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Better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it.....

It’s a roller.....

Mine has never been that tidy, even when I moved the table into the room ....., haha. I try to maintain a tidy work area , but in about 15 minutes it looks as though a small bomb went off..... the tractor looks fabulous so far.

Cool looking build , I have one of these kits, eventually to be a load on a lowboy trailer. I only see one issue with your progress so far....., you seem to have an over abundance of work space...., I have a 6 foot long by 3 foot deep table with a large hobby mat, yet I have a 6 inch by 6 inch work area?

You got this done yet? This is right up your alley JT, I see a 5 foot orange and black monster race rig?

Thanks all, slowly making progress on this project. As usual though, I thought I had enough paint, but need to get some lime ice to do the trailer stripes , it’s always something, haha. Jerry, the way I do the frame /suspension is pretty straight forward. I glue all the crossmembers to one side ( I use testors liquid glue currently), then to the other frame rail before the glue totally sets up, this gives me the option to tweak it if need be to get it flat/straight. Once that’s all dry/cured, the suspension springs get glued on, once that’s dry, I build the rear diffs and get all the mounting hardware ready, along with the driveshaft that goes between the diffs, I glue the diff shackles to the beam, and while still flexible, glue the rear diff in place, then do the same with the front diff, I pretty much use the driveshaft to determine my ‘level’. It seems like a lot, but you have enough time to cram all this in before the glue really sets. Hope this helps some. I went with alpine green on the motor to keep with the green theme. Also got the trailer aluminum bits painted, and masks off for the first color, stay tuned......

So this build has hit the bench again, I have the frame pretty much done, and a lot of parts in the chrome stripping stage. I also decided to try building a matching trailer, time will tell how the paint job on that works out......

Your builds always remind me of an old commercial, ‘Is it live? Or is it memorex?’ you always nail the look, great looking build.

I like the idea you got going on here!

This is gonna be a cool looking bus?

Another option for tanks is krylon chrome, it’s kind of shiny, but not chrome, I use it a lot on tanks.

Before it’s all sold out, find some testors aluminum plate buffing metalizer, it’s great for fuel tanks. I also use easy off in the yellow can for dechroming.

I’m robbing the whole engine /trans out of this kit,

There stock has remained relatively unchanged for quite some time now.

New Hartford store?

Check the trading post section here, a member has a ton of little testors bottle paint for trade, maybe a bottle or two of it in there?

SRV and double trouble , during the soul to soul tour. Opening act was his brothers band, the fabulous thunderbirds. That had to have been around 1986 I’m guessing?? After both sets, him and his brother jammed together for a bit, was amazing ....

Fantastic color combo! This is going to be a gorgeous truck.

Cool project , it’s looking good so far. I need to get one of these busses....

Roughed in a few more bits, also got a start on the dash, been slow going, but I’m happy with the progress so far.

What a beautiful car, congratulations again.

Hobby lobby today...

Is this in your garage yet? Would love to see more pics of this beauty.

Last I talked with Gary Wallace it was a go, nov 22 I believe, along with said restrictions

Steve, have a few ideas for color, but nothing definite yet, most likely two tone though. fuel cell is almost done, have to make some mounting tabs, found a couple batteries, and some big rig air tanks I can turn into nitrous bottles.