DRIPTROIT 71

Looks Awesome!! Great work!!

I like this project! Nice work!!

Thanks guys!!! This one is under glass!

Finally finished this one. It's not perfect, but I'm real happy with how everything turned out but the windshield. I knew better, but got in a hurry. Oh well. Special thanks again to Wayne Crane for all the reference material. Truck Specs: 1955 IH RDTC Highbinder, P-I-E, with belt drive tandem. Cab: Illini Replicas Chassis: modified AMT T600 Suspension: Scratch built Fabco rear, scratch built IH front Engine: Cummins NHRS Iron Lung: Resin from Dan's Models Front wheels: Resin, possibly Ben Wicker's Drive Wheels: Resin copies of Ertl from Ebay Drive Tires: Solid cast hard resin sold to me used as Clint Freeman's. Oil Hubs on tag axle: Double Take Replicas Decals: modeltruckin.com Paint: Duplicolor Flame Red Plus a ton of scratch built parts, resin parts cast by me, and plenty from the parts box; International RDTC-405 Highbinder by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_6771 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_6777 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_6873 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_6803 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_6806 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_6807 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_6808 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_6823 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_6841 by Brian Smith, on Flickr

Well this one is finally finished! I'm pretty happy with everything except the windshield, but I've learned from my mistakes. I'll post some pictures under glass when weather permits. IMG_6763 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_6762 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_6764 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_6765 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_6766 by Brian Smith, on Flickr

Thanks Gator!!!

Cool project! I like it!!

Glad to see you sticking around! Would be glad to trade with you again any time!

Very Nice!!! Makes me want to sing "Santa Clause is Coming to Town." Great work!

Excellent work!! Looks great!!!

Very Impressive work Pat!! I like old Dodges!! Looking forward to seeing more!!!

Very nice Work!!! I like it!!! The door handles are my favorite!!

Very impressive!!!

Top notch as always!!!

What he said!!!

All nice builds!! Great work!!!

I like this project!! Great work so far!!!!

I really like this project!! The Cummins does weigh almost twice as much as a Big Block Chevrolet, but I've also seen plenty of conversions. I believe this truck could be done in 1:1. Great work so far! I'm looking forward to seeing more!!

Thanks for the kind words everyone!!! I'm wanting to put this one behind me. My decals were old and totally fell apart in water, so I have some coming from Jerry. I finished the interior today. I decided to cast some Tac-o-graphs/ Speed-o-graphs since I seem to be using them and I don't know of a source for them. IMG_6679 by Brian Smith, on Flickr Here's the dash: IMG_6680 by Brian Smith, on Flickr Her's the dash of the reference truck: IMG_1788 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_1780 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_6681 by Brian Smith, on Flickr

I'm usually not a big 57 Chevrolet fan, but this one is right up my alley. I like the plane Jane, 6 cylinder choice. Excellent work!! It's hard to believe that it is diecast.

Thanks Tom! That is one of Dan's engines. Thanks to everyone who commented!!

This isn't really a problem, but the Forum is in the old format when I'm not logged in with a message about being out of date. I tried clearing cookies, but it looks the same. Once logged in, it looks great. It may be something that administration can't see is the only reason I mention it. Thanks for the hard work!! It looks great logged in.

WHAT HE SAID! WOW!!

Thanks Guys!!! I hope that I am on the home stretch! The back windows were two different sizes and a little large in the casting. I redid them. They are not perfect, but I think they look better. I was able to get some paint on today. I'm really happy with the paint. It looks like a truck now. Some window glass, interior work and a few more details and this one will be done. IMG_6624 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_6627 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_6630 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_6640 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_6639 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_6638 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_6636 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_6634 by Brian Smith, on Flickr

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