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Hey Nathan, I see your point, So make it "POP"!
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Great build you going here. The attention to detail is second to none. The light bars look sweet.
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That visor looks sweeet.
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Thanks bigpipespete!
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Happy Memorial Day to everyone, especially all of the veterans and those who are in active duty. My thanks to all of you who have helped maintain our freedoms and way of life!
I figured with a 3 day weekend I would (should) do some more work on my Kenworth. ![]() On with the photos! ![]() ![]() They still need a final polishing and a bit of clean up, but it shouldn't take much to get them looking flawless. I thought for the old Kenworth strapless air cleaners would look best. Sort of going for a resto-rod project truck here. For a little extra touch of style, I planned to illuminate the inside of the air cleaner screens with an LED. I've always loved this look on the 1:1 trucks. I have blue LEDs on order for the truck, but just to see how it would look I stuck a red LED inside, temporarily. ![]() And one more in the dark - ![]() Thanks for looking guys. Have a great weekend.
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Very nice work Nathan!
![]() ![]() The air cleaners turned out beautiful. I really like the led inside. ( wish I did that on Sues truck ![]() So hopefully we don't need to wait for another long weekend to get some more progress and pics right ![]() ![]() ![]() Mario |
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Happy Memorial Day Nathan, I'm with Mario the cleaners look great especially with the LED inside and more updates please!
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Its be a while since i have checked out your build so Wow Nathan impressive ..This build is going to definatley be a one of...a show truck for sure ..Do you plan on painting yourself or farming that out ?..wish I had your peicients
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Nathan if you want to anodize you could use a aluminum filler that Eastwood Companys has it is like fiberglass filer but is is aluminum and you use it like the fiberglass filler. I have used it on a few things and I like it. Ed
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Hi Ed, I've heard about Eastwood, but I never knew they had an aluminum filler. Might have to look into it, if I decide to have the cab anodized, but right now I'm leaning more toward a classy paint scheme. We'll see. Thanks for the tip.
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Okay, so it's a beautiful day outside and thought I would snap some pictures of the Kenworth in some natural sunlight. I spent some time working on the cab. I removed and sanded the original passenger side cast on air cleaner mount to make room for the new ones I machined. Then I drilled new holes and got the air cleaners and light brackets all mounted up. Here are some pictures.
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Looking good. I like how it's coming together... Your attention to detail stands out!
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I love the " look" or " stance" of it!
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Now that's got some attitude! Looking good
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You have done some amazing work on the 'ol girl. Aaron said it best, attitude
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As always you amaze me Nathan! Love the breathers with the interior light! Have you figured out what your gonna do for the headlights? I think it looks good in the raw form.
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Thank you Jimmy! For the headlights, I have a couple ideas. I like the look of the All American Toys headlights, because they are true Kenworth replicas, but if I can't light them up, I'll have to go with a round single from another source. Maybe PMD or something. But for the All American Toys headlights, I was hoping I could take a ball nose end mill and hollow out the centers, than find a clear lens that would fit over the front. Run the wires for an LED out the bottom or something. We'll see. I don't think it will be very easy! The truck does look good in it's raw form, but I think I'll still paint it!
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Nathan just grab your mill and mill the centers out and then put some plastic inserts in them and a light. Ed
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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 Last edited by Supermario; 05-28-2014 at 04:35 PM. |
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