Christopher J Posted August 9, 2015 Author Posted August 9, 2015 Worked on some small details today...hood cables being one of them. These weren't bad for a first try, going to have to relocate them though. The get stuck between the hood and radiator....bummer
Petetrucker07 Posted August 9, 2015 Posted August 9, 2015 Lookin good man. Nice job on the cables. This is gonna look good when you get it done.
slusher Posted August 9, 2015 Posted August 9, 2015 Real nice progress Chris. Great looking interior and color choice. Keep up the good work....
Christopher J Posted August 10, 2015 Author Posted August 10, 2015 (edited) Work on the sleeper begins... I wanted a different color carpet for the sleeper. I didn't feel like going to the store so I started mixing various embosssing powder colors until I got something desirable. The sleeper was barren minus the bunks and having driven an FLD I knew it needed something. I made a familiar shelf with the double oval opening but chose to put it on the floor under the bunk as this sleeper has a door and it would have blocked it. I've eliminated the stupidly small upper bunk and trimmed away part of the mounting tab for it. I replaced it with a shelf for extra storage. I dug through my resin parts bowls and found a laptop and flat screen. I found a spare decal for a TV screen from a low rider kit. Threw in a case of beer and some more magazines. Relocated the hood cables since the springs wouldn't cleat the sides of the hood and radiator. Edited August 10, 2015 by Christopher J
Kenny B Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 Chris, Looking very nice. What a super job done on the interior and sleeper. Nice color choice as well. I like to do up the interior and sleeper as well even though you don't really get to see all the detail that goes into it. As long as you know you did it that's all that matters. Keep up the good work. Ken.
Christopher J Posted August 10, 2015 Author Posted August 10, 2015 Thank you. I'm actually leaving the top of both the sleeper and cab loose (dry fit) as I plan on taking the truck to next year's show here in KC along with a 59 Caddy I'm building.
Petetrucker07 Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 Great job on the interior. I've driven a few FLDs in my day. This is really lookin good.
gatorincebu Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 Well that sleeper sure is looking good. As is the rest of the truck. Be Well Gator
kilrathy10 Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 Great work on the sleeper and such.....I like the flooring most of all.....Hope you don't get stopped here in Texas with that case of beer in there, though.... The springs look pretty cool, also, by the way.....
Christopher J Posted August 10, 2015 Author Posted August 10, 2015 Rollin Northeast....gonna hold off on Texas until we get this load of plastruct and glue delivered. :-) I find I need some help. I accidently got tape on my Freightliner grill decal. Anyone know where I can source one?
Tesla Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 Very nice detail work! Great looking build Chris.
kilrathy10 Posted August 13, 2015 Posted August 13, 2015 (edited) Nice idea for the mural......Looks great....Blends in quite well........ Edited August 13, 2015 by kilrathy10
kilrathy10 Posted August 13, 2015 Posted August 13, 2015 The truck is looking pretty darned awesome, Man.....Great work on the whole thing......
Christopher J Posted August 13, 2015 Author Posted August 13, 2015 Thanks, much appreciated. Did some more work today, stuff that's not easily seen though compare to current pucs. Just did touch up painting in certain areas. Got the tank straps detailed and tanks and side skirts glued on. Will probably do more tonight as I need to fix my passenger mirror bracket. While balancing the truck on its rear gluing on a skirt a part I was holding broke and the truck fell over on the right. Being that the brackets are crazy thin and tedious to work with and gluein place I'm sure you all can imagine the words leaving my mouth. Ugh!!!
kilrathy10 Posted August 14, 2015 Posted August 14, 2015 Yeah, I feel ya.....Those mirrors are something else......That passenger side mirror didn't seem to go on properly on one or two of my FLD builds.....Some were good, but others needed modification.....Everything looks pretty good....
Christopher J Posted August 15, 2015 Author Posted August 15, 2015 Couple shots to show the tanks. Thinking of scratch building an APU to fill the void on the right side. .
Petetrucker07 Posted August 16, 2015 Posted August 16, 2015 Amazing work. The tank straps look perfect. And only a truck driver would put old copies of the colorin book pages on the floor. I love it!
Christopher J Posted August 16, 2015 Author Posted August 16, 2015 Thanks. I appreciate all the replies. I have my boys this weekend so the project will sit for a couple days while we work on thiers. :-) My oldest has a 95 Jeff Gordon Monte Carlo we started 2 weeks back and the youngest a late 60's Camaro. They do love their trucks though, as they'll tell you "my daddy was a driver". There are two W900's and Kenworth K123 in the cabinet that were visitation weekend projects we didntogether. I'll have to get pics at some point.
Old Buckaroo Posted August 16, 2015 Posted August 16, 2015 This is some really nice work on a truck that everyone has driven at one time. I have wanted one of these kits for years just for that reason. I never really cared for the "plastic trucks" when I worked on them but lots of great memories.I hope you post some pics of your boy's cars. That sounds like time well spent. Keep up the great work on the FLD !
Christopher J Posted August 17, 2015 Author Posted August 17, 2015 (edited) Not topic related, but here is how I spend my modeling time when I have my boys. Zach and Jack. Zach is now working on painting on his own....here is working on a NASCAR kit. Jack proudly holding the Camaro he "helped" on. His help was picking the color, decals (from my box of decals) and helping glue a few pieces and then supervising the build. The W900 is the first truck Zach and I did together. Not a detailed build, just a simple Father/son boc stock build. Edited August 17, 2015 by Christopher J
Petetrucker07 Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 Too cool man. It's good see the youngins playin with plastic.
gatorincebu Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 Glad to see you are building models with your boys. Be Well Gator
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