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More progress has been made in the last few days with the cab primed and finally painted. The cab interior is complete except for the rear window and door vent windows. Other minor details have been added as well. Getting closer to building up the fire body.

Got a bit more done on the rig by cleaning up the windshield area with a Dremel and some small bits. With some patient cutting the windshield pops into place without glue. There was also a lot of scribing and cutting to open up the doors. Small brass hinges were added and then some thin strip stock ...

OOHHH Boy! Better get hoppin'!!!

Rich you are absolutely right. The one thing I would say is even if the side shot is a bit on the skew, there may be a portion of it that is directly in front and would have the right proportions for copying. I transfer the image into my graphics program and then use that portion of the image to dra...

Yes, sad to see it go. Not sure why it happened. But I'll keep on posting the progress. Driver's side door has been cut free. Working on other side now.

Thanks Mike. Might be ready for Fire Fest if I work fast!

Couple more pix of the truck in progress. Wheels are now painted with Krylon IH red. I miss the Duplicolor paints and their primer but I found that the Krylon is close and the the primer is sandable gray. I also did away with the cast in place headlight areas. I drilled them out and substituted a se...

Thanks, Rich. I'll be posting photos as I go forward.

What everyone else has said! Great work for sure!

Nice job Mike! I like!!