redneckrigger

Ouch...............yeah, Cats don't swim well! Have seen a few buried like that, and they are a pain to get out! Very cool! And yes, it DOES look like something from Tom's mind! There are lots of neat things to be found in the toy department that can be modified to one's taste. Nice!!!

OK Charles, time to 'fess up. You really do have a miniaturization machine, don't you! Not only is the truck itself a work of art, that pump is the frosting on the cake. It looks like you could pull the cord and be right at work with it! Every time I look at your builds I am stunned. And Happy Birthday as well!

Finished the re-do of the ROPS to look more in scale and prototypical. Need to find some decals. Sometime along the way here, I will do some detailing like hoses and handrails, but too many projects and too little time!

Agreed on the level stance.............most of these built without a stance fix look like some kids hotrod from the 60's and 70's............rear end jacked to the sky. Well done!

Very well done................these are great kits but can be challenging! You did WELL!

Looking GREAT!

Incredible detail work! I really love the stance..........................looks just like it should!

Extremely nice work on this car.....................had to look twice at the first photo to realize it was a model!

Great rescue.....................sure looks the part of a tornado bait mover!

I have a '67 AMT cab available if someone wants it...............no hood though. It has been "shaved" of all of the molded on chrome trim parts to make it a base line model. Am always interested in heavy truck parts, resin stuff etc.

Finished reshaping the DM fenders to fit, cut body seam lines in, attached them, and I think they look pretty good. I think I figured out the hood hinge. I used a piece of stainless wire that comes on Chinese takeout food containers, and cut the top edge of each hood half back by the diameter of the wire. I then superglued and zip kicker attached the wires to the hood edges. A couple holes were drilled into the radiator support and a couple slots cut into the underside of the cowl for the rods to pivot in, and it works. I just need to fine tune it to make it fit perfect. I think it resembles the original interlocking leaf hinge pretty well. A bit of putty to fill in the rough spots, and it looks fine. I have mocked it up here to show approximately what I want it to be, and on to the next step......................once I figure out what that is!

Mr. Campbell is truly an artist, have seen many of his builds and they are jawdropping!

Yeah, the reason I like old stuff is, well I'm OLD!!! LOL! Buy, yes, the new chrome glitzy glamorous rigs are cool, but I'd take an old B Model Mack over a new Lone Star any day of the week and twice on Sunday! Just gotta keep plugging along!

Well, it sure looks like nice work so far, but let me say this................YOUR friend has a GREAT friend in you!

My whole shop is a shelf of doom! (So is my 1:1 garage!)

Very cool!

Welcome! And those builds are very nice! Your ride is sweet..............had an '87 Pontiac 6000 sport Wagon with that engine. I swear it could not be killed, and lord knows I tried! So did the next owner, who sold it after we both had put over 350K total on her! Enjoy!

Your weathering technique is superb! You should do a tutorial on it. I have ZERO skills at weathering and rusting, but your looks so real, I can smell the old oil and grease, and just feel the rusty metal disappearing before my eyes! GREAT job!

X2.................My go to tool is the back side of a #11 blade as well. Works superbly!

Very nice start on a cool build. Those Dodges have a character all their own! NICE!

That is a great build! Love the engine details and there is no way to tell this was born from a snap kit!

These older trucks are what make me build. They are my memories and even though the new trucks are nice, the road scraper bumpers and huge visors aren't my cup of tea. Now, when an oldie rolls out there, THAT gets me going! GREAT photos, keep 'em coming!

So I'm sitting at my work bench fiddling around with my DM600, and I get to wondering what a B81 cab would look like on that chassis. So I dug out an old Jim Etter era MTFA resin cab and plop it on the chassis. Hmmmmm, looks good and I'm off track again, taking off on another tangent that is SURE to become another long project. Took the cab and cut out the hood, thinned the hood panels to look better, and installed a hood hinge strip between the hood halves. That looked cool. Then I realized I never liked the thick fenders of resin cabs, though a necessary evil. So out came the razor saw and off came the fenders. Went to my Mack junkyard and got a set of DM800 fenders out. Cut them down to replace the resin ones and fitted into place. So, I guess I am falling victim to my regular problem.......a short attention span for one project. So, this one will be a heavy duty twin screw tractor, probably red and black, though like most things with my projects, subject to change.......often!

VERY nice work! LOVE cabovers!