BK9300

Cool back story, Scott. Lots of detail in the chassis and motor - maybe you can display it with body off? From the looks of your first pic of the resin body, and the one photo of the real car, likely would have been a hell of a job to separate the hood from the body, cleanly. Coming together nicely.

Nice bonus - well done!

Great overhaul on your DAF, Jürgen! Never set eyes on one in real life, but, from your model, it sure looks like a workhorse of a truck.

Progress of any kind is good - summer’s a busy time for everyone, so good to see any movement forward. Looking good!

Looking good, Jeff - delicate work going on here!

A ‘no nonsense’, all business looking truck - well done!

Your bed floor and rails look exceptional - and all the rest is looking just as good.

Very precise work on your rims, Steve - the improvement is dramatic!

Lots of work ahead of you! From my very limited experience with resin printed items, I think your styrene booms will be stronger than printed ones would be. Going to be impressive!

Good modifications, Ron - posable steering will definitely be a bonus for the truck - nice work.

Appreciate that, Jeff! Painfully slow, but still moving ahead.

Must be very satisfying to design and print your own kit. A whole bunch of new skills needed to do that, for sure - your results are amazing! What scale are you using for these models?

Big improvement on your slicks - that process could be a post in the 'Tips and Tricks' section. Tough (and fast!) looking car.

Awesome build, David - love the tri-drive! Any plans for a trailer to go along?

Another excellent build, Scott - can spend a lot of time looking at all your detailing!

I've never done any de-chroming of kit parts before. Common knowledge to many out there, but sure was amazed at how well oven cleaner does the job! Was able to spend some time today cleaning up the de-chromed parts for the cab - removing what I could of the parting lines on the thin mirror braces, and some injection pin marks, etc. Because I opted to use the kit parts for the mirrors and hand rails, instead of making my own, I now had to re-drill all the locating holes for the kit parts - that sure felt like a step backwards! Basically ready to do some test chrome painting and then on to the cab parts for real. A few mock up pics of the mirrors and handrail/grab bars sitting in place on the cab - (day cab panel not glued in place just yet. . .) Once the grab bars, mirrors, etc, are re-chromed, I going to use some of the Tamiya Mirror Finish film to make the mirror inserts. Still not going to get much build time in during the coming week or so, but will do what I can - take care!

Charles, you topped this excellent build off with even more details! All of the detailing is well dont but I'm very intrigued with your leather strap and buckle hold downs.

Very nice build! Hard to find rubber tires like the ones you have on this truck.

Thoughtful idea of using Jamie's mud flaps on the headache rack. Really like all your detail work and paint highlighting - very cool build, Mark!

I have one of those Bandag Bandits, in a box in storage, and your pics reminded me of that. Nice colour for your 'Old Iron' tribute!

Going to be hit and miss for the next couple weeks - more things to do besides bench work! Did start on de-chroming a bunch of little parts and hope to fit in some painting on those in the next while. Will keep checking in, though - always good to see what else is being built in the forum!

Thanks for the generous comments, Randy - much appreciated! Hoping to get to the paint in a week or so! Thanks kindly, Mark! Having a bunch of pics and measurements has sure helped with the scratch building.

Yes, Sir - very close!

Looks like fiddly work, for sure - back end is really coming together and the detail looks great!

Got to love gizmology - you're off to a good start with your first big rig!