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What a great save, Sean, as well as a great build. I Really like the color choice. This is going to be sweet.

Just doing the monthly post. Have made some progress on the cab/sleeper unit, and hope to have some pictures to post next weekend.

JT, Very cool idea. I can see this being fun and interesting to build. With your skills, pretty slick when done.

It will be cool either way, Travis. Both the best and worst part of any contest build, is pushing yourself to get to that contest level in your mind's standards. Win or lose, doing something you have never done before is a victory in itself. JT, what makes that funny, is you make that really work, each and every time.

Great choice, Mike. I almost chose 1 of my Bill Drennen W900Ls for this build. Can't wait to see where you take one of my favorite trucks.

Here are a couple of pictures of what I have managed to bet done so far. I got a bunch of Freightliner resin parts off of ebay a few years ago. They were pretty rough, and I never intended to use them. Along comes the B.R.B.O, and I finally have a use for some of them. In the side by side pic, you can see the before and after, so to speak. Just about everything was wrong, the grille height, the taper of the hood, the fenders, the blister on the top, and headlights. I also found out, that used fabric softener dryer sheets make great matting to reinforce super glue just like the matting used for fiberglass. Makes it very strong. With lots of sheet styrene, super glue and mat, and sand paper galore, these are the changes so far. Thanks for taking the time to check out my pics, and thanks to Clayton for getting this going, it has been a lot of fun already.

Clayton is exactly right.

JT's words work perfectly.

All that is missing is the 'Tractor of the Month' title to go with pictures. Just a beautiful job, all around.

Tony, you hit the nail on the head! Over 40 years ago, folding card table in my parents living room, faceted Pactra enamel bottles Testors black bristled brushes and black plastic handled knives all around, ripping the cellophane of a White Freightliner Dual drive. Kmart got my three bucks and tax, and I got a model truck jones that has never abated. The wheels and exhaust were over-chromed and wrinkly on one side and almost white on the other, ruined half a dozen of my mothers clothes pins on the *)%@ split cab, but loved every minute of it. Still do!

I am liking this, good choice. I have a couple of the D.R. kits...maybe when I recover from this build...Going to be very cool.

Excellent build. What a faithful reproduction. Gotta love Cabovers, old school, new school, no school, even reform school. Crazy about Cabovers. What was it I read in another post, "if it has a hood, it is no good".

A Buzzin' Dozen Bulldog H, outstanding.

What a BEAST! Beyond cool.

A definite improvement in appearance, in any scale. Nice work.

Really liking the originality of thought here, Gator. Pretty slick combination.

This is going to be good! One to watch, for sure.

Ray, Good choice for this build. As far as Aero Conventionals go, IMHO, still the best looking.

Jacobus, Great choice! Was actually in my top 3 choices for this build as well. Really looking forward to see how this goes.

Terry, love the subject, the plan you laid out, and, obviously, the execution. Going to be a great build.

I'm with Sean on this. The personal tie in, the subject, and your ability. Home run.

No doubt, given your previous builds, that this going to be outstanding.

Great start! Really like the way this is going. Very nice work. P.S. Could ya slow down a bit, feeling a little inadequate with my progress.

Great start. Given your build quality and style, should be out standing.

First off, I want to wish all my fellow entrants the best of luck. May the Styrene Gods smile on us all. Second, there are some terrific ideas thrown in the ring. I cannot wait to see where all these builds go. For my entry, I am going with the Italeri FLD120, and some resin that is in need of some serious reworking, to make something along these lines. This is the truck that is my inspiration. I will post pictures of the building blocks this weekend. I need to find my memory card. If you could see my work bench, you would understand. Here is the picture that set my course. http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w491/mbotzki/image_zpspgnb4h0f.jpeg Not crazy about the graphics, but the black is here to stay. Will work up a different set of graphics for go round.