Movin on KW

[Old Buckaroo]

Howdy

This truck is only in the planning stage right now - but I'm looking for help to find a part I need for the torsion bar suspension. Please see attached copy of instruction sheet, the piece I need is circled in red on one side and a red arrow on opposite. I don't care if its left or right as I I doubt the housing has the lug.  If you have the broken remnant of "Torsion Bar" suspension with that piece would be ideal - I'm against robbing a perfectly good setup.

The kit I will be using will be the AMT Alaskan Hauler as It still comes with the W925 hood. This will be my version of Sonny's truck I seen at a model show back in 1980 or so. 

Edited December 2, 2024 by Old Buckaroo
Getting old !

[Rockford]

Looking forward to seeing  this on the bench, can't have too many Movin' On replicas. 

[Force]

As I see it you need these parts for the torsion bar suspension and not the walking beam suspension because they are very different.
The torsion bar suspension was only in the earliest issues of the AMT Kenworth W925 and K123 kits and is a bit hard to come by nowadays, it was redone and replaced with the walking beam early in the run of the kits as the torsion bar suspension was a bit fiddly to put together and the walking beam suspension is still in the kits today.
Auslowe has a better torsion bar kit in resin wich is easier to put together than the original AMT version was and it's recommended, the Movin' On trucks had torsion bars so it's correct for them...but the AMT kit is not really that correct for a Movin' On truck from the TV series.
But it's your model and of course you do as you please with it.

Edited December 2, 2024 by Force

[Old Buckaroo]

Hakan you are correct, I goofed on the original post but corrected it - hey least I had the right diagram !

I prefer the AMT kits, I never cared for the Revell trucks as I don't like their frames. While they may be more realistic they seem pretty flimsy.

Edited December 2, 2024 by Old Buckaroo

[Force]

On 12/3/2024 at 12:02 AM, Old Buckaroo said:

Hakan you are correct, I goofed on the original post but corrected it - hey least I had the right diagram !

I prefer the AMT kits, I never cared for the Revell trucks as I don't like their frames. While they may be more realistic they seem pretty flimsy.

Yeah you did. 😊
To do a correct Movin' On truck from the TV series you have to do some kitbashing as no kit has all the parts needed to do it right.
The Revell Germany Kenworth W900 VIT is the best starting point to do the TV series trucks as you get the correct cab and interior and the correct 60 inch sleeper, the drivers side battery box and the passenger side tool box are not correct but close, the chassis is fairly right but has wrong suspension and it's not that easy to change as parts of the KW 8 bag AG 100 suspension is molded as part of the frame rails, and some use an AMT chassis slightly stretched to the correct 235 inch wheelbase with the Revell Germany cab, sleeper and the other parts needed.
The engine is a Caterpillar 3408 V8 in the Revell Germany kit and has to be changed to a Cummins VT903 V8 (season 1) or NTC350 I6 (season 2), the gear box can be used as it's an Eaton-Fuller and the season 1 trucks had a 13-speed and season 2 a 15-speed deep reduction, most of the brightwork is right except for the wheels wich should be split/lock ring 22 inch wheels for tube tires.
You need a short hood from the AMT kit or the Revell snap kit, or cut down the kit hood as it's an extended hood in the Revell Germany kit, the suspension should as I said be a torsion bar suspension for both seasons and if one can't find one from the original AMT issues of the W925 or K123 Auslowe has a good one.
One thing is that all the aftermarket and kit decals are not right for the season 2 trucks as the arrow on the sleeper has a different shape, it's symetrical in season 1 and asymetrical in season 2, it's the same paint scheme but Kenworth changed the sleeper arrows from 1974 to 1975.
But as I said, it's your model and you do as you please with it, I built the AMT Movin' On kit when I was a teenager in the late 70's and I enjoyed it as it was and it still sits on my shelf but I will build a more correct model of one of the trucks used in the TV series, after all my research on this subject I now know how to do it right.

[Old Buckaroo]

Thanks for all the tips, I actually printed out and saved most of that when you posted it over a decade ago for future reference. Ive got a notebook of nothing but model truck conversion, tips and other info.  You probably don't remember any of my old work as its been a coon age, but nothing was ever box stuff. The razor saw and parts box were my go to sources. Ive got all the pieces for the torsion bar except that on piece that took a different route when I moved. Worse case scenario I can scratch build one. I always appreciated your info as you have done the research so many of us can just build. 

 

Thanks for looking in and commenting.

 

I love those snap kits - the possibilities are endless with them here is a couple pics of one I sawed up😄 That paint scheme was actually from a truck featured in the show "Movin On."  The mudflaps were not...

 

 

[BK9300]

That's a beautiful truck there, Sean!  What did you use for your bug deflector?

[Old Buckaroo]

Brian Thank you

I cant take the credit for that bug deflector completely. There use to be a seller on ebay "Spaulding Trucking" or something similar.  He sold resin cabs and other parts. He had a mystery box of misc parts and what not and the first visor I ever seen was in that jackpot.  So the modeler I was fabricated up a bunch - the see through plastic was file folder tabs that were made for holding small paper labels. The frame was aluminum tape for furnace repair or patches. I used canopy glue to stick it on.

I ran across some the other day looking for parts, I was happy to see quite a bit of AITM resin parts, and stuff that KJ a fellow truck modeler had made.

[DRIPTROIT 71]

This one is going to be good!

[Force]

8 hours ago, Old Buckaroo said:

Thanks for all the tips, I actually printed out and saved most of that when you posted it over a decade ago for future reference. Ive got a notebook of nothing but model truck conversion, tips and other info.  You probably don't remember any of my old work as its been a coon age, but nothing was ever box stuff. The razor saw and parts box were my go to sources. Ive got all the pieces for the torsion bar except that on piece that took a different route when I moved. Worse case scenario I can scratch build one. I always appreciated your info as you have done the research so many of us can just build. 

 

Thanks for looking in and commenting.

 

I love those snap kits - the possibilities are endless with them here is a couple pics of one I sawed up😄 That paint scheme was actually from a truck featured in the show "Movin On."  The mudflaps were not...

 

 

Nice build there Sean, yes the snap kits are not that bad, the only thing I really don't like with them are the wheels but you can do decent builds with the kits.

For the Movin' On trucks, my research continues all the time and I still pick up things about them now and then, I even have found the build sheets for the season 1 trucks wich has consecutive VIN's, #143604 wich is still with us used to be owned by Paul Sagehorn and now owned by Mark Stracener, and #143605 wich is lost, the two season 2 trucks has also disappeared after the show.
So I adjust my statements on these trucks when I find new information.
And you are all welcome to ask if there is anything you want to know and I'll help if I can.