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Post by Badluck 13 on Jun 22, 2012 8:55:10 GMT -8
..This kit as said in title has very sentimental value to me,my mom got this kit for me Christmas '84 and for many reasons it never got started and ended up in storage until recent when Baby Girl n I was cleaning out the garage to get the Corvair running after a 15 year hibernation,the kit along with others was stored in the front deck of the "Vair".....This Kenny is gonna be named "Annie" after my mom who passed 5 years ago........  The kit....What an ill fitting kit and the plastic is very brittle,found out the hard way trying to persuade a few pieces to the right shape   The inspiration and look I am trying for.  The work in process so far,I destroyed the sleeper that came with the kit but thankfully aitruckmodels.com to the rescue and the hood from Paul S.  Removing them joint lines on the tank   Some slight modifications to the cab,removal of air cleaner opening,exhaust mounting holes...and a broken vent window frame from clumsy fingers     Nothing great,just a lil detail...  The only "Flash" in the cab.   What a kidney buster for any passenger              This kit is giving me fits,the frame is warped bad and every time I work it in place three days later it goes back a little,suggestions comments more than welcome,good bad or otherwise..... |
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Post by Muleskinner on Jun 22, 2012 9:26:53 GMT -8
Mike,
Try soaking the frame in a pan of hot tap water and then laying it upside down with some weight on it for a day of two. I do this with a lot of warped frames.
William
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Post by ap40rocktruck on Jun 22, 2012 11:14:12 GMT -8
Mike,
Nice progress, I agree with William on the warm to hot water. Judging by the yellowed color of the kit styrene, it is good you are building it now. I have a few mid 80's AMT kits with the same super brittle styrene.
So if you are building a tilt hood, what are you doing with the Alaskan Hauler parts?
Ap40
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Post by Ryan Rønning on Jun 22, 2012 17:11:58 GMT -8
Looks like a good start.
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Post by gator on Jun 25, 2012 4:15:37 GMT -8
Mike,
That is looking good! And I am also curious about the pit hood and fenders??
Gator
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Post by Joris Scholte on Jun 25, 2012 9:27:19 GMT -8
Cool project, nice start!
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Post by rnagle on Jun 27, 2012 16:10:52 GMT -8
I'm a big fan of fleet trucks so I really like your choice of prototype. Kidney buster passenger seat.......that's authentic!  Our '89 International boom truck has the same sort of thing on right hand side, seat frame bolted solid to the floor! |
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Post by jfisher on Jul 5, 2012 17:00:04 GMT -8
you did a fine job on the interior!any paint on the cab yet?
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Post by Badluck 13 on Jul 6, 2012 6:46:03 GMT -8
you did a fine job on the interior!any paint on the cab yet? Thanks!!!,no paint on the cab yet the warped frame is giving me fits to the point its sitting on the back burner.....Hmmmmmm maybe I should try the back burner to un-warp the frame ;D ,actually if this humid heat would stop I could shoot the cab............ |
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Post by jfisher on Jul 6, 2012 7:05:55 GMT -8
that's why I don't get all excited when they re-issue AMT kits.been down the road you are on!
was really surprised I didn't have a lot of frame issues with the Freightliner DD kit.
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Post by Badluck 13 on Jul 7, 2012 18:05:29 GMT -8
Did manage to get some done on "Annie" being in all day due to the heat,comments good,bad or ugly and or advice always welcome.....  Got the base color on,photos look blue but it is turquoise.  Grille shot with Spazstix.  My first attempt to plumb the chassis,so any help or advice is more than welcome here.     Thanks for lookin'....... |
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Post by rnagle on Jul 7, 2012 18:53:30 GMT -8
"Annie" is taking shape nicely, paint looks good and smooth. Air line plumbing is well done, only correction to point out is that on smaller brake chamber there should only be one air line running to it, the blue one going to side of chamber. Photo is of a trailer axle however application is the same, this style brake chamber is for the service brakes only:  Larger chamber with 2 lines into it is for both service and parking brakes, often called a "piggyback" chamber as parking brake section is "piggybacked" onto service brake chamber:  |
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Post by Joris Scholte on Jul 8, 2012 2:58:26 GMT -8
That baby blue looks great on that W9!
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Post by Badluck 13 on Jul 8, 2012 6:50:00 GMT -8
Robert,thanks for pointing that out on the air lines on the front tandem,I wasn't quite sure and I had one reference picture from another forum that was done that way and I didn't look close enough at the pictures of the new chambers.....ummm err uhh the one that looked like a fitting was a mounting stud ,again thanks,a simple enough fix!!!!....any reference on the routing of the air tanks n such?? |
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Post by gator on Jul 8, 2012 8:19:08 GMT -8
Mike,
The cab paint job looks good. I like the color. And the plumbing is taking shape.
So I would say you are making good progress!
Be Well
Gator
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Our '89 International boom truck has the same sort of thing on right hand side, seat frame bolted solid to the floor!