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Great to have ya along ! If ya see me getting side tracked rein me back in lol

Nicely done

Excellent work Tom !

Definitely!!! Thanks

@DRIPTROIT 71 Thanks for asking Brian! I'm sure I'll need photos along the way, will send ya a pm I have the V8 from the Louisville hanging around the bench I might try modifying into the 7.3. At least it has the auto transmission I need . I robbed hinges off a long ago built DR, fitting them into the frame rails and hood tonite. The biggest challenge is getting everything lined up now, to avoid a crooked body later. Thanks everyone for suggestions its greatly appreciated

Congratulations to Dutzie on your fantastic build and BRBO 22 award

Nice changes !

I'd love to find a dt466 for this! I have the Ford V8 assembled from the short hauler kit, w the auto transmission if I can't locate one. @Warren D thanks ! I've been pouring over auction pages looking at profile photos.. I have the hood mocked up,, just sitting on blocks until I can fashion up the hinges. I found a clear photo of a hood open showing an angled frame rail. Ill Sawzall mine and attempt to hinge this. The cab being used will donate its cowl to the build, its a resin IH Daniel sent w the hood

Been hearing rumors about Doug closing down shop, which is unfortunate. We've lost so many fantastic casters, hopefully someone like ST supply will pick up the AITM business

@TarheelRick- thanks! Glad you're following along with experience w the yellow bus! I nearly spit out my morning drink reading about the details I need to add @stitchdup- thanks for following @Gary Chastain glad to have ya along! it's going to be a marathon I expect @Warren D The bus he drove was a Thomas bodied bus. Thats the direction I'm going with this! Glad to have your experience along the way keeping me on track. @vincen47 thans for riding along! @Rockford thanks for your interest! I hope it wont take yrs to build lol, still a huge project from casting seats, and allll those windows

I stretched the frame an additional 4 1/2 inches , now its ready for a floor! A floor of 040 th sheet was laid down after notching the rear wheel openings. I used 2mm I beam for the floor supports, but need more. A few seats were mocked up and these didnt have any gum stuck underneath ! Jeff

My next project has plenty of seats for everyone to ride along, I'm building a replica of my late father in laws school bus he drove till retirement. The bus will be based on a mid 90s International 3800, 11 window conventional bus. It will accommodate 65 passengers, or 22 seats. I scoured the web for photos, knowing this would be a daunting task. This is a similar bus to my intended build The 1st challenge was locating a proper hood. Luckily a short message to Daniel, owner of Plaskit, provided a correct hood. Its a conversion hood for the S- series truck, and right era I needed. I couldn't believe I was this lucky..but knew a mountain laid ahead. I wanted a set of plans for this build. Theres was plenty available as downloads, so off to Staples for enlargements. A couple tries at matching the copies to the rear tire I brought along, and I was rewarded w suitable drawings. The frame being used is a stretched chassis from the Ford Short Hauler. I unfortunately can't recall who I purchased it from, and apologize! The drawings showed a 12 window bus, so I removed one after a quick measurement. My wife's uncle worked for a bus garage, and was invaluable getting the info for this. The bus needed to have a 254 inch wheelbase, after removing the window it was perfect.

A real show stopper ! Phenomenal work on your wrecker. The droop on the top looks so good and color faded

The one build I actually took finished photos of..

Wow outstanding work on every one of your builds ! I feel very envious, only finishing 2 trucks all yr lol

Good looking build ?

great work on your wrecker !

loved watching these fleet trucks come together stellar work! Can't wait to see what 2023 brings from your bench

nice start !! its always fun to take a detour for awhile building something different, keeps the building fun and refreshing Ive been working on a couple 1/350 modern warships, and just picked up a Nimitz aircraft carrier..havent decided which wall to knock down to make space yet

Excellent work

Beautiful work on your Tomcat !

Thanks , it was a fun project and definitely not my last twin steer build.

Well done Casey

Usually you'll just need to post photos under glass w BRBO in title. Makes it much easier finding them for poll Really enjoy watching this come together.

Looking good!! The choice of lattice boom arms is perfect for this workhorse