Missed you Mark - we'll still be here when you get your mojo back for model building

No se pero en mi humilde opinión,esta testificado por ambas caras pero en una de ellas no se notan tanto las líneas para doblarse,no es mejor dejar esa parte en el exterior para que el casco se vea más uniforme y no Sr noten tanto esa líneas?creo que lo único que hay que hacer es pintar un poco la numeración de montaje que esta puesto en la misma pieza.

watching your video. Congratulations on your build. Loving your detail.

Yes Great Build

I have it but do the pieces hold well together without glue?

Nice build video. I have referred to it numerous times to check some part positioning. I sprayed my Hauler body in a green metallic with a topcoat of Rustoleum Gloss Clear. Just finishing final assembly after filling the awful seams on those fuel tanks and getting them painted. The AMT kits are sure fiddly but worth the extra effort.

In the video I noticed the transmission support is not attached to the transmission

Какой ты нудный. Хоть бы текст подготовил. на фиг кому надо бред выслушивать твой, которого тут процентов 70. Даже толком не показал, как пользоваться программой.

Yep this is a Round 2. It has an ungodly number of decals that will go to waste. Don't feel bad. They are a dishonest company. Be aware.

I was disappointed with the Revell one I got I had brush painted it and messed it up the mask snapped and lost one of the funnels but I am ready to try again with this all ready painted one.

This is a Round 2 model isn't it? They add a new box tires and decals and everything else is the same crappy kit from the 70's. Round 2 misleads customers this way.

I had this one before but it turned our ugly and masts snapped (i was only 8 yrs old when i built it dont judge)

daul stacks came on the W9 even though those hole on the left are for the other pipe and you could have put it on and look at the Auto Car on air cleaner the Mack heavy duty truck and one stack did it come any chrome parts like the grill for the other hood . Ok I enjoyed the build may if you build another you can take people through the hard step how to fix because if you haven done a AMT kit before they all are like that cars trucks to . My past experiences with there kits remember they are the same kits from the late 60s .

why you had to cut it was it from the same model as the W9 and one tip for the rear finders take something and put it under until they dry I would use a testers glue cap its not a W9 one air cleaner its not a hwy truck the hood you was holding is from a W9 the mirror are a little tricky like the Revel trucks Revel Alaskan hauler is a better kit .

One I didn't get done as a kid but I'm going to now, one of my favourite

I recently picked up one of these kits and stumbled upon your video series. My dad actually drove one of these trucks for Hill & Hill back in the 70s-80s and I spent the better part of my early childhood climbing around in it. So just to give you a little history on these trucks: This semi was produced by Kenworth as a custom order from Hill & Hill Truck Lines (the decal in the kit) and Hill & Hill was the ONLY customer that Kenworth made these trucks for. Any one of these you see on the road today is a modified version of the Hill & Hill truck. The other decals in the kit are fictitious companies to give you other options for your build. The only way you would have seen one of these in real life is with a Hill & Hill emblem on the door. As for Hill & Hill, they were the largest oil field carrier in the US at the time, and this truck was built to run from Houston, Texas to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska hauling oil field equipment, which is what my dad did in his truck. Hill & Hill never hauled logging equipment, so to see you put a log trailer on it kind of broke my heart because it would have never taken place in real life (but that's just my biased opinion). These trucks all hauled flatbeds, lowboys and other heavy hauler trailers with various oil field equipment and machinery to help build the Alaska Pipeline, including hauling massive pipe sections. I know the kit box says "pair it with the log trailer", but it would have never hauled one. AMT just wanted to sell more log trailer kits. The trucks were originally named "The Moose Killer" because the tread plate front fenders, massive bumper and push guard and that massive head-ache rack were literally designed to take a direct blow of hitting a moose on the Alcan Highway. They later changed the name of these trucks to "Moose Catcher" due to pushback from environmentalists. But to my family, it'll always be the Moose Killer. 😉 My dad eventually became a "terminal manager" in Washington state for Hill & Hill, so the drivers would have a stopping point on the trip from Texas to Alaska. Hill & Hill went out of business in the early 80s when the owner passed away and his son went to Vegas and gambled the entire company off and forcing Hill & Hill to file bankruptcy, leaving us stranded in the greater Seattle area, where we still live today. I still own 3 of these kits from the first issue back in the 70s and I also have a photo album of my dad's old truck. We also have a picture of his truck, hooked to the company flatbed, with the company pickup truck and forklift on the flatbed ready to head back to Houston to be auctioned off after the bankruptcy. I plan on building mine with a flatbed and some large pipe sections and presenting to Pops as a gift.

i have this kit,Zero information on rigging her and the kit "cannons" are flat. Those after market parts really make for a fine model

I’m halfway through this kit, not my favorite. Half of it doesn’t make sense. Really don’t like how you can’t display the engine lol so many parts were missing, luckily I had files to print. Same I wouldn’t buy another but it’s coming out good.

You can't blame Round 2 for the faults of this kit, it was originally issued in 1981 by AMT Matchbox but it's another version of the regular AMT Kenworth K100 Aerodyne wich first came 1979, another spinoff of this kit was the BJ and the Bear truck and finally Tyrone Malone's two race truck transporters Papa Truck and this one the Hideout Truck. Originally in 1981 both the Papa Truck and Hideout Truck was molded in white and it was Round 2's decision to mold this...the one and only re-issue, as it has never been re-issued before, in black. I don't agree with that decision myself but it is what it is. The instructions are pretty much the same instructions as the original kits had in 1981 and they are not the best as you say.

This kit is based on the Kenworth W925 kit and all the parts for the W925 is still in this kit and the Alaskan Hauler parts are added to make it what it is, that's why you have so many extra parts. The parts you are told to modify and cut off is for the W925 wich have 2 stacks and 2 air cleaners, so the cross over pipe you didn't understand why you had to trim may interfere with the transmission because it's different from the transmissions used in the W925 kit wich had a main box and an auxillary box. But it should fit otherwise. The main things like the engine, chassis, cab and sleeper are the same for both kits so you have options to build it as you like without following the instructions completely.

Just picked one up. The instructions are pretty terrible

I learned over the years that the best way to put the frames together is by building a jig. I have been using the same jig for years and my frames are always true

My very first model!. I might have been 10YO in the 70's :)

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Glad to see that you’re back working on your Pearl! The rope work will bring it all together. Definitely a project that you will cherish for years to come. 👍👍

Aaarrrrghh captain Sullivan😮.

LE KIT MUSLIM DU RAMADAN.

why not do a little internet research?

I have this same kit Alaskan Hauler. I opened the box glanced through the instructions, read through the section abut the dual exhaust being cut It made no sense to me so haven’t started yet But watching your video has made me more confident and in informed about building it. I’m a 80’s child my cousins and and uncle’s are truck drivers I’ve always worked at jobs where semi’s deliver and pickup loads of various cargo I’m thinking of painting the frame a metal color that I found in a hobby store it’s not chrome aluminum or flat iron steel colored but actually called metal Would this be to new of a color or should I stick with a more rustic authentic look I’m not a big fan of the black chassis look. What do you think? 14:03

I build models too relax not stress out thanks for the heads up

Have you tried super glue its a god send ? Scobe

Picked one up at Hobby Lobby on clearance for $10.00.

I was struggling with this model, I came across yours, you have helped me a lot so far. I came to this one to see how you got the motor in, mine doesnt even come close to going in. looks like you cut it a little, cant really tell. 1:14

Great model kit! Ive built over a dozen of these. Use super glue for the mirror,s not to much👍🏼

You should look into a food dehydrator. I got lucky finding a box type with removable shelves, but if round, you can go to town on the shelves with your sprue cutters for tall parts. Good going on one of the "tougher" truck building kits. An easier one is the AMT KW 123 COE.

Do it the way you want it

Love the paint job!

A year later…yes, I know. I’m currently working on this model. (Please don’t judge, I find the older and cheaper models to be challenging learning experiences to develop skills for later, better models). Anyway, the big hangup for me with this particular model was the extremely poor fitting of the lower hull portion, which represents the first few steps in the building process. I can’t really say I’m filling the gaps all that great. There are 3 pieces of the lower hull that barely want to work together, then try to dry-fit to the joining piece of the upper-hull, ugh. A ton of rubber bands, resin-based model glue and some custom “Sprue Cut and Paste”* barely has my lower hull gaps passable. * I used a personal(?) phrase of “Sprue Cut and Paste”. Not exactly “Sprue-Goo” I just used some leftover Sprue parts to brace my interior structure.

Do you still have the rear deck to that truck? Just curious.

Beautiful work on the ship and the rigging looks great too👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

SO I have a question, I picked this up to build with my son, do I need to glue those ends of the wheels?

Just started mind. Looking forward to these problems lol!! You did a awesome job.

Something different, so far, so good 👍

Ur right it’s a challenge, good video.

This truck is #1 on my list of trucks I want to make. I haven't made a truck before and I really like the look of this one. There are a couple of others in the AMT range that I would like to build as well. I'm not bothered if I have to cut a few bits to fit. I've sent the last year building some 50 year old kits that my father finally decided he was never going to build. This one looks like a breeze in comparison to some of those old kits. I'll definitely be flling in those extra divets on the cab. I'm surprised the instructions didn't say to fill them, or that they weren't made filled in and you have to drill them out for the other kits that use the same moulds.

Cool model.

Great builds thank u for sharing I got both kits yet to be built keep on building

Great 👍 job thank u for sharing keep on building

Thunderbirds R Go?🤣 Jman

Great video. My grandfather was a logger and had a similar butterfly hood Kenworth. I just bought this kit and will enjoy making a replica of his truck.