BK9300

Everyone has already said it all - a superb build, with a touch of humour in your second pic!

Looking good, Jeff! Where are getting your red and white reflective tape from?

Great build - the wheels / tires (and whole truck) look very realistic!

Fabulous build!

Beautiful interior, Dennis - right down to the finished edges of carpet on driveshaft tunnel!

Great to see another update on this - didn’t know what naca ducts were until today!

This series of pics finishes the hydraulic line runs from the valve manifold to the wing plow (front mounts), to the hard lines (for the wing plow rear mount and the main line run for any trailer use) and the underbody plow. Runs left to go are the lines to the front plow, and the low pressure line from the bottom of the hydraulic tank to the pump and the return, high pressure line to the inlet of the valve manifold (need to buy more hose from Ted's Modeling!) four hard lines connected lines hanging by front fuel tank hanger are for wing plow, front mount; lines hanging by rear fuel hanger are for underbody plow wing plow, front mount lines attached underbody plow lines attached all runs to wing plow, underbody plow and rear of truck now attached to valve manifold I understand this to be a control valve for the pressure lines to both sides of the cylinder piston that raises and lowers rear of the wing plow. Control valve in place; unfinished hard line extension (for trailer use)will exit out center of rear crossmember once frame is off rotisserie two pressure lines for cylinder that raises/lowers rear of wing plow Enough for today! I appreciate your comments and thanks for looking in.

Just a great build for this utility pickup! I learned a couple things along the way to boot.

Thanks, Steve! Patience, well, yes - I know there are lots of pics to wade through, but there is a lot to cover.

Steve, you do amazing work on your fleet of 1/32 trucks - must have an impressive display area!

Looks great, Jurgen - good for another 100,000 miles!

Must have a very steady hand doing the pins (I’ve lost more than a few small parts that shoot away from my tweezers while trying to place them) - and no glue marks - great work!

It’s going to be an elegant beast!

I just took a tour of your YouTube channel, Bob - just amazed at one great build after another - commendable work!

Looking good, Jeff - how much will you be weathering this truck?

Finished off most of the work on the muffler and added screen from Auslowe. Had also been giving some attention to the truck's hydraulic system. The main tank and valve manifold assembly in real life were provided by Del Hydraulics. Again, because I kept breaking the resin hose fittings, I carried on with drilling the fittings out and replacing the pipe portion with brass rod (0.5 and 1.0mm). Several do overs in this area of the work. . . added 0.3mm nickel rod to simulate the sensors on the muffler screen from Auslowe forgot to include a mockup of the hydraulic tank before painting the frame - WS Constellation cab needed a day cab panel from Auslowe; didn't measure muffler correctly and needed to add to top of it before painting facsimile of a ball valve for hydraulic tank painted hydraulic tank, valve manifold, and part of plumbing added drilling resin fittings for added strength more plumbing added started on fittings from valve manifold to plows, sander, etc.; Top Studio fittings with brass rod, Walther's brass nut and flexible hose from Ted's Modeling mockup of valve body fittings fitting on the end of the valve manifold is the pressure inlet from hydraulic pump at front of truck hydraulic tank installed prior to laying out the hose runs I appreciate your patience with all the pics and thanks for looking in!

Beautiful car, Claude

Great progress, Jeff! I get the part about needing it to be in the truck to finish detailing.

Thanks, Gary - appreciate it!

Thanks, Jeff - never had a “seat” in one of these trucks, but I imagine the adrenaline could get up there driving one of them at speed on the highway.

At this point with the pictures, I’m at about eight months into the build (October 2023) but had a break from it for June - August of 2023. Was waiting for some parts initially and that turned into a bit of a loss of momentum. Still, lots of motivation from looking in at the forum and work on the sander had me going again in September. Flow of work was beginning to change from building to painting and detailing. Plans for new work included adding the muffler bracket, the muffler and it’s shield, working on the hydraulic system, finishing the engine to the point where it could be installed, and painting all the attachments. So, more priming and painting – and pictures! frame dusted and ready for primer (rear wheels were going to be primed separately) couldn't figure out how to handle frame and paint at same time, so made a rotisserie could turn the frame 360° I duct taped the rotisserie to a small turntable and was able to get at the frame from all angles, using Tamiya, grey fine primer (supposedly good for the metal bits as well) hard to see, but the blue lines/arrows are pointing to temporary pieces inserted to prevent paint buildup, so the wing plow front mount would still slide up and down, and my future hydraulic lines could thread through their supports painted the frame Tamiya satin black - lots of masking to paint muffler muffler's been painted, but now had to mask off muffler and paint muffler support straps (and other places I had missed on frame - green tape!) the muffler is representative of a Donaldson, mounted on Western Star's muffler bracket and brace Thanks for hanging in there - more to come!

Great start on the detailing, Jeff - for my next truck, I need to learn about plumbing the air lines.

I like the motor detail, the paint job, the "tinned" interior and trunk space - all of it - great job!

Underway! Be checking in for sure

Tough hand to be dealt - hope the Easy-Off works.