1950 Kenworth Needlenose

[dirthalr]

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.

[Espeefan]

Originally Posted by Lmackattack

Looking good. I like how it's coming together... Your attention to detail stands out!

Thank you Lmackattack.

Originally Posted by Supermario

I love the " look" or " stance" of it! with the visor , bumper and the fender style this thing looks Wicked!
Now get back to work!

Mario

Me too, Mario! Ha ha. Alright, I'll get back to the workbench, just as soon as I'm done posting this. Thanks for the comments.

Originally Posted by dabears

Now that's got some attitude! Looking good

Thanks Aaron!

Originally Posted by glorydays24

You have done some amazing work on the 'ol girl. Aaron said it best, attitude...Should that be the name??? A true piece of art.

Big John

Big John, thanks. Maybe 'Attitude' would be a good name for the truck. I kind of do want to name it something, and then have a sticker with the name made for the rear window, once I get it milled out and glass installed.

Originally Posted by dirthalr

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.

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!

[JAMMER]

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

[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

[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!