BK9300

This is spectacular work, Andrew - amazing amount of detail you fit into the suspension pieces (and other parts of model as well!)

I’m not knowledgeable about toterhomes, but your question made me curious. Some searching around says toterhomes can be anywhere from 25’ long to 65’ long, depending only on how much money an owner wants to put into one. Average length was mentioned to be around 36’, so the 280” wheelbase you mentioned would seem to be in the lower to mid range. It does seem, like you said, they are built to whatever length the owner specifies (and can afford!). Looking forward to what you decide to make it for yours.

This is just fabulous - right down to salt and pepper shakers at the table, jackets on the hook and so much more! Amazing work.

Good back story and a fabulous job on your HQ - beautiful!

Thanks, Jim! Made me chuckle a bit, because I can relate to not having much knowledge about some of your builds, like the Monogram Midget, but I sure can appreciate all the excellent work that you put into it!

Thanks again, Victor - good to know more lists are out there!

There's no doubting your passion for the trucks of that movie - that's quite the lineup of trucks you have completed!

Another fabulous creation, Luke! I'd sign up to watch a WIP from you about polishing paint finishes - especially how you do it right up to trim pieces and tricky curves. Very well done!

Very well built model - you've done a lot of fine work here.

About that checklist, Jeff - it was 9 pages long at the end of March and now it's down to just 4. The list might be shorter, if I wasn't so long winded (like my posts!) but I try to list as much detail as I can to make sure I don't miss anything I want/need to do. Don't have final coat on hood and cab yet, but I'm including a quick mockup - some inspiration for me to get this to the finish line! Just for the hell of it, a pic of part of that 'long winded' checklist of outstanding work to do - 'Motivational' pic - Ipad camera sure doesn't like this colour in this light - need to ultimately get some good pics out in natural light. Hope to be painting again tomorrow. Take care!

Thanks a lot, Jeff! Definitely been a long go - I passed the 1,000 hour mark back in early June - maybe your estimate of 1,200 hours way back when won't be too far off! I appreciate that very much, Victor - kind words indeed! Thank you for that, Gary - if I recall, a post from you was the first response I had to this thread, way back when, and I'm glad you keep checking in, after all this time!

You've got to be pleased with where your build is now, given the long wait for your cab - the rest of the details shouldn't take you too much longer!

This is awesome, Victor, and I got to learn about some new stuff out there, like the lift. Terrific work!

Only have one more colour coat to apply to cab and hood and the colour evenness is much improved, after the second coat. While getting things ready for the third coat - a couple dust bits to sand out and the back of one fender needing some more sanding - I had another realization about something I had not done in the needed order. I was supposed to have drilled out the inner fender splash guards for some Top Studio rivets, before I did any colour painting - so, another bit of a backtrack to correct that today. These next two pics are what I was trying to create - rubber splash guard with rivets on inside, and colour coat overspray on splash guards inside fender wells - Needed to unmask splash guards from inside and drill through the pilot holes in the fenders, to make holes in the splash guards - I missed doing that earlier - Rivets in both splash guards are now CA glued in place - I'll re-cover the splash guards from the inside and the overspray from the last colour coat will cover the exposed ends of the rivets a bit. Might need to dull down the shine on the overspray in the fender wells, too - Good thing to have a check list of remaining things to do - but not so good if the list isn't in the order things need to be done! More stuff happening next week - take care!

No kidding - repairs already! Sure didn't take much of a screw up to break the spindle - if that's any indication, I'll likely have more repairs to do before I'm finished the final assembly - thanks, Scott!