falcongeorge

I made some of the Cummins decals myself, on my Alps.

This kind of stuff is not my regular cup of tea(I'm more into more vintage) but this is some VERY impressive scratchbuilding any way you slice it. VERY nice.

I have two unbuilt KWs (Yes, one is a Transit mixer, Yes I am a happy camper, and no, it is not for sale<g>)with the torsion bar suspension. what sort of applications was this setup mostly used for, and what time span? Anyone have any good info?

This is the newer style cab that came out in '63. Its taller & wider than the earlier cab. Still has the narrow grill shell & a butterfly hood.

To be clear, that doesnt necessarily mean its correct, there are TONS of mistakes in books. Just saying where I sourced the info.

According to "Kenworth, the first 75 years" the tilt hood wasnt available till '59.

DOH! How could I not think of this sooner! Linbergh Dodge with a trailerload of Revell '67 GTXs or Coronet R/Ts! You could even convert a couple to Sattelites or Coronets for a little variety, or add an AMT Barracuda or Revell Dart converted to a '67.

By the way, do you have a mold for the predecessor to this truck, with the butterfly hood & more rounded fenders? I know Illini does, but for reasons I am not going to go into here, I would prefer another source.

fiberglass tilt nose debuted in '59. Prior to that they had butterfly hoods.'63 the newer cab came out.

I agree, very nice, subtle.

A couple more comments I read in that book that are probably of interest on this thread. On pg 52, it states "Normally, when a carrier had a contract with one of the major automobile manufacturers, it used that manufacturers trucks in its fleet." In looking through the book, usually (not 100% all the time, but usually) when you find a photo of a truck-load of new Fords, the tractor will be a Ford. If its a trailer full of Cadillacs, the tractor will be a Chevy or GMC, Chryslers will be pulled by a Dodge. This means that in the fifties/sixties, it would be pretty unusual to see new cars being delivered by a Kenworth, Peterbilt or Mack, and the photos in the book bear this out. Of course, used vehicles, all bets are off. Another thing I found interesting, it says that in the fifties & sixties, WHEN the bigger diesel tractors and tandem axle trailers were used it was mostly out west, Colorado, Utah, California ect. and mostly by brokers, not the companies that were hauling new cars for the big three.

I have The book, American Car Haulers. For what its worth, in the entire book, there are maybe 2-3 pictures of similar single axle car trailers being pulled by twin screw tractors, maybe another 2-3 by single screw "big" tractors, a B series Mack with a sleeper, of all things, a funny little inter-city, set-back axle Diamond T COE & 1 Dodge CN 800, probably upwards of 30 pics of them being pulled by small, gas burner, single axle tractors. Several Ford C-series COE's, a BUNCH of Chevy & GMC 5 ton conventionals, Ford F600's & F800's, one of a mid-sixties, single axle F-950-D with an air pusher that uses a single 5 spoke front wheel like in the C-600 kit(that would be an interesting, but involved build), 2 single-axle 5000 series GMC's, even a couple 5 ton studebakers, several Dodge 5-tons. Virtually all of the tandem axle trucks pulling a single axle car trailer are a totally different set-up, 3-car truck mounted rack, with the trailer attached by a pintle hitch, nothing like the trailer in the AMT kit. Not looking for an argument with anyone, just saying what I found. I would post some pics from the book, but I think one of the rules on here is we are not supposed to post copyrighted material??

Heres what I have been working on for the last couple days. This is the engine for my CF International 4300. Most of the fuel system is plumbed, air compresser next, then I'll paint it, add the air lines, add the turbo and oil lines last.

Thanks Scott.

Can you show some pics of the drawbar? I have one of these in the works based on an International F2674, some photos would help me.

Or modify any mid-50s/mid sixties pick-up kit into a 5 ton, single screw gas tractor. Easier than removing the sleeper from the KW and back-dating it, and far more appropriate.

Nice work. I have a 4300 on the bench right now, although I am doing CF colors with an external frame flatdeck, inspired by a photo on Hanks.Plumbed the brakes last Monday, the engine on the 1st.

Very impressive work. Saw your Pierce Arrow in someones Fotki, also very impressive. I have been forwarding some of the pics to a buddy of mine who does some pretty wild scratchbuilt dragster stuff, he is blown away by this too.

Really like the decals on the filters. Did you do them yourself?

The engine detail and work on the rear hubs is first rate. Very nice.

The Autocar is looking good. First truck kit I ever built was the A64B, great kit, much more versatile than the pit-fendered issue. Can you post the finished pics a little larger? I'm old, even with my reading glasses, I cant make out much detail. GREAT looking build.

Anyone know of a source for 1/16 six-spoke wheels, and some more aggressive drive tires? I have a KW I would like to convert to a logger.

That makes sense. I had a ride in a B series mack that had them when I was about 8 years old, but that was a LOOONG time ago, and I dont remember the plumbing. Wish I had a camera in those days.

Searched "water-cooled brakes" on Hanks, found a little bit, but it referred to water-cooled brakes as being used prior to the advent of jake brakes. The trucks that were running down Silver Valley Rd. when I was a kid in the '60s had both. They were really something to see, loud as hell, steam and spray pouring off them. You could even tell when one had passed before you got there, as there would be twin trails of water on the road, where the steam had condensed. It was really something...

Can you post any links to photos of the water-cooled brakes? I grew up on on a steep road with logging at the top, all the trucks had water-cooled brakes. I have asked about how to plumb this on another model truck board that shall remain nameless, no-one had any idea what I was talking about. I REALLY want to install this system on on a LW920 Kenworth logger I have been planning for some time, not knowing how to plumb the water-cooled brakes has kept me from starting on this.