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    Thanks guy,s , it means a lot that what I do is enjoyed by others , Ville , The brake drum is some thing I found at NNL East ,here,s a pic of them .Scenes Unlimited ,[WWW.Scenesunltd.com] check them out cool stuff !
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    made a fence and added more trees and shrubs , Richard I am going to be adding parts from the truck around ,
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    did this for a diorama and parted out the diorama so now it stands alone ,A lot of work to make it look this bad .
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    I use small empty cat treat containers ,they are clear and come in tall and short ,I use them for the left over stuff all the uncut strips stay in the packages to Id them ,
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    cool both pics are of a 55 chevy truck sweet .! I use the lighter trick and even a blow dryer if I want to heat the plastic slowly . small parts can even be done with hot water .
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    keep it up this is going to be sweeeeet! .
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    Well done !
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    Thanks Richard ,A lot more shrubs and things growing , And a fence along the back and part of the way down the side ,
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    Moved this to the dioramas while I work on the base ,Still have a lot I want to do yet ,
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    A friend got me this cool 26 T body and said have fun with it , this is what I have come up with ,still mocking it up . comments welcome ,
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    nice build , like the wheels they look sharp .
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    Bill .What would keep this from being factory stock ? I to am very familiar with these trucks .any input would be helpfull .
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    I built this years ago and never posted it .I opened the doors built the interior and door panels ,fully wired and plumbed the motor ,
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    keep going you have a good start .
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    ANDY ,you have some good scratch building skills , I did not think I would like this build but your skills at building keep bring me back to check out your work , Very nice job and talent,s .
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    got some wiring done ,it,s hard to see the plug wires are done and added wires to the passengers head light that is gone , also corrected the steering box and drag link location ,it is now mounted under the frame as it should be .
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    GAUTE , I like that idea kind of a [honey look what I just dragged home ] seen ? .I,ll be thinking about that . THANKS .
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    THANKS GUY,S , I got some painting done and started on some of the detail wiring . yesterday I spent all of to day in bed after seeing the DR,S .for my up coming surgery .I know alot of these details will be unseen when this is done ,but I,ll know they are there .
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    GREAT TOPIC ,! I for one enjoy the forum and check it all day long .it,s nice to know I,m not alone or some sort of freak for building model,s at 50 years old .[WELL THAT LAST LINE COULD BE TRUE DEPENDING ON WHO YOU ASK ] HA.HA . LIVE LONG AND BUILD HAPPY !
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    Looking better then ever RICHARD , KEEP IT UP !
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    just got this kit so far I,m loven it ,going to do a mild custom for a club build in MARCH . So I have some time to work thing,s out on this .here,s where I,m at
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    thanks JAMES ,I use to do that now I use one,s from other kit,s or resin one,s .I,m looking forward to this build as you go along .
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    TOM , Thanks for the kind words .I use a regular paint brush , I will try and do a tutorial on how I get the rust effect that I do . I am out of work due to back problems and waiting surgery so I should have time .the rust color is about 3-6 colors added one after a nother .
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    I ran across it on the H.A.M.B. web site,
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