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Managed to get her finished in time for the show!

I rigged up two battery powered LEDs to light up the headlights. Gotta have bright red lights on the Grave Digger!

A quick shot of it before heading to the Monster Jam.

I have to tell a little story cause I was really surprised when I got to meet Dennis Anderson.

I missed the first line to get his autograph before he took a break. I wandered around for a while checking out all the other trucks but a second line began to form right away so I hopped into it. Two long lines of people waiting to meet him. This guy was signing hundreds of autographs and I figured when I got to him I'd be able to give him the truck, he'd sign it, I'd get a picture with him, and I'd be shuffled along. When I got to him I handed my model across the table and he looked at it quick and said, "Oh that's cool." and we had a picture taken quick. After the pic I handed him my pen but he didn't take it right away. He was checking out the truck, looking at it from all sides saying, "Wow that's neat, you did a really good job." I was totally not expecting him to take that much interest in it and was honestly star struck for a while because of his compliments. Such a cool experience.

Had some fun with the wheels. Totally winged it on painting the rim but luck was with me and they turned out great!

Since they were nice deep wheels I taped them down and filled them to the rim with water.

Shot a few coats of clear purple over the aluminum and kept my fingers crossed.

When I pulled that paint film away and wasn't sure what to think, It wasn't the clean edge I hoped for.

But after a light pass with some very fine sandpaper the rims looked perfect! Just have to give them a wash and they'll be ready for the big chunks of rubber!

Got a good coat of clear on the body too.

Hoping to wrap this one up soon. If I get it together solid in time I want to bring it with this weekend. There's a nice space on the roof that would be cool to have Dennis Anderson's autograph.