AMT Kenworth W925

[iamsuperdan]

Well, my first completed build of 2021. Wish I could say that I was happy with it, but right now I'm just happy that it's done. 

I started this one in 2017, with an idea. 

Went hunting for a kit, and found this one. It's an original issue of AMT's W925 kit. The box was a little worse for wear, but the kit appeared to be complete. I said appeared to be complete, because I soon found out it was not. But it did have some extra parts from a Pete kit. Had to scrounge and trade to find some detail parts. Never did find headlight lenses, so I left them.

Typical old school AMT kit. Instructions are incredibly vague and reference part numbers that don't appear anywhere on the trees. Not that it mattered, as most of the parts were no longer attached to the trees, so it was a guessing game most of the time. Especially for me, as I'm no truck expert.

 

Anyway, apparently the original issue kits are somewhat hard to find and somewhat desirable because of the torsion bar rear end that was changed for later reissues of the kit. I've also heard that the torsion bar set up is challenging. Well my meager skills managed just fine, as the kit sits level, everything lines up, and all wheels sit on the ground evenly. I finished the wheels before I learned about the window backer rod trick.

 

Nothing to really discuss regarding the engine. I didn't do any additional detailing on it, and there were a few pieces missing, so I pretty much just assembled it, sprayed it, and stuck it in place.

 

Strange issue with this kit though. The hood appears to be too short. I lined everything up, installed everything, and everything seems to fits, but the hood is a few millimeters short. I double checked where the engine mounts, the cab mounts, and the hood hinge pins attach, and it is indeed a little short. Luckily, painting it black hides it, as does adding the air cleaners. I've since touched up the wipers with a Molotow chrome pen.

 

Also added a trailer to this one.

 

Super easy to put together, again, just wanted to get it done so I didn't go too hard with detailing.

 

 

 

And here's the finished result.

 

 

Want to guess what my soundtrack was for a lot of this build?

 

At the end of the day, this was not a totally enjoyable build for me. The fit issues bug me, and the constant hunting for parts just sucked a lot of the fun out of it for me.

Still, even the poorest of kits are fun to put together, and I learned a few things for the next one. And it looks okay on the shelf. As long as it's at the bottom, in the shadows. lolz.

On to the next one... 

 

 

[Jim B]

Nice looking combination.   So, when are you going to build the guitar for the load? 

[gotnitro?]

Well done  even with all the challenges   ! 

Edited January 5, 2021 by gotnitro?

[iamsuperdan]

1 hour ago, Jim B said:

Nice looking combination.   So, when are you going to build the guitar for the load? 

It's there!

Although I thought about making a reasonable facsimile, an old toy ukulele did just fine. 

 

[Jim B]

Oh, duh!  I completely missed that.

[grodudulle77]

Nice look !! ??

[PappyD340]

Looks great to me!

[Force]

Nice.
I recently found an old original issue W925 with the torsion bars myself, it was opened and I have not gone throught it yet but I will for sure find out when the time comes to build it.

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Looks great.

It has been a while since I’ve built one of these but I believe that the hood problem with this is probably the same problem that I had recently with the 359 1100 cab. The AMT design mounts thee a cab a little too far back.
You did a great job on this one! It looks great! I  like the album cover re-creation.

[TECHMAN]

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Awesome job on the build!!!!  I too had some "issues" with the hood mounting on my last one.....  Seems as tho they could come a "little closer" than they did.... just my humble opinion...

DJ

[iamsuperdan]

13 hours ago, DRIPTROIT 71 said:

Looks great.

It has been a while since I’ve built one of these but I believe that the hood problem with this is probably the same problem that I had recently with the 359 1100 cab. The AMT design mounts thee a cab a little too far back.
You did a great job on this one! It looks great! I  like the album cover re-creation.

I actually moved the whole cab/sleeper assembly forward. The firewall is actually touching the engine, but there's still a gap.

Ahh well, it's not that noticeable as it sits. 

 

[Sam I Am]

Great album, and a great build!  Send me your address,  I am sure I have the headlight lenses. 

Oh, throw a tarp over over it, and send a pic to their website /Facebook/ Twitter,  just like you have it with the album cover. 

[slusher]

Great looking Kenworth Dan....

[Vince66]

Turned out very nicely like it 

[doorsovdoon]

Love it. It looks amazing! I like that you added the Guitar/ukulele on the trailer, haha. Very nice.

[kilrathy10]

That is too cool... Talk about bringing back some memories.... ?  I haven't seen that album cover in years... Wow!! 

Oh, yeah... And the model looks great, too... I love how you paid homage to the band.... I used to listen to them quite often, back in the day....

[Warren D]

Looks fine to me.  I built one with the torsion bar suspension 40 years ago, don't recall having much trouble.