western star 4900

[1985 kenworth]

hello everyone i really want a western star in my fleet of trucks and i have this spare cab lying around and lots of styrene and since nobody makes them i thought i will give it a try myself ,not sure how it will look when i am done but we will see.this is what i am stiving for this is not my photo,i am just using this as a reference,i see this truck going up and down the roads where i live and something about it really appeals to me .i have been working on this for a little bit of time now and i am going to post what i have done so far..please be gentle..lol

[1985 kenworth]

using styrene tubing i glued them to the side of the front section of the bunk as this real one is contoured and once glued i am cutting and shaping them on the truck

i flattened the hood and glued the square center piece down the middle of the hood and contoured it to start flat at the windshield and raise as it extends to the front and sanded all the rivets off and contoured the front windshield at the bottom corners and made the side windows on the doors bigger to follow the lines as they are closer to the top of the hood as in the picture

[1985 kenworth]

this is some of the work i am doing on the fenders and light section.i use paper or cardboard templates and shape and alter those to fit then i use them as the template to cut the styrene this is where i am so far and i cut the roof off of the sleeper and going to try to make the roof cap as in the real truck that will sit on the stock bunk..what do you think so far?

[hippy]

looks good so far! keeping my eye on this one for sure!

[flatdeck]

Nice work Dwayne... Good start...


Wayne

[plow jockey]

Looking great. Wish someone on shapeways would make a hood for a king or knight. Those western stars are sweet trucks. Glad to see some builds showing up. Great job keep those pics coming.

[glorydays24]

Wayne this is going to be one sweet ride. I've always liked the look of the Western Star, pretty nice body lines. I have no doubt you will do this rig justice.

Big John

[ekim]

very nice start.... seems to be coming together.... will look forward to more pics...


Michael

[Trucker_Jo]

Something different I like it. Very cool

[Diesel Demond]

any updates!!

[longhairRandy]

Looks good so far, nice seeing something I'm wanting to build.

[1985 kenworth]

here are a few updates ,its taking awhile because i want it as close to the real truck as possible.started to make the front section of the fenders where the light buckets will go.i also started working on the raised section of the bunk.i made the templates and made the angled side pieces for the bunk and spent most of the weekend making templates for the roof and front top widow section of the bunk out of thin cardboard tomorrow i should finish the last template for the corner sections and start cutting the rest of the styrene for the bunk top ,should have the top section of the bunk done soon then i can install it and finish contouring the rest of the bunk so it doesn't look like a roof cap on a kinghauler bunk .here is some pics so far

[1985 kenworth]

[flatdeck]

Great detail shot Dwayne.. Keep up the good work..

Wayne

[1985 kenworth]

finally got back to working on my western star build here so here are the updates .i have the bunk roofcap almost done .i made the templates and cut the styrene for the rest of the bunk cap ,cut out the one window that is at the front of the bunk aboce the cab ,now i have to cut out the window that is on the top of the roof near the front,here are some pics.i have to smooth out the body lines and fit it to the top of the bunk

[1985 kenworth]

......more updates on the way

[glorydays24]

Looking good Dwayne. Keep the pic's coming.

Big John

[TRUCKMAKER]

Looking good Dwayne, old school star, where did you get the dual square head lamps?

[1985 kenworth]

more updates .had to redo the front fender section .i think i got it right now..lol getting all the styrene work done then on to the filler to shape and fix any imperfections

[1985 kenworth]

just had to see what it would look like with a bumper out in front..lol