DRIPTROIT 71

I really like what you've come up with here!! Great work!!

Very nice old school build!!

Very nice build!! I like it!!

Nice work! I like these old school builds!!

Well now this this just makes me kind of mad. I had no idea about any of this. I just broke the seal on both of mine and both are missing the tree.

This is incredible Pat! I've always wanted to do something like this, maybe a semi truck shop, but never took the time or felt like I had the room. Many of your photos look like the real thing. Excellent work!!

Another option for an engine is a 6bt Cummins. Trailer Trash Customs offers one for $18. It appears that most of the yard trucks used smaller engines.

The engine is definitely a Cummins. For a transmission you may consider the automatic out of the Louisville kit. I've only been around an old Ottawa yard truck and it was an automatic. I don't know what year model you are trying to make, but some of the older Ottawas ran 3208 Cats similar to the engine in the Lousville as well.

Nice looking build!

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Thanks Jacobus! Thanks for the kind words Chris! Thanks so much Rick!

I need the Peterbilt, and several others that Dave offers.

Thanks!! The tachograph I made. I cut one out of the dash of an IH 4200 kit. I then made a back for it. I made a silicon mold of it. I then cast a couple. The filter decals are from Jerry a modeltruckin.com. I make the cab litter. Bags, boxes, calendars, log books, 8-track tape decals are made from photo reduced images.

To everyone else who commented so far, thanks so much!

Thanks Ben. I used Evergreen Styrene .035" round strips. It worked better for me than the quarter round that I had.

I'm glad you looked in!! I actually met you or maybe your dad at the Spencer truck show this year. It was my favorite truck of the show. I was immediately inspired to build this project, though it didn't get started right away. I took a few reference pictures then, but if I need any more I will definitely let you know. Thanks! Brian

Thanks for the comments guys! I've been working on this a little along. The blue is a little lighter than I thought that it would be, but since the door decals are almost purple looking (which I didn't notice until it was against the grey background) it will be okay. I added window rubber to the windshield and rear glass. IMG_2841 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_2840 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_2547 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_E2794 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_E2795 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_E2796 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_3108 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_3109 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_3110 by Brian Smith, on Flickr

This will be good!

Glad to see more progress on this one! Looks great!!

I like the color! Looks like a hard working fleet truck.

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Cool project! Looks great so far!

Very cool and very clean build!!

Wow that looks great!! Man that's a lot of holes to drill.

KP Conversions, but I'm pretty sure that they are no longer around.