semijoe

did alot of work on her today

had to add some color. to much red for me,also im adding a white stripe below the yellow one got alot done today

paint is on, have to do some clean up on it the roofs and top water cannon will be the last to make next is the lights, accessories and sound kit

ive painted the front box and installed the rivets next is the lights

small update here ive added the screws, lenses and lights ive started working on the front box unit and the top lid for the center box unit

thnx for the kind words, i sure will make a video of it. i just hope everything comes together and works good

hey thnx guys

ive started on the center box today, drilled holes for the side lights and painted it i need help locating some pictures of the top of this truck,ive some pictures of the older model i know on this model the center tank steps down anybody have any ,please send them to maddhouse1@aol.com

the 1:1 truck has 4x side night lamps these will work and tilt

today ,ive added the rings arround the lenses and painted matt black

well ive had a hard time copying the 1:1 cannon, i tried to use a premade one, both didnt look right so i kind of went with some that looked like it would do its almost done, i just need to come up with some kind of mini bracket for the cable to operate up and down

ive started on the bumper mounted cannon it does work left/right and up/down i need still have alot work with it. but the basics is started

finished the bumper had to go from a sliding cover to a hinged lift cover also must arround with bending diamond plate fo a step let me know what you think as i need to make more steps

im useing the tamiya mfu 56511 kit. if you dont want sound then theres othere kit to buy. the lenses are from 1/14 scale tamiya semi tractor kits

alright ! got alot done today was able to add top lenses but not bottom im getting there on the rear, still need to make rear bumper brackets, paint bumper

the top engine cover get 9 lights and lenses. im thinking there all running light im installing 7 amber and 2 red lenses heres a picture of the wiring

received in the mfu (sound and light kit) im almost done wiring up the rear, might have some picture of that by tonight in the mean while as im moving along i paint the rear box and added a couple of detail peices and decals on the engine

sorry for the delays installing sound and light kit. threres alot to to, just making sure i get everything right the 1st time

on this truck theres alot of 1st ive ever done on a truck for as scratch building. being on this forum has been a huge inspiration. the talent here is incredible there some things i would like to make nicer,but its way to late for that. i do have some decals for the dash i found also i really appreciate letting me have this build here. thank you for compliments, it really helping me

hey thnx guys really appreciate the compliments

the engineering skills behind these builds are incredible seriously ,hats off

###### the headers look so real

ive painted the dash red, i cant see painting it all black like the real one hopefully you guys like it

the start of a master peice

i worked on the dashboard today i hand to keep in mind to make it removable. so it has 2x mounting screws through the front face plate this about all i can do for the interior untill i see where the electronics go but i would like to do door panels and seats. so if somebody has pictures of this .that would be greatly appreciated