Jim B

Are you going to model it with the gear up or down?

Interesting idea. What are you going to do about the propellers? Have you thought of these: http://www.propblur.com/

Very well done.

Fantastic looking W900 you've got there. Very well done.

I like your choice. Good luck with that evil red plastic!

Looking forward to your progress on the old Mack.

Nice looking Old-school West Coast Truck. I like it. I'm not totally sure, but maybe Kenworth used the 500 series for gasoline powered trucks & the 800 series for diesel power trucks. Sounds reasonable, but it's just speculation. I've noticed that they used 500 & 800- series for both the Bullnose COE & the conventional. It doesn't look like they changed the designations until they made the 900-Series conventional in the 1956 & the K100 Series COE in 1963. The W900-Series (for Wide Hood) debuted in 1962. The flat-faced COEs were called the 500-Series as well prior the the K100 introduction.

Looking nice. Are you planning on thinning the resin hood a bit?

Essentially this is the US Kenworth W900 kit with some Australian looking stuff & a right hand dash thrown in the box. According to some modelers on an Australian forum, this is about as far from an Australian truck as you can get.

Nicely done. Great details.

Excellent job on the trailer & the weathering on the steel. It looks very realistic. I think I'm putting that flooring down in my kitchen.

Looks awesome, Charles!

Nice progress.

You mean these: http://public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thscale/model_magazine_articles/scale_auto_enthousiast/sae_2000-2004/sae_2001_01__januari/ http://public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thscale/model_magazine_articles/scale_auto_enthousiast/sae_2000-2004/sae_2001_02__februari/ http://public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thscale/model_magazine_articles/scale_auto_enthousiast/sae_2000-2004/sae_2001_03__march/ http://public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thscale/model_magazine_articles/scale_auto_enthousiast/sae_2000-2004/sae_2001_04__april/ http://public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thscale/model_magazine_articles/scale_auto_enthousiast/sae_2000-2004/sae_2001_06__june/ Good luck.

Should be a nice project. How are these Revell AG airliner kits? I've only built an ancient Airfix 1/144 Lockheed L1011.

Looks great! Spot on.

Looking nice, Dan. Is there really that much gap between the tire & the fender?

Coming along nicely.

Really nice looking interior.

Not all that fancy! That looks so realistic. What did you use for the seats?

Like Aaron, I mostly built aircraft or ships as a kid. I do remember requesting the AutoWorld catalog from an add i saw in Boy's Life back in 1984 (I was 15 or 16). In that catalog was an article on detailing the Movin' On Kenworth. Well, I purchased the AMT Movin' On Kenworth, Building Model Trucks by Phil Jensen, and Collecting & Building Model Trucks by Lou Kroack from AutoWorld. When the kit came, I promptly built it & brush painted the cab & hood black. I had never seen Movin' On but I had seen Smokey & the Bandit, so that's what i was going to build. Let's just say that my imagination didn't exactly measure up to my building skills (still hasn't actually). It was a disaster, but I loved it! Bought another AMT Kenworth W925 (Watkins if i remember correctly) & a AMT Kenworth K100 AeroDyne. I was hooked. The K100 came out much better.

Nice color combination.

Now that would be a good idea. I don't think they'll do it, but it's a good idea.

Fantastic looking engine!

Great looking Japanese Freightliner, Sean. Well done.