BK9300

Great to see an update - terrific work on the truck! Worked for a welder during summers back in high school days - got to watch some of these trucks work moving mud tanks and camp trailers on a couple occasions, while on site. They seemed to be able to get through almost any road conditions.

Another terrific build! Do LASD units like this have the interior cab plexiglass separation between front and back seats?

The display (and case) looks really good, Gary! Is that your logging truck on the bottom shelf?

Much appreciated, Gary - great to have you looking in.

Thanks, Jeff - one day maybe, I'll try a little weathering - it's something I definitely don't have a "feel" for!

Tremendous detailing, Erik - there will be lots of hours invested in this project!

Beautiful build, James. A friend in high school had a similar car - it seemed like the 396 just filled the engine compartment, first time I saw it. Your model reminded of that all over again - terrific detailing!

A lot of great modifications going on here - should look special once it's all assembled!

Fabulous rusting on your beater!

Spent the past week re-priming several parts after initially painting them a colour that was too orange. Many of the parts were then air brushed with decanted Tamiya Camel Yellow, a more appropriate shade of yellow for this truck. The sander was just re-primed today and needs another light coat to cover the remaining orange cast. It is my hope to add several runs of wiring on the sander for its lights and other items needing power, so the wiring grommets on the sander have temporary pieces of wire in them to prevent paint buildup. A few pics of the re-painted items. just about ready for assembly; sand conveyor is unpainted on the sides as it slides into the bottom of the sander body and won't be visible; sand conveyor also needs to have the ladder bars added and detailed a bit. first coat of white, fine surface primer over the orange Wheatland Yellow wiring grommets with pieces of wire to minimize paint buildup; side panels of sander look like I've missed gluing sections to the end panel, but the original sander was 'stitch' welded, so I tried to reproduce that look parts of the front plow, wing plow, sander ladder, hydraulic cylinder and push arms for wing plow, valving for pre-wet tanks Getting close to putting the sander together and mounting it on the truck! Thanks for looking in!

I have those PE hose clamps too, but I've not yet been able to crimp them up to look like the tightening screw. I need to check CTM's web site - sometimes I find downloadable pdf instructions on how to do it right.

Great progress, Jeff. I agree with Steve’s comment about the hose clips. Not sure how to replicate that on the Auslowe version I have.

Great looking cabinet! Your shop cabinets and workbench look better than some kitchens I’ve seen.

Great paint, well detailed interior and aggressive looking tires/wheels. Is the “Pirelli” lettering decals or stencil painted?

A great looking car - lots of detail in the engine bay, right down to the screen protecting the rad!

Must be very gratifying at this point, after all the trouble the paint gave you, to be ready to assemble it all. Great looking truck!

That’s a lot of detail work already - big project!

No comparison - your new treads are considerably better - like the retainer ring system for your pins, too

Interlude . . . I'm not going to put up many pics of the painting that's going on at the moment. Instead, I thought some "action" shots of one our real trucks working, from back in the day, might be of interest. These pics are screen shots from a video made for the company many years ago - lots of GoPro video and drone shots (don't know where the original video is because the videographer removed it from YouTube). I know there are lots of videos on YouTube of these type of trucks working, but some of these shots are pretty close to the action. More updates coming soon. . .

Great addition, Jeff - very realistic

Terrific! Thanks again, Peter - very helpful!

Thanks, Peter - tried that, but I think I need to resize my pictures to get them to line up side by side. I'll do some experimenting!

I’ve seen a few threads where people post pics ‘side by side’, to do a comparison. Tried to do it, but always seem to end up with additional pics being added below previous pic. What’s best way to post pics side by side?

I appreciate all the great info. I don't have great pictures of the hood I need to create. I'm using the cab from the WS Constellation kit and using a hood from the Alaskan Hauler kit that, after some rebuilding, will closely resemble the hood of the real truck. Below is a pic of the real truck's front end - for now, I'll just press on with modifying my existing hood. Thanks again, Bren.

Hi again - none are quite the WS model I was hoping for - thanks for checking. I understand there is a lot to learn about 3D printing. I'm certain if I made the leap it would be to resin printing. I also understand that there are printers with higher resolution and that software programs exist, proprietary to the printer or not, that can manipulate files to enhance the final product. For the build I'm currently doing, I first modeled it in Sketchup, but didn't pay proper attention to making "solid" groups, necessary for proper export to STL files and printing, so I don't think I have anything that you could test print for me (thanks for the offer!). That said, I am still using projection views to print out templates that I use to cut up plastic sheet to make the part I need. Below is a screen shot from Sketchup for one part of the truck (forms the front bumper of my plow truck), and a picture of what I actually modeled from styrene. Based on what you've learned, do you think any part of the small Sketchup model could have been resin printed at resolutions similar to the cabs you printed? Sketchup - actual