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A bunch of progress made on this. First I got the fuel tanks and battery boxes mounted. And the weird muffler Then I worked on the interior Next I got the radiator mounted I got the roof accessories mounted Masked off bumper stripes Skid plate mounted I made custom decals, got air filter, lube finer and power steering resevrior mounted Mounted the cab Hood and fenders And bumper I got the stack mounted from the weird muffler. As you can see in the photos, I used mirrors from the snap pete kit. Since the provided mirror brackets are a scale 1 1/2" diameter, I decided to scale it down a bit. It's now time to start on the logging bunk

Well, I decided to use my artistic license. The tanks felt aluminum to me, and the steps steel

I'm building the autocar dc dump as a logger. I want to weather the fuel tanks and steps. Does anyone know if they are steel or aluminum? Not sure whether to make them a little rusty, or just some chipped paint exposing aluminum

I'm now at the point of adding the fuel tanks to the frame. I'd like to weather them a bit. Does anyone know if the tanks were made of steel or aluminum? I don't know whether to add a little rust or maybe just some chipped paint exposing aluminum. How about the steps also. Can anyone help me?

I like the colors, paint looks great

This is looking great!

Oh ok, that makes sense

It looks like the mud flaps attach to the dump bed

Got some more work done today. I'm on call at work tomorrow, so probably won't make any progress. I started out making some frame extensions for the rear stinger. I cut the sides from sheet, and attached strips for the top and bottom. I also filled in the weird vertical slots that didn't seem to correspond to anything. I put together the frame, and realized that I had lost a cross member. Spent a long time looking for it. Wound up building a new one from scratch. Once I was done for the day and cleaning up, I found the missing piece under the instruction sheet. Oh well (shrug) The instructions were pretty vague for the rear suspension, so I spent a while test fitting stuff. Finally figured it out Then I got busy on the front suspension. The steering linkage was a bit of a challenge, but I got it all together. Then I got the engine mounted Then I got the wheels on Then I air brushed a light coat of dust. I will finish to dust coat up once the rest of the build is complete. It doesn't really look great at this point, but I don't want to over do it And for some reason, everytime I make a post, it always adds extra pictures at the end. So any pictures that appear after this are ghosted??

AMT kits are a little harder than others. Sometimes the instructions are vague, and don't show exactly where a part is supposed to go. Sometimes it requires a little test fitting with trial and error, before you actually build. There's a little more satisfaction that comes with it though. Good luck!

Well, I decided to try to make frame sections from styrene while waiting for the abs channel. They came out pretty good. Should have just done that to begin with lol. I'll experement with the abs in the future

Great fabrication and weathering

I ordered the abs because it was the size I needed. They didn't make it big enough in styrene. I'd rather just slap channel on than cobble it together with strips and sheet. I saw that abs glue from home depot is 60% mek, and I think also has acetone. Think that would work?

I got the steps mounted on the frame, and added some mudflaps under the battery box And a shot of the grille and head lights

I got just a little bit done on this, I got the rear mud flaps mounted I had a mishap with the headlights, and lost a couple lenses I filled in the headlamps with testors clear glue, and painted it white. I don't like how they came out, but oh well...

The visor is from the AMT 359 kit

I need to add a "stinger" at the back of the frame. I ordered some channel from plastuct, so I'm waiting on that. But I worked on some chassis pieces, and the cab, First I sprayed the cab in red primer Then I dry brushed on some rusty color Then I did the salt masking technique. I applied some rock salt. All I had in salt that big was garlic salt, so there is some garlic in there as well, lol. It worked though Then I shot some yellow Then I air brushed in a bit darker detail Then I sanded a little bit more rust in Then I worked on the hood Some rusty dry brushing A little salt masking and shot some green A little bit of air brushing some lighter green The hood and some touch up work on the cab And I got some chassis pieces weathered Here's how she sits now, thanks for looking

I am building the Autocar dump kit, and I want to lengthen the frame. The frame rails measure 7/16" in height. Neither plastruct nor evergreen offer styrene channel in that size, but plastruct does have ABS. On plastruct's catalog, it shows recommended glues for both, and they recommend the exact same glues for both. But under the description for their glues, it says they will bond like materials, ABS to ABS, styrene to styrene, etc. I normally use testors orange tube cement. Will that bond ABS to styrene, or do I need to use CA?

Thank you. I was told elsewhere that it will fit both, so I already went ahead and ordered it. I will probably build a ROG pete in the future, so I'll just hold on to it

I'll second the workstar, I'd love one

I started in on my next project. I lived in Washington State for a few years, and I really miss it there. We want to move back one day. I used to drive up to the Cascades, or out 101 to the Olympics. I used to see loggers zipping around all over the place. I wanted to build a logger to remind me of the Pacific NW. Here are a few photos of my inspiration. They aren't autocars, but it's the direction I'm going with this build. Here is the start I started off with the engine. I went with Cummins beige. This is going to be a hard worked, tired looking truck. I grimeyed up the engine a bit I made the tires muddy, and put some rust on the wheels. Looks like the hubs are leaking too. I'm going to work with the weathering some more, I'm not totally happy with how it looks. It's headed in the right direction though That's all I did this weekend. Thanks for looking!

I decided to curb the kit tires, and go with the Moebius ones. The front floats are a bit small, and I was a little bit disappointed about that. They aren't that bad though. I decided to make some steps for the driver's side frame between the fuel tank and axle I worked on scratch building a headache rack, but I'm not happy with how it turned out. I wound up ordering one from AITM. I am going with the AMT round headlights. I had a mishap, and long story short, I lost a couple of the lenses. I have been filling in the housings with testors window maker glue. I just need to get the headlights done, mount them on the grille, get the grille on, headache rack, mount the steps and mud flaps. I'm closing in on the finish!

I just opened the new reissue, they do include the front floats

Yeah, it's the bait and switch, like meatman said. People hope someone will jump on the low price, not noticing the outrageous shipping cost. You have to look at the shipping cost and add it up. Sometimes it's cheaper to pay more for a kit with someone that has a reasonable shipping cost