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[gasser59]

Gents - the SLM group is doing a dio, in case you haven't heard and been living under a rock, so I volunteered to build a drag car hauler. Now the premise for this duo is it takes place in early July 1967 somewhere in the midwest. Phil sent me the Dodge semi which had to be lengthened and I'm in the process of building the ramp bed which will have a few opening storage doors and some weathering.

I spent a good portion of this afternoon continuing the bed but ran out of time to take some pix so here's some earlier progress pix to give you the idea.

I'm not sure of paint colors or scheme yet as this is being built to haul another member's build so at the moment, I don't know the finish.



The vertical portion was built oversized so I could figure out just what height I wanted it when it was in the mock-up stage. I've made the adjustments as indicated in red. Updated pix to follow...



Stay tuned and any input/suggestions are welcomed as I know little of these big rigs. Thanks for following along.

[Bowtienutz]

Check your body ramp angle. It looks a little steep car frame might hit the bed. Your coming up with something very creative.

[gasser59]

Thanks for your input Vince. Since its 1967, not many of the vehicles were low riding so I think we'll be OK. At least I'm hoping so.

Edited by gasser59, 11 May 2012 - 10:19 PM.

[martinfan5]

I guess I have been living under a big rock Brad, I had no Idea, heck dont even know what SLM group is

[gasser59]

Not to worry Jonathan. SLM is the Straight Line Modelers group.

[martinfan5]

Thanks Brad

[Bartster]

I'll be watching this with much interest. I have a similar project with more parts swapping & less scratching. Never thought of stretching the frame, I "cheated" & used a different one. Very nice work so far.

[gasser59]

Thanks for following along Bart. I appreciate your interest and input.

[Dr. Cranky]

I like it, and hope you keep making progress.

[race06]

Diddin da dog outa that truck, is dat kit still available? SWEET build guna keep track out O dis build!!

[bryan_m]

nice work on extending the frame brad, it looks great!

any new progress on this? cant wait to see.

cheers
bryan

[gtx6970]

I have one of these trucks, I bought for the sole purpose of doing something similar. so I will keep a close eye on this one.

Here isa a little bit of insperation if needed

[gasser59]

Thanks guys. I especially like the Tommy Ivo truck pic. I've seen this before but didn't realize it was the Dodge L-700 cab that was used for this. BTW - this kit is still available and I found it on Amazon. Its the truck, flat bed trailer and a '40 Ford. I didn't get the box since I got it from one of the SLM guys who kept the car but here's a pic from the web.



I've gotten a bit more done on this and I'll post some pics later this morning. Its slow going but its progressing.

Edited by gasser59, 14 May 2012 - 03:18 AM.

[Trucker_tim]

If I might Hijack this thread for a second, I am doing this truck right now lowering it and chopped the top a bit. I am going to be putting in the Dodge Viper engine into it. I have a thread going in the Big rigs if anybody wants to look.

[gasser59]

As promised, here's a few progress pics. As you can see, one access door on each side of the hauler will be opening up for display purposes. The right side has the non-functioning doors glued in place and am still working on the driver's side. For the hinges, I'm using printing plate rolled around 0.25" steel piano wire which will be bent and attached to the body of the hauler. The actual doors are 0.15" syrene glued to an inner portion which is 0.26" and small enough to fit inside the door opening. Hope that makes sense. More on the hinges and doors later once I actually get one mounted.











Thanks for following along and comments welcome.

[Dr. Cranky]

Nice scratch-building . . . good progress.

[Silver Foxx]

This is coming along really great, The Dodge looks good with this build, look foward to seeing it finished.

[1930fordpickup]

Looking good so far . I like the hinge's you are doing.

[John Pol]

As promised, here's a few progress pics. As you can see, one access door on each side of the hauler will be opening up for display purposes. The right side has the non-functioning doors glued in place and am still working on the driver's side. For the hinges, I'm using printing plate rolled around 0.25" steel piano wire which will be bent and attached to the body of the hauler. The actual doors are 0.15" syrene glued to an inner portion which is 0.26" and small enough to fit inside the door opening. Hope that makes sense. More on the hinges and doors later once I actually get one mounted.











Thanks for following along and comments welcome.

Great job so far where the hell can I pickup some printer plate

John

[gasser59]

John - PM sent.