426-Hemi

I got the truck cab and hood, I need a decent Chrome" grille for mine, AND I'd LOVE to get me hands on that utility bed shown in the 1st pic with the crew cab truck! NICE!

Sharp in green.......... NICE work!

I agree on the 50's Mopars HECK YES! If I had a choice, I'd take a '58 Dodge Coronet.....-I'd LOVE to see one done!!!! Dump a say, 331 Hemi it and call it "good"..... Hopefully Revell is reading this! I'd take anything more in 50's Mopar then what we currently got. even some mid to late 40's be nice too! TRUCKS from Dodge in the 60's be EVEN better!

-I LOVED the build in itself.... I will do another I tell ya, just this time I go about it, I want to use a truck I actually owned. an '89 Western Star with a 110 inch bunk, and a 3406 Cat "425".... With a 13 speed Road Ranger transmission, and the same flat bed set up as a covered wagon...... The glory win I'll never loose..... -Just wished at times, I had taken that truck with me and not left it go down in a fiery ball of glory as it did.....

-Thanks guys! I was unsure so. I got one and was wondering.....I also picked up what seems to be a resin valve cover thats from a Slant 6, but finned, AND is one made by "Offenhauser" with it written in the model part, and was wondering what kit it may have came from, as its really well done!

Dan, See, I use the Alclad chrome too, but with a gloss black "primer" coating, and then a light coat of Alclad chrome and it simply dries like chrome! What did you use for "primer" under it? (It reflects the base color a bit, and makes a HUGE difference! Which is what I'm trying to figure out as I have both the Alclad chrome, AND "Dark Aluminum" so. thats what I thought you had used at first, the Dark Aluminum!

PM me on the grill for a '65 to '67 pick up. I need one to make this model thats going to look like my REAL 1:1 I own! Good chrome I hope?

Sure is Kerry! I loved that Hot rodded "392 Hemi" as a drag race engine that looks good in this build, I just "HAD" to figure out a way to use a model of that engine, and this was that "way"..... Thanks for the compliments! I appreciate it!

I too like the top one the best too..... Which more the likely will be the one I model..... I just know I love the 6x6 idea..... "T-Rex" Dodge called it

-Can ya get the grille from them separate by chance?

-I too have a glue bomb of one of these, and would like a second one, Don't care who made it, as long as its in good shape! The one I have now, is gonna be modeled after a friends REAL car! SO, I would like to have one, to make as I see it to be!

Thanks Mike! I posted the completed model but never in depth to the build of it...... SO, I thought to show how it was all done! Much appreciated on the compliments to the build! Thank you!

And for now..... Last but not least, I was working on the frame and got to looking, theres a nice location for the spare tire! I took the last tire I had,and got it ready for a spare on Dads truck that will be placed in the stock location.... The tire however, wasn't the best tire, the hole was trimmed (or so it looked) that the rims I needed to put into it would not fit, SO, that gave me the idea to take this 5th tire I had to make an actual detail part with it! Dad himself, did not have a matching rim for the spare, BUT what he did do, was take an old Steel wheel, and have it painted, (NOT sure if it was paint, or if he had it powder coated like he did with the spoke'd rims) But it was in fact "white" so..... I took a spare one I had a as an extra, that matched no other steel wheels I had, painted it white and it got glued into a matching tire...... Rim glued in, center drilled out..... looks pretty good! My next treat to this, is drilling out ALL the lug nut holes! It would have any lug nuts on it, as a spare, right? ENJOY for now! More to follow when progress is made!

SO, as I had firstly spoke to the uncle, this truck of my Dads, got some decor, added to it, firstly (I should have known) was the stock valve covers, removed, and replaced with chrome ones that were OEM chromes covers that were Mopar made..... Then if you look, I added the distributor, and the exhaust manifolds. This truck, unlike mine kept single side exit exhaust. Meaning, I will have to make a cross-over pipe to go from the passenger side manifold, the the drivers side, in a "Y" pipe..... Not sure what oil filter Dad may have used over the years, BUT I added mine to his truck as tho it was a OEM "Mopar" replacement part, in white. IF I can find a "Mopar" oil filter decal, before the engine is ready to go into place, I may add it to the part.... If not, "white" is good enough as the decal depending on location, wouldn't be easily seen anyway! The other side of the engine, missing the exhaust manifold, it was drying when this picture was taken. I did however get the starter in place, and if you look closely, you can see the carburetor linkage and return spring in place. The one thing this truck have had, was the California Omissions items, I KNOW without asking anyone that my Dad had removed these, (wasn't required to be inspected in the state of Pennsylvania.) SO, those parts will be omitted from the build! A shot of the back of the engine. I have to add the PCV valve, and hose, as well as some other small things. I have to add the transmission fluid dip-stick not seen here, as well as paint the transmission, (I wait till last to paint the transmission as I use it as a "handle" to hold the engine while detailing it.) A NICE head on view of the engine. A Mopar 360 4 barrel..... I need to get the holes drilled for the plug wires, and add in wire looms.... Those are next to be completed! -I also need to make an oil dip-stick that will be added to the left side of the front, of the engine. A short and sweet update to follow....

Then while at that painting, on the frame, I got the steering box, painted and detail painted, all in the while AFTER the spray painting was done, as the steering box would have been a cast iron steel color. Which, was unpainted like the color of a unpainted transmission (they're normally a matching color of bare cast iron) Then a bit different view showing detail painting I did: These 2 pictures show the gloss black bell crank that needs a ball joint, rod to go from the open hole, to the jointing, steering bell crank, on the axle spindle.... I have yet to make this part.... This won't be made to fit till the axle is ready to go into place on the front suspension! While that was all setting and curing drying paint, or glue.... I got the transfer case loose from the donor frame, to refurbish to usable standards. Just like the transmission will be and the steering box, the transfer case would have also been a cast iron color of steel. Cast-on detail wasn't real bad, BUT it needed something more..... A good ole oil/grease pan was needed (factory detail part was merely "flat" and was a 2 part detail all together, With the added "pan" detail painted bare steel color, as it would have been, I made the part from 2 small sections of plastic sheet, one thicker then the other as the "lip" would not have been real thick anyway, BUT the sump in the pan, would have been..... I have yet to add one last detail to this part, as it needs a drain cock for transfer case fluid changes..... Short message, more to follow this one!

Thanks Les, but which one? I *THINK* since you've seem theres now 2 different trucks, both Dodge, one mine (the first one) and then I started my Dads..... With a different engine, transmission, and different truck height! LOL Well after a bit of time and a good weekend to keep me out doors a bit, I actually got a bit done to the truck in the evening! So, without going on an on, hows about a look see to what I did!? Seen here, all "clear coated" shiny... Frame got painted, and clear coated! Sadly, however the paint on this frame is a bit "odd" looking. I think due to the frame being resin for one, and 2, the paint when I went an cleaned up the air brush, seemed a bit "think" I guess, as it was left over from a pre-mix I done a while ago.... Was flat paint, and With my dad he had "undercoated" every vehicle he owned so..... The frame got a slightly different treatment, I'm not sure what that was to consist of, BUT was flat black as told to me by my uncle! SO, with knowing that, I clear coated the flat black frame, and then allowed that to dry and went back and dry brushed dullcote onto the just the frame rails and cross members. Dullcote added to the frame and cross members! More to follow these short messages!

Thanks man! I appreciate it! The whole truck, I had not mentioned, when I was building it. See, the guy that was teaching me to drive CDL back then, knew I was a modeler, and knew what I was able to do..... SO he and I went on a search for a truck (tractor) and found 2 of those old AMT International COE Transtars.... bought at separate times....When both came to me on the same day, I was like OK 2 OF THEM...... Gave me a LOT of extra parts, some seen in the trailer, dual stacks, tanks you name it..... Then Gary comes to me one day and says you need to take that truck to a contest man. it deserves to be judged.... And we went on and on about doing that for almost 4 months as it wasn't done when he started in on it..... BUT I had to then go back and get all the info on the contest, EVERY PART must BE "cataloged" to enter!!!! I had to stop for about a week, go back and account EVERY PART.... not just sub assemblies, I had to count EVERY link of chain with a needle! This truck in the end, had 5,400 pieces in it.... (I can't remember the exact number off the top of my head) BUT I do have the paper work for entry still (it got moved with me when I relocated to New Hampshire in '04...... I didn't get to bring the truck and then about 5 years ago, my home place burnt to the ground! In one of my filing cabinets tho, is the paper work to the build, AND ALL of the ribbons I got for the show.... This model truck show was ALSO a real truck show in Reno, Nevada.... -I traveled all the way from Pennsylvania to attend!

Went down in a fireball of glory is how I look at it..... But yes, your right if I can't have it, then no one will!

Thanks! It took an entire year to build that truck.... As I mentioned, I'd do it again, IF I could find a '89 Western Star.....I had one that was brown on the box, from Italeri, that I also lost in that same house fire...... I used to drive and was sort of learning by being "Grandfathered in" to CDL by a close friend, hes the guy that talked me into doing the model, and taking it to that show........ Thanks Carl! I had a blast building that truck! -I WILL be doing others as time passes, I just have to find the right ones, first!!!!

Thanks man. I really was a kid then when I built it, back in my late "teens" BUT I was then and still sort of am, an avid Model Railroader.... SO I took the electronics of the model trains, and incorporated it into this truck! Sadly, I lost this truck in a house fire. it went down in a balla flames (If I were to choose, I like that better then being "tossed" out!)

-I OWN a '67 Power Wagon D-200..... EDIT: Forgotto ask, where on earth did you find the model? I got one in resin, BUT I need a grille for it! -I plan to model my real truck.....

Thanks Jeff!!!! I hope that gave ya some inspiration! Have a look at my "Father & Son" build, to see the whole thing so far, to date. I do however got more to add to it! Glad I could help in someway shape or form!

LOL Yep. I favor them BUT I actually LOVE all the Mopar engines..... Justthe looks of the Hemi in a model..........well you know! And yes, that Duster I have did in fact come with one..... NOT the greatest looking 426 Hemi but its a good stand-in..... (Old tooling)

NICE work! LOVE the clean work on the Hillborn injector tubes! Thats lookin KILLER!

Ray, NICE work yet again! Sadly tho, wouldn't a drill press, a hole saw, to cut the round wooden disk help, and allow you to use a thicker wooden piece to cut back in wobble? Do you use this wooden disk once, and toss it out, OR do you use it for multiple cuts on the rubber inner tube? I myself, love the simplicity here..... Allows those without a full shop set-up to make all sorts of things!