1950 Kenworth Needlenose

[glorydays24]

Originally Posted by Supermario

Hey Nathan. Have you thought about pico sized led. Don't hog out the original lights just drill a hole to fit the pico led. These things are smaller than nano but seem very bright.

Size specs on this page.


http://www.modeltrainsoftware.com/le...ined.html#pico

http://www.modeltrainsoftware.com/smd-chip-leds.html

Nathan, Mario is right. I used these on the skirts on my Scania, and they are bright.

Big John

[Espeefan]

Originally Posted by JAMMER

Nathan just grab your mill and mill the centers out and then put some plastic inserts in them and a light. Ed

Ed, yes, that's one of the options I am considering. Thanks.

Originally Posted by Supermario

Hey Nathan. Have you thought about pico sized led. Don't hog out the original lights just drill a hole to fit the pico led. These things are smaller than nano but seem very bright.

Size specs on this page.


http://www.modeltrainsoftware.com/le...ined.html#pico

http://www.modeltrainsoftware.com/smd-chip-leds.html

Mario, that's a cool site. I've seen some other places that have surface mounted LEDs in some pretty small sizes, but this one has all the colors. Thanks for sharing that link. I'll look into it!

Originally Posted by glorydays24

Nathan, Mario is right. I used these on the skirts on my Scania, and they are bright.

Big John

Thanks John! So this is where you got your LEDs? Ha ha. I was going to ask in your thread, but now I know.

[Grainfarmer]

That one looks fantastic! Very good job!

[Espeefan]

Originally Posted by Grainfarmer

That one looks fantastic! Very good job!

Thanks Frank! I appreciate you checking out my project.

[Espeefan]

Not much in the way of BIG updates right now, but I've gone back and made a few little changes, to jazz things up a bit. My original stack mounts looked kind of boring, and I felt like they needed a little something more to dress them up, so I clamped them back in the mill and made some detail/relief cuts.



In case you can't see the changes, here is one of the original stack mounts for comparison -



Just a little something to go a long way to improving the looks. At least I think so. And if you're here checking out my thread, I thought I would throw in a few extra photos. I hadn't seen the Kenworth back together with the new visor, air cleaners, and stacks, so I just couldn't help myself.







Enjoy!

[Claus]

Wow Nathan, long ways from the toy it was meant to be. Are your stacks and breathers the same diameter?

[Espeefan]

Thanks Craig. Yes, I think they are just about the same diameter. The stacks are 5/8" I.D. so the O.D. probably is 3/4", which is the same O.D. as my air cleaners. A little overkill........maybe.

[glorydays24]

WOW Nathan the stacks and visor look sic. I like the way you are combining old and new skool, look's AWSOME!!!

Big John

[wolfws6]

It looks amazing Nathan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, even the soldering on the stack joints are perfect!

[Espeefan]

Originally Posted by glorydays24

WOW Nathan the stacks and visor look sic. I like the way you are combining old and new skool, look's AWSOME!!!

Big John

Thanks Big John! Yes, I wanted a sort of old school, retro rod look, mixed in with some modern touches. Kind of like a pro-touring late 60's muscle car. Best of both worlds!

Originally Posted by wolfws6

It looks amazing Nathan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, even the soldering on the stack joints are perfect!

Thanks wolfws6! Those solder joints were a lesson in patience. Solder a layer to build some low spots up, sand, check for more low spots, and repeat. It took some time to get it all smooth. Especially if I used too much heat and melted all of the solder to the point that it started to flow off the copper, making me more low spots!

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Nate this is a true work of art... Love heavy rc semis and I bet this bad boy has some weight..A heavy rc truck drives so nice compared to a stock one.. I dont get on the board much anymore but this build is one of the few reason I do..

[Espeefan]

Wow, Paul, I don't know what to say except thanks for the kind words. I really appreciate it! I agree with you about the weight making a big difference in the handling and realism of the truck. I'm not really sure what it weighs yet, but it is pretty solid. I haven't had the truck totally together to the point where I could weigh it. I'm going to guess it will be around ten pounds when finished. Which I hope is soon.

[Diesel Demond]

gotta love the kw's. that truck is art!!

[Stuart]

Looking real good Nate, those pipes are huge! The new mounts look much better too.

[Espeefan]

Originally Posted by Diesel Demond

gotta love the kw's. that truck is art!!

Thanks Diesel Demond! I like Peterbilts and Kenworths pretty much equally.

Originally Posted by Stuart

Looking real good Nate, those pipes are huge! The new mounts look much better too.

Thanks Stuart! Bigger is better, right?

[ineednot]

Nathan, please continue. Its like you left us on the edge of a cliff or at the end of a season of walking dead....

[wolfws6]

any updates?

[404]

Better watch out, some joker might drop a watermellon down your stack!

[Gibbs98]

wow, super cool truck. Look nice in grey paint. keep it up "Espeefan"