Doug 1061 Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Hello gang, here is my latest plastic victim. This is an original AMT T519 KW W925 I picked up at a swap meet at my local Hobbytown. I rooted thru the box and determined it was complete. Someone glued the engine block and transmission halves together and boxed it up and forgot about it. I found a receipt from Nov. 1977 in the box for $7.35 printed from an adding machine. I just had to get this kit to kinda make up for the one I built, err I mean butchered when I was 12 or so. It was the first truck model I tried building back then, I was in over my head to say the least. Anyway, built mostly box stock. Tires were toast so used the tires from a Moebius tire/wheel set. Cab and hood seemed to sit way high on the frame so lowered it a bit. Looks better like this I think. Cut a piece of aluminum tubing for exhaust stack and added convex mirrors and antennas. Colors are restoration shop Wimbeldon White and Testors light blue. Gonna be pulling an MPC end dump trailer for a load. Stretching two of them to make a 35 ft. tandem axle like is so common out here in the western US. Enough of my babbling, hope you like. Comments welcome, thanks for looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilrathy10 Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 (edited) That is a beautiful KW!! Looks awesome with those Moebius tires... I think the lowering the hood was a stroke of genius... Great job... Edited October 30, 2020 by kilrathy10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIPTROIT 71 Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 2 minutes ago, kilrathy10 said: That is a beautiful KW!! Looks awesome with those Moebius tires... What JT said!!! Wow!! That looks good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grodudulle77 Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Nice look !! ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Great looking KW & trailer. Should look really nice with the dump trailer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mopar - D Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Awesome KW build! Looking forward to seeing your dump trailer behind it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Looks really good! Really like the colour choices. I'm in the finishing stages of mine, had a really weird issue, that I'll show when I do my UG post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 (edited) It came out very nice. I have always thought there was something wrong with the the AMT W925 appearence when finished and now I know what it is, it looks much better with the lowered hood and cab. Do you have an idea on how much you lowered them Doug? Edited October 31, 2020 by Force Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landman Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 18 hours ago, kilrathy10 said: That is a beautiful KW!! Looks awesome with those Moebius tires... I think the lowering the hood was a stroke of genius... Great job... X2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1959scudetto Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 On 10/30/2020 at 7:24 PM, Force said: It came out very nice. I have always thought there was something wrong with the the AMT W925 appearence when finished and now I know what it is, it looks much better with the lowered hood and cab. Do you have an idea on how much you lowered them Doug? x 2 - very nice Kenny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincen47 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 (edited) That’s a classy looking rig, great color choices. Looks great with the flatbed, and I really like the black on that. Nice all around, great build. And like others have said, lowering it a little made a big difference. Edited November 3, 2020 by vincen47 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug 1061 Posted November 4, 2020 Author Share Posted November 4, 2020 On 10/30/2020 at 12:24 PM, Force said: It came out very nice. I have always thought there was something wrong with the the AMT W925 appearence when finished and now I know what it is, it looks much better with the lowered hood and cab. Do you have an idea on how much you lowered them Doug? Hey, this is the first I am seeing this. I lowered it about 1/8 inch. I cut through the rear cab mount with a razor saw so the bottom rear of the cab would sit right down on the frame rails. Of course I had to alter the front cab mounts and 4 or 5 other things to make it work. I feel like it was worth the effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Love it!! Great work!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockford Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 You must be so proud of that build. It's impeccable. Fantastic choice of colours and the KW paint scheme looks spot on. The AMT W925 is one of my all time favourite kits, it was my first proper truck kit and was quite exotic over in England in the 70s. You have to remember there was no internet then, so I didn't really know what it was, I just knew it was a beautiful truck. The daycab is a great choice too. I smiled when I opened this thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Looks great!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extmcdriver Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Outstanding work on the entire rig. Very impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TECHMAN Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 ??? Really jumps out there and catches your attention!!! Classy looking color combo. Great job on the build!!! DJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landman Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Well, you certainly redeemed yourself. It was my first truck build too, around 1970 or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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