Goodwrench3

I was at the ATHS show in Des Moines, IA in May and one thing that struck me was how many of the Kenworths there had the Peterbilt air ride suspension on them. I asked the guys there why this was the case, and they all replied with the same answer -- "the Kenworth 8-bag suspension was expensive and didn't ride nearly as nice as the Peterbilt air ride". Here's a picture of the rear suspension on the "Movin' On" KW:

Wow.. looks great !!! Now I'll have to get one of those Petes "on deck" !! My progress has been slowed by a business trip this week, but I'll be back at the bench on Saturday ! Thanks for the pics !!

I was wondering if anyone makes engine decals for filters, etc in 1/25 -- i'm looking for the "CAT" decals as shown in this picture. Thanks!

Thanks for this tip !

I picked one up yesterday at Hobby Lobby -- with the weekly 40% off coupon it was only $16. Can't beat that. I started on it last night -- nice kit. Very little flash, nice molding. Just some light sanding needed on the parts and I never opened the tube of Tamiya putty (which is a joy). Since this is a "just have fun build", I'm not going to worry about that stuff this time. And best of all -- I was having fun and forgot about work for a while :-) I'll spend this afternoon on it and post some progress pics over on the "on the workbench" page. Thanks olsbooks for the idea and prayers to your friends !!! I hope they are doing OK.

WOW... OK. that's it. I'm heading to Hobby Lobby tomorrow and pick one up and use it as "stress therapy" ! It'll be a "fun build" -- no hyper-anal-perfectionism.. just fun, stress relief. Thanks for the nudge to "just do it".

Those look pretty darn nice ! I'd be happy with those on my shelf ! I'm going through a pretty high stress time at my job. I might stop at Hobby Lobby and pick one up to build as a "fun quick build" just to ratchet down the stress level. Thanks for sharing.

YES SIR !! I'll post a beautiful 359 Classic here next !

And some more...

Some more beauties...

Great points. I've been "picking at" a Freightliner cabover build for the past year or so. I'm a slow builder, and always try to get everything "right" because I know I'm not in the same league as most that post their builds here. And when you take that kind of time to build a kit -- well, it's easy to loose interest in it and then it never gets finished. I think that's the attitude I need to get-- don't get all uptight about it and try to turn off the "perfectionist" side of the brain. Like the person you mentioned "doesn't care how they look and after he gets done building it he takes it to the next local swap meet and sells it... He just builds for the fun of building". What a great attitude and what a great way to have fun and burn off some of the stress of life. I've seen guys do a "weekend build". Whatever you can do in 2 days. I've always thought that sounded like fun and would prevent that "pefectionist" in me. Plus it would have the added benefit of finishing a build ! And it could be "just for the fun of it".

WOW... what a show!!! I'll post pics over the next couple days here -- I've got a ton.

Nice ! Reverse the color scheme and you'd have a Jamie Davis HR wrecker !

Man... I'd LOVE to build a "Jamie Davis" HR model. Somebody needs to do the decals for that !!! Adam's Kenworth T800 would be a smokin' nice wrecker to build too ! Wow ... super job on that project !

LOL.. I've still got 3 sealed ones in my stash.

Darn. Wish it was the Transtar II Eagle cabover.

Forget the decals, I just wish they would fix the big issues in the kit !

I just started watching this on NetFlix (after I watched all the "Movin' On" episodes on YouTube about 6 times each). I LOVE IT !!

The Des Moines show is gonna be really special. The "Movin 'On" Kenworth is going to be there and so will the "BJ and the Bear" Kenworth cabover. A "two-fer" !! By the way -- has anyone else noticed how the re-issued 359 "California Hauler" kits have pretty much disappeared ? My LHS didn't think they were discontinued, but boy you just don't see them anywhere right now. I got the last one at my LHS, and haven't seen them anywhere online lately (except ebay).

AMEN! The big ATHS show in Des Moines, IA is next month ! May 25 - 27. Can't wait !!!

Speak of the devil ! Look what showed up in my mail today :-)

Unfortunately the Freightliner COE kits are a b%^&$ to build and take a lot of re-engineering to get them to go together right. I wish they'd fix that stuff instead of "perfuming the pig" by putting the same stuff in new wraps.

So does this AMT Peterbilt kit have a stretched frame ? Thanks

Wow - I love those tires. So much nicer looking than the vinyl "bricks" in the kit ! Are those the "drive tire 2" tires from Double Take ?

OK -- I was wondering if it was a particular configuration of the 359 that the California drivers wanted.