BK9300

Just outstanding dedication to, and achievement in, your craft. Beautiful to see coming together!

Thanks, Jurgen! I was fortunate to have spent lots of time around these trucks and took lots of pictures. Thankfully, have lots of time to add in the details - I might do them quicker, though, if I added 3D printing to the mix like you have!

Well done on the detail painting - a very steady hand!

Anton, let me check on something and I will PM you tomorrow

Haven’t made the leap to a printer yet, so I’ll pass for know, but good to know - switches are a nice detail!

Thanks, Jeff! (got distracted earlier and didn't finish responding to comments)

Geez, where did you find (or how did you make!) the switches??

Very imaginative!

Good work, Ronald - that frame looked very complicated!

Thanks, Steve - I appreciate the comments! (been watching your cyber punk build and paying attention to all the body work - lots of changes going on there!)

Thanks, Joe - I missed your welcome because I hadn’t been back to this post in awhile. Would be great to see one of your trucks underway!

Tremendous amount of work - final result sure looks good!

I do have a slightly different set from CTM - they're similar to the steps in the pic of the tridem plow truck I posted awhile back.

Geez those valve stems are small in the pics - can't imagine keeping track of them till you glue them in place - wheels look great!

Yes, PE stuff is pretty amazing and sure looks good on your Pete!

Yes, and your attention to that detail shows up in the final assemblies - masterful build!

I checked my photos again, and the motorcycle chain I used was a Decalcas chain from Spot Model, not Hiroboy.

Going to be a good looking unit, especially hooked up to your trailer.

Finished some of the wiring on my plow truck sander hopper yesterday

Another detailed project well underway, Jurgen!

I used some Hiro motorcycle chains for the sand conveyor in my plow truck - think it was 1/12 scale. My truck is 1/24 and I’m working off of 1mm = 1 inch (approx). 1/12 chain was a bit small and 1/9 chain was a bit too big for what I wanted and Isettled on 1/12. Sand conveyor below is not finished but you can see the scale of the chain for the sander. Hope this helps

Got the sander's brake lights 'wired' today, along with several of the connections to the junction box. Working with tweezers and fingers that are a bit shaky, I managed to chip some paint on the right side and break off a small part of a valve support on the left side - if there's any good to come of that, its that most of it will be hidden underneath the valve. Have to see what kind of a repair I can manage. Overall, I need to be satisfied with the wiring outcome so far, and move along! While looking through my cell phone to take a pic, and trying to grab the wire with tweezers, I managed to break an ear off a valve support bracket - got the wire through the first grommet, though! There will be two spot lights on this side of the sander, eventually Wiring crosses underneath sand conveyor frame through rubber hose Both brake light housings wired in Several connections to junction box made - loose blue wire is for a spot lower on the right side and the remaining empty connection carries the wiring on to the two upper flashing lights and a roto-light at back of sander - need to wait for some black stripe decals to go on end panel of sander hopper before I can finish these lights Been saying some hydraulic hoses will be coming, for last two or three posts - they're coming soon - wiring has taken longer than I thought!

I hadn't noticed the lifting loop before, but there is one on the wing plow of the truck I'm modeling. Haven't done final coat of paint on the wing plow yet, so maybe I can still incorporate one. No extendable underbody, but I am going to try for the work lights in the pic below (quite a flimsy light mount at 1/24 scale on top of hydraulic filter, but maybe I can make a slightly bigger mounting plate). Right hand light shines down on outlet area of underbody Thanks for the suggestion!

Makes good sense, and in keeping with the single wire going to the housing on the wing plow - I put the same red lights on the wing plow as I used for brake lights on the sander, so should be reasonable looking. Thanks!

Incredible scratchbuiling! A great looking build.