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Looks great Sean!

Great looking wrecker Tory!

Great looking rig Thomas!

Very cool!

Nice looking rig,great work!

Thanks Clayton,I'll have a 15 minute window to do that during my day lol!Thought I read on here that the KW was getting scarce,you've given me a great excuse to pick it up.?

Wow Ken,great thread and great looking trucks!Your WWS is super sharp with the custom paint,quarter fenders and dual Luberfiner setup!Equally like the Road Boss and Diamond Reo.Some great work on here by everyone!

Looking good Clayton!

Looks great Sean,awesome job on the paint!

Thanks guys,maybe I'll get a chance to finish it up this week.I want to try my hand with metal foil and I was thinking of covering the air cleaner grill with it.I also saw that the hobby shop has a Round 2 K123 on the shelf,maybe I should pick it up?

Thanks Jeffrey!I'm having a blast building it and the tips from the guys on here have been invaluable!Fun getting my feet wet again and looking forward to the next project!

Thanks Gator,didn't know that about the crossmembers.Great link Sean,after my next build,which I think will be a cabover,I'd like to build the Diamond Reo.And thanks for the kind words Gino and Jim!

They are permanent now Sean.Early in the build I tried to straighten the frame with a little heat and overdid it a bit on the front.I drilled out my hood brackets so I could put brass tubing in but the front of the frame was way out so I elongated the holes because the hood was so crooked.I wound up patching the left frame rail with a piece of styrene and redrilling the hole and also notching out a little of the steering box.Basically with the hood closed it was pulling the cab to the right so I shimmed a piece of styrene under the right front axle and it solved that problem.I cut the dimples off the floor pan and put a small shim under the back of the cab but I didn't think to lower it.A lot of this stems from my frame problems early on.I figured this was the best I was going to do on the cab.I think the next kit will go together a little better and I'll know some of the pitfalls.I'll just say the truck was in a wreck and had a little work done to it?Thanks again for your advice and I look forward to it for this and future builds from everyone on the forum!

Great looking truck and a superb build!I'm in the process of building the Western Star so I know what you mean about the fit and the alignment issues.You nailed it!

Sweet Kitty Whopper Gino!My first long big truck ride was in one of these from NJ to Omaha and back with a 40 ft reefer hauling swinging beef.Back in the Monfort Lane days of I-80,guess I was about 10 years old.Truck had a 350 Cummins with a Spicer 4x4 air shift.

Great looking Mack!

What what a cool Jimmy!Great build and the shop looks like a cool place to hang out!

Classic movie and a cool truck,great build!

Great looking Pete,just can't get enough of these 70's trucks.Your build is a great representation of that era!

Really sharp,nice color combo.I think I can hear that Detroit idleing!

Light at the end of the tunnel...just a few more engine details to go and stripe the sleeper.Thanks for all the tips,especially Old Buckaroo for the mounting of the cab and hood.

Thanks for the words of encouragement guys!

Really cool old White,great job!

Wow,that's incredible!I'd be interested to learn your techniques.

Beautiful Western Star Douglas!Great customization.I've used your truck for reference on my own WS build.