1959scudetto Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 This is the very first (1982) issue of the then new Revell kit: built in 1983 - the cab was brush-painted with cream/ivory from Humbrol, the black frame is still unpainted (the truckwas molded in a medium grey like the box art). Opening doors are a kit feature of this one. I don't remember any issues, that could be different today, as the model has been reissued several times and meanwhile the molds are almost 40 years old. Here is what the box looked like (Picture from the internet): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 That looks really nice. Very well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIPTROIT 71 Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 I never would have believed that this truck was painted with a brush if you hadn’t said so. This thing looks great! Excellent work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1959scudetto Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 11 hours ago, Jim B said: That looks really nice. Very well done. Thanks, Jim ! 3 hours ago, DRIPTROIT 71 said: I never would have believed that this truck was painted with a brush if you hadn’t said so. This thing looks great! Excellent work! Thanks, Brian - this was done before I switched over to spray-cans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 On 5/13/2021 at 10:26 PM, DRIPTROIT 71 said: I never would have believed that this truck was painted with a brush if you hadn’t said so. This thing looks great! Excellent work! I agree 100% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Areal good looking truck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doorsovdoon Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Stunning KW, very clean build. The decals really go nice with that colour, very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1959scudetto Posted May 16, 2021 Author Share Posted May 16, 2021 On 5/15/2021 at 1:11 PM, PappyD340 said: I agree 100% Thank you, Larry ! 22 hours ago, slusher said: Areal good looking truck! Thanks, Carl ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1959scudetto Posted May 16, 2021 Author Share Posted May 16, 2021 13 hours ago, doorsovdoon said: Stunning KW, very clean build. The decals really go nice with that colour, very nice. Thank you, Gareth - this kit was great to build back then (after a bunch of amt's) - the decals snug down very well without wrinkles (No setting solution here!), but they showed some yellowing directly out of the box - and the kit was brand new at the time (!) - you can see this between the seperate color stripes.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doorsovdoon Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 56 minutes ago, 1959scudetto said: Thank you, Gareth - this kit was great to build back then (after a bunch of amt's) - the decals snug down very well without wrinkles (No setting solution here!), but they showed some yellowing directly out of the box - and the kit was brand new at the time (!) - you can see this between the seperate color stripes.... ah, right. At least they went on nicely, that's good. I've built the AMT version of this and it was surprisingly easy, though it was from 1987 so the moulds were still relatively new I guess. Your decals sound as good as the ones on my 1987 Kenworth, they laid down like paint, and they were 34 year old decals! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuces ll Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 That turned out super nice!...🙂👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1959scudetto Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share Posted May 17, 2021 5 hours ago, Deuces ll said: That turned out super nice!...🙂👍 Thanks, Guido ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
signguy2108 Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Nice looking truck, the color combination goes good together, and again hard to tell it was brush painted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1959scudetto Posted May 19, 2021 Author Share Posted May 19, 2021 18 hours ago, signguy2108 said: Nice looking truck, the color combination goes good together, and again hard to tell it was brush painted. Thank you - on some parts of the cab (especially in the back) you can see - at least on the real model, maybe not in the pics - that I just brushed directly over the medium grey plastic without any primer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilrathy10 Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 I thing we all remember this model... I know I was about 16 years old when I first saw this one on the top shelf at Target...(believe it or not, they used to sell models) You've done an excellent job on this one... Very nice work, brush painting, and all... That must be some really good paint... It looks great.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1959scudetto Posted May 21, 2021 Author Share Posted May 21, 2021 44 minutes ago, kilrathy10 said: I thing we all remember this model... I know I was about 16 years old when I first saw this one on the top shelf at Target...(believe it or not, they used to sell models) You've done an excellent job on this one... Very nice work, brush painting, and all... That must be some really good paint... It looks great.... Thanks, JT - I used mainly Humbrol paints back then, but as they are hardly available here today, the majority of my paints are Revell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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