RichO

Looks very cool in the middle.

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Hey All, Well, I have reached another milestone. I have finished the Engine Bay. Or at least until I find more stuff to add, which always seems to show up later. Not much to write about, just the manual labor of completing all the steps needed to wrap this portion of the build up to date. The first two photos here, show the port side engine bay under construction... The rest of the build for this section involved removing items that were already installed, to fit the new items, and then reinstalling everything. I have added some minor dirt and grease, but I will paint a bigger mess later. In no order at all... The Engine Bay has been a three or four month adventure, and like the rest of this build, I'm sure I'll find more junk to add to this section later on. But for now, it's time to move on, with the first tentative steps of the sheet metal body work. To be honest, I have been somewhat apprehensive about starting the body work. I'll have a certain learning curve to get a grip on bending sheets into complex compound curves. I'll be back later with something to show, having to do with the sheet metal work. Thanks All, I'll be back later.........

Nice scratching! I know just what you mean about working for hours without any progress. Hang in there, it looks good so far.

Hey All... The build continues at a steady but slow pace. I have been adding hoses, belts, filters, clamps.... This is the Air Filter assemblies. Altho I didn't take as many photos during construction of the filters, but here ya go... The Air Filters have a sort of filter/cooling system that lets the air flow over and around these tubes and everything works well enough. I had to drill out a lot of little holes to fit the rods into. The construction of the filters was easy enough, but slow and tedious. This is the hole that the Air Filter will fill. You can also see the added hoses and piping that I have placed around the engine bay. The Air Filter sits in a cramped space attached to the cab's back wall. Here I have removed the back wall, and the Air Filter is hanging at it's location, and I still have pipes and hoses remaining to install. This where I'm at for the end of the day, with plenty still to cram into this ever shrinking space. I have this one side just about done enough to move over to the other side and start the install of the radiators and fans. I'll be back with a look at the other side, bwahaaaaa..........

Nicely done. Look great on the base.

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Welcome back my friends... Hey All, I have been working on the various fluid tanks for a few days now, and I'm getting backed up with the photos. Altho the install is not complete, I'll show and tell what's up. I first built card replicas to get the size and the geometry correct... The construction of the tanks was really simple, just small sheet styrene. Test fit into place. I was concerned about the angles of the tanks, and running into things next to the engine block. I managed to get the tanks to sit on the frame and fill the space nicely. Four new (old) fluid tanks... The install of the Power Steering fluid tank... The install of the, I have no clue, fluid tank...I know it's there. I cant find any info so far as to what's inside it. Oil? And here you can get an idea of how crowded things are getting... Now that I have all four tanks permanently installed, it's time to plumb all this stuff together. I'll be back with the plumbing soon. Thanks All...

At 1/32, This thing should be about 4 feet wide! LOL. I love a good scratch project. Have fun!

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Hey All, The build goes at an ok pace. Things will slow down a tad, football season starts for my local team today, so Sundays are shot for building. Today's report is on the water cooling Fans. These were a little complicated to build, but once I got it...also I didn't take as many photos as I should have. The parts... The first blade. I had eight blades to mount. This was really easy. I just mounted the blades opposite each other to keep the spacing even and all went well. Things look like they fit well... I had a bunch of plastic washers to make for the Pulleys... Test fit... The construction of the Water radiators and the Cooling Fan system are now complete. I need to wait a bit to install these because I need to install the fluid tanks first. I'll be back shortly with the install of the fluid tanks... Thanks, Bye...

And I thought my scratching skills were ok. Glad I found this, nice scratch work.

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Hey Gus, the fans are scratch built, i'll show photos soon. Really, the only thing cannibalised so far are the gears for the winch. Thanks

Hey Everyone, The building of the Water Radiators is still on going, but this is what I have so far. I have several steps to get these installed. Building the radiators, then the fans and pulleys, then the plumbing, then... Everything is going fine but slow. The fitting of the Radiator Cage... I have the cage painted and installed and secured for the mounting of the radiators. Now I just have to build everything... The Water Radiators... A lot of bolts... All painted up, clean for now... The test fit... I'm just slightly ahead of the photos, on the build. Today I will belt the fans and pulleys, and get everything ready for final install. Then more plumbing. Be Back Soon....

Hey Guys, So while I was building the Water Radiators I realized that I can't install these without installing the Fuel Tanks...at the same time. I have fuel lines that run between the radiators and the engine block that need to be installed before I close up the engine bay to the radiators. Fuel Tanks first then. I have already built the Fuel Tanks, So on with the paint and some grunge. Rusted fuel tanks with Russian Green over... Rusted Fuel Tanks with Russian Green under, Banner Red over... fit into place to check clearance... I now have the engine installed and secured, along with the radiator cage. I can now install the fuel tanks, after a bit of scrubbing to get the salt off, and get the fuel lines run into place. I also have a few more tanks to install between the radiators and the main frame. I'll be back shortly with info on the fuel lines and the other tanks to install. Bye-Bye...

Hey Guys, I'm guessing that I'm just about 3/4 way through this build. I still have a bit of mechanical work to do, and then the body work and cab. A ways to go still. Hang in there all, Betty's lookin' better all the time.

Thanks Doc! I'm glad everyone is having a good time with this pile of junk. Like a friend suggested, I hope I finish the build before it all rusts away.

I do not own one personally, but my friend has recommended this product to me. I will be getting one of these shortly for doing all the cab work for my Maz. He has shown me that even with the smallest round, he can punch out .75mm thick styrene with no problems. 1mm thick with cleaning. I have heard that this product is a bit pricey, but well worth the money if you do a lot of scratching. I will be getting myself a Christmas gift this year.

Hey All, More with the install photos... The install of the Engine was simple enough. I had already "fixed" everything I needed to do to get the Engine into place. All is fitting good so far...However I still have a ton of stuff to apply to the Engine Bay, but not until the install is fully complete. the Engine... The install... When I was building the Engine, I liked the large size of things. However when I mounted the Engine permanent I noticed that it seemed to shrink in size, especially next to the tires. This morning I had a big Engine, now mounted, it looks to small for the truck. ...photos with ruler... Now, this catches everybody up to were I am building at the moment. I have started with the Water Radiator cage and at the moment I am building the Radiators themselves. I'll be back with the Water Radiator and Fan assembly install shortly. Thanks All for Watching!!

Hey All, The install of the various items has gone by at a fair pace. My build is a bit ahead of the photos but I will soon catch up to the build. But for now, the install of the Winch I have already reported on the construction of the Winch, so just install photos today. A last look at the hole to be filled... The Winch install... The install was straight forward. Once I got everything bolted down, I just started the rusting process, which is to be continued. I'll be back shortly with the Engine install. Later All..........

Hey Guys, The mounting continues. This is the install of the Fuel Tank Supports. The install of the supports them selves was not hard, but I had hoses to install. The Fuel Tank Support... At the bottom of the radiators in this photo, you can see the four hose connections. I had four different hose connections on the Transmission itself. I had to bolt down the support solidly before I could attempt to install the hoses. I did install as much as possible before hand, so thing went smoother. After the supports were installed I had a space of 20mm x 5mm to install eight hoses with 16 hose ends. Things are a bit tight to say the least. The hole... The fill... Now that I have that installed, I can next move to the Winch install. Be Back Soon...

Nice lookin' paint job Gus. The Maz looks way different depending on the light also. When I paint my projects, I approach each piece as an individual, however I usually start light-to-dark. The light colors are easier to cover than dark colors.

This is the install of the Fifth Wheel Skid Plate. I have painted this item with the same color that I will use on the main body panels. You get to see hints of the finished color for the cab. Dirty greasy parts... The hole... The fill... I will go back over all of this at a later date when I get everything really dirty for the final weathering. So next in the line of command is the Winch install. However, I need to install the Fuel Tank supports first. I have eight hoses to connect to the Transmission Radiators before I cover these up with the Winch. Cheers!