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I do not quite understand how these computer things work and interact with one another. Since I got only one complaint, Sean, it looks like there really must be a problem on your side. But in that case you should have problems with another photobucket based pictures as well. If you do not, then it is a mystery to me and I really do not know what to do about it.

The Photobucket changed the outfit (probably a wrong word but I hope you know what I mean). Things are arranged differently and yestarday the image links were hidden from me. I post pictures by copying the image code from the photobucket and paste it in the reply field of the forum. Yesterday the image links were hidden. The lines were still there but they got blank (blackened in fact) as soon as I moved the cursor towards them. I did what I used to do anyway. I copied the blackened line and pasted it to the reply field. And it worked - the pictures are here. But it was pretty inconvenient.

Maybe there is a better way how to post the photobucket pictures but I have not found it yet.

I know I can use the attach files feature of the forum and I did several times. But the data limit kinda bothers me.

I will switch to this method next time if I remember to do so.

So, till next time

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Here we are in 2013 and the Earth is still turning so love and happiness to you all.

I am working on a few different parts for my build. Like the smoke stacks that I have made using the CMT photo etched parts and aluminium tubes. The same way as with my 377.

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I attached the PTO and hydraulic pump to the bottom side of the transmission. Maybe it is too big for this scale but I did not have the real dimensions.

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The air dryer needed the bottom cover. The shape is a bit complicated. It took me three trials before I came up with this.

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Here is a few other views:

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I wonder what is the red can on the frame rail. It might be the air filter on the compressosr output line or a fuel filter. Can somebody tell me what that could be? Thank you.

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Here we are in 2013 and the Earth is still turning so love and happiness to you all.

I am working on a few different parts for my build. Like the smoke stacks that I have made using the CMT photo etched parts and aluminium tubes. The same way as with my 377.

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I attached the PTO and hydraulic pump to the bottom side of the transmission. Maybe it is too big for this scale but I did not have the real dimensions.

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The air dryer needed the bottom cover. The shape is a bit complicated. It took me three trials before I came up with this.

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Here is a few other views:

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I wonder what is the red can on the frame rail. It might be the air filter on the compressosr output line or a fuel filter. Can somebody tell me what that could be? Thank you.

fuel filter..

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A fuel filter... thanks a lot for the info.

I needed to check if the components fit alright onto the frame. I took a few pics on that occassion. Everything just sits on the frame, nothig is glued yet. So, don´t jugde the alignment and geometry yet. I will take a better care of that when the time comes.

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The front mounting points of the DTU get in collision with the hydraulic tank brackets. I will have to make some changes in placing those on the frame. In fact, I cut them off already. Maybe I will have to make some new tanks as well. Will have to think it out. Till then, thanks for looking.

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Thank you very much for your kind words.

I attached hoses to the tubing on the lower side of the boom. It took a lot of my patience and still I am not quite satisfied with the result. I should have used a different material for the tubing and a different kind of glue. This one have eaten the plastic of the hexagonal joints and they are not in line too much now. I just hope it won´t be seen too much when the boom will be in its normal position. I haven´t seen a detailed pic of this part, so it was a kind of guessing game anyway.

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Thank you guys. Even though I have a few different hooks, non of them looks like the one I needed. So I produced one of my own. I bended Evergreen rod above the candle flame and shaped it with a file. The eye comes from a russian battle tank IS-3 kit. It is slightly modified and the hook turns in it just like the real one.

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I also added T-handles to the front supports.

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That´s all for now.

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Thanks a lot. Well, not everything goes as smooth as I wish. And this is where I really hit the wall. I tried a mirror foil to cover the tool box doors. I wrapped the door panels in the foil so that both the face and edges were of the same quality. Unlike the BMF, this foil does not stick to the edges too well and it stepped back from them over night. This is how it looks now:

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The photo raised the details a lot more than it actually is. But I have to come up with something different anyway.

Another small item that I added is this pair of hooks on chains.

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I am very sorry for the doors. They have to go off. Maybe I should have sprayed them with the alclad chrome. But I was not quite successfull with it so far. And each imperfection on this part would scream out loud. A chrome from a rattle can maybe...

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Hello everyone. The Long Hauler Pete is back. I left this project rest for a while and now I am kicking off with the other end of the truck. I was waiting for some items to arrive. Now the ultra roof and the coloured PE dashboard is on my work bench. So, there is no excusse for not carrying on.

After spraying the London Bus interior I have some colour left. So, I used it for the Peterbilt interior as well.

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I got me these resin seats which I attached to the kit base. The seats will be a little higher which is very desirable for the box seats sit a bit too low in the Pete cab.

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The CTM released a new set of the photo-etched parts for the Italeri Peterbilt interiors. The set includes the coloured dashboard, two kinds of steering wheel spokes, the safety belts buckles and shifting pattern for the gear stick. The dashboard is georgeous. Not completely flawless, but surely the best that you can get. I took the pictures at night under my desk-lamp. It doesn´t do the justice for the CTM work of art. Check their offer to see the better pics.

http://www.liaznavzdy.cz/nedtrans/pdf/04-2013.pdf

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