EB&D sig Ford LN 8000 Car Hauler

[Twokidsnosleep]

All righty then, here she is hot off the mail truck my entry into the EB&D sig




I will cut her open tonight and do some photos of her insides

This is the style of paint scheme I am interested in, make her into a Gulf Livery Hauler


Excited to do the build, just a bit overwhelmed with lack of spare time

[Lysus]

Gulf colors?!

Wait a tic...



If you do a dio you really need to add a little sign that says "Car Not Included"

[Twokidsnosleep]

Gulf colors?!

Wait a tic...



If you do a dio you really need to add a little sign that says "Car Not Included"

Good idea!
The Ford GT40 I want for the back of this is proving to be an elusive kit
Of course I am not buying any other model kits and have not been buying kits

[Lysus]

Gulf colors?!

Wait a tic...



If you do a dio you really need to add a little sign that says "Car Not Included"

Good idea!
The Ford GT40 I want for the back of this is proving to be an elusive kit
Of course I am not buying any other model kits and have not been buying kits

My turn:





You'd think they'd manufacture the hell out of the GT40 but no.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Gulf colors?!

Wait a tic...



If you do a dio you really need to add a little sign that says "Car Not Included"

Good idea!
The Ford GT40 I want for the back of this is proving to be an elusive kit
Of course I am not buying any other model kits and have not been buying kits

My turn:






You'd think they'd manufacture the hell out of the GT40 but no.

ha ha touche, you got me back
Indeed, lots of kits but not one good one and ALL are pricey
Wish me luck on sneaking a 1/25 semi truck home past the wife

[Lysus]

[Willem]

Good luck with the smuggling and the build.

No, nobody is buying stuff.

Nooooo.

[Twokidsnosleep]

He he gents, I have successful sneaked, snucked, slithered or whatevered the box into the house to my model desk....she was barbecuing so out on the deck and I went for it

I know why I model; it is to get a big box at work during a hard day, open it to find cool models and then get to cut off that plastic wrap and lift the lid...ahhhh just like being a kid again, such a rush

I have to do sneaky spy shots so I don't get busted
Back of box has sprue outline

[SkyPainter303]

I can't wait to see this build even though I get so mad when I build throwback AMT kits.

[Twokidsnosleep]

I can't wait to see this build even though I get so mad when I build throwback AMT kits.

Uh oh, that sounds like a bad omen
Something I should know before I get too far in????

[SkyPainter303]

I can't wait to see this build even though I get so mad when I build throwback AMT kits.

Uh oh, that sounds like a bad omen
Something I should know before I get too far in????

It depends on whether or not Round 2 made new molds or not. You may run into a lot of flash. Sometimes details are soft and fitment is poor.

[Twokidsnosleep]

I can't wait to see this build even though I get so mad when I build throwback AMT kits.

Uh oh, that sounds like a bad omen
Something I should know before I get too far in????

It depends on whether or not Round 2 made new molds or not. You may run into a lot of flash. Sometimes details are soft and fitment is poor.

Ah ok, sounds good I will keep an eye open. Always good knowing to go in expecting a fight
As a young teen I swore off American model manufacturers and went Japanese for better engineering....wheels that rolled, tires moulded in one piece and felt like real rubber, suspensions that were, well really a suspension

[Twokidsnosleep]

I got a chance to stuff all the sprues into the photo cube and snap a quick pic before it went back into hiding
Poor Kevin the minion is buried in styrene. Look at those long frame rails standing up!!!


She is a big girl!!
The side of the carrier as compared to my 1/200 747 model


747 is 11 inches and then add 5 inch cab and hood and the truck will be a good 16 inches long!!!
That is gonna be hard to hide for long

[Twokidsnosleep]

My rough musings on color schemes


And from above a stripe down the middle, might even make it an arrow point


I don't have the alignment right for body, platform and fuel tanks.
The orange line is not possible as straight as I drew since fuel tanks are wrong
Anyhow, a work in progress

[Twokidsnosleep]

Out of the starting blocks
Beginnings of the engine assembly...yep fitment is interesting. Arranging it to sit on my well used engine stand. Have hand drilled out some of the bolt heads to replace with plastic bolts after painting. Heads are sitting on loose. I will likely do coloured gaskets to seal the gaping holes in heads and oil pan


I have just realized after looking at my picture and the label on the bottle that "TET" cement is Tamiya Extra Thin....duhh.
I was thinking tri-ethyl-toluene or something godawful like that.
Live and learn

[Hillbilly]

Great start I will be watching your build closely as I have one of these kits on the shelf as well.

[SkyPainter303]

Today, I just missed out on an original issue AMT Ford LN9000 Short Hauler. It went for just over $20.00 USD + shipping.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Darn. You gotta do the last second snipe with eBay

[SkyPainter303]

Darn. You gotta do the last second snipe with eBay

Yup, I bid at 12 sec remaining, but another bidder set up a higher automatic bid.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Darn. You gotta do the last second snipe with eBay

Yup, I bid at 12 sec remaining, but another bidder set up a higher automatic bid.

drat....you win some, you lose some c'est la vie

[FuzzSquad]

Looking forward to this one, by god it's big though. Happy building mate.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Looking forward to this one, by god it's big though. Happy building mate.

Thanks Bud, ya it is huge!!!
Gonna try to bring a customized look to her...like it has been redone stem to stern to haul for Gulf

[FuzzSquad]

Nice, very nice.

[Matt58]

How is the flash and fit on that hope it better then the kit that I am doing

[Twokidsnosleep]

How is the flash and fit on that hope it better then the kit that I am doing

Oh I am feeling so guilty, have not touched it for weeks The kit is sitting in its box no further along than my last post.
So far though it is ok and not very much flash.

[EricM]

im in the same boat been racking my brain with paint combos and decal options, but i think ive got it narrowed to red and grey.

[Twokidsnosleep]

im in the same boat been racking my brain with paint combos and decal options, but i think ive got it narrowed to red and grey.

We do have until the end of December I believe. I think the end date was wrong in the Sept news show video.
God, having major mojo motivation issues in all my builds at the moment. Too damn busy and tired

[EricM]

Updated my post thread, got frame together and primered grey (stuck on gloss black,as normal or paint same color as cab) hood and cab/sleeper painted burgandy red metallic,layed out a stripe design but not final. And painted the engine,with a small amount of detail done.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Yes sad build thread for me
Kit is in a box under two other boxes and has had zero done to it to move forward
Maybe I can pull her out of the dark this weekend for the engine build