PierreR89 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 I started this a few weeks ago but there are so much wierd things in the instructions so i decided i wanted to share them. The front frame half is almost complete and the engine just needs paint now. Now for the wierd parts in the instrucions. Both of them are for the T600 with the 7528 revell number and printed the same year 1991. One was included in the unopend kit and the other was from internet that i found after some searching. First the one from the kit Now the one from the internet, remember they the have same number and same printingyear: Notice anything? Also the engine could not be built as it is shown in the irl manual as the turbo and pipework would not work at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 (edited) The AMT version is not the best representation of a T600 but the Revell T600 is not exactly correct either as they took quite a few shortcuts too. The turbo plumbing looks a bit weird on the upper instructions as they show just one turbo and the crossover pipe goes in at the wrong position on the aftercooler, but I don't see anything wrong with the turbo plumbing in the lower instructions. Here is how it looks on a real NTC 475. Edited December 14, 2019 by Force Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PierreR89 Posted December 14, 2019 Author Share Posted December 14, 2019 I ended up building it like the lower with the twin turbos as that was the only way it would look good and not having parts mounted in the air. I just think it is odd that 2 instructions for the same kit and from the same year show different ways to assemble it. With my irl verion i would not have got the engine and turbo together. Also step 33 in my manual shows how to put the frame together again after boht sections are complete. Step 32 show that in the online manual + that i should use a stepplate part 238 (forgot the name) to hide and possibly support the frameparts I have that part but its only half the size + the exhaust pipes are way different in each manual. So i wonder what happend? If my kit is a earlier version and the online manual is a later one where they corrected alot of things. I use both anyways so i can crosscheck to see what manual makes more sense sofar its about 50/50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 (edited) The Revell T600 kits, the first with the old style Aerodyne Speeper issued 1990 kit# 7528 and the later Big Sleeper issued 1991 kit# 7531 is a combination of some new parts and parts from the older K100 kits first issued 1982 and that can be one reason to why it's kind of confusing. I have not studied the instructions in my T600 Big Sleeper kit that close yet so I don't know wich version of the istructions I have. Edited December 15, 2019 by Force Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PierreR89 Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 Have done some more on this truck. This truck is so bad fitting everywhere that it feels like they were in a hurry when they did it because Revell,s trucks are normally not this bad to build. I am actually happy that they stopped making it, hopefully it will stay gone to or rereleased after thay have done some work on the molds for it.. The only easy part was the rearend because that is the same as any of their Kenworth kits. The sleeper was a pain to put together as nothing fits on it.. Get the walls perfect and the roof dont fit, make so the roof fits and the walls are all over the place.. I just gave up on that in the end and decided to not care about any gaps between the parts. I have to do some modifying on it to make it fit with the cab and make some supports for it so the molded ones in the floor actually touches the frame.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 The rear end of the chassis on the Revell Germany T600 is the same as in their K100 kits, the Revell Germany W900 is from a different tool, it has a KW Air Glide 100 suspension as the K100 has but the W900 shares nothing with the K100's. It looks like you have some progress and it looks good...the yellow Cummins engine stands out a bit and should originally have been beige. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PierreR89 Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 I know that the eninge should be beige but i am tired of painting almost all truck engines in beige just because everyone have a Cummins in them. I wanted something different. Next might be black as some Cummins engines we use at work are black. But those are not Cummins ntd/ntc they are Cummins qsm engines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Building this kit can be challenging to say the least! What you've done so far looks very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbill Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Well, now I am sad. I built the AMT version of this kit and it was ‘an experience’ to put it kindly, I also bought one of these kits thinking it HAD to be better than the AMT offering, but it looks like it has its own issues as well . having said all that, you look like you’re winning the battle, it’s looking quite good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince66 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Git-er-Done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete68 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Very nice progress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills72sj Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 1/7/2020 at 1:17 PM, PierreR89 said: I know that the eninge should be beige but i am tired of painting almost all truck engines in beige just because everyone have a Cummins in them. I wanted something different. Next might be black as some Cummins engines we use at work are black. But those are not Cummins ntd/ntc they are Cummins qsm engines. Try this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 1/7/2020 at 10:17 PM, PierreR89 said: I know that the eninge should be beige but i am tired of painting almost all truck engines in beige just because everyone have a Cummins in them. I wanted something different. Next might be black as some Cummins engines we use at work are black. But those are not Cummins ntd/ntc they are Cummins qsm engines. Most of the Cummins N14 I have seen are also black, some with red valve covers. As far as I know there is no Cummins with NTD designation, I think AMT had it wrong when they did the White Western Star, it should be NTC 350 not NTD 350. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilrathy10 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 You are looking good, My Man.... Always wanted to see one of these things in a thread.... Can't wait to see more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PierreR89 Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 Done some more work on this and honestly not even surprised that not even the decals fit good. Have to do some trimming on them when they have dried. Passengerside looks really bad. The gap between the hood and cab is as good as it gets. Also i think the horns looks way to big for it but the other for a K100 that also are in it looks to small It might look better when the rest of the chromeparts is on it and the sleeper with its decals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince66 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Looks good but man that kit looks like it has many pitfalls to watch out for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PierreR89 Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 Finally did the last things on this and surprisingly the decals on the sleeper were no problems at all. Will soon be in the under glass section. Only real problem was one i created my self when i dropped one of the lenses for the headlights and did not find it again. Also being used to normal truckkits with maybee 5-6 left over parts this had a "little" higher partscount. There are 7 sprues left and the chromesprues do still have almost all of the parts left on them + a complete set of glass for the Kenworth aerodyne cabover. Here are the leftover parts: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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