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Yeah im trying to figure out what to do about that. Might try to turn it into a diesel. So stupid that a dually doesnt come with a diesel engine.

Got some more work done. Finally got the engine together minus some detailing. Mainly been working on fitting the bed and floor together. The cab will be next on my to do list. Bed is mostly finished, just need to make some metal strips between the wood. Engine will be a tight fit. Definitely a lot of new things for me so this may be a long project.

Went ahead anf mocked up the cab and bed on the chassis. Looks like the frame will need to be shortened a bit.

Got the second 55 in the mail so im starting work on the cab. Also, i decided to make a new bed rather than modify the old one.

Yeah the cab will be the biggest problem since im still not the best with bodywork. The drivetrain however is coming along smoothly.

Had an idea the other day. I have never done a diesel before so i decided to go all out with one. I'm taking a monogram 1955 f100 and turning it into a 4 door dually with a monogram ford dually kit. For the bed i decided to extend both the stepside fenders and the bed itself to clearance the duallies. I already began by cutting up the cab, chassis, bed, and bedsides. I will be working on the drivetrain first while i wait on the second '55 coming in the mail. Updates will come in a day or two.

Figure it's been a while but I've made some progress. Been spending my time working on the actual truck so I have not been able to work on the model, but I hope to have more time for both now that school is out. I am currently working on getting the engine finished since it needs everything from intake manifold up. Also got some new seats and a few exterior parts. Had a lot of setbacks though.

Prayers to you and your family. Sorry about your loss.

Gregg, through all of this I hope you see how much you and this site mean to us. I thank you for all that you have given to keep this place going and hope that you continue to do so. Thanks for all you have done Gregg.

Finally got the truck today. Needs more work than I thought, but it will get finished.

Thanks guys, next on the list is figuring out the airbrush so I can paint this. Then I can finally get the detail work and interior finished. But first I need to get the real truck finished.

I'm getting the truck after Christmas so this project will be back up soon

Looking great Ira, can't wait to see how this turns out.

Interesting, I'll have to look into that.

I don't know, it's happened a few times before, but now it's just getting out of hand.

Went in to paint, copied, pasted in a new window and saved. Photobucket must be trying to upload the original rather than the edited version, could be my terrible connection.. who knows.

I went and did a "Save as" but still...

Tried renaming and uploading again:

Here's the picture in question: It shows right side up on Photobucket, so I don't know.

That's the weird part, I had it saved right side up before uploading it to Photobucket, but it was sideways after uploading. Then after I rotated it on Photobucket, it was still sideways when I posted the picture. Although, it shows it being correct on Photobucket. It did this to several pictures I uploaded today.

Does anybody else here have issues with Photobucket pictures being rotated? For example, I took a picture with my phone that ended up being sideways. I opened it in paint and rotated it upright and saved it. Then when I uploaded it to Photobucket, it was sideways again. I use the Photobucket editor to rotate the image once again and save it. Then I post the picture and it's sideways again. What gives?

Wow, that engine has more detail than all of my models put together.

Looking forward to seeing this one come together.

Thanks Andy, that's why I was so excited to find it.

That's a good site, I use it whenever I need to figure something out, especially automotive related. Could you point out what type suspension problems you notice? I've seen models that seem too low, but I've seen that with real cars too, so it doesn't seem like a problem to me.