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Looking good! The stripes turned out nice and dull..unlike the kit offering lol Your engine bay details are popping too

Impressive beast !

ditto what everyone said about this build..love all the small hardware tying everything together sharing the actual parts really shows your attention to detail

I pulled the T800 back down from the wip shelf planning to tackle those fender mods. After several hrs of muttering under my breath, I cut my losses and ordered a replacement hood. I'll just run the internal air cleaner, time to move along

Thanks for following along! Im almost ready for primer and paint on the trailer the laser cut frame rails were parts that a fellow model builder was working on before he passed away, and I was asked to finish the trailer

glad to see this build back on the bench! looks like you've been stocking up

Thanks for all your hard work!

Thanks @Mopar - D I really enjoy the challenge of doing a build just from a couple random photos

Incredible scratchbuilding! The individual parts already show the potential for serious detailing as the build progress's

Beautiful work!!! That red Georgia clay looks great spread about the build, and the small details stowed in the boxes

Nice job on the railings! Your grandkids will definitely appreciate them Your bench is wayyyy to clean..time to clutter it up lol

@Mopar - D thanks ! I used your photos to judge where the cylinders would fit best, keeping my pins held in the brackets made for some interesting language. I finally used a dot of poster putty to hold them..and attached the brackets I figure if it was easy..we'd have a kit of it by now lol

I try to spend at least an hr a few times a week

Looking forward to your progress! Your definitely working out the bugs in this new release I had one in the stash that was slatted to be banana yellow, but a fellow builder talked me into selling it

Incredible work! The little splashes of color on the glad hands and partially left down windows are a real eye catcher

This was way more difficult to align then I expected. I mounted the cylinders inside the doors, both sides had to fit precisely or they wouldn't open square..or be crooked. Oh well..its done and I'm chugging on Jeff

Tough looking truck right there ! Nicely done

Haha ! I seem to struggle getting angles to match up on every build..this ones been no exception. It doesn't help that the frame isn't a standard angle my miter box has slots for.. I'm charging forward w the area I was putting off..those door actuators. Mopar-D sent a couple clear photos of them, which worked a treat. I found a parts reference for several trailers and nailed down a standard size. I need to finish making the brackets that attach the cylinders to the doors, then post pics !

Those under hood photos are off the charts, especially the decals on the heater hoses

Nice to see ya back at the bench after your time away! Your build is turning out fantastic

Excellent work!

Over the wknd I fabbed up the rear push bar typical on these trailers. Every brand has their own style, I picked one based on shapes. I wanted to finish most of the exterior parts before dwelling on the door actuators. That left the front and rear fenders, and air tank. Small brackets for the front fenders were cut using my Chopper, then fit into the frames. I'll add the "tins" over the brackets later. Thanks for following along! I promise to get back to work on the T800 soon..

Fantastic work Enjoy seeing what ideas you have going, and your skills printing them

Incredible work! A real treat following your progress

Finally back to the bench after our family vacation to Massachusetts. We really didn't want to come home, it was so nice there..Plymouth is a beautiful town. We ventured a little south to tour the battleship Massachusetts in Fall River, still shocked how enormous these warships are..and those massive turrets. I tackled the clam shell doors, making them movable w plastic pegs. Holding them in the mounts gave me a length to cut strips, and thin .010" sheet for the bottom. I rolled the sheet over the edge of my workbench to form a slight curve, then tacked w glue.The ribs are 1/8"square tube. There's more details to add, but reaching this point felt like a huge accomplishment. Thanks for the feedback!