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Ahh I should have known. I have a few of your products and am a big fan. Just know I'd buy more from you if you reopen for business.

Thanks, Carl. Anytime! Between working a lot of OT, I've been spending time mostly getting all of the parts washed and dried. I set aside some parts that will need a little more sanding to look just right. Most of them are the parts that I de-chromed. As you may be able to tell, I have started to remove the rubber trim on the front bumper to make it look like a base XL bumper. I also drilled out the exhaust tips: I primed most of the big parts in Mr. Surfacer 1500 black and grey since I'm done with the body work. I cannot say enough good things about this line of primers.

Great to hear. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions about anything. It took some trial and error to get it to look right.

Great job! Can the tool box design be found/purchased anywhere?

Thanks for the tip! I always have Super Clean on hand for paint stripping, so I find it easy to use to remove chrome as well. I'll stick with it as my go-to as it's worked for me for years. And yes, I always use gloves when handling it.

That's one way to put it lol. Thanks!

I sanded the main body parts with 600 grit to give the primer something to bite and removed the flash and (most) seam marks from the smaller bodies. I'll be washing the parts in warm water and Dawn and giving them a scuff with a toothbrush shortly: Here are all the chrome parts in Super Clean for de-chroming: Within 5 minutes, most of the chrome was gone! I've never seen it work this fast. I'll give it a little longer to be sure that all chrome remnants are removed:

Of course. I love learning (and sharing) knowledge on this forum.

My father has been a Highway Electrician for 36 years. I grew up going to job sites with him and was always impressed by the different trucks and pieces of machinery that he and his crews used. As a tribute of sorts, I want to build a low-trim pickup truck typical of what a foreman or other company supervisor would use. Given his long career, I have many different eras/options I can go with, but I figured this would be a good chance to finally build one of the many AMT 9th-gen F-150 truck kits that I have. This is what I'm aiming for, but in a construction yellow color: As I need a long bed, I went with the original 1992 issue kit which includes just that. I bought this particular kit off of ebay many years ago. It is complete and I thought the seller had opened it up and somehow cut the box top down the middle. But then I went down a rabbit hole with the price tag and discovered that it was most likely purchased like this at a Bud's Discount City store. For those that don't know, Bud's was a Walmart subsidiary that sold products handed down from regular Walmart stores that had been returned, damaged, phased out, etc. The last of these stores closed in 1998. The biggest challenge will be to de-trim the truck from an XLT to an XL model. Most of this work consists of removing the side trim. The brunt of this work was done with a fresh scalpel blade and some tape for protection, followed up with various sanding sticks and pads: After I was done, I sanded the affected areas with 400 grit to smooth the plastic down. I then brushed Plastruct liquid cement onto the areas that formerly had the side trim. The idea is that the liquid glue will get rid of the ghosting left behind by removing the side trim. This is a method I learned from Bill Guery and it has served me well in the past. I let things dry and then re-sanded with 400 and 600 grits. I applied primer to the sanded down areas so I could see my progress. This is where I'm at now:

I wish I could make it, but I'm working due to cinco de mayo related shenanigans. Always a great show!

I love that color! It's giving me an idea. Excellent work!

Thanks guys.

Thank you!

I'm hoping for improvements/further variants of both the rounded line truck trucks (2WD would be sweet!) and the OBS trucks (bench seats please!).

Do you have a link? Nothing comes up for me on FB.