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Good color choice on frame !

Beautiful

Nice work Pat ! Your really nailing the looks on the hauler, even when it sounds like its fighting you every turn

trailers looking good KJ ! Nice touch adding the stained wood panels inside the vent doors

Charles- no I haven't seen the new tubing yet ! I actually should pop into the lfs for a few supplies , weather sounds decent for a ride this wknd to take the Mach 1 out Aaron- the splatter screens are a good place to score screens too!

Fantastic work You know now you've done all this scratchbuilding to create a beautiful model, one of the model companies will produce an injection molded one ..always seems to happen especially in the 1/35scale world

Its a flat sheet , looks kinda similar to the grill . Heres a pic from the blower just for reference to the pattern Wish the other materials were still available, these are the details that really make a build stand out. !

Wow , your REALLY making this a show piece ! The color is perfect

Beautiful results !

Good looking build of a fun kit ! I imagine all the workers jumping at the chance to drive it !!

Very nice build , the color combo looks very traditional.

Fabulous work

Cant wait to see this come together ! Those Foose trucks make excellent conversions

Looking forward to another fantastic build from your bench ! Enjoy these vintage truck builds that you build . That expanded metal screen looks similar to the type available in wire form screen from craft stores . Dave Natale suggested it for my catwalk on the snowblower, same that comes with his cabs

Thanks ! I'm getting a little carried away adding stuff , but I have the time to make it look correct . Yep thats the water level gage spot . After paint , ill add a clear rod to the fittings

Thanks Brian ! Awful time battling mosquitoes while spraying today Thanks ! Thanks Dan ! I was curious how the details would hold up under the enamel paint . Lucky light coats prevailed. I kept looking at the giant water tank , and decided it needed weld beads. CTM makes fantastic pe weld beads , and fortunately I had a few extra pieces from my Heil trailer. The water fill port got a few missing bolt heads , and the pressurized air fitting on top now has the brush guard. I kept looking at the tanks from my photos and realized what that piece of angle was for ..let's add it ! Now its ready for prime time Back to the grind tomo , and stop by agway for some red paint

Really cool change fixing the bulged glass!

Fantastic detail work !!! Love the history of these old trucks I was actually gonna ask which HET took its place , but you provided that answer being the Oshkosh M911 .

Nice start looks like a good project

Took daughters 1st school day off...what better to do to pass the time then PAINT!!! I sprayed the cab, hood , wheels and frame outside. Using the implement paint over 5 different colors on the frame surprised me with the quick coverage . 2 light coats had everything even and still showed all the details . The rest will be regal red, then detail painting will break up the monotony

Ahhh okay makes sense now , the rectangular tube looked unusual. It was certainly a gorgeous color , looking forward to Warren's build

Excellent color choice for the merc ! Their wet look clear tends to bubble on me just looking at it..learned to leave alone and allow to settle

Really nice work , enjoying this build !

Sorry if I hacked your post , got excited when I recognized the truck from the show lol

Ya know now you mention it , they do look odd, almost capped on top . I didn't get a close inspection of the truck, there was a big crowd lurking around it . I did overhear it had a 270 Cummins under the hood though