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Thanks Tom. Skip, if this thing turns out to be a decent looking model I just might do another of that maroon & black one. I like the closed cab look on it. I started on building the roof next, I know I'm all over the place with my building process. I wasn't sure how to make it so I traced the body on a piece of paper and drew the top. Probably not the right way to do it but it's what I came up with. I cut it out and transferred it onto some styrene. At first I just glued another piece to the back, but the corners looked too sharp so I cut it back apart and used some tubing to get a curve to it. After I get the top covered I'll cut the rear window out next. I'm just going to trace the one from the kit, and that was molded poorly too it's missing a pretty good size piece from the bottom corner.

Thanks, I really want to make it shiny but if the paint gives me a hard time it just might end up with one of those "special finishes". I want to do a dark blue body with black fenders.

The engine went together fairly good, I just needed to check some 1:1 pics to see how it's supposed to look because the instructions are pretty vague. The chassis was a PIA because 1 frame rail was bent from packing. After I got the chassis pretty straight and the front & rear ends in, I had to cut the front axel back out. I didn't notice when I was putting it together but the passenger side spring had so much extra material it was like it had 3 extra leaf springs in it. I should have taken some pics but I was so aggravated I didn't think about it. So I got most of the chassis built & the wheels were next but OMG the flash & chrome are awful so they're getting stripped. While that's happening I decided to hack up the body. I cut the rear off over the wheel wells & built the rest from styrene. It needed to be longer & straighter to look like right. The body was molded a little crooked so the sides up at the cowl didn't have any trim on one side. It didn't really matter I had to make my own anyway to get the curve at the back by the new top.

I've been thinking about building a model of this since I saw the picture a long time ago. This beautiful car was converted into a tow truck and looks amazing. I'm starting with an AMT Connoisseur Classics 1928 Lincoln Sport Touring I bought off ebay. The kit is awful, it's loaded with flash and a lot of the parts are molded a little crooked.

Don't do that! I wouldn't want to be responsible for what that stuff would do to you.? Seriously though, thank you taking the pics.

Very cool! My daughter said it looks like something Plankton from Spongebob would drive.

Thanks to everyone for putting on another great show for all of us to enjoy!

Thanks Mike, that would be great if you could get me a few pics, I really appreciate it. Thanks Tim, I think I'll start a wip soon, I have a few pics. It's been fighting me all the way though, soooo much flash & a lot of it is molded poorly. I'm going to contact Tom for sure. I'll take any help I can get, I'm not too proud. Thanks Tom, I'll be pm ing you soon. I appreciate your help. Great idea Ed, thanks! Thanks Brian, looks cool, I'd love to take my father but it's a little bit too far for us too.

Thanks, this is actually the site I found that made me want to build this truck. I've looked for other angles but can't find any. I'd really like to see a pic from the rear. I'll probably just wing it, it's normally what I end up doing anyway. Thanks again, Mark Thanks Tom, I started this a while ago getting the chassis and engine built but ran out of time to continue. I'm finding a little time now so I started the bodywork. When I get some good pics I'll start a WIP but this is what I've done so far. Thanks, Mark

I started to build a model of this and was wondering if anyone knows of any other pictures of this truck. I've checked the web the best I can but I'm not very good at it. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

I completed a trade with "fordf-100" and everything went great. I would definitely trade with him again without hesitation. Thanks Phil!

As usual, Amazing! Just like all your other builds.

As for new shows I like Resident Alien, Animal Kingdom, Better call Saul, Yellowstone & Prodigal Son. Hell on Wheels, Gotham & Being Human have ended but are great. As for the old shows it's pretty much like a lot of others, it's what you grew up watching. For me that's mostly 70s & 80s shows.

Looks great! I can't wait to see it finished.

Looks great! All your extra work on the wrecker parts make it look real and less toy like.

Perfect in every way! I can't pick a favorite. You need another police car for Enos & I know your getting ready to do a Hughie Hogg Bug. I can't wait to see it, I love it, I love it kew kew kew!

I've been wanting a stock 65 Fairlane for years but they're a bit pricey. It was my first car at 16, lots of fun a with a 289. I found these on ebay 2 65s & a 66or67 for $27. Seemed like a great price to me.

Great! Are you planning on doing a diorama? I'm a huge Dukes fan, I have a pretty good size collection of stuff, everything from a bar of soap to a pedal car. It's still all packed up from our move but maybe one day Ill get it all back out to display. I really can't wait to see your group of Hazzard County's finest.

I love watching your Dukes vehicles being built. It's always amazing work and this one is fantastic. Do you think you could round up all of them for a group photo? I would love to see them together and I'm sure everyone else would too.

Last night a lady planted her car in a pole on our property. Thankfully she's o.k. but the car is junk and so are the Tiger Lillies I just planted around the pole. Power was out for about 2 hours & it was HOT last night.

I put some better wheels & tires on this and added the door handles & mirror. Looks alot better now I think. I was going to repaint it but something told me to leave it alone. Amazing work on everyone's custom trucks here, thanks so much for posting them!

Thanks for the pics, they're great. A few of my friends went and they said it was packed. They only saw about half of it because it was so much walking & HOT. Of course it's always hot at any Macungie show. Maybe next year my father and I will go with them.

Nice work on everything! It's nice to see someone else who still uses spray cans too. I love these old trucks, I drove a 67 F250 for years.

Perfect weathering!

I wouldn't change the color of your engine, it looks fine to me. I added the roll bar to make it look like the one I remember riding, I think it was a mid 80s model. The earlier ones looked like yours with the roll bar just around the rear.