Its specced to pull three trailers through the middle of Oz. It was brand new and went like a rocket.

[pigbachtrucker]

Nice pic there rugeT950. Not to sound dumb. (I'm new with the OZ truck look) Why does the hood on that truck look so dang tall? Looks like the has been raised about 15 inches. Are all the trucks that huge, looking or is that customer order? OK if they all are that tall then why? What's the purpose? What is the overall height of your trucks over there?

[mullett471]

Hi Cliff,
the cab is raised(the battery boxes are underneath it) to get more air flow for cooling the engine and also to allow a much larger radiator to be fitted due to the extreme heat in OZ,hence the large grille/bonnet.

[455 Rocket]

Welcome aboard. Hey guys, look at the size of those headlights. Those aren't your standard sealed beam or halogen lights!

[rugeT950]

Thanks for the help Mullet - I didn't have a good answer for that one. Here is the link to Kenworth Australia

www.kenworth.com.au

You can download brochures for the T905 and T950 from there which will give a bit of info.

[Rustycab]

neat looking truck and I learned something too!~

[ajy]

theres ben two things i always wanted to accomplish in my driving carere,drive acrost austraila & drive the frozen lakes of alaska.oh well,maby someday?

[chevymaniac]

I've driven frozen lakes in Labrador. Not all it's cracked up to be, kind of boring doing 28 mph for miles. Driving across Toronto in rush hour traffic...now that's a challenge :-)

[rugeT950]

Here's another beast I took a pic of at a Roadhouse somewhere north of Alice Springs in NT. There's a few tyres to check on this one...

[ajy]

try chicago rush hour.i drive it every day.it takes an hour n a half to drive 30 miles.

[Bri]

Welcome to the forums!!! It's great to have another Aussie here and I love the images you've posted here. Definitely some serious modeling inspiration, that's for sure!!!
Feel free to jump right in and have fun here! That's what this place is all about and we have a great bunch of guys here with some unbelievable modeling talent to boot! We're looking forward to getting to know you better in the future and also seeing some of your work along the way!!

[scones78]

welcome aboard mate,glad to hae another fellow aussie on board