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lookin good so far, that paint has got some shine to it! dennis

my atomic has these trucks for $101. free shipping, they also have the KW wrecker for $103 dennis

heres a pic of the stock frame next to the extended frame. i sure hope this turns out like my visions and measurements say it will!! lol heres a pic of stuby frame for day cab on top, a stock frame and stretch frame below heres the frame before final glueing and clean up

that is an awesome looking kit, please keep us posted with updates on this one. do you have to biuld your own interior? i want one of these, lol im gonna have to ride porky out and see what he can come up with, wow what a great truck! dennis

i really like that engine detail, is that a revell germany? nice color scheme and interior. thats a nice biuld dennis

yes that right there is exactly what i needed to know, enamel 2/3 paint 1/3 thinner. i will start practicing tonight!! thanks for the info

wow thats quite the rig your biulding there, alot of handbiult work. i like it, lol and i thought i was taking my time on my biulds i started 7 months ago. cant wait to see this one all hooked up to that gravel train, its gonna be a nice one!! dennis

i talked with nigel from auslowe last weak , he said what ever you dont see on his site yet just to send a request and he will get with you asap. or if you want you can go to sourkrouts he has them , they are from auslowe. dennis

well im stuck using testers paint, but im gonna use the airbrush. i used 1124green on the frame and i want the stripe on the truck to match, the rest of truck will be white with maybe a blue pinstripe on both sides of the green stripe. and the cab and hood are allready on the soak. to be cleaned and reprimered with duplicolor of course. it would be nice if i could get atleast 1 of these biulds painted!! lol

lmao!! you know what i mean, i should never have used testers "######-in-da-can" thats the second can that messed up my model biulding enjoyment, they are out with theyre spray cans as far as im concerned. but i really do wanna learn to use my new airbrush , ive had it for 4 months allready. them things aint cheep when you buy the full meal deal, air compresser and multi pressure gun with choice of bottle or bowl. HIGHWAY YOU ARE STILL A BIG DOG BROTHER!!!

oky doky i painted the cab and hood a lil bit ago, i used testers rattle can. i made 6 passes on the box before i shot the peices but i still got air bubbles on the hood and a lil on the bottom of cab. i bought an airbrush but cant find how i delute the paint, i have testers enamal paint, can anybody tell me how much i should delute it please. lol its time to stop messing with the kids stuff and step up and run with the big dogs!! thanks lol heres the mess i made:

i think im gonna go with the wing air deflector i got from porky.so far my plan is to biuld a 53' spread air flat bed for the double bunk, so it wont need a big deflector plus it will leave me room underneath it to plumb a/c to the bunk. lol thats is the plan as of now lol but youall know how plans change on these trucks!!

wow if thats true, youd be better off buying the original kit off evilbay its cheeper. usually around $60. i think im just gonna have to start messin around with these 1/24 kits. dennis

all right i need some ideas from some of you more experianced body and paint guys, im really struggling with the body lines on this one. PLEASE ANY HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED, lol im bout out of patience. on top half of cab is an inverted body line next to the roll down part of the cab, i eather end up with that roll sqaure or i loose the body line. on the very bottom of cab is a body line that is strait front to back, lol and dang if i can keep it that way!! thanks for any help with this here is the bottom line: here is the top line : thanks, dennis

yeah ya know i am very happy with the way this kits fits together. im a pete and kw guy but i am impressed with the detail these ih eagles have, im probly goin white with a green stripe. i will definately be buying a few more of these, i like the tank set up, the wheels and steerable axle, and the frame work aint to bad either. dennis

i forgot i had a couple of mock up pics for ideas here it is on its stretched frame: the head ache rack will have a wood deck, for tarps , small load etc.. any suggestions are welcome, thanks dennis

heres a transtar 4300 eagle ive been working on with the 2 4070's. its purdy much out of the box stock except colors, for now its gonna be a day cab and maybe a loggin truck. any suggestions please remember ive been out of biulding about 10 years now, so i am open to any suggestions and reminders of things im forgeting or missing. thanks dennis

cant wait to see this one done, thats from my favorite movie of all time. please keep us posted as you go dennis

ok here ya go DAN , i found this pic and im not sure what to call it lol maybe a triple sleeper?definately unusual! lol here another unusual corn binder here is an areodyne i found:

i would go all white dennis

what a great biuld on a great truck, fantastic job. cant wait to see the payload. dennis

hey guys thanks for all the kind words and encouragement!

hello there my fellow missourian, havent seen you on in a lil while. yes i would love some pics, the ones i found arent very revealing. thanks i apreciate it. dennis

i know what you mean as far as lining up the body, both peices i used were from a 4070b. the cab is rounded front to back, it was realy hard to find a happy medium and then bend the rest into shape wich was a mistake cause it is more work sanding out the warps than if i had just filled the seem lines a lil more. this biuld is alot mor technical than what i bargained for, but im keepin on it. im using primer to help me find all the warps and bad spots, i really hope i get this right. lol i bet ill have a couple hundred hours by the time im done!! dennis

well i just found 2 more real life doublebunk 4070's on that site kevin, thanks for the link. well with the 4 pics of the real trucks then jerry and my models that makes 6, so much for my originallity idea lol. hmmmmmm anymore out there???????? dennis