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Paint looks great as does the wheels and stance Mike!! Good work buddy!

Looking forward to this.................

Nice work on that FL Ray!

That.................is a PERFECT reference for the headlamp problem. I dunno what I'm going to do if anything about that just yet. I've already got one project on my bench that I'm doing surgery on and I really don't want to add a second "patient" to the mix. lol. So far everything else is going fairly smooth. I did find that when I fitted the cab onto the chassis that the bottom of the interior tub was hitting the air intake for the engine at the top of the radiator. I had to sand a little from the bottom of the tub and at the air intake assembly but it all fits good now. Front tires are right where I wanted 'em so I glued those in place as well. The front bumper is low enough to allow the cab to tilt forward with no fit interference issues. So far, aside from ALOT of cleanup and the headlamps that are too high issue this kit is turning out to be a good one.

Good grief!!!!!!!!! And that one's going............going............going...........................and that baby's gone. Right out of the park folks. Impressive. VERY impressive.

This is definitely da bomb!! Wow man!!

Man! This is great!!! It reminds me of what folks would do to a truck back home when I was a kid. A brown paper grocery bag in the front seat with a some groceries sticking out of the bag would add quite a bit of humor to it.

Something else of notable mention. I was gonna ask what the deal was or if I was missing any parts but I had the other kit to refer to and my question was answered. The drivers side of the cab at the door area seemed to have a part missing at first but the more I looked at it, the more it didn't look right. So I dug out the actual build kit and compared and whaddaya know................it was a blem cab. No trouble with this one: As Merle Haggard says....................Movin' On.............

Thanks Brian. Okeedokee everybody. It's time for the cab updates. This is probably the most dreaded part of this build if building a sleeper cab. The day cab is a breeze in comparison. First off there is a nasty seam to fill between the passenger and sleeper half of it. This is after assembly and I cleaned this up as best I could. Gonna be a lot of work right here. Secondly, I've heard just as many horror stories in regards to interior fit into the cab. I shaded the areas in with a black sharpie that needed trimmed up for the interior to slide nicely inside: The sides needed a lot of work Then the rear of the interior and cab gave me some fit issues particularly in the area where both of the cab rest blocks are located. So a little sanding was done on the interior tub: and some on the rest blocks: Then the front of the cab had its issues with the interior tub and the front lower corners of the cab that had a little "slag" causing a fit problem. So I sanded a little off of the corners of the tub and the steering column since it protruded outside of the interior at the base of the column. (the black dot on the passengers floorboard is just an ejector pin mark that I'll have to take care of.) Here's the area of the cab that needed shaved in the front lower corners: So far so good with the overall fit. A little tweaking to do but it's no big deal:

Lookin' forward to this Bill. Did you enter anything at NNL? Inquiring minds wanna know..............................................

Man that's looking good Dan. BTW.....I won't be going to the show this weekend but have made alternate plans to make the HAMS show in July. Money and priorities this time around.

All the weathering and details looks fantastic Bill.

Congratulations on a terrific win!!! You had that one comin' man.

Sorry for the late reply. The fuel tanks came molded in white on this one. I may, after cleaning the tanks up on the project build , decide to chrome them using Molotow thru an airbrush or some Alclad.

LOL!!! Yessirree! LOTS of work to do on this one!!

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice! Gonna show off what's under the hood. Vortec 350 or 454?

I'll definitely keep that in mind in regards to the cab rests. Thanks for the heads up Jeff. OMG the clean up.!!!!!!! I'm going to a show this weekend and I've already got a couple of more sets of sanding files on the "to-get" list. lol Thanks for the comments Scott. I have not yet but I've omitted the front brakes and went a step further with the front wheels in regards to position. I'll cover this in a separate photo shoot session when that time comes. I am going with the aluminum tubing for the stacks and I've got a PE set coming for the heat shields (along with a slew of other stuff) Stay tuned..........................I aint done with this by a longshot.

LOL! Well...........among other little tidbits that I'll have about this tricky kit (along with some tricky instructions) is the fact that the cab rests will have to be installed at a later part of the build than what the instructions call for. At least that's what I'm finding. They interfere with the exhaust crossover pipe installation between the two exhaust stacks. They are called out in this photo: For the most part it's going fairly well. This kit has ALOT of seam filling, mold lines and ejector pin marks to contend with. I've marked most everything with a black sharpie so they'll stand out boldly for reference points during the actual build. I'm sooooooo glad I'm taking the time to do the build up because I'm finding some faults with the instruction sheet in terms of where stuff actually goes and I'm hitting the problematic areas with no fear of screwing anything I've painted/ detailed up. Here's where I'm at right now. I may have to cut the crossover pipe in two in order to install it but that's ok. Again.......I'll know about this before hand with the actual build.

'Preciate that Brian. Great to have you on board Carl. Thanks buddy. Thanks Dale. Sorry it was 4 months late. You know what I mean.

Great work with the effects. Those graphics on the side are a true sign of the times.

Yessssssssss! You already know how I feel about this one Dale. Good grief man! Truly impressive work!!!

I had this pulled up on the screen the other day to comment and got distracted. This ride is looking waaaaaaaaaaay cool!! Very cool!

Turned out very well Jonathan.

Man that is a good lookin' build Carl. The wood work is fabulous!!

Good idea and great work on this bad boy. Thumbs up man.