DRIPTROIT 71 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Excellent! Boss Hogg would be proud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B Posted July 11, 2015 Author Share Posted July 11, 2015 Boss Hogg only owns the mortgage on the property; Cooter owns the garage! Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towman1271 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 That's just totally amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemopar70 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Nice research work, it looks like the real thing!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christian-w Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Pretty cool idea and work so far! Awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasser59 Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Loving this dio and all of the research work has paid off. Really looks authentic. I'm following this one for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B Posted July 16, 2015 Author Share Posted July 16, 2015 Thanks for the enthusiasm everyone! I'm having a lot of fun hanging out in Hazzard; glad I could share! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B Posted July 18, 2015 Author Share Posted July 18, 2015 (edited) Decals on! (thanks to Jeff at JT-Graphics.con!). Also starting some signage inside. Edited July 18, 2015 by Mark B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B Posted July 22, 2015 Author Share Posted July 22, 2015 Looks like ol Cooter's havin a tire sale! Untitled by mommydawn2000, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasser59 Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Wow Mark. That tire stand is awesome. The tires need some white tire identifier stickers on the threads and they'll look brand new unless he's selling used tires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B Posted July 22, 2015 Author Share Posted July 22, 2015 Wow Mark. That tire stand is awesome. The tires need some white tire identifier stickers on the threads and they'll look brand new unless he's selling used tires.I love the thought! I'll consider it as an added detail. But given it was supposed to be small town rural Georgia in 1980(ish), he could well be used tires; that was probably the implication. I'm also just going by what I saw on screen- never saw any of the stickers, but at least one tire on the rack was wrapped, so I might add that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeepxj Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Ummmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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darthsideous Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Wow fantastic work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookedonplastics Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Simply awesome! Are the gas pumps scratch built? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B Posted August 5, 2015 Author Share Posted August 5, 2015 (edited) Simply awesome! Are the gas pumps scratch built?Thanks! Yes the pumps are scratchbuilt; I made one, then took a mold to produce the the one. I did steal the chrome details and hose from a set of Unique Replicas gas pumps. Mark Edited August 5, 2015 by Mark B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 This project is like peeling back an onion with the amount of details- every time I get one layer done, I noticed another layer of things in the same pictures I've been staring at for 5 years. Its weird what you DON'T see when you are looking for something specific. I just noticed the other day that the back door has a door closer thingy at the top. After doing a quick google search for some reference, I find it is in fact called a 'door closer', and the one in question is a 'vintage' style. Its one of those every day objects we've all seen a thousand times in our life, but never focused on. Fortunately for me, a 'vintage door closer' is shaped awfully similar to a piece of plastic model kit sprue in 1/25 scale! Then there are the fan belts: turns out that 1/25 fan belts are pretty much identical to small hair 'elastics' (discovered thanks to my two daughters!). The bad news: they only had rainbow colored ones. The good news: found a package of 500 in black at the dollar store for... one dollar. Felt a little weird buying them as they are apparently made for African-American folks' hair, so I got a coke and some peanuts to draw attention away from it. Untitled by mommydawn2000, on Flickr Untitled by mommydawn2000, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 Untitled by mommydawn2000, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasser59 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 This is over the top. Me likes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 That's 1/25 scale? Unreal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 That's 1/25 scale? Unreal. I promise! Untitled by mommydawn2000, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasser59 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Looks like the set for the show. Maybe it is. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 Looks like the set for the show. Maybe it is. LOL Maybe those are just really big pennies... M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B Posted August 15, 2015 Author Share Posted August 15, 2015 Workin late in the shop tonight... Untitled by mommydawn2000, on Flickr Untitled by mommydawn2000, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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