BK9300

I'd be terrified to brush paint a vehicle that has as much work done on it as yours! Probably answered elsewhere, but why do you prefer brush painting over air brushing?

All together, an excellent innovation to hide your battery - looks really good.

Thanks, Jeff - the real truck that’s the inspiration for all this was built in 2010, and I guess lots has changed since. Another change I’ve noticed is the big, square (and bright) warning board on the back of the sand hoppers. Always more rules to keep people from running into something you’d think no one would miss seeing in front of them.

You’ve done a lot of work on this one - sure looking good

Going to be a winner, whether or not it sees a checkered flag!

Just proves again that many things get better with age - how fine this is!

Beautiful paint, and I agree with Trevor about how much better it looks in the natural light.

Wow - what a process! I did find a blog that talked about the factory process - lots of paint applied along top edges and excess allowed to flow down into a collection system for use on another body in the assembly line. Amazing you could apply it similarly at this scale!

I'll say it again - the amount of work you are able to accomplish with these smaller scale kits is tremendous - so many enhancements!

That’s a lot of precision modification - great work!

I didn’t know about the ‘flow’ method of painting till I read your thread. Do you have any pics of your paint being applied?

Tremendous detail, as always - very proficient with use of your printer!

Nice work on your paint - the tires look like real rubber!

Photo-etch is marvelous!

I do appreciate the comments, guys, but I'm pretty confident there won't be any museums! Just doing this like everybody else - good fun, good therapy and, if lucky enough, good camaraderie along the way!

Great proportions, Gary - the wood treatment inside the van body will look awesome!

Nice refurbishing of the old tank - sure looks better than the way we used to put them together 30 years ago!

I appreciate your comments, Steve! I’m happy with the results so far, but, like I mentioned awhile back, I’ve had my share of ‘do-overs’ along the way. Thanks for taking a look!

Beautiful car and an excellent build - car looks like it’s sitting in the shop that did a restoration on it,

Was able to finally get the sand conveyor installed. One of the other new trucks in the yard had a new sander on it but the sand conveyor cross bars were already rusted up pretty good. Turns out, during the process of calibrating the conveyor speeds and application rates, a load or two of sand is run through the hopper (with the truck backed up to the sand pile). Seems the paint on the bars doesn't last very long! I had a go at this on my sander, plus 'lubed' the chains with a wash, installed and wired the conveyor speed sensor and ran the final line from the pre-wet pump down into the side of the spinner chute. I also added the two rear mud flaps and glued the side tanks in position, for better or worse - now the remaining equalization hose running between the tanks will need to be figured out. Conveyor finally in place Even though this is a 'brand new truck', will still be more 'grease' to add to outside bearing/tensioner assembly on each side of the conveyor Conveyor speed sensor in place and wired (circular black module opposite side from conveyor motor; can also see the clear pre-wet fluid line heading down under the sander frame and into the side of the spinner chute; side pre-wet tanks and valves glued in place Rear mud flaps in place - used 0.5 mm silicone rubber (had to scuff them up to remove a shiny surface, but they look ok now and are quite flexible) The sander has taken a long time to get to this point and still has a decent amount of work to go yet. I don't want to mount the sander on the truck frame until I get the decals for the back of the sander, but I may need to so I can move on with finishing the hydraulic runs from the front of the hard lines back to the return manifold on the hydraulic tank. Lots (and lots) of pictures so far and I do appreciate you looking in and commenting - thanks!

Looking good, Gary! Where did you find door parts?

Great looking truck, Jurgen - it’ll be a sight hooked up to your upcoming trailer!

Great idea for the banged up panels - enjoying your build!

Great job! Got to see a lot of detail added in this build and, a little humor along the way (you know, the rear view mirror saga!)

Not sure when you sleep . . .amazing!