BK9300

Great job, Jürgen - the blue is going to tie everything together nicely!

Awesome progress, Paul - looking really good!

I've only done a couple opening door sets, on big rigs way back when, but it seems to me that using two hinges per door might help stabilize your doors. I would also run your inner strip of styrene all the way around your door to give it better support when the door is closed. I haven't used them myself, but seems that tiny magnets in each door jamb and inside each door also hold the doors in place quite securely - lots of work to do all that but might be worth it. Great idea to suicide the doors!

Wow! Do you see making the cab and hood out of brass like your rat rod tow truck? Really like the brass work you incorporate in most of your builds.

I think the road dirt and rust looks great - a hard working truck with a few more miles left in her!

Going to be (is!) an awesome looking truck, Gary!

Your vision may have changed a lot along the way, but the finished truck and all its details, sure looks well planned and thought out! Like the outdoors photography too - really shows off your truck well.

I agree with Jim about not putting it back in the box - very nice job so far! If you are considering alternatives, I find Hasegawa foils to have good adhesion, however, their products are more expensive for less quantity than BMF. Works well, though!

Always a pleasure to watch you create these excellent reproductions from scratch. Watched Doug Whyte’s interview of you from last year and learned even more! Amazing craftsmanship, Charles.

I mentioned awhile back that completion of some work was becoming more dependent on completion of other work - it’s starting to get a bit jammed up! Last post I mentioned about stuff to do on front end, then fuel tank. Now, some body work on cab and hood will need to be done in the next few weeks before I can finish some wiring and airlines that originate from inside the cab and exit out the floor. That also includes a bundle of air lines to the hydraulic valve manifold that need to exit out the back of the cab to complete the hydraulic system. Lots to do, and, figure out how to do it! Back to rad hoses - did get the upper and lower hoses made up and have a couple pics. I had hoped to have oil cooler hooked up for this post as well, but didn’t happen. Have to be away from bench for a few days, so I’ll leave off with a few pics of some of what I need to do sooner than later. Upper and lower rad hoses - everything gets pinned! I also have short brass pins on bottom of rad and at outlet from water pump. Used Hasegawa chrome film for the ‘clamps’ and hose from Ted’s Modeling Upper hose in place temporarily A couple pics of valve manifold as it is now… And a couple pics of where I hope to get to as best I can. . . Back in a few days - take care - thanks!

Thanks, Randy - first attempt at cooler failed miserably but happy with how it turned out in the end!

Really clean build, Lee - you give all these trucks extra detailing and it shows well!

Great progress on your body work!

Not sure if you meant this for Jeff or me - either way, glad you had a look!

Well, that’s just the icing on the cake - good idea!

Ingenious idea for your door panels! Your windshield solution looks to be as good as or better than vacu-forming - nice clean edges - terrific job!

Very fine looking build, David

This is a tremendous job! Great weathering and all the little details, all over the truck - on the cab floor, the torn side covers, tools and pipe in the back - amazing stuff.

Your projects and updates are well worth waiting for - they are always amazing! You must almost need a jeweler's eyepiece to see what you are fabricating - the sub-components are jewelry like in complexity and execution - very well done. But I bet the folks in your 'paint' shop won't be pleased about painting all that detail!

For anything not OOB, lots of modifications ahead - will be an interesting project

Looks killer in the matte finish and I'll bet it would corner 'on a rail'!

It's hard to think about another project at this stage - too much going on here! If I do think about it, might carry on with another YRB truck - lots of different kinds to choose from and I have easy access to take pics. It will become clearer in a few months, once I get this one 'Under Glass'!

You’re a master of body work and custom interiors in this scale - exceptional!

Terrific detailing all around, right down to the seat belt harness which looks very real - just amazing!

Finally made it to the paint booth on Saturday and started priming and painting the AC condenser and trans cooler. A few more pics of results from a couple days of waiting for things to dry, making some tiny tubes to bolt trans cooler to rad, adding some detail wash on cooler and putting it all together. Glad when this little bit is finished! Only included this pic to show stuff ready for painting and using the holes in the condenser and cooler - future plumbing will go in these holes - as temporary attachments to hold on to while painting One side of cooler 'bolted' to underside of condenser - Other side of cooler bolted to rad frame through 0.7 mm brass tube pieces Mockup of rad on truck Next? Got a start on the upper and lower hoses to the engine - still need to paint and set fan in place then hook up trans cooler hose/pipe assemblies to fittings on cooler. Good couple days but doesn't look like much has been done. Mail strike on here in Canada, so don't know when decals will arrive. Will have to also get started on finishing fuel tank straps and fuel lines - no end of lists. Take care!