Lee Drennen’s Alaskan Hauler Kenworth Conventional.
- Thread starter Lee Drennen
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Have a Seat Good Buddy we’ll get you some groceries in a minute meanwhile have a cup of 100 mile coffee 10/4.
Engine has been painted. Next up is the frame work when it’s done I’ll go back and do some details on the Engine. 
Here’s the parts layout for the frame there’s lots of them. Time to start cleaning them up and get it together 
Way too many parts for me old eyes to take in.....I'm quite the fan of the one piece frames I'm used to playing with. Keep it coming Lee.....these older kits do seem to collect a little more flash than one likes to deal with. 
Jim R
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That's a lot of parts to work with to get a nice, square chassis. Good luck.
Yes it is but building these for over 40 years and before that watching my older brother build these and getting tips from him I’ve think I’ve mastered the dark secrets of these 40+ years kits.
Will do.
Well today I managed to get a lot of the frame done. I added the front wheels for now there not glued so I can insure the stance of the truck and placement of the fenders after removing the pins on the axle and leveling both the springs and axle up with a file for a much better look than going by the instructions. I place the cab on to the frame after I installed the cab mounts making sure all cab mounts are in line the manufacturer instruction's are wrong where they show you to mount your front cab mounts. I’m glad my brother owns the real 1.1 Kenworth w900A truck for a good reference. Here’s my update pics and a picture of my Brothers 1967 Kenworth W925 A model in front of his house in Kansas City Missouri
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Frame is done for now and ready for paint 
Lee is that the truck I've seen you drive in the video ?
In that scale detailing on that engine should be great , loads of cables and pipe work .
A beautiful house as well !
In that scale detailing on that engine should be great , loads of cables and pipe work .
A beautiful house as well !
Steve Brodie
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Looking Good, love the photo of the 1:1 with the house, very impressive.
Yes that’s it. Yes one could go crazy with “Plumbing” it out but I’m just sticking to the basics so I won’t overwhelm my self. The house is just as beautiful inside too and he made the basement about 2 years ago into a apartment. He retired 3 years ago and paid his house off and now is living the good life he deserves it my brother has worked hard all his life even as a young teenager he was Dads Mechanic pulling transmissions and engine work very long hours to get dad back out on the road to put food in our mouths he sacrifice a lot of his youth so we could eat I love my brother very much for that and I won’t forget what he done for our family.
Jim R
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Great start Lee. A very neat looking chassis.
Thanks Steve me too they both are nice inside and out.
Thanks Jim. Yes Kenworth had a very unique chassis the front of chassis where the steering box is to where the bumper is mount was actually two separate pieces bolted on I always thought that would break easy but I’ve never heard of one doing that but I’m sure it has happened. You can see in my pics how the front pieces are bolted on to the main frame rails their two different sizes.
Time now for some sub assemblies 
