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I''m with you all the way on just about any chrome parts assembly......There is ALWAYS a scar......And, like you, Mark, I hate BMF....Never got the hang of using that stuff, either......So, stripping is the best option and repainting them with Krylon's Silver Foil Metallic....But that's not much fun, either..... But even after all the "terrible" things we have to go through to get a good build, you gotta admit, it's still VERY satisfying to get one done..... I know there's gotta be something to this hobby....Otherwise I wouldn't have so many of them laying around.....Built or otherwise.....

Awesome work, Bud.....Excellent skills.....

Yep.....That's what it says to do.....Can't argue with AMT..... I like the way they are, though....

Good stuff, Man.....Great looking garage and such.....Really liking the Transtar.....

Looking pretty good, here, Man....Like the spread on that trailer......

Excellent work on this one, too....Great looking wrecker....I'm liking your builds quite a bit, Man.....Good stuff.....

Hey, Hey.....That's awesome.....That is totally, awesome......One of the best I've seen.....The FLD looks right at home with this setup.....Awesome work....Did I say this thing is awesome????

That really looks good, Man....I'm with the other guys....I just let the fifth wheel float, most of the time.....I do have a couple where I added some stick pins at the pivot points to make it work, but I only did that for a couple of models.....Letting it float was much easier, so that method won out..... As far as the tanks go, I think James is right, but if you make it a daycab, it ain't gonna matter, really.... If you put some tread plate there, it'll look like you did it on purpose.....

Excellent work, Man.....Really good idea for a model....Awesome job....Really like the tank assembly with the opening box doors.....Just beautiful....

Great king van, Man....Very nice work....I like that plain jane look....I'da snatched that one up, too, for $20....

Excuse me..............................................Sorry, Man....Had to pick my jaw up off the ground.....Man, this thing is AWESOME !!!!!! I'm dumbfounded concerning the amount of detail gone into this one.......Good, Flippin' Gravy, Man......That is some "SICK" detail, Dude!!!!!!

Good to see you're getting busy, Man....Sometimes that's all we need is a push in the right direction....

Dude....This is one Big Flippin' Score....Wow!!!! Still can't get over how much stuff is still there....Where you putting all this stuff.....My wife would try to kill me....

Absolutely....That's why I post stuff, here.....If you have any more questions, at all, shoot me a PM and I'll do my best to answer you along with a pic whenever possible....

Most of this is done with .060 plastic, Gordon.....I just cut pieces out to whatever I think I need.....Since I'm more about the over all appearance of the finished model and not total accuracy, I can get away with just about anything.....Just like building a fence....If it looks right, it is..... The arch was, in effect, an afterthought....I totally intended to build it that way, but I forgot to draw my pattern as such....I ended up using another piece to form the arch on both frame rails.....

Y'all ain't gonna believe this, but I'm almost done with this thing.....Just gotta add some flaps, lights, and conspicuity markings......The tool boxes, also, ended up being slung too low, but I'll fix that......Gonna divert my attention to the tractor, for now....

Thanks Guys.....I've been able to work pretty feverishly on the trailer since I discovered the missing parts that my new best buddy, Gordon, (scale trucker) is sending me....Thanks, again, Dude....I didn't want to post anything till I found the parts, but now..............I really appreciate you, Gordon.....You're making this one possible, for sure..... And, as suggested by Clayton, I will be leaving the roof spoiler off, as well as leaving the sleeper top and cab roof, removable....I've never built one of these without stretching it, before....Seems odd, but that's gonna make this one EASY, so to speak..... As I said, earlier, I'm using the rims and tires from the Freightliner Cabover kit.....I have to say, I really like these things......They're gonna look awesome.....

Got another one going, Boys....I've always wanted to do one of these.....The Pete 377 comes from Italeri, of course, and the flatbed is going to be of my own design....I see these things every day, everywhere, all over the place, but not in my collection....Time to change that.... I'm going to build the Pete straight from the box, this time with NO stretch, if you can believe that.....Well, that is, apart from a scratch built headache rack to be added, later....Orange will be the color, once again..... The trailer is scratched up from, mostly memory....Not to represent any particular brand, though....It might resemble something out there, but that will be pure coincidence.....There will be no real suspension detail on this one, as this is my first attempt, and I want to get the basic design down.....I'll try my hand at that on subsequent builds, perhaps.....Wheels and tires will come from a Freightliner kit that I had some leftover parts from.....Anyway, here we go with the pics..... Well, as soon as Photobucket stops screwin' around, I'll get some pics, anyway....

I agree....When I saw it, I said "That is flippin' SWEET".... Great job on that one, Greg.....I still have to build that Simba kit you traded me....At least I think that was you....

Great looking model....Very nice paint.....I'm wondering.....Never heard of adding Simple Green to Future....Does it thin it out or something?? That and how much do you cut it with....That is, what ratio do you mix them??? Oh, and you've used up your allotted amount of memory....Either delete some earlier posts or use a photo storage site for your uploads...Like http://photobucket.com or http://fotki.com ....

You ain't lying, Dude.....Those tires look absolutely gorgeous on that truck.....I got a Rubicon just for the tires and now I'm gonna grab a couple more.....I've got plans for them, for sure, now......

Oh, that's awesome....That's really awesome....

This is very cool.....I like the trailer, for sure.....Cool looking cars, too.....Great overall presentation......

Looking really good, Man....I like the striping idea.....Should look pretty cool, thataway...

Glad you posted a build thread for one of these....I've been wanting to try my hand a another one of these.....I built one about 10 years ago, and traded off to a guy in Austin....It's looking quite good....