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Oh yeah , he likes it a lot , and good call on that wear saver…. Have you shown Craig any pics of this magnificent build? He will appreciate the details you are replicating….

Love it. …… it’s a Pete! Lookin good Lee

Brian, I showed Ken this update …….. he is speechless as am I , one detail you may want to include on the front ram lift lines ….. the boys in the shop used to also zip tie some heater hose at the bumper hole to prevent wear of the hydraulic lines going thru the hole when we raised and lowered the front plow. The heater hose was the red stuff. Ken also mentioned ( I had forgotten about this ) that the hole was also used for lines for the wear saver, to which I was NO fan of and I can explain why if interested… are you planning on a wear saver ? Maybe not would be a good thing …….. absolutely love what you are doing. ….Top notch update …. Thank you.

Fantastic, Charles.......

Steve, your attention is really good. You take what at fist blush looks to be a toy like model and transform it into a very convincing real life replica. The small adjustments you make seem like no real big deal, at the time, BUT, it is those small changes that absolutely transforms the kit into a much higher level and changes the truck to a convincing realistic replica of the 1-1 truck. It’s a pleasure to watch your work and the transformation …. Keep going as its all in the details… I love what you are doing.

Another one I’d be proud to drive down the highway ! Nice clean straight build. Looking forward to seeing the final product, Lee…

What primer are you using, Lee? Bill’s trick looks like it worked. This sure is coming together smooth and quickly…. The mix and match is working quite well. I really like this …. Keep going

What an update ! Just eye watering. There is so much to see and take in. Every time I look at your updates I see something new. Just incredible ….. Brian , you are an amazing talent.

I’ve always been a 1/25 - 1/24 guy I had no idea that there were so many 1/32 kits! Very cool

The 427 and the 409, sucked fuel like flushing a toilet under heavy pulls, and always seemed to have an exhaust leak somewhere and I can still hear the ticking sound....

I see what you mean, if it were me, I might be inclined to add a sheet for rigidity, and for fudge factor .... this is looking good..... like Brian says, this is quite the conversion..... I like it...

AND, I have NEVER crushed a fuel tank with the loader wheel either ............ same here with CVSE, and then ..............." while we have you pulled over here, .... lets have a look at the rest of the truck....."

Holy …. I go away for a few minutes to work on my kit and come back to a major update !!! You are ripping along with this rebuild … the tank looks great, I think your extra work in smoothing it out will be well worth every minute spent on that task. And I am REALLY impressed with the spare tire holder , you did a great job on that, again, something I never would have come up with, this is a real interesting rebuild and coming together really well, I am looking forward to what you do next ….. keep going buddy

Lee, a man after my own heart….. even on our fleet trucks , I could not abide a weak hanging flap or partly torn …..just looks so unprofessional…. A couple things I NEVER did in 38 years of driving is tear a mudflap off OR break a box side board , I am quite proud of that little thing and only a gravel truck driver will get that 🤭 . Here in B.C., CVSE find no humour in missing mud flaps, and if spotted would garner an exchange of some money to the provincial Gov 🤭🤭🤣🤣🤣

Thanks fellas. I appreciate you following along and adding the encouragement. Lots of little things to change this over and lots of aftermarket but a lot of fun …… and the vision is slowly coming together

Thanks Ron, the material Brian sent is amazing … I have to give them a little dust at least or tear one off like all our trucks had 🤭🤣🤣

I probably shouldn't post every step I do as you guys will get tired of it , BUT, my very good, very generous and highly talented Brian Kerr, sent me some of his amazing mid flap material and suggested I give it a try, so this morning I did just that. There was a p/e hanger and a p/e flap on the CTM Hayes p/e update set. So, being ‘borderline genius’ …… 🙄🙄, not, thought the hangers would work very well with the gifted material …. And guess what? I was right. In real life it looks GREAT and very much to scale … thanks Brian for your generosity … great added realism..

Sweet ….. I learned how to double clutch and split shift on one of these, a sweet little truck, absolutely love these trucks …

Whats not to like ? Its a beauty , super nice job on that one. Eye candy for sure Jeff

What a sweet conversion. It looks like it is waiting for A load. Great paint combination. Very well done. Jeff

Thanks Brian

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Not sure this is really worth a post , but Gary said it was. Did a little ‘dirtying up’ on the Hayes …. Some oil with dirt and some mud and road grime ….. not sure I’m a 100% happy …. I’ll let you guys decide …

That’s a brilliant idea !!!!

You are a four star General now ,Lee. Very cool idea and project. A challenge , sometimes to mix and match. This will be very unique ! I’m watching with great interest