well i started out on the bottom scraping off the weld bb's on the gooseneck and grinding out bad welds when the robot welder would run out of gas. later on i helped the guy on the gooseneck boring machine resizing the bores where the lift cylinder and the pivot tube go. I also spot welded the studs were the ID plates go on and bigger ones for the handle on the gooseneck.

one thing i don't see is on the very tip of the gooseneck where the air lines would hook, there is a flat place, on it the welders would weld the order numbers of that unit.

did the model come with the APU unit? it would go under the stairs on top of the gooseneck, it supplyed hyd pressure so you can raise/lower ,steer,and raise/lower the gooseneck,

to me the funnest part of the day was when they would flip it over, the suspensions were put on the deck upside down, they had a big rotaing hoyst out of the roof and they would put big straps around the deck and roll it over.

these are bars to adjust the width of the ramps, you pry them left or right depending on the load, you stick the poinded end in the hole and use those notches to pry it , if you search youtube you can find vids of it.

HA! I don´t noticed it before - here is the video with the guys using them on the beginning...:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUS2lPR2rhg

Anyway - Essex looks great...I have one warship in my kitstore too - 1/200 Arizona...

Wow! That looks very impressive! Nice PE work, I have nothing to say actually...

I like your AAVP7A1 also!

I what do you mean with an APU unit?

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it goes on the front "goose neck" between the uprights and under the stairs, it is a one cylinder Kubota diesel engine that runs a hydro pump to raise,lower,and steer the unit when servicing

WoW you are doing and amazing job.I can't wait till you start painting and weathering it. You going to put it in a diorama.

Happy Modeling
William DeCicco

Nice work. Are you planning on using the SKP lenses? Or has anybody else used them for this kit? I'd love to know what the sizes are.

SO COOL Boris. Great job, looking forward to more photos, thanks for posting. Wingman out.

Another killing 1070

Jay

Outstanding job on your HET build. I am late seeing your build from the start, I do have a question How did you find working with the ET Photo etch, were the drawings good and the PE fold easy? I an thinking of buying the trailer set . You make it look easy.
Jim

Looks Great Boris.

And I have been following along from the beginning, just don't always comment.

Cheers Rob.

Amazing. Absolutely amazing. Fantastic work especially with the PE. Very nice photographs. I have this kit on the shelf and hopefully I will be able to remember/find this trail and your build blog when I get to it. Inspiring.

Amazed...

I don't know what kind of super shrink ray you used to shrink a real one down to that size, but somewhere there's a reserve unit going to wondering where it went when they walk out to the depot next weekend!

Hi Boris, been following your build and what can I say, except fantastic,all that PE and other accessories you've used have made your HET into a beast of a truck. I am half way through my mammoth build of the HET, 5 months on and of so far , the end will soon be in sight.
One question I have, what is the correct number of air tanks the HET is supposed to have, kit has 4, real one has 5, can you or anyone else reading this, shed some light, many thanks.