Kenworth W925

[Rockford]

Paint stripes or decals? That does look a top grade finish there mate. 

Edited July 17, 2023 by Rockford

[Bronzekeg]

9 hours ago, Rockford said:

Paint stripes or decals? That does look a top grade finish there mate. 

thanks Steve! decal stripes that just came in the mail.

[Bronzekeg]

worked on the dashboard, and it turned out okay.

[Rockford]

That's a good decal sheet, I wish stuff wasn't so costly to get over here. 

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21 hours ago, Rockford said:

That's a good decal sheet, I wish stuff wasn't so costly to get over here. 

kinda costly here also.

[Bronzekeg]

got the interior about wrapped up. it turned out decent. decal stripes were also put on today. truck is starting to look period correct. going to use testors clear over the decals to seal them.

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side windows have been tinted and installed. upper interior of the cab has been painted as well as the under side of the hood. grill and pivots painted and fastened to the hood. cab and hood were mocked up at least 20 times and everything seemed to line up. I can't cheat the cab so I need to pry the hood pivots apart and slot the holes in the chassis. seems like it's always something.

[Bronzekeg]

the hood is both out of square and not level side to side. there are 7 locating points for the cab and sleeper so it will be easier fixing the hood contrary to what the instructions say.

[Rockford]

Looks great in the photos but usual AMT woes! 

[Bronzekeg]

if you look at the hood pivot holes in this photo there is an eigth inch difference in height plus they throw the hood out of square with the cab. if you follow the note in the instructions you'll wind up with a crooked hood cab and sleeper.

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got the glass put in the cab and the interior installed and went ahead and mounted the cab to the chassis last night so it could dry over night. I also took the hood back off with some careful prying.

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spent today working on the intake piping and air filters. and that's when I wasn't filing my guts out on the hood and pivots. it wound up a lot closer than it was.

[milo1303s]

Looks great !!! Can I ask how you did your tint on the glass ?

[DRIPTROIT 71]

That looks awesome Ken! I rarely use the AMT hood or cab hinges. For one thing they are backwards and usually require the bumper to be too low in order to clear. They also never line up correctly. I usually fabricate some or use dollhouse hinges. 

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11 hours ago, milo1303s said:

Looks great !!! Can I ask how you did your tint on the glass ?

thanks Bob. I used testors custom transparent green paint by using one quick coat.

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9 hours ago, DRIPTROIT 71 said:

That looks awesome Ken! I rarely use the AMT hood or cab hinges. For one thing they are backwards and usually require the bumper to be too low in order to clear. They also never line up correctly. I usually fabricate some or use dollhouse hinges. 

thank you Brian and thanks for the info.

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I filed off the molded in wipers before paint and used a set from the spares box. also got the steering linkage hooked up.

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test fitting the sleeper and exhausts I found out the passenger side elbow was fine but the drivers side was out of rotation. my mistake, so I took a warm knife to the elbow and sliced it off and rotated it where it needed to be.

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while the hood was off I went ahead and put the headlights in and installed the front mudflaps. also got the bumper stripped and painted and put in place. It needed modified to make fit correctly.

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I started putting on the lights. turn signals are from the spares box. driving lights are way too big for the openings in the bumper.

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calling this build done. thanks all for the views and comments.