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Hey Y'all, I recently picked up an old AMT Kit of this Kenworth and would like to know which shades of green are called for. The decals are kind of faded & brittle so am considering airbrushing the markings.

I'm new to building truck kits. (well, been 25 yrs since I built one) I build US Navy aircraft which is my main poison.

What AM parts,etc are available for this kit?

TIA

Eddie

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For the Movin' On KW, your best bet is to start here http://timstrucks.web.aplus.net/movinon.htm Lost of good pics 7 infor on these pages.

As for AM parts, well compared to armor & aircraft, there isn't as much; but there is stuff out there. Just depends on what you want. You can look here http://www.danmodeltruckworld.com/shop/ and here http://www.brlmodeltruckshop.com/ to start. And http://www.aitruckmodels.com/ this is always a good one, too. You can get accurate decals at http://www.jbot.ca/cars/trucks/movinon.shtml

The Movin' On KW was a 1973-74 W900 with a Cummins NTC350 & a torsion bar suspension. Brad Lawson from B.R.L. Model Truck Shop has the torsion bar suspension, but it isn't listed on his site.

Here's a data sheet for the Movin' On KW: http://timstrucks.web.aplus.net/images/ima...ycolorchart.jpg

Be sure to thank Tim Ahlborn for the Sonny KW site!

Edited by Jim B
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Eddie

Welcome back to trucks !

If you can find the right matching paint

sonnycolorchart.jpg

White, Lime and Ivy Bronze

http://timstrucks.web.aplus.net/movinon.htm

Tim

Thanks Tim for the welcome. Funny thing, I did the Movin' On KW back in 1976 as that was my favrite program (that & Black Sheep Squadron) It is why I became a truck driver. currently driving a 2000 Pete 379 pullin' 53' reefers.

I appreciate the links & even your site. Nicely done!! Both you & Jim B

Thanks,

Eddie

Posted

No problem. Glad to help.

You liked Black Sheep Squradon? I thought I was like the only person on the planet that like that show. Love the Corsair!

Posted
Hey Y'all, I recently picked up an old AMT Kit of this Kenworth and would like to know which shades of green are called for. The decals are kind of faded & brittle so am considering airbrushing the markings.

I'm new to building truck kits. (well, been 25 yrs since I built one) I build US Navy aircraft which is my main poison.

What AM parts,etc are available for this kit?

TIA

Eddie

You can get new decals for the movin on KW at modelexpess.com. jim

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http://www.jbot.ca/cars/trucks/movinon.shtml

This link will take you a very accurate set of decals for the truck.

....and this link will take you to AITM. The 60" sleeper closely matches, in fact I think it is, a KW sleeper.

http://www.aitruckmodels.com/pages/sb3_res...leepbox%20.html

If you have a Revell of Germany W900, you would actually have a closer match to the real thing than with the AMT kit. All you would need with this kit would be a Cummins engine, the torsion bar suspension, and the decals. The sleeper, door handles, grille logo, interior, and other items are more accurate. The AMT kit is more accurate to represent the truck from the movie "In Tandem", which was the pilot for "Movin' On".

This link below is a basic run down by Tim on how to accurately build a model of the truck, using the AMT and Revell kits. Midway down the page.

http://www.angelfire.com/mi/TimsManufactur...e/movinon3.html

If not, a new sleeper and a second KW battery box on the AMT kit will bring you closer. I hope I helped somewhat. :rolleyes:

Edited by FlatbedKW
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No problem. Glad to help.

You liked Black Sheep Squradon? I thought I was like the only person on the planet that like that show. Love the Corsair!

Yep, One of my favorite shows. Found out my grnamother had dated the real Pappy boyington before & after the war.

You can get new decals for the movin on KW at modelexpess.com. jim

Thanks Jim. I'll check them out

Posted
http://www.jbot.ca/cars/trucks/movinon.shtml

This link will take you a very accurate set of decals for the truck.

....and this link will take you to AITM. The 60" sleeper closely matches, in fact I think it is, a KW sleeper.

http://www.aitruckmodels.com/pages/sb3_res...leepbox%20.html

If you have a Revell of Germany W900, you would actually have a closer match to the real thing than with the AMT kit. All you would need with this kit would be a Cummins engine, the torsion bar suspension, and the decals. The sleeper, door handles, grille logo, interior, and other items are more accurate. The AMT kit is more accurate to represent the truck from the movie "In Tandem", which was the pilot for "Movin' On".

This link below is a basic run down by Tim on how to accurately build a model of the truck, using the AMT and Revell kits. Midway down the page.

http://www.angelfire.com/mi/TimsManufactur...e/movinon3.html

If not, a new sleeper and a second KW battery box on the AMT kit will bring you closer. I hope I helped somewhat. :rolleyes:

Thanks Flatbed, I'll give this some thought as to which truck I'll do up. Seen the Movie & the tv series. Both are what got me interested in drivin' for a livin'

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Thanks Flatbed, I'll give this some thought as to which truck I'll do up. Seen the Movie & the tv series. Both are what got me interested in drivin' for a livin'

Anytime. Happy to help.

Posted

Hey Guys,

I remember watching that TV show when I was a young pup. It was a must see show when my Dad was home off the road. The only problem I see in the brochure is the engine type. The paper states it to be a NTC 350 when in fact it was a 903 V8. I remember watching an episode and seeing a big V8 under the hood and my Dad told me what it was. I don't mean to be a wiseguy but if you are going to build Sonny's truck I think it should be done right. Thanks for letting me rant. Talk at ya later, Rod.

Posted

To muddy up the engine waters more.. each of the trucks used for filming had different engines.

To make it worse, the engine sound heard on the show was that of the Marmon COE that was pulling the truck for in-cab shots.

Tim

Posted

Ok, so one truck had the VT903 & the other one had the NTC350. Is that correct? What about the "In Tandem" truck?

Posted
To muddy up the engine waters more.. each of the trucks used for filming had different engines.

To make it worse, the engine sound heard on the show was that of the Marmon COE that was pulling the truck for in-cab shots.

Tim

You go right ahead & muddy da waters Tim :lol: Seems I stirred up a hornet's nest :lol:

Ok, so one truck had the VT903 & the other one had the NTC350. Is that correct? What about the "In Tandem" truck?

Good point, This oughtta be good!! I hadn't thot about the differnt engines until it was brought up ;)

Posted

I have an old overdrive magizine with a article about filming moving on.It has pics of the marmon and the k.w. with all the equipment hanging off it.Give me a couple days and I,ll scan and post.

Posted
I have an old overdrive magizine with a article about filming moving on.It has pics of the marmon and the k.w. with all the equipment hanging off it.Give me a couple days and I,ll scan and post.

:angry: I searched and searched and can't find it,I even remember the "boss truck of america" on the cover.I nticed Tim has most of them posted in his movin on site,anyway.If I find it and there is any more to add will do so.

Posted

To get a VT-903 Cummins engine, you need an Ertl International Transtar 4270 kit. If not, Model Truck and Fire Apparatus co, which is now AITM(American Industrial Truck Models) had a resin Cummins V903. AITM is supposedly going to make the old Model Truck and Fire Apparatus co product line available in full eventually, so check with him and see if that engine will be released sooner or later. If I remember right, as I still have an old catalog hiding somewhere, it came as a naturally aspirated engine, and you had to add a turbo. A partsbox turbo should do here.

Posted
No problem. Glad to help.

You liked Black Sheep Squradon? I thought I was like the only person on the planet that like that show. Love the Corsair!

Black Sheep Squradon was at the top of my list to , I never missed it.

Posted
No problem. Glad to help.

You liked Black Sheep Squradon? I thought I was like the only person on the planet that like that show. Love the Corsair!

Black Sheep Squradon was at the top of my list to , I never missed it.

Posted
Black Sheep Squradon was at the top of my list to , I never missed it.

I can maybe guess by the name, but I never heard of this show. What was it about? I was born in 1978, was it on b4 my time?

Posted
I can maybe guess by the name, but I never heard of this show. What was it about? I was born in 1978, was it on b4 my time?

Here's a towel... yer wet behind dem ears!! :lol:

Seriously, Black Sheep Squadron was a WWII Marine Corp Fighter Squadron VMF-214 run by an unruly guy named Gregory "Pappy" Boyington they flew the F4U-1 Corsairs. One of the fiercest fighter squadrons in the So. Pacific. He was shot down in Jan 1943? and was a POW for the rest of the war. The squadron is still around today

Posted
Here's a towel... yer wet behind dem ears!! :lol:

Seriously, Black Sheep Squadron was a WWII Marine Corp Fighter Squadron VMF-214 run by an unruly guy named Gregory "Pappy" Boyington they flew the F4U-1 Corsairs. One of the fiercest fighter squadrons in the So. Pacific. He was shot down in Jan 1943? and was a POW for the rest of the war. The squadron is still around today

Now that's my kind of show!!!

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