The next night, I added the fuel tanks, and started wiring lights. The light kit was the basic kit from HobbyConcepts, which gives headlights, turn signals, backup lights, taillights, and a set of amber "fog" lights that come on while driving, and a set of blue lights that come on when the truck is stopped.
Fuel tank after scraping chrome and painting bands and fuel cap:
Wiring mess:
Video of testing the lights:
1303 - Lighting Test by
Elroy Davis, on Flickr
With the lights working, I then worked on the rear bumper. The kit comes with New Jersey and California license plates, but that wouldn't do for a Vermont truck, so I made my own. The number, 11577 is a reference to the date (January, 15th, 1777) that Vermont declared its independence from Great Britain, and the colonies of New York and New Hampshire, thereby become its own nation until it joined the United States after the American Revolution.
-Elroy