DRIPTROIT 71

Awesome build!! Your weathering is incredible!!

Thanks!!

Cool build!! Great work!! Excellent scratch building!!

These are all excellent builds! Thanks for posting!!! They look great!!

Thanks! My cabover is from a caster that no longer exists, but A.I.T.M. makes an even better version. My Bighorn is from RMR resin and it is still available.

Thanks Lee! I have a soft spot for Detroits! Thanks Geoffrey Thanks Dave! It's definitely not perfect, but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Thanks Kerry! Looking forward to the pictures! Thanks Warren!! Thanks Dan!! I was inspired by yours!

Excellent builds guys!! Thanks for posting!!

I'm glad that you posted this one!! I really like the paint job! I wouldn't be able to pull off a paint job like that. Excellent work!!

Nice work on one of my favorite trucks!

Krylon Color Master Cover Max Pumpkin Orange.

Thank you for the kind words!!

Thanks Guys!! This one is finished and under glass.

Cool!!

Looks great!

Looking Great!!!

Dodges are the overlooked semi trucks. There have been several builders on this forum who have built some great looking Dodge Semi trucks. Having finished my wrecker, I thought that it would be nice to see them all together. Here's my two IMG_1317 by Brian Smith, on Flickr Dodge Bighorn by Brian Smith, on Flickr

This truck began with a resin cab I think to be from "Back Yard Shed." It was slightly modified to make it more accurate. The Frame rails are from Gary Wallace. The engine is a 6-71N from Clint Freeman. The bed began with the AMT wrecker bed. The sides were completely scratch built. The font and rear are from the kit but have been narrowed 1/4 inch. The boom stick is scratch built and larger diameter. The winch assemblies and boom support are from the kit. The wheels are old Ertl kit wheels. These wreckers were known by many as "Big Stick" wreckers. I decided to build this one clean fresh out of the paint shop. IMG_1323 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_1299 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_1280 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_1334 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_1284 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_1310 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_1305 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_1201 by Brian Smith, on Flickr

Nice work!! I've always liked these kits!!

Very nice!! I like what you did with the back wheels!!

Nice clean build!

Very nice build!! I like it!!

A small amount of progress. It's starting to look like a truck. I still have to mount the cab and make the shifter assembly, and a few other details too. IMG_1213 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_1214 by Brian Smith, on Flickr

Thanks Jeff! Your wrecker inspired me to build a wrecker bed. Thanks Dan! It was your cabover Dodges that inspired me to build mine. Yes sir, that's exactly what these were called. Thanks Chris! It's the first time that I've tried to make a steering knob. Thanks Pat! Your work always inspire me to try something new.

Craftsmanship at its best!

Well I've got the interior wrapped up and the windows installed. I added sun visors, roof A/C, a CB, and the sleeper heater that was in these trucks. IMG_1183 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_1204 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_1201 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_1199 by Brian Smith, on Flickr