Jim B

Dave, I knew it was something like that!

Ed, That looks really nice. Nice details. What's "under the hood"? Is that the Ford gas engine?

No, the engines that comes in the AMT Peterbilt 359 is a NTC350. And I believe the one in the Revell of Germany 359 is a NTTA400 (or something like that).

Ok, so just he V800 should be blue, and the rest should be red (even the V903?). What "shade" of blue would be most correct? Is it a dark blue like Ford, or is that metalic blue on your 4300 pretty close?

Thanks for posting those pics. Glad you like the ALF.

Nice stripes!

Thanks. Glad you guys liked it.

For the Cummins in the Diamond-Reo I'd go beige. The kit is a 1970-71 C-11664DFL.

Aaron, I posted you question over on the Aussie truck board, and they said that the 3408 would eitherr be Caterpiller Yellow or white, depending on the year. Dave, Actually Rust-O-Lium (or one of their lines) offers New Caterpiller Yellow. And what actually is the difference between Old Caterpiller Yellow & New Caterpiller Yellow? When did they switch?

If it were me, I'd go New Cat Yellow, but that's me. I belong to an Board that is mostly Australians & New Zelanders, and I posted some questions about the Revell of Germany T900 kit; and the list on innacuarcies was huge. Here's what the Evan, owner of Melbourne Model Truck Accessories, had to say about it: "The Revell T-900 "Australia" truck sure is one inaccurate model overall! You're right in that it is an early to late 70's W-900 extended hood. Over here in Oz we only had a handfull of extended hoods and the bulk of those had V12 Detroits. The right hand dash is correct, and a welcome feature. The 60" flat roof sleeper of that era is one that we never really saw a lot of here, as back then we had much more stringent wheelbase regulations, which is how the Australian SAR came about. The engine range for the W-model from the 70's and 80's was the Cummins NTC and KT, Detroit 6V and 8V, and the Cat 3406 A and B. The Cat 3408 was introduced in the early 80's I think, and from memory was only available in the cabovers. The spider rims in the Revell kit are not the kind that Kenworth used either as most used the 6 spoke Malco hubs, and the closest spiders i've seen in a kit were in the ERTL Volvo N-10. The bullbar isn't exactly what we would use here either. Most aussie bullbars are a lot flatter in the front. Honestly, at the end of the day, if you really want to build a highly accurate Australian 80's W-model, I'd keep the chassis and cab and piff the rest! All the parts you'd need are available, and I personally do the Aussie length W-925 bonnet to suit this kit as well as the Detroits, the rest you can get through Auslowe I think."

What's the engine in the Australian Kenworth? Is it the Cat 3408?

Great job on the low-boy. It looks great. Will you be offering this on your site or through Sourkraut's?

That's awesome!

Should be interesting!

Kurt, That awesome! Will this be coming to Fulton? Can't wait to see it "in person".

Nic Pete, and those are some huge logs!

The K123 or K125 would be great to have back. Even if the W923/W925 will never come back, maybe they're reissue the T600. It's got to be good for something! What would be cool (but probably never happen) is if Round2 issued a Suspension Kit eith all of the different rear suspensions offered in the different kits (8-bag air ride, Hendrickson spring, KW torsion bar, etc.).

Thanks.

A.J., The paint is Dupli-Color Victory Red, and I had a hell of a time with it. The first two coats would go on pink, then the third coat would be red. If I missed a spot, and had to paint touch-up; the fourth coat would be pink! i must have about twelve coats of paint on the truck. It was tough to work with, but it is a nice shade of red. I think I'm done with red for a while. And, no, it's not metallic.

It's done!!! I actually had by doubts that this day would come. It just seemed that I was constantly finding more details to add. Guess I had to draw the line somewhere, and I'm happy with the results. Enjoy, I know I did. It was a fun, educational build. And for those of you going, this WILL be at Fulton.

As far as the Ford H-Series, the Cummins NHC-250 is probably too big. From the 1961 bruchure the Cummins engines that were offered in the Ford H-Series were NH-180, NH-195, NH-220, NHE-180, & NHE-195. You might be able to make one from a NHC-250. Ford Brochure

Very nice. I like all of your extra details, and the dual rear suspension looks good.

Nice, Ray. Looks good with the visor & the 8V92TA. I have "plans" to put one in one of these kist as well. Have you run into any major issues getting the engine to fit?

That's good information, Tim. I thought the Revell/Monogran Peterbitl 359 was an 1986.

It's been a while since I posted anything on this, so I figured I'd post a few pics so you guys didn't think I'd forgotten about it. The biggest change is the completion of the hoses in the hose bed. I think I must have used about $20 in super glue to get them all in there. I also scratch built a Morse Gate for one of the 2-1/2" lines, and put one of the smoothbore nozzles on the other 2-1/2" line. I'm contemplating putting a nozzle on the 1-1/2" line as well. Well see. On the front of the truck I added clearance lamps from the AMT Ford LN8000 kit (they were the closest I had), and KFS PE wind shield wipers. That's about it for now. Enjoy the photos.