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Re: 1950 Kenworth Needlenose
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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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!
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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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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! with the visor , bumper and the fender style this thing looks Wicked!
Now get back to work! Mario |
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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...Should that be the name??? A true piece of art.
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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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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!
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Wow Nathan, long ways from the toy it was meant to be. Are your stacks and breathers the same diameter?
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WOW Nathan the stacks and visor look sic. I like the way you are combining old and new skool, look's AWSOME!!!
Big John
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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.
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It looks amazing Nathan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, even the soldering on the stack joints are perfect!
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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!
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