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Posted

beside the rest this old one

lay here for a long time so now start slowl whit this one and look how its whit a tank

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dont know yet what color i make him

lookin also for good picture,s for shape and size,s for tank

jacobus

Posted (edited)

Interesting. I know P.I.E. & Matlack (and many other Western US carriers) used set-ups like this.

Edited by Jim B
Posted

mike i have a needle nose from eric [ p&p ] and spaulding

make chassis longer and make front and rear for tank , must now cut on size and sanding etc

chassis has his first spray

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and a picture for how its looks

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jacobus

Posted

that's going to be a nice build. a pull behind pup tank trailer would complete it. by the way, does anyone else look beyond the project into the background? because it looks like bull nose kw back there.

Posted

yes jjohn i wil make a pup behind him

and yes its a bullnose

sometimes i work on it between the others projects

kenworth is one of my favorits

jacobus

  • 3 weeks later...
Posted

gordon its a old bealltank

also whit the old kenworth a update , first yellow , makin the second one a little dark

also put sandboxes for the drive wheels

its fit in the time,s these trucks where used

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so til the next update

jacobus

  • 1 month later...
Posted

also this old girl is not forgotten

now filler on the tank and sanding and fil it again and sanding

making a ladder and makin mancovers for it

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if its going oke perhaps spray him this afternoon

jacobus

  • 5 weeks later...
Posted

found some time to work on this old girl

yellow with a little red

make manhole covers and the ladder is under construction

the front with the needlenose grill and bumper

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the rear side for the stairs

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so thats it for now

jacobus

  • 1 month later...
Posted

for my it was not good how he looks , so make some changes and now he coming a long how i want him

but stil a lot of work

make a new rear bumper whit a connection fot a pulltrailer [ lookin for a good picture ]

and new hose tubes and covers

must shortened the pipes of the sanders

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jacobus

  • 1 month later...
Posted

slowly workin on the old needlenose

changed some things on the tank

rear bumper etc

now must do the headlights en toplights , turnsignals , stairs , tubes for the hoses etc

without tank

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and offcourse with the bullnose

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jacobus

  • 2 weeks later...
Posted

thanks dennis

so have some time to work on the kenworth

put the tubes on and a stairs , now i dont know if i put a airco on ore leaf it

for that time period a airco was normal so ????

after this the tank get a finisd paint

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and tonight i hope the exthouse and headlights and a little more things to finish , also a decal on it

jacobus

Posted

some latest picture,s

the cab and hood are stil lose on the chassis so thats why he stand forward

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now find some decals and fix him on the chassis [ and the big k is from my callingname :KOOS ]

jacobus

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