Old Albion Posted November 27, 2011 Posted November 27, 2011 (edited) I started this build in January this year at the same time as my Transtar 4300 and was intended to be completed at the same time. However things did not go according to plan and I put away in the box until this week when I decided to get it back out again and finish it. As you can see from the photo's much progress has been done. I'm now working on the diesel tanks, rear suspension and axles. Hopefully this will be complete by Christmas 2011. Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki http://public.fotki....alaskan-hauler/ Thanks for looking. Dave Edited November 27, 2011 by Old Albion
Turbo590 Posted November 27, 2011 Posted November 27, 2011 Dave, Its good to see you building again...from what I see, I like it very much Looking to see more progress.... Kurt
The Modeling Hermit Posted November 28, 2011 Posted November 28, 2011 It's looking good. Are you going to use the regular fuel tanks, or put one up behind the sleeper unit?
freightshaker Posted November 28, 2011 Posted November 28, 2011 thats gonna be a mean lookin k-whopper. looks goo so far!
Tony Bryan Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 Now I look forward to seeing this come together, should be a beauty
mackinac359 Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 Are you going with the Hill & Hill livery? Nice work. Tim
Kostas Parchas Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 (edited) You have done great job so far with the hood and also woth the frame!!! This is a very interesting build, thank you for sharing this with us. When I reallised its going to be glider I first disapointed but then I though that this is going to make unique for sure. Keep it coming. Kostas. Edited November 30, 2011 by Kostas Parchas
Old Albion Posted November 30, 2011 Author Posted November 30, 2011 Thanks for all the comments. Appologies for not replying sooner, I have been having difficulties in signing in to the forum (I must have been doing something wrong). Hopefully thats sorted now. I have enjoyed working on this truck. The KW is a great subject and I really like this particular KW model. The kit is by no means an easy build even straight out of the box, but what a marvellous subject. The long hood seems to enhance the overall appearance and certainly gives me more space for the big Cummins KTA 600 engine. This will be a complete truck on the road not a glider. I am working on the rear suspension at present, but have not decided whether to have a working suspension or not. As for paint scheme this will be a Hill and Hill vehicle (We need Jerry to make some better quality details for Hill and Hill). It will be weathered but not sure as to how much yet. As for fuel tanks I will be using the standard kit tanks. Many Thanks for looking and all the kind words. Dave
Jim B Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 Jerry's way ahead of you! http://modeltruckin.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_143&products_id=514
Old Albion Posted December 2, 2011 Author Posted December 2, 2011 Jim, Many Thanks for letting me know that Jerry already has the decals available. They are on order. Dave
Old Albion Posted December 11, 2011 Author Posted December 11, 2011 A little update. The KW is almost finished and ready for paint. I'm just finishing off some of the pipe work for the exhaust and air intakes. Hopefully I can start painting this week. Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki http://public.fotki.com/oldalbion/kenworth-alaskan-hauler/ Thanks for looking. Dave
BigBad Posted December 11, 2011 Posted December 11, 2011 First, Dave, this is lookin' great! Attention to details, always! You also reminded me of something, I always wondered why there were 2 hoses coming out of the air filter housing of some truck. In one of the comments under one of your pictures, you say it's a cold weather breather. So my guess is that the one coming in at the top has heated air from the engine to heat up the outside air coming into the filter?, Where would that hose connect inside the engine compartment? Last summer, I saw an old Kenworth that had this configuration and the hood was open, but this hose was only leading into the engine compartment but didn't conect to anything in there. Is that the way it's picking up the heat?
mackinac359 Posted December 11, 2011 Posted December 11, 2011 I like the air cleaner pipe routing. What did you make the cap out of ? Tim
Truck parts Posted December 11, 2011 Posted December 11, 2011 Dave, What frame did you use? Great looking truck
Old Albion Posted December 11, 2011 Author Posted December 11, 2011 Chuckyr, This is one of the photo's I have been using for reference. Note the breather and the exhaust. Also the bottom tie rod on the right hand mirror, cranked to miss the top of the breather cap. This truck has no sun visor fitted and can only assume thats to stop a build up of snow and ice between the windscreen and visor. Dave
Old Albion Posted December 11, 2011 Author Posted December 11, 2011 First, Dave, this is lookin' great! Attention to details, always! You also reminded me of something, I always wondered why there were 2 hoses coming out of the air filter housing of some truck. In one of the comments under one of your pictures, you say it's a cold weather breather. So my guess is that the one coming in at the top has heated air from the engine to heat up the outside air coming into the filter?, Where would that hose connect inside the engine compartment? Last summer, I saw an old Kenworth that had this configuration and the hood was open, but this hose was only leading into the engine compartment but didn't conect to anything in there. Is that the way it's picking up the heat? Rob, I wondered about this myself. But came to the same conclusion as you, that the snorkel picks up warmed air from the engine. Dave
Old Albion Posted December 11, 2011 Author Posted December 11, 2011 I like the air cleaner pipe routing. What did you make the cap out of ? Tim Tim, I have various lengths of plastic round rod. I have a length which was the right diameter for the cap. All I did was to file and sand the radius on the end to the desired profile. Once this was done the cap was cut off to the correct length. A small piece of rod was glued to the side for the snorkel elbow Hope this hlps. Dave
Old Albion Posted December 11, 2011 Author Posted December 11, 2011 Dave, What frame did you use? Great looking truck Gordon, The frame is the one from Howard at Kit Form Services. http://www.kitformservices.com/tq.html Check item TQ88 Dave
chuckyr Posted December 12, 2011 Posted December 12, 2011 Chuckyr, This is one of the photo's I have been using for reference. Note the breather and the exhaust. Also the bottom tie rod on the right hand mirror, cranked to miss the top of the breather cap. This truck has no sun visor fitted and can only assume thats to stop a build up of snow and ice between the windscreen and visor. Dave The lack of visor is, I assume for the lack of full sunlight in the Alaskan winter!
Tony Bryan Posted December 12, 2011 Posted December 12, 2011 Nice work Dave, are you going to be weathering this up at all?
Truck parts Posted December 13, 2011 Posted December 13, 2011 Dave, Thank you for the information on the frame.
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