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Added the aluminum air cleaners under the cab. Made the brackets from some let over 90 degree elbows from a knight hauler or king hauler.

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Next I added the front bumper signal markers to Steves bumper.

Soon this chassis will be complete and ready for some paint and then I will tackle the dreaded body work! I will add electronics and LED's after the chassis is painted.

I chose to use the identical tamiya markers as the ones up on the cab. These are the lowest profile markers I found plus they already have amber bezels.

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Really starting to come together in the last few posts, I love the stance. What body work do you have planned, I recommend (as always) sliding the front axle forward and moving the wheel arches to match.

Can't wait to see her come together.

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After a wonderful holidays with family and friends, I finally found some time to myself to get back to work.

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Finished the LED side markers on the bumper. I drilled one side complete and then taped the inside of the bumper on the side I drilled. I cut the tape along the arch to use as template to drill the other side in the identical location. Came out great!

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Next I purchased this kenworth top cab from a company in Germany. A friend with a very impressive ( Very impressive! ) RC collection helped me get the item to Canada. I purchased two of these, I may decide to build a Kenworth with a nose and aerodyne sleeper one day. This truck will be my own Frankenstein Kenworth build.
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The quality of the part is very good. It comes primed and is very sturdy. Molded in fiberglass the fit to the top of the cab is fairly good.
First I had to eliminate the antenna mounting hole on the roof.

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Then I used a pencil to outline where the front of the cab should line up. I then cut the roof so I can access the windows in the cab after painting. I left 3/16" around the opening to mount the cab.

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I then glued the cab to the roof. Once the glue has cured I will begin filling the gap around the cab.

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/d...ps63a6f0d9.jpg

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Looks awesome!!! What color are you going to paint it?

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The truck is looking great, any way you can possibly turn us on to a link or a website to get that aerodyne top ourselves. I'm looking to do a replica of my last tractor I sold.

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That's a real nice truck you got there. I'.m trying one my self. where did you get those rear fenders? I would like to get a pair for my truck when I get that far on it. not there yet. just got my king hauler frame today.. so I have a long ways to go. but again you have real nice truck going there....gary

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globe top
http://www.bam-modellbau.de/zub8.html

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This will be painted in a traditional KW paint scheme in two different blue colors and a white base.

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Fenders were purchased off the bay. They look awesome but IMO I noticed one minor drawback. They come with bezels to mount 3 x 5mm LED's at the bottom of each fender but there is almost no room there to do the LED wiring. I will not be adding LED's to the bottom of these.

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Bigford posted the link in the thread.

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Front grill emblem completed. The emblem is from garden trucking. I removed the one rib of the grill to allow the emblem to sit flush on the top of the grill. I am happy with it.

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Been a while but some progress has been made.

The frame has been painted and servos installed
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Axles http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/d...pshb4kmwjp.jpgpainted

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Axles installed on the frame. Only the frame and axles are painted, all of the suspension parts are not painted. I chose this because the paint on the suspension parts often cracks and flakes.

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The rear fenders are installed.

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/d...pstadvg7yo.jpg

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The rear light bezels are painted and the rear light cluster is installed.

I need to clean up the rails around the edges on this light cluster but I am not sure what I am going to do yet.

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Transmission and drive line are installed.

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Fuel tanks and tool box are added.

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Lastly a quick mock-up of what is done so far.

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that is gonna look awesome, is the rear fenders aluminium??

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Have you figured out what your going to do with the oval shaped lights in your bumper?

This is an awesome cabover and Ill be staying tuned.

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I am probably going to buy red transparent decal film and cover them to look like lights, I am not sure what else I can do lol. I wish plastic clear lenses were included but they are not.

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Yes the rear fenders are aluminum. Purchased on the Bay for around $180.00

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Alloy wheels added front and rear;

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looking good!! sucks about the oval lights not coming with glass.

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Added the fifth wheel. This unit is really impressive, a lot more scale and detailed than I expected. Worth the $100.00 in my opinion.

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Nice clean looking custom truck!! Very well done! :)

I love the custom air cleaners behind the steers, gives it the authentic K100 feel! And those rear fenders are awesome!:D Had seen them on e-bay a while back, but never saw them mounted on anything! Do believe I'm gonna have to look into a set of those! Do they bolt right up to existing holes in the frame rails, or is some extra drilling required?

-Alex

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These bolt right up to existing holes. They are very nice and include lenses for the tail lights. I recommend them.

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sharp looking truck, i like the frame paint color

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Hi, I have wanted to see the end result, a greeting and encouragement

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wow great job on the globeliner:D:D

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So I think I missed a few steps...lol..anyway the truck has now been primed, the inside of the cab has been painted a light sand color as has the interior parts and the outside has the base coat of white applied at this stage. Sorry for not having taken more pictures.

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The body work is far from spectacular but for my first time I have decided it is acceptable. I have begun taping off the paint scheme for the second color. The white paint may look dull but that's because I have been sanding in between costs. Once the paint and decals have been applied, I will cover the truck in 2K clear which hopefully will give the truck a nice look.

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