You know Paul, I've looked at that picture a hundred times since mothertrucker first posted it and never thought of that. I'll bet it was the prime coat that they were applying. Good thinking. I'll bet they shot the bottom and then dropped the cab down onto the dolly, which does look to be the same width as the frame. The picture isn’t high enough resolution to see all the details but I’ll bet the cab tilted on the dolly or truck its mounted on to shoot the bottom and then back down to finish the rest of it. It appears to be on a turntable also. I wish we could get MT to post a high Res. picture so we could see more of the detail. I do see what you mean about the bare metal above the right door.
And yes, I've spoken at length here and over at Chatter II about there being plugs for the window openings, etc.
So the sequence seems to have been; Shoot the floor bottom outside of the frame and entire exterior with red oxide primer, shoot the interior color over bare metal, mask the cab and shoot the exterior color.
Sounds like a plan, think that’s the routine I’ll follow when I do my cab but I think I’ll shoot the entire bottom of the cab on mine with primer.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
