KW W925 work over

[Jürgen M.]

Hi everyone ,

I'd like to share one of my oldest truck kits, a Kenworth W 925 by amt.

I built it at 14 so the quality of my work was heavily influenced by teenage impatience. I used only hand brushes for painting and didn't really know much about masking.

Still it's a memory of the past.

In 2022 I decided that I didn't like the truck in it's present make up so I partially took it apart and tried to strip off the paint without damaging the plastic. That had happened on a CJ7 kit. Made me quite sad!

Anyway, this is how the KW looked before:

I took off the sleeper and the fifth wheel.

Then all the small parts like mirrors, pipes, tanks, ...

Gave it a new paint job, new decals (from the Italeri White Western Star road train).

Then I decided that I already had so many trailerless tractors so I made a scratch car platform!

The chassis was and is everything but straight. This way you can't see it! ?

Hope you like it!

[Dutzie]

Nice recovery. 

[Jürgen M.]

Thanks. Looks better than before, that´s for sure!

The grille is from a Revell easy kit KW W900 Aerodyne of which I had used the chassis for the Marmon cabover. That was before I started printing 3D.

The cab of that KW I then used for the Diamond Reo conventional.

The bumper is from a Freightliner conventional kit, the fuel tanks are from a Ford LTL 9000 road train which didn´t survive moving.

 

 

[Jürgen M.]

By the way, the 4x4 on the back is a GMC Jimmy. Don´t think that kit is available anymore. I had bought that in the US in 1978.

This is it:

One mirror is missing, I might print that to replace it.

Please excuse the dust on it; I haven´t cleaned it in quite a while!

No painting done on that one except for the window seams, the green sun protection strip and the straps
on the gas canisters.

Oh yes, I am aware of this vehicle belonging in the "suv-category" but I thought it might not matter since it's the load of a heavy truck.

Won't happen again! ?

 

Edited March 30, 2024 by Jürgen M.

[Rockford]

Looks transformed! Good job. No offence taken on the GMC, all part of the process. Paint looks great. 

[cifenet]

They still look great and fun to admire.

I must say the trucks aged very well! 

 

Edited April 1, 2024 by cifenet

[Jürgen M.]

Yes they do! Thanks! 

I can't remember in which sequence the rest of the old ones were built but it was sometime between 1984 and -89. Then I had a looooooong break till 2017 or so. 

I'll show them all anyway. ?

[Biggu]

Nice save, it's always fun to re-do and old build, looks great !

Jeff