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Only two nominations, and I'd still have to struggle to make a choice! Cheers

A slight delay from paint curing completely, then rain, then birthing some late calves. So, finally time to put the bed liner on. This entailed removing the troop seats, and a lot of masking, then wrapping the whole truck in a cocoon. No chance of overspray! ;) The liner is the tintable...

Very impressive! Cheers

Thanks! The video guys may be a bit goofy, but they do show the truck well. Even showed how the blackout covers on the headlights work! Really cool truck. :) Cheers

Missed this earlier. That is one nice looking truck! [thumbzup] I'd like to see more pictures, particularly inside the cab and bed. Cheers

JS Motors and Fab in Bertram has done a lot of Humvee work, knows them well. 512-818-5261 Cheers

I added a tail light picture to post 90 above. The jerry can holders cleaned up well. They were primed and painted the colour appropriate for the part of the truck that they go on, one black, one green. The black one needed a green corner, and I find it difficult to get a clean line on a...

Are they 416 wheels, perhaps? The Irish army had those too, in normal cargo form. My Mog runs stock wheels with 12.5s, but while the tread is still great, the tires are getting pretty old and I have doubts about finding newer ones that size at a reasonable price. Cheers

The Irish Army operated those, I used to see them as a kid in Ireland in the 1970s. They crewed them somewhat differently than the photo above! Cheers

That is spiffy! Now I know what I am going to put on the empty bracket for the blackout light on the M715 I'm rebuilding. “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery”. ;) I was just wondering if I should leave the bracket empty, which doesn't look aesthetically pleasing, or put something...

To each his own on multiples - I personally think that several flags are appropriate on July 4th Independence Day. I don't care if someone thinks it looks like a carnival float so long as its a patriotic one. Cheers

I'm sorry you lost your friend, Papabear. He was a good fellow. Rest well, Zout.

That's beautiful! Those little brass gun mounts are quite amazing! If you examine the photos, you'll see the pattern differs from vehicle to vehicle, so no worries if your pattern isn't an exact match. I don't know if there was actually an "official" pattern. Cheers

The choice this month was tough! I finally narrowed it down to 2, and tossed a coin...... Cheers

As stated above, a/the US flag should be on the right front corner. That said, in a parade, for safety, I don't want a large flag way out front blocking my view, so I put a smallish US flag on the front right, and the big flag is on a wooden dowel (bought at the hardware store) and attached to...

Tim, your M715 is definitely NOT an ugly duckling! It will be nice to see two of them together. Maybe if Temple can get their act together, that can be our big gathering again. I hope so. Fortunately, the major painting on mine is pretty much done. I'm doing things like tailgate chains and...

So, onwards with the paint. During the break in actually working on the truck, I drew out the camouflage pattern for it. I used the manual diagrams for the M1008 for the basic pattern, adjusted in size and shape a bit to suit the M715 body. I referred to the M1010 pattern to extrapolate onto...

Thanks! Yes, she did a pretty spectacular "Dukes of Hazard leap" over that culvert, lots of dust and flying debris. The car looked way worse in person than in the picture, the whole front end was trashed and all the fluids were either out or still leaking. Better to learn that way than a...

On with two coats of 383 green. The side panels/troop seats also got painted and put in place. I had found the mirror mounts difficult to paint around when priming, so undid the top strap to fold them out a bit. This showed that the lower parts were held on by sheet metal screws, and not very...

During the course of moving the truck about, I had discovered that the new master cylinder, put in during the previous brake work, had failed already. It was still under warranty, so the replacement was free, but it was still annoying to have to replace it so soon. I also found that the...