Scott Eriksen

...........and when I got back I assembled the boom..made brass cylinder pins instead of plastic,ran hyd. lines,,,they have to get zip tied yet ,, made the Allison shift pad out of scrap styrene and some decals,,,starting decaling the body

Worked a couple hours today,,returned 1117 back to the Queens shop ,,looks like they got a new GM today,,was all spiffed up and it looks like the 2015 ambulances are coming out of service and headed to auction,,,they just take black paint with a roller and paint over the graphics,,,,every time I come there's a few in the dead line

Replacing those camelback springs is something you only want to do once !

Thanks Dom ,,the wheel opening fender "rubbers" will get painted black after decals and clear coat

I might see if I can make a decal 1st ,,if I can find a good pic on the web

I just have to make a small Allison shift panel to the right of the steering on the dash

I forget where I got those Brian,,got a whole sheet of various caution/danger/warning/misc truck decals,,,coulda been an Ebay find

Some work today.....assembled hyd feeder tubes to boom sections ,shot with another coat of red,,,in the dehydrator now,, painted Brians console and installed,,also painted up the pto and pump .....some more interior details,,thats almost done . Depending upon work schedule next week going for engine install and maybe some decal work on the body

I can relate to the arthritis Lee!

That thing's gonna look great when done!

Looking great Gary !

Shot the bed ,under reach and associated pieces .What I'm going to do is run hydraulic telescoping feeder tubes to the boom 2nd stage for the under reach ,,using K&S aluminum tubing,running hoses to them and the under reach ,I'll mount them under the winch cable guide bars on top of the 1st (main) stage ,,,just winging it here. Put the rear wheels together with the brake drums . Might start doodling with a light bar mount out of brass rod or something and hit that with Revell chrome once the bed dries,,should have done that before paint but I got ahead of myself

Auslowe makes a nice 8V-92

They've had a few variations on their fleet colors over the years ,,,

Don't know yet ,when I'm close to starting the build ,,I'll search the web for more Weldon pics

My Mack R is waiting to get bashed with the KW mixer kit,,, in Weldon livery

That will be a nice kitbash Lee ! Will you be ok with the frame length or have to stretch it?

Looks like the AMT is a few bucks more than the Italeri for whatever reason

I just checked on Scalemates the AMT kit is the Italeri kit ,,,or started out as,,,, 1st time boxed as an AMT was in 2023

Yes,,Italeri's quality is up there ! Being they are both in 1/24th I was curious if they shared the same molds

Looks like you got it pretty well under control Brian ! I need to get a Western Star kit ,,,,anyone know the difference between the AMT and the Italeri?

Got all the chambers on,,,,,,,,,,ran a few airlines and brake valves just to please the model truck DOT Inspectors ,,lol 😛 I'll use some CTM zip ties and tidy it up then shoot it all black again .I'll see if I have room for an air dryer once the cab/tanks and body are nailed on . Probably shoot some more red tomorrow and install Brian's cab console and maybe fit the pto and pump

Nice Dom!,,,,,, that's gotta get a Detroit in it fer sure!

.................no work today so more on the chassis,,,,,1 down 3 to go ...........primed the under reach too ,,,,,off to Walmart do more tonight