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That looks like a good idea on that convertible top. Hmmm.

Thanks for the good word Brian. Before I test fitted the fire extinguisher in place I had to modify the fuel tank behind the drivers seat as it was just too wide and the fire extinguisher would not have fit in the corner of the cab behind the drivers seat. I ended up sectioning a part out of it. I wasn't too awful worried about a perfect job here as this part of the fuel tank will never be able to be seen. Now I can move the whole thing over towards the passenger side a smidgen and the extinguiser'll be able to fit in that corner.

Thank you Dave! And the registration decals are on............................. The top of the plate is a little uneven but there aint no way to see it with normal vision. I need 1.5x corrected vision normally and I couldn't tell with the glasses on. I did some more work on the passenger door hinges as far as paint goes but progress was a little slow this morning.

Still watchin' & still admirin'...........

Thanks for the comments fellas. I'll be working on a remedy for the paint but in the meantime I had it pointed out to me on another forum politely that I didn't have any registration decals on the license plate which I had totally overlooked. I've got the decals cut out and will be applying those tomorrow morning. I've also got another front bumper coming from Revell. After three freekin' bumpers the 1st one had a bunch of dots in it, the 2nd one had injector pin marks from hell in it and the 3rd had the chrome finish worn off from the high points/ corners. I was going to alclad the front and rear bumpers but decided not to as I'm still working on scrap pieces trying to perfect the "chrome" finish. I must've got lucky on the wheels is all I gotta say. As for the fire extinguisher I've got that underway as well. In looking at the pictures it looks like I need a light wash to bring out the detail where the nozzle area is. I'll be taking care of that tomorrow as well. I BMF'd the retaining straps this morning and folks I'll tell you this. Trimming BMF is one thing but when you're doing it on a magnet and it keeps wanting to pull the X-Acto blade towards the magnet it makes it that much more difficult. By having a drill bit in the bottom of the extinguisher I was able to hold the extinquisher still while making the cuts. Anyways here we are so far with that...

I see a reflection in that mighty fine paint Clayton. Looks good from this angle!

Have you ever reached a point in modeling where you're just confident enough to be dangerous? It's happening to me here on this build I'll tell you that. I started out with the body and hood paint and the hood didn't turn out just right so I dunked the hood in the brake fluid and pressed on with the body and the rest of the build thinking "Hey, I'll just catch up with the hood on down the road in this build. Through a lot of persistence I've got the body about where I want it and the hood has progressed through 4 paint jobs to get to where it is now. Here's the problem though .............. I didn't paint everything TOGETHER. The hood is a different shade of red than the rest of the truck. Not by much , but it's noticeable. I'm going to end up trying to polish this thing out and see where I stand after ALOT of buffing. The "look" that I was after in the beginning of this build has taken form so I'm very happy with that so far but I'll tell you, this hood ordeal has really got me in a perplexed state right now. I really don't feel like dunking this hood in brake fluid............again. The pics: (the roughness at the front of the hood isn't a big deal as I'll buff it all out. If you look close enough you'll see the shade difference)

Nifty idea Pat!

Thanks Dave. This is my second all out project since November of last year and I'm having a total blast at this. It's definitely a change up from Aircraft!!!!! Lol Thank you as well Dave W. I've still got some hurdles to go through yet.?

Thanks Brian! Did some work on this thing this morning and got the fire extinguisher assembled and primed. We'll be painting this later today or in the morning. and.....it took four freekin' times to get the paint right on this but here the hood is. The reflection you see is my hand holding the camera. I left the picture unmodified so you could make the flames out in the paint. It's just the look I was after. Yeah...................I can live with this...........

That motor is da bomb.................truck too!

Now this came out of the blue! Looking back over the thread you've done some amazing work thus far. Looking forward to the progress here. Nice Ross Gibson motor. Good luck on finding any more of these....

I remember that pic of that blue Ford with Jeff Dane standing in front of it. Man it's been about 20+ years since I've last seen that picture and I used to think that truck was the coolest. Well.....it still is. Great progress on this beast so far Brian!

Thanks JC!! I just hope the rest of the build is "pain free". lol

That's just awesome right there!!! That's a better paint job than I could have laid down at 12. lol . Way to go Wayne and grandson!!!

Heya Richard! I'll be in on this one!

Thanks Carl. Hopefully the rest of this build is smooth sailin'. I worked through the drivers door hinge to where the door opens and closes well with little sagging when opening the door. The next obstacle that I had to go through was to make the door stay shut. I've heard of the use of magnets to accomplish this so I started thinking....."How am I going to pull this off and make all this look legit ?". I came up with the following: I need a fire extinguisher in the cab anyways so I took out my pocket screwdriver from work and removed the magnet from the top. I needed a fire extinguisher from another kit so I turned to my AMT 1994 Mark Martin Valvoline kit for that. I cut the top and bottom off just to the inside of each retaining strap so that when this is all glued together it'll look ok. This will go upright in the L/H rear corner of the cab after being assembled and painted. I had to remove the drivers door trim panel and come up with a metal strip that I could fit inside the door along the rear door jamb area in which to "latch" onto the magnet/ fire extinguisher just inside the cab. I came up with a trim panel retainer and cut a strip off from it and glued it on the inside the door and reinstalled the drivers door trim panel back. This outta do.......... I tested it several times and it works great so now I can press ahead to the completion of this thing hopefully.

Welcome to a great forum Brian.

Welcome aboard neighbor! I was gonna post the link into the aftermarket vendors but looks like Foxer's got it covered for you.

Welcome to the forum Adriano!!

Welcome aboard there Gino!! Got any pics from back in the day?

Welcome aboard Lee!

Welcome aboard Jason. You'll like the wealth of knowledge on this forum. There's lots!!!

Welcome aboard Fernando!!

I appreciate it Sam, Brian and Dave. Managed to get the drivers door on this morning but will have to hit the hinge up again with a little extra glue just to make sure it doesn't come loose as the drivers door will be able to open and close.