SpreadAxle

You did a good job rescuing the frame.

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I had a lot of starts and stops, but I was able to get the hard part of detailing this engine done. The 6 fuel injector lines are made from K and S .025" music wire that I bent and shaped to the best of my ability using 2 pairs of needlenose pliers. This is the first time I've ever tried detailing the 3406. I still have to add the rest of the lines, which I hope to do tomorrow night. Here's a quick mock up in the frame

Other than the missile launcher I carried 2 weeks ago, nothing really stands out as weird. I've mostly just hauled regular, common items. I'll be thinking over this one for awhile. I have a little over 13 years to sift through and see what I come up with. lol.

Interesting. I haul a lot of stuff for Case/ih. Mostly combines and tractors. I've never seen this b4. Pretty cool.

Cool! Quick thinking on putting it away. You did a nice job.

My dream truck in my favorite color. It looks nice so far.

It's looking good from what I see so far.

That looks good. Nice work.

You'll still find shorter trailers like 40 footers being purchased for local use. Often by private carriers. That would be steel mills and distributors, or other building material suppliers that have their own trucks, at least for local delivery in larger cities.

You did a nice job on that.

Very nice. And I like that you're including reference pix, too.

Now that's how a black truck should look. Nice work.

I heard about this. Union Pacific I believe was one of the names mentioned that created headaches, although they are now part of Southern Pacific.

Cool!

I removed 2 scale feet from the frame last night and here is the result mocked up. The removed section was then trimmed, and used as braces on the inner surface of the rails. The cut was made between the sleeper mounts that are molded to the frame rail.

You're doing good so far.

This project is turning out great.

Good score!

The steering does look good, though. I will have to replace the steering axle on my Astro. I had a booboo when I modified it, and now it won't stay together. One of these days I'll install my replacement axle.

COOL! I didn't know the torsion bar was an option on those, but that's a build I look forward to.

Jim, the outside shots are so cool!! I love 'em. Nice work.

Thanks for the compliments by all. This orange plastic is a (insert naughty word or phrase here, lol) to cover, even with the DupliColor primer I'm using, although I've been going with light coats at first. Johnny, I'm glad my thread will help you. JimB, I hold you personally responsible for this update(in a good way. LOL). When you built your W900, it was suggested you hook it to your livestock trailer. You said you couldn't because of the fixed position of the 5th wheel. I remember this well, as I built this kit in 1991 when it was released, and then hooked it to an AMT Allied Van lines trailer. Needless to say, I could only position it straight ahead. So, with that memory sparked by your reminder, I went ahead and did this. My very first Revell AG kit was the Black Widow Pete. It was scrapped long ago, thanks to a fall. That's where the red 5th wheel slide plate came from. First, I removed the slider plate that Monogram molded into place on the KW frame. I then took my Dremel and a cutting wheel and shaved the teeth on the plate in 1/2 from the innermost edges. I then took this 5th wheel carrier from an AMT Pabst Blue Ribbon Freightliner that was an ebay glue and paint bomb, and shaved plastic away from the bottom, the part where the slider plate's teeth would go. The snap kit's 5th wheel fits right on top of the AMT 5th wheel carrier after the 2 tabs are removed from the bottom of the 5th wheel. Now we have a sliding 5th wheel. A livestock trailer is one idea I've had for this one, although I've had several ideas as well, so the trailer is still undecided at this point. So far, that's 2 inspirations for this build I've gotten from other builders. The other was regarding removing the kit's sleeper to make a daycab. Someone on another forum asked if it could be done, and I set out to see if I could.

Mine has always been the Kenworth W900 with the original style Aerodyne sleeper(with Cummins power). That being the one with sleeper roof just like Revell's snap KW kit. Others that hold a special place with me are the R Model Mack, Pete 359(I like the 1100 series "Big Window cab" better), the 379 Pete, Autocars, and I always loved the old Freightliner FLC conventionals.

I haven't touched this thing for awhile. I took an oppurtunity to primer the hood and add coats to the cab and sleeper on this project. Here's the first mock up of the body.