DRIPTROIT 71

Amazing work here!

Very cool build!! Excellent work!

Man that is Awesome! You really captured the look of the truck and Cooter!! Excellent work! I always enjoy seeing your builds!

The “Cover Max” color max worked great although it seems to not be available anymore. Gloss Color Max doesn’t cover very well in my experience. I would recommend using the matt finish, which covers much better and then a final coat of gloss color or gloss clear. This truck was painted with Color Max (green color). It took so many coats to get it uniform, that it began to hide details. It also made the finish look thick.

Thanks Bill!! Thanks Larry!! Thanks Andrew!! Thanks JC!! Thanks Justin! I like building the old working trucks that I used to see on the road. Thanks Scott!! Thanks Steve!! My process is usually trial and error, often heavy on the error, but I was pretty happy with how this one turned out. Thanks Mark! Natural lighting goes a long way. Thanks Blake!! Thanks Trevor!! I always have an internal battle; should I leave it shiny or weather it a bit. Thanks Brian!! Thanks Tommy! I don’t know if I have perfected anything, but I am still learning. ?

I like it! Nice work! Looks great!

Looks great Chuck!

Cool idea! Looks great!

Looks good! I like the color!

I like the color for sure! Looks great! Nice work Ken!

Looks great!

Looks great!

Charles, the casting quality on this is second to none. It is completely clean. It may look heavy around the windshield, but it has photo etched windshield frames. The cab and the doors are detailed inside and out and the thickness of the casting is probably pretty close to the thickness of the actual truck cab. The hood sides are brass with vents in them. It comes with photo etch emblems, dash, grille and wiper blades. To my eyes, the fenders do look just a bit off, but reference pictures are so few it is hard to tell, and it would look better with 24” tires instead of 22”. If money allowed and I had access to order, I would try to get everything that Strato makes. I bought this one second hand and unfortunately I think that they only sell on Facebook, and I don’t Facebook. Thanks for the comments guys!!

Thanks guys! Thanks Warren! It came with the doors separate.

Thanks Steve!

Looks amazing!

Looking forward to seeing this one complete!

Beautiful build! It’s funny, the cars that I hated working on, I like to see built in scale. Excellent work!

What Ken said!

Wow what a lot of work! It looks perfect though!

Man! This just keeps getting better!!

This is the Strato-models resin kit. Everything else is from the parts box. Freightliner rails with various crossmembers, Cummins from my bag of leftover AMT engines, no donor kit for this one. This was inspired by a picture of a Carolina Autocar DC 100 that I found on line. If anyone knows the difference between a 1940s DC 75 and a DC100, please chime in.

Thanks Brian! Thanks Sam! Good to hear from you!! Thanks Pete!!

Now I’m even more impressed! Top notch work for sure!

I really like what you have come up with here! The grille looks great! Did you rotate the fenders forward and add to the back? I like the frameless dump idea too! What kind of hinges are you using on the doors? They look great! Excellent work!!