DRIPTROIT 71

Looks good!

Looks good Pat with the bed on there!

Thanks Bob!!

Nice looking Freightliner!

Very nice! Awesome scratch building!

Thanks for the kind words guys!! I have been working on the bed first. I have the winch made. I wanted it to have a wood deck. I thought that it looked a little more heavy duty. This bed mounts the headache rack to the frame instead of the bed.

Thanks Victor! The hood and cab are cast as one piece. The combination of cutting the hood loose, scratch building a firewall, and completely scratch building a 3116 from top to bottom, put me on the curbside path. Thanks Warren!! I used the 4300 Transtar chassis. I lengthened it and narrowed the front axle. I like these chassis because they are straight and were cheap at Ollies, so I stocked up on some.

Thanks for the comments guys!!

Looks Great!! I'm glad that you were able to get the stripes to work! They really set this one off! Great Work!

This will be good! Looking forward to seeing more!

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I like it!!

I picked up this cab and bed from Mikemodeler a couple of weeks ago. Thanks again! I built a 64 GMC 1 ton to go on the back of this one when it is done. This one will be curb side, but I am mocking up a crude representation of a 3116 Cat for under the hood. It will look like a 3116 from the bottom anyway. I have been working on the bed. I have it mocked up for now.

I somehow put this in the wrong place

Thanks Kevin! The bed was dented by sheeting it with very thin aluminum and then actually denting it. Thanks Lucas! Thanks Mario! I have a similar background. I went to work with my dad when he worked at the truck shop. Those are great memories! When he went to work for Papco working on heavy equipment, I was working my own job. Thanks Dave!! Thanks Philippe!! Thanks Don!! Thanks Brian!!

Nice build! I like the colors!

Beautiful Peterbilt! Excellent work!

Very nice!

Very interesting build! Great work! Looks awesome!

Thanks guys. I think that I have this one about ready for the rollback. Now, to build the rollback. the engine was blown and removed. It has been set on the back for the new owner.

I normally only build semi trucks, but I picked up a rollback bed from Mikemodeler and needed something to put on it. That is where this one began. I started with the Revell 64 Chevrolet. I stretched the frame and the bed is scratch built.

Thanks Jim!! Thanks Vince! Thanks Tommy! I wasn’t real happy with the emblems as they are too big. They are actually 8000 emblems that I painted through the bottom of the 8 to make it a 9.? Thanks Doug!! Thanks Scott! Thanks Carl!! Thanks Chris!! Thanks Warren!! Thanks Ken!!

Looks great! Very nice work!!

Looks great! Glad that it survived!

That looks Awesome! The red really sets it off!!