"poseidon" my globeliner

[1985 kenworth]

total lights incuding the headlights 55 think i might add a few more green l.e.d.s under the rear suspension so the whole truck glows ...not like it does't do that now..lol

[1985 kenworth]

finally had the time to tweak the aluminum international eagle grille i got from russ ,polished and smoothed out the burrs and installed it .i like the look much better ,now it looks like an international

[Espeefan]

Originally Posted by 1985 kenworth

Hey, wait a second.....why are the grille openings not cut out on the passenger side? Looks like you're going to have to shave the louvers off the cab, where the grille covers them as well.

[1985 kenworth]

[1985 kenworth]

Yea thanks guys...i better get out the black paint.that will be easier and better than trying to cut the inserts out....will do it and post a pic of it.tc you hit the nail on the head about the vendors here.without everyone here helping in some way shape or form, we wouldn't be able to customize our trucks and trailers like we want... so i am going to say A BIG HUGE THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU ON HERE.....YOU ARE ALL FAMILY TO ME and thank you all for your help

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Originally Posted by 1985 kenworth

Yea thanks guys...i better get out the black paint.that will be easier and better than trying to cut the inserts out....will do it and post a pic of it.tc you hit the nail on the head about the vendors here.without everyone here helping in some way shape or form, we wouldn't be able to customize our trucks and trailers like we want... so i am going to say A BIG HUGE THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU ON HERE.....YOU ARE ALL FAMILY TO ME and thank you all for your help

Yep don't cut them out they are to be there Dwayne use some flat black to paint the inserts and it will look perfect. I have 4 of the revised versions coming this week all get them polished and painted and update my threads this week I hope..

[dabears]

I hope you bring this truck to Indy next year!! Love the new lights you added !! Keep it up

[1985 kenworth]

yes if i come down next year poseidon and zeus will be coming for sure as well as optimus and the duel and the blue mule...whew..thats a mouthful

[Goose19]

Originally Posted by 1985 kenworth

yes if i come down next year poseidon and zeus will be coming for sure as well as optimus and the duel and the blue mule...whew..thats a mouthful

is your'85 licensed for michigan and indiana? may need to get on that!

[1985 kenworth]

you know what at the rate i'm going i just might have to get some permitsand maybe stop at a few chrome shops for the big guy

[plow jockey]

SWEET!!! Love that grill!! That truck is BAD A$$ for sure!!!

[Smiley]

Looks good

Keith

[Espeefan]

Nice change! Yes, that grille definitely makes the truck look like an IH. Now you need the logo and 'International' across the top of the grille. File some letters out of a aluminum, by hand. Just kidding. But I bet it could be done with styrene!

[1985 kenworth]

yea sure...lol actually i would like to somehow get the eagle emblem put on there like the real thing but don't know of anyone that makes it in diecast .i suppose i could probably do a decal ,won't be the same 3d effect as the emblem but hey i am happy with the looks now so far...

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Thats the way it is to be Nate and that is how I had Russ do them them areas are to be painted black. On a 9670 Eagle they don't have the name header panel they are painted with the eagle over top of it. I wanted this grill to be from the first few years of the 9670 with that upper panel was alum and it said INTERNATIONAL in big letters all the way across it not the later years where it was painted with the eagle over it..

Dwayne the grill looks great nice work..

[Espeefan]

Paul, I learn something new everyday! Thanks for clearing that up. I did some digging for more information and I found a few photos that do show the grille with a black insert. Pretty interesting stuff. I guess I was looking at the wrong year trucks. Check this one out -



I just never realized it. Cool detail touch.

By the way, I'm guessing you had Russ switch the insert from driver's side to passenger side, to avoid trouble with the licensing?

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Originally Posted by Espeefan

Paul, I learn something new everyday! Thanks for clearing that up. I did some digging for more information and I found a few photos that do show the grille with a black insert. Pretty interesting stuff. I guess I was looking at the wrong year trucks. Check this one out -



I just never realized it. Cool detail touch.

By the way, I'm guessing you had Russ switch the insert from driver's side to passenger side, to avoid trouble with the licensing?

Nope that was a oops cause we worked off a photo but got it backwards no big deal anyways when painted will still look great I have lettering for my grills on my 2 older looking IH cabs and my 2 new looking IH cabs Ill paint the header board the color of the field on the cab it ends up being in.. Russ is doing some cool stuff just like all the other great vendors and Dwyane's truck here is a perfect example of it..

[Espeefan]

Everyone who is supplying parts for our trucks is definitely offering great parts! No question. The best is yet to come, I am sure!

[Tamiya Cowboy]

No Dwayne they will be for sale threw Russ no major just some tweeking to to make them look even better and even more scale not that they needed much. Ill check out the next run and if all is good and I thin it will be he will make a run of them..

[1985 kenworth]

sounds great Paul .i look forward to it