BK9300

A stunning amount of detail to look at in your frame - a tremendous accomplishment overall!

Excellent work, Ron - it’ll be a brute when it’s finished

I'm late to your latest post, Jeff, but Jurgen and Bren have you really set up for a unique model! Look forward to seeing it come together.

I'm imagining those fenders being difficult to do without that jig - looks good, Gary! Might have asked this in a previous build, but did you make the jig for putting the fenders and supports together?

Very nice progress, Pat - that pipe layer / side boom you hope to make would make a good load.

You're making terrific progress, David - really like how it's all coming together. If this truck is going to work in the patch, that nice paint could get muddy in a hurry! Great job.

Maybe you're not happy with your air cleaner at the moment, but you've got to be pleased with all the other details - the polished, reflective paint job on your cab and hood, and all the detailing on your frame. Looks great, Steve!

Your frame detailing and now, weathering, really brings it all to life - well done!

Your weathering is being built up very realistically - like how the leading edges of the rear suspension/drives are a bit more dirty! Very nicely done.

Looking good, Scott! Resin printed items sure open up the modeling possibilities, but it's also very frustrating to work with! (did you ever find a shotgun?!)

Simply amazing work, Tim - beautiful.

Well done on your dash detail paint, David - those details really stand out.

Neat trick, Jeff (and Gary)! Looks like the curve will keep it's shape.

Very nice progress, Ron - lots of challenges you're overcoming!

Too bad kits like this aren't available anymore - going to be a great looking trailer once it's finished.

Going to look very impressive, all loaded up, Jürgen! Will you have room in your new cabinet for this, or will it go up on a shelf?

Great scratch building, Tom - definitely a heavy duty wrecker in its day. The Holmes wrecker looks really good.

No doubt there will be lots to learn from this - will be interesting and the first time I will have been able to follow along, in real time.

Welcome to the forum, Tom - great background story! Got to love scratch building - you get to end up with something no kit could provide.

Nice buildup of the leather seats - the lighter tones on the high spots sure looks like the real thing.

The black plastic is a good idea, Francis - looks good in its natural state and the result is indeed convincing. Still trying to imagine how your rotary chuck is positioned perfectly for each subsequent hole in the brass seat. Even if there are degree indicators, not sure I could get them to line up exactly 45 degrees apart from each other - maybe 44 or 46 sometimes - you're very precise.

Thanks, Steve - like the chains, the ‘fingers’ on the ice blade are a bit large and wide for scale!

That’s a good idea, David - really finishes off the sides and back wall of your cab - very interesting solution!

Very kind of you to say, Gary - thanks. The goal was an improvement over the model from 1991 and I think that's happened! A couple pics from the archives - 1991 version - Chains are just a 'bit' out of scale! This truck had 'compact ice' removal blades on it, and an old Del Hydraulics side mount hydraulic tank, with fittings made from aluminum tubing - no aftermarket back then (that I knew of, anyway)

I don't think I have any room for electronics to make sound, Jürgen - imagination will have to do!