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Gee. Thanks Ron. Yea the collaboration between Bren and Jurgen is fabulous. Jurgen is a master designer and Bren’s printing prowess is awesome. I’m hoping to do this justice after all their hard work. I totally agree that the C series was a venerable workhorse in MANY applications. Homely as the day is long but it did the job and keeps doing the job. They did make a smart tandem. Very interesting you worked with these. My experience with paving was with the trucks and pups hauling hot mix to the paver. I thought this idea was good for making this model truck something just a little different, and thanks to Bren and Jurgen , I’m on the way. And, Ron, be sure to weigh in any time you want as the comments and stories are more than welcome.

I love these old B series . I wonder how many of the new young truck drivers know what an ‘oil bath’ air cleaner is? They were just being phased out when I started driving. Oh, the good old days. Love this build. It is going to be a beauty.

A small update. I added the air tanks and to the tanks I added a fee of Bren’s fabulous fittings. And I also made a two speed and got it installed and ready for wiring.

Thanks Steve. I have had them quite a while , but I think they were pre wired distributors from Model Car Garage. I need to look and get some more. They had various colors too

Thanks Brian.... now I have to make a two speed for the rear end.... always something eh?? 😉

A little more progress. I was wanting to change out the crummy wedge brake chambers to the optional ( at the time ) S Cam style as we have mostly today. i fiddled with scratch made brackets and with some resin brake chambers with brackets but I was fouled by the style of rear end in this truck. The crown housing is off to one side and leaves very little room for a bracket of any sort. So I decided that I had to go back to wedge brakes but I changed out the minute little pots to something a little more realistic. So I have a spring brake chamber on the drive axle and just a service pot on the steering axle. When plumbed and painted it should do the trick nicely. This exercise took more time than I had planned but it is now in hand

Coming from you , Brian that is a wonderful comment. Thank you very much. Thoughts and comments like that keep me striving for a better result next time. Cheers

That is really cool. You could load the jeeps on the trailer like they do here when they are done with the haul and going back to the barn. We see that all the time. This is a very cool trailer, Ron.

Thanks Partner

Thanks Brian. I didn’t do a whole lot of super detailing but it will look the part once installed. Still a little more to add to it though. Thanks for checking in. More progress to follow …

Here is another small update. Just more to let you know I am actually chipping away at this. Started out as a ‘quick build’ and not to get too bogged down. I did a little frame work and added bolts in the appropriate places and installed the fuel tanks with the weld seams and fuel fittings. I also did a little ‘fiddling’ with the engine. I was thinking of changing the engine to a diesel but that would have entailed a little more engineering and fabrication that I was prepared to take on. The gas engine is no where near perfect but it looks ‘busy’ and for where it is going sit it will work fine. Lots of measuring and figuring but I do think I will leave this as a single axle, mostly as Bren was nice enough to make me a shorter tank that would be fine for a S/A. Now the next decision is to keep the wedge brakes or go to ‘S’ cams🤔🤔

Probably need a pilot car and a permit, I suppose eh? 😂

That trailer is going to be COOL!! Watching this one for sure.

Thanks for the kind words my friend. And we can all learn from each other. Thats a great philosophy. 👍👍

Nice build. It came out perfectly ! You nailed this one!

I REALLY like the way this came out, Ron . There are some good ideas I will file for a future build. Super nice job ! Great color too. Take a bow !

Love the color choice !!!

Nice details, Ron. She is lookin the business. !

Thanks Ron !

Great update, Ron….. what ‘hose’ material are you using? I find hoses are a little bit difficult to source. Yours look great. And will really shine under a shot of paint. Keep going , this is really coming along nicely.

Those CTM fittings are little jewels albeit very delicate bit really adds the fine detail. Love them. Your plumbing looks top drawer pal. Good choice on the tore/ wheel combo too and the hinges are just cool. Another level of great detail. Have you got a color scheme finalized? This is going to be the ‘muscle’ of the fleet !

My brain doesn’t believe what my eyes are seeing. This is just incredible. So much detail and such accuracy. Another world class build on this site. What a pleasure to watch come together. This is just too cool for words.

Beautiful !!

There are not enough superlatives for this build. World class scratch building skills. Epic ! A massive tutorial in scratch skills.

That is so cool !! And it turned out perfectly !! I may have to give that a go, on my next A/C build ! Good job , Bud !!!