Kenworth T900 Australia

[popeye]

Made a start on the Aus Kenny, opened up all doors inc both sides of the sleeper, and the curtain, i'm hopeing to detail out the sleeper with a bed, tv, wash basin etc, been googleing up some pics of sleepers to get some ideas, i need some miniture "pin-up" posters, any ideas?
mayby a scantily clad dame edna everage!!! ;D



dunno what happend with the last pic, photbucket playing up again

[darcy]

Sounds like yer having fun with this one Pop.Keep us posted .
Darcy

[popeye]

Will do mate, just makeing up the hinges, real fiddley, got the idea from a member on autoscale mag site,

[popeye]

Sorted out part of the hinges, i found some 1/22th scale ship guard rail stanctions and they'll do for the wire hinge bits to fit into, a 1/32nd drill just makes a big enough hole for the stanchons to fit in tightly, (once in i just bent the ends over and superglued em in place, i trimmed the ends so the small hole will look ok and accept the other part of the hinge, (which will be fitted to the doors) i found some 10amp fuse wire that's just the right thickness, also got some door jams glued on to stop the doors falling right through and got the sleeper base and sides done, i'll leave the roof off so i can detail out the inside,
hopefully photobucket will work this time

[darcy]

Great idea your handrail parts make nice lookin hinges.
Darcy

[monaro]

Looking great so far. Love the old Kennys.

[olskoolrodder]

It's looking great so far!

[popeye]

Thanks guys, just recieved a small set of micro drills, mainly for the smallest in the pack (.03mm) this should do for the wire part of the hinges,

i think i'll give up on the Revell road train trailer, just got out bid again on one and i went mad and bid £85, now another's up for auction, just too expensive for me (as i want 3) so i think i'll go for the "Auslowe" dolly's and use readily avalable trailer kits, 3 x 40ft reefers or dumpsters, pity revell dont reissue the train kit,!!

[popeye]

Got going again on this truck, finally got all the doors hinged and working, i used 10amp fuse wire as it was just the right size to fit through the brass guard rails i used as the "loop" part of the hinge, it's pretty stiff concidering it's size, i decided to make loops in it rather than just hooks, thought it will be stronger like that,
it dam fiddley makeing them tho, and threading them through the brass eyes and then through small holes drilled in the doors (0.3mm or 1/32nd drill bits)
once its threaded through and the door shuts ok, i just bent the ends down and a dab of cyno,
started beefing out the sleeper doors and i think i'll probably use some of the coffee cap alloy to make the inside trim, but for now thats all i can do, they need painting before i can continue,
last pic is the "smd" lights in the sleeper, once it's sprayed i can fit a pair of red markers to the rear, trim off the doors, and start makeing the bed and verious stuff inside inc a tv

[darcy]

Your trucks comin along really nice Pop.I like how your doors fit.Its good to see ya on here again.
Darcy

[popeye]

Cheer's mate, nice to be back doing it again, you have to feel like it or it all goes wrong!!

[intimidator]

Nice work so far!

[popeye]

Thanks mostly ready for some paint now (when it arrives!) got as far as i can with the chassis, and lightly glued some bent sprue to hold the doors steady while spraying, then its some decals and a clear top coat,




i was dissapointed with the kits right hand drive dash its just flat with no gauge detail unlike the left hand drive dash option, you just get a decal for the gauges, anyway its all drilled out and ready for an leds behind it,

[darcy]

Lookin great POP good idea for the door paintin.Were do you get your paint shipped from? Are you gonna use different colored leds?
Darcy

[popeye]

The paints just an ebay seller, only got it from there as i had £20 in the paypal account and nothin in my pocket it aint turned up yet tho leds will probably be just white (front) and red (rear) white inside,

[BUCKY]

This is a very interesting build you have going on here, popeye!! Really enjoying what you're doing with the big truck! Keep it up, dude!!

[popeye]

Thanks Keith, paints arrived so i can get on with it

[dogfish7 (R.I.P.)]

Incredible detail work!!

[popeye]

Thanks Dogfish, i'm still "at it" after getting the paint on i decided to alter the drive train to "tri axle" (forward planning in action)
after looking on the fotki kits list thing i saw how revel made tri axle kits, basicly its a regular dual axle with parts to add the third axle and also strenghten the chassis, managed to break off a rear axle and in the process of copying it along with all the other suspension parts etc, also wasn't happy with the duff fit of the larger fuel tanks after glueing them together and couldn't fill the gaps as they were chrome i decided to strip the chrome, fill the gaps and sand off the strap detail, i've sprayed them the truck color and will add straps from evergreen strip with bmf on them,
i will prob be off air for a few weeks as i gotta start decorating the liveing room and the pc will have to get moved, so till then see you all later,

nearly forgot, i got this revel heavy gravel trailer off ebay, had to pay through the nose for it but it's a real tough lookin trailer, just need another two or three now
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/160807876263?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649



www.ebay.co.uk/itm/160807876263?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

[hotrodmodeler]

Pop,
This is an extremely interesting build. You are doing GREAT WORK ..Make sure to keep those posts coming!

NICE WORK!

8-)RICK