leafsprings Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 (edited) This one was fun to do. It consisted of blending the Revell KW kit with the AMT KW kit to get a fairly accurate Movin' On (second season) build. Wheels are AMT WF 22" Alcoa's and engine is an AMT Cummins 855 cu. in turbo straight 6. Rear suspension is an aftermarket Awslowe resin Torsion Bar and paint is 1974 Ford Ivy Glo from Scalefinishes. Big thanks to Force for offering his reference photos and information to make Sonny's KW become reality. Edited September 22, 2023 by leafsprings 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 Great looking Kenworth! Very well done. Looks just like the show. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransAmMike Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 Great job on the KW, quality "big truck" builds are impressive👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockford Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 Looks brilliant mate. You can be duly proud of that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XYHARRY Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 Nice model of Sonny's KW, my favourite show as a kid. Great attention to detail Tommy. Well done. Cheers, David. 😎👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Chastain Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 Well done 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 (edited) You nailed it quite good Tommy, it's a build to be proud of. 👍 I'm glad I could be of assistance and help you with what I know, it's fun when the result ends up this good. One thing that I haven't noticed before...the stacks...you have angeled "baloney" cut pipes and the TV series trucks had straight cut pipes...me picky??? You think?? 😉😁 Edited September 18, 2023 by Force 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy grumpy Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 Great replica, The KW conventional is one of my favorite. Great job sir. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIPTROIT 71 Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Nice looking Movin On KW. I enjoyed watching this one come together! Excellent work! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leafsprings Posted September 19, 2023 Author Share Posted September 19, 2023 (edited) Thanks for all the positive comments. I'm pleased with the overall look, but could have done an even more accurate replica. I took a few liberties with the extra grab handles on stacks and sleeper (mainly because there were holes already for them) and left the convex mirror attached to main mirrors that shouldn't be there. Missed that exhaust stack angle detail completely, good eye Hakan. Maybe a more accurate season 1 KW or Moose and Benjy GMC with trailer may be in the future🙂 Anyone who tries to do a season 2 truck will quickly discover publicity photos of the season 2 truck are almost non existent. 98% of photos on the net seem to be of season 1 truck or the restored truck. Here are 2 of the season 2 KW's. Swapped out a closer looking Bingo plate. Edited September 24, 2023 by leafsprings 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelo7 Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 (edited) The best build I've seen on this truck. I did one of these but is not as nice as yours. This color is hard to match but you got it spot on. Nicely done! Edited September 20, 2023 by angelo7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 (edited) On 9/20/2023 at 12:25 AM, leafsprings said: Thanks for all the positive comments. I'm pleased with the overall look, but could have done an even more accurate replica. I took a few liberties with the extra grab handles on stacks and sleeper (mainly because there were holes already for them) and left the convex mirror attached to main mirrors that shouldn't be there. Missed that exhaust stack angle detail completely, good eye Hakan. Maybe a more accurate season 1 KW or Moose and Benjy GMC with trailer may be in the future🙂 Anyone who tries to do a season 2 truck will quickly discover publicity photos of the season 2 truck are almost non existent. 98% of photos on the net seem to be of season 1 truck or the restored truck. Here are 2 of the season 2 KW's. Yes, photos and information on the season 2 1975 trucks are very sparce, some still shots from the TV series itself and a very few other pictures are out there...believe me...I hunt down and save everything I can on all of the Movin' On trucks...and some others too for that matter. The season 1 1974 trucks is much easier as there are a lot more pictures and info on them. The picture from the Big Switch episode is of both the 1975 trucks used in the season 2 at the same time, they were ordered and built at the same time and are identical. Most people thinks that the trucks from both seasons are alike but here are some differences between the 1974 and 1975 trucks so if one are going to do an accurate replica of either one there is lots of things and small details to look for and get right. The thing I don't like is that in season 2 they dubbed on the 2 stroke diesel sound from Benji and Moose's GMC Crackerbox on almost all of the outside scenes of the "Sundance" Kenworth's...the trucks had Cummins NTC 4 stroke engines, not Detroit 2 stroke. Edited September 24, 2023 by Force 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseeJerry55 Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 Really a nice representation of a teen years favorite of mine. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leafsprings Posted September 22, 2023 Author Share Posted September 22, 2023 There were a few other notable trucks in the series that would be cool future builds in addition to Moose and Benji's GMC. Ones that come to mind are the long wheelbase silver and blue WF in "High Rollers", the green Reo Raider in "High Rollers", the dark blue Diamond Reo 931 in "Games", the red and white Kenworth logger in "Good for Laughs" and the long wheelbase blue Kenworth cabover in "Tattoos". Any takers?😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencer1984 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Excellent job on this! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Beautifully done! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewetwo Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 That's fantastic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leafsprings Posted October 22, 2023 Author Share Posted October 22, 2023 (edited) Back in the day, I thought the AMT kit was correct for both series. 🙃 Edited October 28, 2023 by leafsprings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grodudulle77 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 Nice build !! 👍😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockford Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 On 10/22/2023 at 1:57 AM, leafsprings said: Back in the day, I thought the AMT kit was correct for both series. 🙃 The AMT kit would actually be ok for the pilot but such a poor effort for the series. Your build captures it well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leafsprings Posted November 4, 2023 Author Share Posted November 4, 2023 28 minutes ago, Rockford said: Your build captures it well. Thankyou! Back in '77, I remember painting the AMT kit green, slapping some decals on it and it was done. That build, long gone. In a nutshell, the AMT kit should have had a larger front bumper, larger sleeper, longer wheelbase, larger tire and wheel size, different style battery boxes, different transmission, lower cab door handles and a torsion bar rear suspension( the original non Movin On KW kit did have a torsion bar rear suspension, but was changed out in later kits). IMO, AMT probably felt in would be too expensive to retool half the existing kit, it was much easier and more profitable to just add decals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills72sj Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 You did a great job! I think this kit was one of my very 1st semis I built as a teen in the 70's. (I was getting bored with the low parts count cars at the time.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutzie Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 Great looking rig! Color looks spot on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete68 Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Great looking Truck best I’ve seen yet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills72sj Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Well done! That really brings back memories of watching the show and building my own KW when I was a teenager. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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