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What a great day. Met some new faces and it was awesome to reconnect with others. The quality and quantity of builds on the tables were amazing. The number of entries was way up over last year and each DSC gets better and better. I'll post some pictures here once I get them loaded and resized.

This was a true pleasure to see this 'in the flesh' so to speak. Flat out gorgeous and precise. Very cool build.

Thanks Mark. It was great to finally meet up with you. Congrats on your awards. Very nicely done.

Thanks Tony. Glad you found this thread and were able to get through it. I just returned from a full day at Desert Scale Classic and the fellas from Cactus Car Modelers really outdid themselves. Very classy event. I also met up with a grade as well as high school friend who I haven't seen in over 20 years. Reconnected with old friends and made some new ones as well. A great day indeed.

Danno - parks pass? Of course, I have the senior parks pass. Chris - thanks brother. Tomorrow is almost here and I'm almost done. Here's a few pics. Here's a close up of the galley. I'd still like to add more small items. I made a set of chocks for the wheels and chained them together. I'll post a few more pictures later.

Oh, its not quite done yet but I now know that it will be for the show. For as far as I have to travel, I'm not sure I need to pack it up. LOL

Thanks for the comments Manuel. This has been a fun build and I'll probably set it up on a base with some bushes, trees and grasses eventually rather than all of these loose pieces. That will also keep me from robbing them for other builds. LOL I'll set it all up either tonight or in the morning and post a couple of pictures now that it will be done.

Spectacular lil brother. Now pack that thing up and whatever else you're bringing and hit the road. I hope to see you Friday. If not, definately Saturday.

That's a great idea Chris. He's gonna need more minions.

Thanks brother John. Looking forward to seeing you this weekend at DSC - X. I'm stoked about the bedspread too. Thanks for checking Bruce. Charlie - here's a pic of the product I used. I found it at Michael's. They also make a thinner material but Michael's didn't have it on the shelf when i was there. I'm honored you'd consider a trip out west and want to see my builds. Thanks. Still a bit to do, mostly the small detail items that'll really make this tell a story. Thanks for following along.

If these are the girls you run with, I'm hanging out with the wrong crowd. LOL

Looking great brother. You're making some great progress. I know what you mean about that last big push. Lots to do.

Man - that looks great Sam. I had to look twice and am still not sure its a scale creation. Tom - I have a bunch of water slide decals that I just scanned. I'm going to do my best to get them printed and on the door by Saturday. Too bad my printer is in Alabama.

Thanks for the kudos guys. I've been really busy and now this build has gotten a bit out of hand. This has gone from a build to a diorama scene but I just couldn't do without all of the side pieces. It makes this build more interesting. So to that end, I fabricated a vintage camping chair and a table out of basswood and piano wire. Then stained them and gave them a bit of weathering. Cut down an enamaled dollhouse metal plate that was too large. Its red and matches the red on the trailer. Also fabricated a fishing net and am stuck on attaching the mesh material. I found a cloth tea bag that the mesh looks right but getting a pocket in the material has been a challenge. As you can see, the top is on and the hinge is all set up. It took four times to get the top to hold and it took some rivets to get it to hold. Added a vent cap. The flip up 'hood' that goes over the galley portion has been made and painted. I made a license plate holder with a center tail light that goes in the middle of the 'hood.' Been working on a two burner cooktop and a deep dish pan as well as a coffee pot. Still working on those. Also added some travel decals inside one of the doors. While studying the set-up last night, I felt like something was severely missing from the trailer and it finally dawned on me that it needs a red graphic on the sides. That has been designed and will be sent off to the printer tonight for a rush job. I hope he can pull it off. Anyway, enough of the blah, blah, blah...here's a picture. Thanks for following along and comments, as always, welcome. I'm really on a time crunch because DSC is Saturday.

Currently working out the mechanics for a piano hinge for the rear hatch that exposes the galley portion. Looks like I need to go to the LHS tomorrow for a few more parts.

Now that's the ticket. That looks great and I can't wait to see this one complete in about a week.

Chris - thanks lil' brother. I hope to have this completed by DSC but either way, it will be on a table. Bruce - thanks for looking in. I promise I'll be careful putting it away. LOL Jim - somehow I should have known you flyfish as well. It is a small world. Danno - thanks for following along. Sam - I knew as I had plans to build this, it was going to need a flyfishing rod plus some accessories. A few more to go. Glad it brought back fond memories for you. John - thanks so much for riding along. It will be tight to get this done for DSC X - I'm hoping so.

This is stunning and I love that you're doing a quonset since i don't recall every seeing one fabricated in scale. Awesome weathering. I gotta learn how to do this hairspray technique because it looks so lifelike.

Hey...this is a family site.

Man Chris that's looking great. Now that those body panels are on, you can really get some major progress done. I really love the colors on this build. Everything seems to pop. I might just be convinced, you know what I'm talking about.

Its about time I upload some photos and show you what I've been up to. I'm almost at a stand still until I get my vent cap back and a few other items from the MasterCaster so I can put the roof on. So I've been working on a few other things that I thought I'd share. Here shows the doors both attached and working. Piano wire handles were added too. Here's what I came up with for the taillights. Used Tamiya Clear Red for the lens color applied with a brush. The propane tank is attached and plumbed all the way to the back for the two burner stove that's yet to come. These last two pics show another of my hobbies and that's flyfishing with vintage bamboo flyrods. The tube is on the bed along with a few vintage sports magazines. I also made a rod, reel and creel. Still a bit more work to do to the the rod and reel but I'm really happy with the results so far. Thanks for your interest and as always, comments welcome.

Sam and Jim - both of those teardrops are really cool. Thanks for posting pictures. Sorry, I was not able to get pictures up as promised. I'll try my best tonight.

I think one for every viewer. Are you coming this year Paul?

Thanks for the update John...I've got drool all over my keyboard now. I can't wait to see this one live and in person in a couple of weeks.

Been busy this weekend and have gotten the doors on along with the fabricated door handles. Also got the propane tank prepped, painted and installed which required making a frame cross piece to hold it. It is plumbed and the hose will eventually run to the two burner cooktop on the counter. Also searched through my head and tail lights bins and found a couple of tail lights. They are painted, installed and wired. Sorry no pictures here at work, will post some tonight. Thanks for following along.