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This thing is taking shape in a really nice way, nice color combo, great paint scheme. Didn't KW have a similar OEM stripe package for the K100 series?

Nice ol' truck, great scratch building, this is a rare sight, even here!

Hey Ray, where is this incredible piece of work now? I was looking up stuff for a Ford LTL and your blue truck showed up, what happened to that one? And an impressive sleeper cab Autocar also showed up. So what up Ray? What happened to these interesting builds?

Shades of the "Pissed-off Pete" Hot-rod truck. That's about all that could be done to this old GlueBomb White. Nice recycling job! I don't quite recognize the engine you have there, would you care to give some details?

It sure looks real parked on the side of the street like that! Nice job!

Nice setup! The lighting looks just right, like the real thing. Now can we see that truck in daylight?

Lookin' good! This is going to be nice with all the trim. Nice and tight like the others in that fleet.

Yes! This is a refreshing change! Very nice! They're still model trucks, so it doesn't really matter what you build them out of. Good work! Your wife did put a nice touch to this one. What surprises me most is that details are still pretty close to scale even in the (Peterbilt's) engine compartment, ok, some details are slightly off, limited by brick size, but overall your trucks look really good and having played with Lego myself as a kid like tons others here, I have to say you have done impressive work.

Hi guys! I bought the Ford LTL wrecker kit some months ago and was planning to build it as a short wheelbase daycab with spoke wheels from KFS and a DD 8V92 from Auslowe. Any quirks to this kit? Some pointers on building the kit or things to watch for before building? I've been looking around some and haven't found any...Yet.

Will be looking at that real soon. license plates, antennae, trailer hookups. Thanks Steve and all the others for the nice comments!

These old C Fords just won't die will they? Good job Jac!

More pictures outside. compare this one to the real truck: I know... This is a 379-127, mine's a 379-119... Picky,picky! One of its best pictures: I wasn't too sure about the exact engine color on series 60's so I just painted it something closer to Alpine Green: I got more but... You get the picture! I will put more details on it such as the hood convex mirrors, once I figure out how to make them, then the decals and the trailer connections. Next project: 48' spread axle step deck out of two AMT Fruefauf flatbeds with 2 hole buds from KFS and tool boxes from AITM and some scratch building.

Very nice work! I used to play with these as a kid and built all kinds of smaller trucks, but never like this! By the way, how did you get the chrome bricks???

Hey Jarda, thanks for the comment. I liked the Detroit Diesel metal sign I had, since these are a little big for the hood sides... I decided to use them as mud flap weights. They are almost the right size anyway! Yes I noticed the tabs on the tank straps, I don't like them either, but since this is an exercise, I'm going to leave them alone for the time being. But the next time I build a Pete... These are going to take a hike.

Almost finished. Some decals and aerials left to be added. I'm having some trouble opening the hood, it opens only maybe a 1/3 of the way, the bumper-grill gap is a little tight, I might have to remove the bumper for some adjustment. Took some pictures of what i have. Anyway, it looks better in person than pictures. I'll take some pictures outside tomorrow.

This is going to look good!

Are the stripes painted on this BJ truck? Nice job! Best looking paint scheme for any K100. As classic as the Seminole scheme on the W900.

More teasers... Not finished but getting there. I added cab skirts from .040 styrene sheet, added Bare Metal foil and the chicken lights from the previously mentioned photoetch tree. The grill is completed, I used another page from the Tim's Trucks big book of Peterbilt building, I painted the headlight buckets black first, then coated the back of the lenses with bare metal foil for more definition. Shot from the hood left side with the Pete logo and surround from photo etch. Excuse the clarity of the pic. So, now on to the last stretch. All I can say for now is that this kit is easy to put together, I was a little put off with the cab being multi part, but the castings are very precise and it goes well together, of course, most of you already knew that, but being fairly new to these kits I wasn't!

Nice paint! Reminds me of Atlas Van Lines.

Love it!

Neat build! I like the fuel tanks! Nice details with the plumbing.

Thanks for the encouragement guys. At the start of this build I just didn't know where to go with this kit and then I found it... I wanted to do a Peterbilt with the Winslow type stripes for a long time and this picture is the inspiration for my model. My truck is nearing completion, I need to adjust the exhaust "Y" pipe and the intake pipes. I need to install the front bumper, the rear lights, the grill and rear view mirrors, then I need to find some more transparent decal material to finish the markings. It's gone pretty well up until now, the decal stripes gave me some work, but the kit went together smoothly thanks to the ideas I found in this forum and on Tim's trucks site. Overall it looks good. Pictures to come up soon.

Nice collection! I like your scratchbuilt trailers, especially the lowboys!

That is interesting! It will get interestinger too...

He pretty much has written the book and posted it on his site!