Found some more ugly green. Decided why not use it for the engine 🤣   Here it is tucked into place. Work has begun on the interior. Basic cab will be weathered off white.

It was much easier and quicker to use the PE part above than cutting out the grill detail on this cab. 
This  experience will certainly make me think twice before trying to  do a whole radiator.
  The third window is added to a short cab.  PE window gaskets applied.

Using a sanding sheet taped to a flat surface greatly improved the problematic cab seam.

You are correct, color really works , weathering adds to it nicely. 

Looks really good

I used the white number decals, didn't like them so added the black ones over the top to look like shadow lettering.

The frame gets some weathering.  


Added headlight bezels, which was a mistake to do so after paint.
I tried to remove the orange peel on the cab with Tamiya compound paste.  It is well hidden if the lighting and camera angle are right.

A few days ago I started piddling around with the Garwood 900 packer from the AMT. The inspiration began with finding a can of Rust-Oleum Satin Moss Green in the garage. It was a rather nasty shade of green and I thought it would look good in a garbage truck. Obviously it needed a little corrosion and grime. To that end, I attacked it with Vallejo acrylics and Doc O'Brien weathering powder. I also used some old Line-O reflective tape, though unfortunately the dull clear coat kinda diminished the reflectivity. Here you see the flasher, and the winch cable made from leader line, a 1:35 scale block, and a couple of parts box hooks.   This afternoon I dug out the Dodge kit, and stretched the wheelbase by cutting the Dodge chassis and grafting on the rear portion of the Ford chassis.

Okay so this project was put away for awhile but I just pulled her out again, this morning. Paint was laid down last year. This build is an outside my normal box that I do with truck kits. Should have maybe 80% of her done by EOD on Sunday. Will post pics at that point on my progress. Going out on a limb as I believe this may be the best "snap together" I've ever done. I love these kits.

vincen47. Thank you

Gary, Thank you. Just hung up on frame color, and livery (decal).