KJ790 Posted February 22, 2014 Author Posted February 22, 2014 (edited) A few more interior details today. I added floor mats, seatbelts to the seats, road atlas and magazine on the passenger seat, and a fast food cup in the cup holder. Edited February 22, 2014 by KJ790
flat-top Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 Good job, this project is coming along very nice.
Trailking120 Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 I really like that details I would love to know how you made the atlas and Overdrive magazine. The KW decal on the floor mats is a very nice touch KJ. I hope you can make our show in April.
KJ790 Posted February 23, 2014 Author Posted February 23, 2014 Good job, this project is coming along very nice. Thanks! I really like that details I would love to know how you made the atlas and Overdrive magazine. The KW decal on the floor mats is a very nice touch KJ. I hope you can make our show in April. For the atlas and the magazine, I took a screenshot of the covers off of the internet, then printed them out on waterslide decal paper. Then I just put them over .010" thick styrene sheet.
TRaymo Posted February 24, 2014 Posted February 24, 2014 Looks great. That's exactly how I did my dash. How did you know how much to scale the pics down for the atlas and stuff
KJ790 Posted February 25, 2014 Author Posted February 25, 2014 Looks great. That's exactly how I did my dash. How did you know how much to scale the pics down for the atlas and stuff Thanks! For the atlas and magazine I just measured some real ones I had laying around and divided that by 25. I used the rulers on the top and side of microsoft word to get them close when scaling them.
Tony-442 Posted February 25, 2014 Posted February 25, 2014 Looks Great! I miss my Kenworth, but I don't miss the road!!
KJ790 Posted February 25, 2014 Author Posted February 25, 2014 Scratch built a davco fuel filter last night. I would change it a little next time, but for a first attempt I'm happy with it.
Old Buckaroo Posted February 25, 2014 Posted February 25, 2014 Scratch built ? I would of sworn it was a high dollar resin. That filter looks good, real good. Made me smile thinking about the p/m techs that would come find me and ask what they were suppose to do with that one. Can ask what paint you used for your engine - perfect match. The decals just makes the icing for the cake.
KJ790 Posted February 25, 2014 Author Posted February 25, 2014 Scratch built ? I would of sworn it was a high dollar resin. That filter looks good, real good. Made me smile thinking about the p/m techs that would come find me and ask what they were suppose to do with that one. Can ask what paint you used for your engine - perfect match. The decals just makes the icing for the cake. Thanks! For the engine I had to go to the local Detroit Diesel dealer and pick up a can of series 60 blue. It cost an arm and a leg, but now I have plenty for future builds. I then used some watered down black to wash it in an attempt to weather it with old oil and road grime.
tbill Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 you're doing a fantastic job on this build, great looking work so far
ewaskew Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 This is looking better and better man. God Bless
KJ790 Posted February 28, 2014 Author Posted February 28, 2014 The minor details sure take a lot of time! I scratch built a bottle for the windshield washer fluid.
Trailking120 Posted February 28, 2014 Posted February 28, 2014 Dame you are getting all the details in there. Nice work
KJ790 Posted February 28, 2014 Author Posted February 28, 2014 Thanks Justin! I got the exhaust from the turbo to the muffler done. I used styrene tube heated and bent into shape. The "flex pipe" portion is wire coiled around the pipe and painted. For the band clamps I used strips of .010" styrene wraped around the pipe. I also scratch built a Bendix air dryer mounted on the frame.
truckabilly Posted February 28, 2014 Posted February 28, 2014 Hey man, I like your style. These are nice details that you´re adding. That fuel filter is something that I´d like to try myself some day. Cool build.
ewaskew Posted February 28, 2014 Posted February 28, 2014 Your right,the small details take time to scratch build. However they make a BIG difference in the end nice work man. God Bless
BigBad Posted March 1, 2014 Posted March 1, 2014 Very nice up to now! Nice details on the frame, cab is nicely done, it does look like a W900L. What did you use for the longer front wheel studs? Probably hex rod stock, but for the rounded ends? Anyway, it's looking really good! Especially knowing which kit you started from!
Trailking120 Posted March 2, 2014 Posted March 2, 2014 I hope this kW can make it to our show on 4/6 in Utica.
KJ790 Posted March 2, 2014 Author Posted March 2, 2014 Very nice up to now! Nice details on the frame, cab is nicely done, it does look like a W900L. What did you use for the longer front wheel studs? Probably hex rod stock, but for the rounded ends? Anyway, it's looking really good! Especially knowing which kit you started from! Yup, I just used .060" hex rod and sanded the end of each one to round it off. Pretty tedious, but it works out well. I hope this kW can make it to our show on 4/6 in Utica. I hope to make it Justin, and I hope that I have all of the little bits and pieces done by then.
KJ790 Posted March 4, 2014 Author Posted March 4, 2014 (edited) Small update: I have made marker lights and horns, as well as added the windows and air filters. I made a visor out of styrene and covered it in bare metal foil. Most of the other "chrome" pieces are stainless steel shim stock. I used window tint from the autoparts store to tint the windows on the sleeper. Edited March 4, 2014 by KJ790
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