1950 Kenworth Needlenose

[tracksntreadslou]

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

[Espeefan]

Originally Posted by tracksntreadslou

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

Thank you Lou, I appreciate that. I am not sure about trying to paint this truck myself. Paint and I really don't get along to well. I would like to send the cab out to someone for a really nice finish, but I will probably paint the chassis myself. The only way I would tackle painting the cab is if it's going to be a simple one or two color scheme. Whenever masking is involved, I always get some bleeding.

Originally Posted by TRUCKMAKER

Happy Memorial Day Nathan, I'm with Mario the cleaners look great especially with the LED inside and more updates please!

Thanks Kent! I'll keep at it, and hopefully I'll have some more updates soon!

Originally Posted by Supermario

Very nice work Nathan! and good of you to invest some time of a holiday weekend into Rc.
The air cleaners turned out beautiful. I really like the led inside. ( wish I did that on Sues truck ) . The screen looks nice and straight, fits perfectly.
So hopefully we don't need to wait for another long weekend to get some more progress and pics right

Mario

Thank you Mario! I'm really happy with air cleaners too. You could always go back and add some LEDs to your own trucks. If you have to go back to rework something, it will give me a chance to catch up! We need more 3 day weekends, I think. Ha. Just kidding. I've been feeling pretty good about the way this project is going now, and so I've been more enthused about working on it.

[JAMMER]

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

[Espeefan]

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.













I'm really happy with the look that the look that the Kenworth has now. The cab isn't looking so naked anymore. I still plan to try and build some mirrors and mirror brackets for it too, which I think might be a challenge, but we'll see how that goes. I also need to make some cab glass yet too, but she's looking pretty good right now. It's been a good day!