BK9300

Careful what you wish for...

Håkan, thanks for checking this out!

As always, thanks for looking in and commenting, Jurgen!

Thanks, Topher - much appreciated! (I've enjoyed watching your pickup builds - love those sixties Chevies!)

Gary, I'm relatively new here, and have appreciated your comments since I started posting. Long before posting, I had often visited the forum and, as I said before, I was always attracted to your builds. I very much dislike painting as part of the overall process, and took inspiration from your careful attention to the finishes on your builds. So, in my opinion, you very much need to continue posting your fine work!

You really blended the roof conversion in cleanly! Nice work.

Wish I had a 1:1 of these in my driveway! Awesome presentation of your leather seats. (My brother has a place in Sarasota - 90 mph winds last he checked in about an hour ago - hope ‘uncle Milton’ passes quickly and everyone is safe)

No shaming involved! I had the connectors but wasn’t sure about them. The sand chute will partly obscure them so will look ok.

The two remaining hoses at the rear of the sander have been installed (pressure and return line for chute spinner). I didn't have good luck with the CTM photo etch zip ties while doing the previous wiring (just managed to chip paint in a couple places!), so I ran the two hoses for the spinner through two, very thin slices of a bigger rubber hose. If you don't get right up close, the hoses look like they have been wrapped in those two spots. It is a cleaner look to my eye. And, as Jeff reminded me the other day, there are some connectors on the rear drop cross member. I had some CTM couplings and sockets that I had been debating whether or not to install, because they are a bit bigger in scale than on the real truck. I did install them and despite being a bit big, they look good (no rags stuffed in the sockets yet, Jeff!) Two hoses to/from sand spinner are installed Better view of hoses attached to spinner hydraulic motor Drop crossmember sockets and couplers installed - openings in the sockets need to be 'filled' for winter operation! The hydraulic line opening at the top of the cross member will be capped as well, once I am done with needing the frame to be on the rotisserie. Still waiting for some decals to finish lighting and wiring on back panel of sander (need to get that new rotisserie built as well). Thanks for stopping in to have a look!

Thanks, Victor - glad you stopped by and thanks for the kind words! I remember looking at your build back in March (before I started posting) and was intrigued by the windshield washer reservoir(s) you made - they're very realistic. (I need one for under the cab of my truck and haven't figured out how to do it yet. . .)

Thanks, Gary - I have some on order to try and your results are encouraging.

Gary, I agree with Jeff about the re-chroming - looks great! Did you need to do much prep work to the grill surround? Its finish looks very smooth.

All these modifications inside of 25 (or so) square centimetres! Great to watch.

I started at the beginning of your build thread and appreciate all the scratch built detail you have added to your Pete and RV unit - amazing detail overall!

Your dioramas are simply amazing! They are very realistic and the vehicle aging/weathering is remarkable. (I also really liked your diorama "The Yard" - so much going on in that scene)

Crazy amount of detail - well done! You made the decals sound so straight forward - I'm sure it wasn't!

Great looking engine, Bob

Thanks very much, Trevor, for having a look and I appreciate your generous comments!

Just stunning detail, Randy - motivates one to do better!

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Super clean build - best trucks in real life, ever!

Great job, Donato - really like the hood tin being tied down!

Hey Jeff - I appreciate the comments! There is going to be a level of detail I'm not going to be able to achieve - I admit I just haven't determined how far to take it. I've been bumping up against limitations all along in this project - some I have been able to over come and some I haven't. So far, its been working out! Thanks again, for checking things out and offering your observations.

I've been wanting to see what the sander looked like on the truck frame - yesterday I tried to set the sander in place and discovered that the pintle hitch I installed so long ago doesn't clear the sand chute - the real truck doesn't have the hitch attached when there is a sander on the truck (should have checked real truck's pictures more often!). So, had to remove the hitch, repair the area, add a 'plate' to the area, drill the bolt holes that would be used to mount the hitch and re-paint the end of the drop cross member. After all that, the sander fit in place as it should. A few mockup pics of sander sitting on the frame. Next, I'll need to make a different rotisserie, one that will work with the sander mounted on truck, so I can minimize handling during rest of its assembly. Thanks for stopping by!

Spot Model has a photoetch package for the Lonestar - site says only 1 package left https://www.spotmodel.com/product_info.php?products_id=49413&language=en maybe check out CTM's website as well - site says there are some available as well as some photoetch chassis cross members