KJ790 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 This was a 1982 Kenworth W900 that my family used to own. The only picture I have of it is from the early 90's, so I decided to build it with some weathering to give it that "12 year old" look. Here is the inspiration: I had attempted to build this truck a few years ago from a Revell snap kit W900. This was the second model that I had ever built, and like most of my early models, it did not come out great. For some reason I got glue everywhere (including on the windshield). It has sat around for a while, and got a bit damaged during one of my moves, so I decided to rebuild it. I stripped all of the paint, threw away the old wheels and tires, and got to work. Here are the newly painted cab, hood, and air shield. For the wheels I used an old set of my 2-hole resin drive wheels with a set of my drive tires: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 looking awesome, KJ.. Great save. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ790 Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 Thanks Jim! I did some assembling today. I made the grille screen out of some old stainless steel mesh that I found laying around. I still need to finish up the wheels and then it is just the finishing details until I am calling it done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIPTROIT 71 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Looks Awesome!! Who does your decals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ790 Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 34 minutes ago, DRIPTROIT 71 said: Looks Awesome!! Who does your decals? Thanks! I made the decals myself for this one. It is just printed on my ink jet printer onto clear waterslide decal paper. It only works on light color backgrounds. When I need custom decals for a dark colored background I have been using Firebird Designs lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouO Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 That looks pretty awesome! Great work on it's 2nd time around, and the story behind too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam I Am Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 Nice job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ790 Posted June 7, 2019 Author Share Posted June 7, 2019 Almost finished. The front rims are from M&R wheels. The exhaust is scratch built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72 Charger Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Apart from the mirror frames you never know that it was (A) a model and (B) a snap kit. Fantastic rebuild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred63 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 KJ, what great rebuild. I like you did! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TECHMAN Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Great job on the "overhaul"!!!! Looks FANTASTIC!!!! DJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorincebu Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Great save Kurt. This one looks really good ! Be Well Gator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseeJerry55 Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 That's really nice KJ. I just received the Revell W900 snap kit. Painting my cab in white with a purple frame. Trying to source Apache stripes in purple with a gold outline. Your build is extremely inspiring. Thanks for sharing it with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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