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Exciting stuff! Great work!

Crisp! And refreshing! Very well executed and nicely crafted. I really like the whole setup as well, you put incredible work and the result speaks for itself. Good work, Steve!

I really like how everything turned out. Tough, rugged, and useful looking truck!

I can definitely see amazing work was done on this truck! Bravo on how great it looks! ?

I have been working on this kit for sometime and thought I share some progress. My goal is to finish building it without facing self-inflicted issues (which I usually have). I built pretty much straight out of box except for the tires. This is an old kit and the tires were quite bad (and I think they are under sized for the truck as well). They were all deformed and kept releasing some kind of greasy oil. I ended up replacing them with 3D printed tires. Painted everything pink first to enhance the red base coat. The painting was somewhat tricky, due to its complex building order, I had to paint most of the parts separately prior to the building. I made a custom red base coat with fluorescent agent in it. When bright light hits the surface, the red does give out subtle glowing hue making it more "orange-ish" tone. I scratch built the stabilizer components so they can function better. I need to make total four of these. My frame must have been incorrectly leveled, experienced all kinds of difficulties attaching the bed correctly. After several tries, I was able to align the bed so it sits almost parallel to the frame. Still not perfect, but not very noticeable for me to worry about it. The kit went together nicely, but many parts needed some TLC to fit and look correct. Extensive masking efforts were also required when painting the side panels though. My next biggest task is to assemble/paint the ladder components. I want to give naked aluminum finish for the ladder, but I haven't fully committed yet. The ladder extends 4 times of the retracted length (shown above) and when fully extracted, it is quite impressive to look at. The kit has fully detailed engine parts and its cab tilts as well. The ladder extends and rotates 360' too. Hopefully, I can finish this one soon and it has been pleasantly fun building experience so far.

Nice work, looking at the completed model, this one seems to be a very technical build requiring various building skills. The overall quality is excellent with many detailed features. Also awesome metallic finishes!

Excellent mirror finish and the top notch craftsmanship for the build! Really nice work!

What a nice build! Looks awesome here. Love the cassettes, nice touch!

Love the color and the quality build is excellent! Perfect in all aspects, you have built a fantastic car here.

Superb finish and details are out of this world! Great work, indeed.

Wow, this is definitely unique! What a massive setup and you got superb detailing going. There are some racing features which I like! Definitely interested to see how it turns out. Keep it up!

Good setup so far and it is progressing very well. I like the color choice for the wheels and the interior also. Should have that classic look!

Yup, this one is definitely special. Your technique of weathering is superb also. And the fine details bring out the quality result.

You got this truck built perfect, all I see is some beautiful work throughout. The choice of the frame color works very well here also. Great work!

Rock on! This is something to be very proud of. Super clean and top of the line work that this truck is showing off your skill very well. Good work, Steve!

The short version looks quite balanced and has that unique feel. I like the high quality finish and the look of the truck. Nicely detailed too!

Great art work and the truck definitely has the details making it special. Knowing it is almost 40yrs old, it still looks quite good today!

I love how this truck looks! Awesome work overall, and the chrome finish is just too gorgeous as you mentioned!

Super exclusive and incredibly detailed! Glad to see this one built and the result doesn't disappoint!

The trailer looks fantastic and as you said, I agree that it really goes well with Lonestar.

Extensive work and laborious tasks you are pulling off! Looking awesome even at this stage. I like what you did with the rear axle fenders, they look great.

This one definitely has many interesting details and the overall look is superb. Nice paint work also, I like it!

I really like the color and finish on this truck! Nice job!

Flawless and awesome finish! Well done, Alex!

Top notch! Great work so far!