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I'll finish it some day but it can take a little while, (professionnal obligation)

my next project is to do a 1:16 hot rod truck with a international kb5 (from ertl die cast), the frame will be welded brass tubing, the engine and the tire from flashpoint and a tdr lenco tranny with 4 scratch builted shifter will be exposed betwin 2 racing seat... hope it will look great.

by the way, the 101 dalmatiens stikers and every thing from fire fighting truck will be remove, only the cab will be take for the project...

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that kit is a bear to built the glue hates the truck

The conception of the cab is the worst I ever seen, the door fitment was painful and nothing guarantees me the door will hold in place, I don't have any plans to buy this kit again. But after 400h of work on it, I suppose its better to finish it.

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that kit is a bear to built the glue hates the truck

your comment make me ask a question, why the companies produce a model in something else than white styrene? the colored plastic is hard to glue, and everybody prime and paint their model so the color in the plastic is useless. For me, it's an unsolved mystery, maybe its a worldwide conspiracy to make the modelers drink beer to calm their nerves...

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The conception of the cab is the worst I ever seen, the door fitment was painful and nothing guarantees me the door will hold in place, I don't have any plans to buy this kit again. But after 400h of work on it, I suppose its better to finish it.

Do not forget that Model A door do not fit in the door opening like a later car does . They overlap the outside of the body . They do not fit flush when closed ! I have not tried putting my copies of this truck together yet to understand your problem (if it is other than what I was referring to ) This is a nice Build ! I like the way it is heading .Good luck.
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I never knew that, it makes me understand why I worked that much to make the door flush to the body... sorry for the Minicraft fans. It's just that I was disappointed the first time I open the box and see that the roof and the rear of the cab is molded separately from the front section and the firewall, and once glued together, the 2 parts hold by the very thin window frames. be sure that I love this model and I love the result, but the cab broke into several part 3-4 times during the building process, maybe I don't have the better glue for the kit. To resume, I have to say that I had more joy than disappointment building it and its a good kit but I think it can be better if mold in white styrene.

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A little update, I started the floor with checker plate and finished 1 seat and started the other

This my first Photoetch weld, it looks like hell :( but it was a good practice ;) .

I took the seats from the MPC big charger kit and cut them to fit the dirt modelers PE racing seats and cover all with model factory Hiro seats covering cloth..

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