J.B. Customs

I test cleared a scrap piece and compared the uncleared with my reference pictures I believe that I will not clear it thanks for the tip and making me take a second look. Between you and Greg I feel I am being schooled by the best

Yes I can see the difference and yes the smaller diameter wire is definitely more in scale thanks for the tip and I am glad that I have not secured the booster reel in yet. For paint I used Testors dark red enamel on top of Rust-Oleum gray primer and will put a final coat of Testors wet look clear coat for the final finish

I have watched since you started I need to get frustrated absolutely fantastic

Really like the detail and the lighting, I have a whole new respect for these builds looks fantastic

A little progress at a time

So I went to apply a couple of these decals and the backing comes off with the decal making it cloudy I am sure it is because they are old i tried soaking them a longer time and some other ways that didn’t work any ideas on how I can make them work are should I just trash them and look for new

Nice detail right down to the hub odometer great touch

Really like the tips on how to do the strainer and I have plenty of truck parts and also when talking to the owner the booster reel was both manual and electric I also added an electric motor to the reel

I was talking to the owner today and asked him about the crosslay so come to find out that the truck did not have a crosslay so they actually cut the opening and made the crosslay

Well after checking things out I shorten the booster reel and reconfigured some things and added the manual crank still needs a couple more modifications

Oh yes still a lot of work to do before I can even think about primer and paint glad that I have not secured anything yet here are a few extra shots of the rear

Finally got some time to start mocking things up and many thanks to Greg for helping with the booster reel and pump panel

That is awesome like thought process

Simple touch up and I don’t usually paint everything on the trees but too achieve the darker red everything had to be primed gray it was just simpler to leave the rims and brake parts on the part’s tree

Very cool ? fantastic work ?

That is fantastic I have not gotten that far yet but now I know what I am going to do when I get there my pump panel is not plated but I have some ideas rolling around in my head on how I will detail it out

I did go ahead and used the ford chassis as was suggested and the Akron truck is gas power that was a plus so far everything has worked out there was a few hiccups and I am sure that there will be a few more but so far only a few modifications unless somebody see’s something that I forgot are I need to do are I have gotten wrong

Well I hope that I am getting this right

That is just way COOL ??

Excellent paint job and stripes

Another build that I am simply AMAZED with fantastic work

Simply AMAZING Fantastic detailing

It is a small start but a lot more mocking up to do

Thank You for the information I am beginning to believe that this is going to be one of the most detailed builds that I have done so far

I am getting the feeling that I am going to be building more than 1