picked this kit up today! looks like an excellent kit

James,

Looking forward to watching this one as it goes together. Very curious how well they got "innards" of the truck's frame/supports/skeleton (all the stuff you see from the underside).

Should be enjoyable to watch.

Mike

Can't wait to see this one come alive. Please post updates.....

some progress

Cool project. The decal work looks awesome.

thought i would work on the tires today,

heres a weathered tire compared to a stock tire

Quick work on this one. Love it.
I would put some 'less dusty' spots on the treads of the tire. It looks a bit uniform to me. Either that or you have plans for more 'gunk' on the treads like the 1st image.

heres a couple mock up picks. fun stuff next sanding all the roll bars lol

James,
As you should know the third bar in on the left hand side is 2mm out of position at the bottom so you are going to have to scratch build the entire chassis out of soldered brass tube...

Have fun with the sanding, looks great as usual.

PS. What kind of a photo setup are you using? All of your stuff is so well lit and has a nice depth of field.

nothing fancy i just use my laundry room and put my light from my desk across the 2 machines lol

Nice simple setup, the photos really come out nice.

painted the chassis today

Nice frame tons of rolled steel there - can't wait to see the engine.

The frame looks great. Any problems putting it together?

painted the engine block thought id place it in the frame to see how it will look so i took some pics








nope it went together pretty easy

Its lower and smaller than I anticipated, but still very cool.

engine is in for good now, nothing fancy on it just plug wires