DRIPTROIT 71

Looks awesome!

Beautiful tanker! Excellent work!

Better and better!!

Great improvement on the wipers!

Thanks Tom! Thanks! I was on the fence about the fifth wheel. Thanks!! Thanks Tommy! Thanks Don! Thanks Ken!

Thanks Ken!

Came out very nice! Looks great! It might have fought you, but you definitely won! Excellent work! I like it!

Nice looking dump truck! I like the colors! Nice work!

Looks great! Very nice work!

Very nice, very clean build, looks great! Nice work!

Those are definitely overload or helper springs. I have seen a ton of them over the years. Probably from somewhere like JC Whitney. I have seen these on plenty of big cars, four doors and wagons, but it is also possible that they were used for traction as well.

Made me laugh anyway.

Excellent work and scratch building for sure! The inside of your trailer looks much better than I usually get the outside!? I am really looking forward to seeing this one finished! I am glad that you are working on it again! Thank you for posting your progress! It is looking awesome!

Thanks Jeff, that is one of the reasons that I like lacquer. I thought that it may melt the clear decal material under the rivets though.

This looks better every time I see it! The weathering looks great!

Beautiful build! Hard to believe you pulled it off so fast. Very nice work!

That just looks awesome!

I like your weathering! Looks good!

Thanks Jeff! Rivets arrived today. I’ve never used them before, so I am a bit concerned. How well do they do under hot (lacquer) paint?

Thanks for posting those Dan. I’m not sure how many of these CF had, but two are the only ones that I can find on the internet. The newer round door daycab # 216-6781 and the one with the door open is the older square door 72” sleeper cab #88-1175. The older one seems to be a bit of a “Johnny Cash” truck as it has a regular Freightliner grille emblem and square doors with lever locks. I figure this was a retired repurposed truck. Since reference pictures of this particular truck are very few, and the truck seems to have been modified over the years, I have used a little creative license on it. I used the back wall with windows since the back can’t be seen in the photos and I like the windows. CF liked 903 and 903T Cummins, so this one will have a 903T in it. I’m not sure about the transmission yet, but it may get a 5 speed.

Thanks guys! Body work, body work, and I ain’t no body man. ?

It gets better all the time!!

That looks great!! And survived all these years too! The 359s that I built in 82 definitely didn’t look that good and surely didn’t survive. Nice work!

I like it in yellow!

That is one sharp looking truck! The wheels and tires look awesome! I’ve lifted quite a few trucks over the years and you have done a great job capturing a realistic look! Excellent work!!