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Very realistic build. Thanks for sharing.

Nice to see a vintage truck on the forums. This is a build to be proud of.

This is a great build. Totally my style.Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for sharing your experience with us. We look hope you can find the old photos so we can have a peek into Joko' s creative world.

A enlarged version of this image will show the words "Smith Form-A-Truck" lettered on the semi' s frame rails just behind the drive wheel. Thanks for posting this one.

I wonder if the extended chassis section might be Smith Form-A-Truck product. The Cain drive visible in that photo is certainly a likely a clue.

I accessed a site called racepagesdigital.com just now and found several images of the motor on the Garlits Swamp Rat 38. Just as suggested by many of those commenting here it looks amazing uncomplicated. The single thing that I was the most surprised with was this innovate race car is chain driven. It is odd to see "Big" make a 185 MPH run then turn around and drive the car back to the pit area.

Is there a word for worse than double-ugly? Maybe uglierest.

Somehow I knew this would be interesting. Not that I'm in love with electric cars at all,just know that it's going to be at east a portion of our future car culture.

After reading my daily Hot Rod Magazine on-line feature update that included a story on Ford's 1,400 HP electric powered Mustang drag car,I naturally thought about how we model builders are going to replicate the power sources used in those vehicles. That same article mentions the Ford also has an electric F150 under development. Then of course there is Swamp Rat 38, the Garlits battery powered dragster. "Big" is tuning this one to run 200 MPH in the quarter mile. He has already run in the 180's several times in attempt to bring some semblance of economic reality to what used to be a blue collar sport as an alternative of mega buck deep pockets teams that drop $ 50K for a single 300 MPH run. My point is that at some point we are going to want to build models of vehicles like these and I wonder where the scale power plants for those models will come from. Does some 3D source already exist? Then there is the question of how to accurately detail it. We have over a century of well documented history of how to correctly detail internal combustion engine but these will be whole new challenge. We may have more questions about this topic than answers but the comments should be interesting.

I've built a few dios over the last few years to be used as photo ops for my own models. Several times when I have displaced them other builders have asked if they can photograph their models on them so I guess their original purpose has been realized.

I propose splitting the tailgate into two sections. The upper would have the rear glass of course and all of the distance to the tail lights creating an "L" shape. That piece would swing up. The lower section could then swing down or to one side. Just might be a viable solution.

Amazing work. I have the greatest respect for those capable of this level of scratch building. Are you using templates to be consistent from side to side?

That's a novel tech for widening those fenders. Thanks for sharing.

I'm looking forward to seeing this project develop as I built the original release of this a looong time ago. I added Corvette IRS.opened the doors and painted it gloss black. Thanks for sharing.

Looking good. I like the sanded down look and the stance is right in my wheel house. I'll be watching.

Every Modelhaus was always the very best quality as Don is a perfectionist.

My solution would be to super glue a thin piece of wire in the middle of very thin sheet styrene then wrap the plastic around the wire into an airfoil shape and glue the rear edges togeather. You could make one long piece then cut to length as needed.

I tried those about a year ago and consider them a complete waste of money. The adhesive on the supplied paper does Not hold it to the plastic sticks in the kit. I tried a couple types of glue that didn't work at all. I trashed them and went back to my proven six decade old technique of wrapping the sandpaper around the flexible ends of the fingers I was was born with. I used that low tech method just yesterday and it still works pretty well.

Talk about"poke your eye out"!

IMHO someone should start by cutting it in half both ways,then weld it back together If that doesn't improve it's looks...keep doing the same thing to it over and over and over till it's gone..or just flush the remains..

What he said 'bout that tank. Inside the bed is mo better.

Very nice and an unusual version for this model.Thanks for sharing.

On 3/23 I posted That I was able to buy gas for $ 1.27. Well yesterday I bought it for $ 1.05 at a local Shell station. Gotta love that! Not going anywhere but the tank is topped off and ready to roll.

I am impressed with the lack of any diagrams or plans anywhere in sight for reference. This is obviously a very experienced builder with an uncommon ability for making multiple pieces that match and fit squarely. Thanks for posting that for us to be inspired by.