Kenworth 123 Cabover Tractor (I)
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- čas přidán 7. 07. 2022
- Kenworth 123 Cabover Tractor (I) 1-25 Scale AMT687 -Model Kit Build & Review. Build and Photos by Alan Mann for Right On Replicas, LLC. The instructions are at the end of the review. These Out-of-Production kits can still be found at online auction sites and local hobby shops. Copyright 2015-2022 Right On Replicas, LLC. All rights reserved.
I built this kit when I was in my early teens.
Jeffery, Thanks for watching and if you find our channel helpful, please subscribe if you haven't already, to help us continue our mission to inspire more modelers! -Doug!
I had to watch another of your builds and this was another nice looking result from an old kit. I started off in cabovers and can almost hear my joints popping thinking about climbing over the doghouse to get into the bunk, then dressing/undressing on my back (I was always too tall to even sit up against the side of the bunk!) lol... The old ones I see that have been pulled out of weeds and restored today look cool, as long as someone else is driving them! lol Nice looking build out of this old kit... Your clean finishing makes even these old molds look great. :)
JW, Thanks for the kind words and for bringing up the memories of those old road warriors, and thanks for watching. If you find our channel helpful, please subscribe if you haven't already, to help us continue our mission to inspire more modelers! -Doug!
Right On Replicas , I never seen cab over trucks that often on highways . Love this truck .
NM, Same here! -PS, please subscribe if you haven't already to help us reach more modelers! -Doug
Nick, the cab over fell out of favor toward the 90's when vehicle length restrictions were eased up. Most drivers preferred the conventional style of truck for better handling, comfort and safety. I will say, the cab over did offer great view of the road as you would tend to sit up a bit higher and didn't have a hood in front of you.
Luv the build.. Did the same color luv it.👌
John, Awesome! Thank you! -PS, please subscribe if you haven't already to help us reach more modelers! -Doug
I love cab over trucks .
Me too Nicholas!
New sub here, I'm building this kit doing update videos on it.
Jeff, Thanks for watching and thanks for the sub! -Doug
Doug love these AMT cabovers. I got this one still sealed from Hobby Lobby. Box art is the only way to go!
GM, It's great box art! -Doug
That's a GREAT kit to build!!!!!!
Tp, Right you are! -Doug
Excellent build of one of those difficult AMT truck kits. They can be a beast to put together, but you endured. Thanks for sharing.
You bet Michael! -Doug
Great review Doug, Alan really did a fantastic build with excellent photos!
Brinx, Thank you kindly! -Doug
Hey buddy nice truck cool video 😎😎😎👍👍
Glen, Glad you liked it! -Doug
Awesome work Doug..!
RK, Glad you enjoyed it! -Doug
Cab over trucks are rare on the roads now .
In the 1980s cab over are more common on roads .
NM, Yessir, the times they are a changin"! -PS, please subscribe if you haven't already to help us reach more modelers! -Doug
No numbers on the parts? Thats wild!
J, That's how it was in the old days! -PS, please subscribe if you haven't already to help us reach more modelers! -Doug
Yes Dean I've just seen your website I have A 1/25 Scale truck collection that I'm trying to sell it's a coincidence that looking at your cab over KW I have finished once also unopen brand new in the Box along with different types of trailers if you're interested in buying let me know thanks
RL, Thanks for sharing and please subscribe if you haven't already to help us reach more modelers! -Doug
If you have a bottle of floor wax that's never been used on a floor you might be a modeler.
Just did the conventional version as Snowman about 3 months ago. I built that kit when I was 14 as the Movin On semi and all I'll say the cottony glaze of childhood nostalgia covered over a lot of the issues with the kit.
Seeing as I just finished the Knight Rider KITT Trans Am and was considering building the FLAG semi seeing this kit available opens up building Goliath as an option.
Gary, We're glad to help spark the imagination! -PS, please subscribe if you haven't already to help us reach more modelers! -Doug
Gary, the Movin' On truck was the first ever truck I built (I was 8 or 9). I agree with you on the haze versus accuracy back then. I really liked building the Ertl/MPC Internationals and Macks back then...they just seemed to fall together so much easier than the AMT's but, AMT had a much larger selection of subject.
Either way, 45+ years later, I'm still loving building
(too bad I didn't have Doug's videos around back then.)
@@thebrinx9632 yeah Movin On, CW McCall and AMT helped to inject diesel in my bloodstream.
Would go on to a 40 year career on the road that only came to an early end with a heart failure diagnosis in October of 20 ( silent heart attack 6 years earlier about a year after my wife's sudden death punched my ticket) put me into retirement at 59.
On the plus side all those bud someday kits of mine and my late wife ( yes I was that lucky sob that found and married The One) are getting built finally.
Gary, Very cool. Thanks for sharing! -Doug
@@garysprandel1817 Sorry to hear of your wife's passing, but glad you DID find "the One" (I have too). I have a feeling, if you're anything like me, We're gonna need a good 50 years to finish all these kits (that's if we don't buy any more...I think we know how that's gonna work out).
I never did hit that black ribbon (well, not yet anyway) but have no regrets with my path (F.D.)
Thank you for hauling the goods and bringing it to us...be well.
Brinx
Scania trucks are all cabovers.
Wm, Thanks for the info! -Doug