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I got this for a Christmas gift from my fiancee this past Christmas, but have been unable to do much due to a wrist injury and just before Christmas breaking a vertebrae in my back. I finally had a decent day a few days ago that I could stand to sit at the kitchen table and finally assemble it. I didn't do anything special to it, because of the current health problems and past problems leaving all my modeling supplies at this point still at a friend's house and I haven't been able to get them to the new house yet, so I didn't use any paint, glue, or even tools (with the exception of a screwdriver for the 4 screws) to work on this. It was truly a "Back to Basics" build for me, reminding me of the days when I was a kid breaking parts of the sprue and not worrying about seams or sprue attachment points. Of course, after things smooth out, I plan on a complete disassemble and rebuild. I was surprised, after building a few of this style kits, this has been the only one that did not require any glue at all, everything fit and snapped together tightly, with the exception of the driver's side tailpipe. It will need a little reshaping, as it looks as if a hanger has rusted off it. Anyway, enough rambling, on to the pics!  

 

  

 

 

The sparkplug wiring is included in the kit.

 

 

 

The taillight panel comes pretinted red.

 

 

The only fit issue in the whole kit, the hanging driver's side tailpipe. Someone's off to the muffler shop!!

 

 

 

Howdy y'all! If you may or may not have noticed, I don't post here very often anymore because I have gone back to driving and keeping this country going thanks to diesel power!! Actually, I had life issues in December that forced me back to the road, and I have been making this go round work to my advantage by taking time off in a couple of spots other than home around the country. One thing I definitely was not going to miss was this years Truckers Jamboree in Walcott, IA, held at the Iowa 80 truckstop, the world's largest truckstop. I managed to get pics of every truck on display in the show, even though it was quickly done because of sleeping in on Thursday and getting there just before an approaching thunderstorm did on Friday. That is why most all the pics are 3/4 shots from the front, had to race the rain so I didn't have to buy a new camera!

Also, before me and my better half went back on the road the Saturday after the show, I had another driver staying at the motel we stayed at get this pic of us and our happy home on wheels.



Here is the link to the photobucket album, and there is many fine examples of old and new iron to drool over!

http://s769.photobuc...ckers Jamboree/

Also, for some of the old iron like these,







there will be another album that I will try to make and post next weekend while I'm on my 34 hr restart I get on the dedicated account I'm now temporarily running that is from the Iowa 80 Trucking Museum on the truckstop grounds, These are all part of an impressive collection of old iron the truckstop owns. If you live near Walcott or are just passing through, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND stopping if for nothing but a walk around the museum!

Well, things have changed here!! As some of you may or may not know, or if you had even noticed I don't post here anymore, I'm back to driving trucks instead of building them here. I had a very rough time in December 2011, I lost my home I was renting with my now ex fiancee, and more or less went from everything (except for a job) to nothing in the matter of a few days. Since I was without work, soon to be homeless, and alone because my ex decided moving back in with her mom and dad was more important to her than staying with me, I made a phone call and got everything (except for relationship LOL) back in one phone call. This is my home on the road, which is currently calling Virginia Beach home for the night. This pic was taken in Lafayette, IN as I was picking up a brand new trailer from the Wabash National factory. My truck was the first to pull it for Werner.



Of course, I still have building in the back of my mind every day and keep finding ideas while I cruise the country bringing everyone their goods, and there might just be something in your house right now that got there thanks to being in my truck first! A couple of ideas are building a wind turbine blade transporter my fiancee (yes, I have a new one since Dec LOL) spotted at a truckstop in OH over the Memorial Day weekend. This is my truck beside the blade.



Another not so glamorious haul, but a cool build idea, was the tipper my trailer took a ride on while unloading a load of CT trash to a landfill in OH, not very far from my hometown.



If anybody is interested in the blade trailer, I did take some detail pics, but I will warn you now, I DON'T HAVE MUCH INTERNET ACCESS!!! I'm hoping near the end of this year I'll be back to a normal home with 24 hour internet access, so I'll post them later this year if anyone is interested.

Well, that's all for now, I have to get some sleep to be ready to leave in the morning for parts unknown and find out where home will be tomorrow night. Who knows, it might be your hometown LOL!!