BRBO Kenworth K100

[gotnitro?]

Great job on the corrections  ! That vent would've been tedious work to make from scratch lol

Like the bronze color choice 

[tbill]

Holy moly that looks good! 
congrats on having the first child, heck of a learning curve, but it’ll be fine,haha.

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Awesome!!

[KJ790]

Thanks guys! I spent the last few days painting the cab. Since it was 4 different colors and a lot of masking, it took quite a while. I finally unmasked it and am fairly happy with it. I have to do a little touch up and straighten a few lines up, but all in all it should be a good starting point.

 

 

I also made some fuel tanks out of PVC pipe. I find this easier than trying to get the seams out of kit tanks.

 

[gotnitro?]

Killer paint job !!!  Do you rattle can paint or airbrush?  

Definitely easier making smooth tanks w pvc , these r gonna look awesome 

[CRUSADER2]

Great paint job!!!

[landman]

1 minute ago, CRUSADER2 said:

Great paint job!!!

I agree totally.

 

[tbill]

Good gravy that’s a paint job! Looks great, lot of tedious masking went on there.

[72 Charger]

One of the best paint jobs I have seen in a long time . Well done . I just wish mine came out half as good as that

[Bills72sj]

I like your PVC tank idea. I can make them any length I want. Too bad it doesn't come in chrome.

[KJ790]

On 1/24/2020 at 4:17 PM, gotnitro? said:

Killer paint job !!!  Do you rattle can paint or airbrush?  

Definitely easier making smooth tanks w pvc , these r gonna look awesome 

Thanks Jeff! I use an airbrush for all of my painting.

 

The kit interior was Kenworth's diamond pleated "VIT" interior, but this was not available on the 86" flat top cab. So even though the interior is hard to see, I made a basic "splendor" interior to be more accurate to real life. I also made positive molds for the rear window and passenger side door peep window that were cut into the cab, then vacuum formed clear plastic over them to make the windows themselves. It took me 6 attempts, but I finally got something that would work for both windows.

 

The fuel tanks were finished off with flat aluminum Tamiya paint and some styrene strips for straps painted with Tamiya "rubber black" and then Molotow chrome. The quarter fenders were scratch built and then painted with Spaz Styx chrome.

 

[Pete68]

Looking very nice love those colors 

[KJ790]

I worked on getting the cab together this weekend. I am still working on the horns, but the rest of the cab is pretty much done. I used a 3D printed grille, cab fans, and step ladders. I scratch built the windshield wipers and used headlights from a Revell snap kit W900.

 

 

 

 

[delta99]

That looks amazing, I like the colors

[tbill]

That paint job is off the hook,  boy that looks good!

[KJ790]

I had a minor disaster last night. I was going to put the cab on the chassis and I dropped it to the floor. There are slight scuffs on the back edge of the cab, the passenger's seat was knocked loose, and a few lights flew off. I was able to do surgery through the passenger's side window and get the seat glued back to the floor, and everything is reattached to the outside of the cab.

 

 

 

 

 

[Force]

I think it looks good. ??

[72 Charger]

Oh my that is on beautiful KW. In the right setting I think it would be very hard to tell if it was real or not. Love the fans in  the cab are they the 3D printed ones ?

 

[Vettegasser]

Very convincing build 

[CRUSADER2]

That paint job is really something else, great work with all that masking, I never seem to be able to get a good clean finish, I always end up having problems with the rivets. The cab fans always look great and finish off the cab interior really well ( they are always out of stock when I look on the site) A great build!!!

[gatorincebu]

 

   Kurt,

          That rig is cool looking. Fantastic paint scheme and color combination !

 

  Be Well

   Gator