SpreadAxle

I like the rebuilt version you created. Great paintjob.

That's a cool little truck.

Very nice,

Nice work on this build.

Nice job on this one. It looks realistic.

I love that body style on the Western Stars myself. Nice work on this build.

That's awesome. I love that paintjob and the details.

Outstanding! I love the paintjob.

That paintjob is OUTSTANDING! Great work on the overall build.

I like what you've done with the trailer and your mods to the truck are pretty sweet. Cool project.

Nice job on your first truck.

You did a great job on this build, Nice color choice, also.

In a word-WOW!

I bought it from STS, but I believe it's an Auslowe item. As to the grille bars, the photoetch set I bought only comes with the standard 3 bars.

Here's the nearly completed hood. I added some turn signals from the spares box.

Very nice work. I like the trucks in the background as well.

Still a little left to do to it, but I installed the photetch grille. The kits headlight bezels were modified by cutting off the marker light and positioning it in the correct spot. I still have to add the 3 vertical bars.

SHARP!!!!

Outstanding work!!!!

If you need help as to how to post the pix from photobucket, let us know. Sounds like a really cool truck you've built and we would love to see it.

Now that looks really nice.

Starting to look like a truck finally. The engine, tanks and battery boxes are glued in place, everything else is just for the mockup. Still some plumbing to do, but I figure the details can be added easier with a few things already in place. The headlights are by Clint Freeman. I lost the lenses, so they are the fog light lenses from the snap kit I made these light bars from the rear bumper in the Revell AG Pete 359 kit. These represent the spring loaded type. I cut them to length, added the light on the end, and the plate that holds the spring is just scrap plastic. Still quite a few things to do, but I'm going to finish this one up soon.

I usually do sand between coats. I need to do some more snding before coating again. Usually it's no problem, but it seems near the edges, the buffing will rub the paint right down to the plasitc.

Here's my first real overall mockup so you can see the look I'm going for. I toned down the chrome by stripping and spraying it with Model Master Metalizer Aluminum Plate Buffing Lacquer. I'm going for the look of a truck that's about 5 years old. Taken care of, but driven. It will be slightly weathered(Paint chips, not so shiny chrome, little things like that) I took the Revell AG tank steps and narrowed them. The rear wheels came from the Revell AG Black Widow Pete and were molded in white plastic which was perfect. I added a few goodies. I'm going with a black frame. Trying to weather it in shades. The paint isn't done yet. Here's my grille. The mesh is from Plano Model Products and it's made of Stainless Steel. I believe it's item #210. I'm having trouble preventing the paint from rubbing off during buffing(any advice?). The grille isn't finished yet, just mocked up. I really like how it turned out, even though the grille isn't done yet. This material is really easy to work with, and cuts easily with a pair of scissors. Thanks for looking.

The Green Goblon was built. Not sure about any others, though.