mchook

Cooter's 72 Chevy wrecker. I built the wrecker body & lots of other stuff. Let me know what you think, good or bad.

Hi, Missing Link has the cab for $50. You could build one from a super stones f350 cab. I did one almost 15 years ago, didn't come out too bad. I've seen your builds & I'm sure you would have no problem building one. The wrecker body would be easy to build. Here's the missing link cab & one I built a long time ago that was rebuilt by someone else. http://www.missinglinkrc.com/70s_f700_2012.htm

She's about done. I have to build an exhaust And a few other small details. I built the mirrors from wire & added a little plumbing & wiring under the hood. I had to make it dirty because it's a work truck not a show truck. I'll post some better pics under glass when I get time. Thanks for looking.

Thanks Ron. "Time" that seems to be the hardest part of building sometimes. I used to use the Midnight Cowboy kit too but they can get a little pricey so I just build them. The Holmes is what we had on our last wrecker when I was a kid. It was originally a 1966 Ford f-350 rack body truck & my father used the Holmes body off an old worn out 1960 Dodge we had in the junkyard. He used it for years & towed some big stuff with it too, lots of power in those old 390 Fords.

Wow, great weathering! I love everything about it & Foxer is right, it's begging for a diorama.

Thanks guys. I got the interior done, some paint & resin wheels.

Digging through some stuff, I found a box full of Cooter's tow truck parts. 3 built trucks with tons of missing parts. So I figured I'd build one box stock & one "my way". This one is the "my way" version. I started by stripping the paint off the cab & chassis & giving it some primer. I didn't have a complete wrecker body for it so I built my own. I don't like the way the kit one is anyway.

That's nice! Does it have an engine or is it curbside? If it has the engine lets see it.

That looks great! If you need a tow let me know.

Hi guys, I need some help. I want to add some figures to a project but I having problems painting the faces to make them look right. I can't get the eyes to look good. Tried painting them & "NOPE" not right. I tried leaving them unpainted & just did the eyebrows but that doesn't seem right either. Please help.

Make sure you make the top of the door panels worn & dirty from climbing in & out the windows.

Here's my best engine. Model A Ford, I added lines, rods, hoses & whatever else I could think of.

I sell everything I build on ebay, I don't keep any of it. I've been building for over 35 years & I wont put the words "pro built" in the title or description.

No I'm not a member, yet. Sure, use all the pictures you want, I have more if your interested.

My father & I went to look at these. We were told take what you want! Still trying to figure out what to take home.

Here are my Rosco & Enos police cars from the Dukes of Hazzard

I love this model!!! Beautiful work!!!

Any progress? I hope to see some soon.

Thanks guys!

I had to clean out the garage so I pulled it out (the first time in about 5 years) and left it over night. Of course it rained & the wind was crazy that night so it was covered in BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH the next day. It's a 70 & yea I know the boxes shouldn't be on the trunk but it needs a lot of work, including paint. So hopefully one day I'll have time & money to finish it.

Resin cab, 41 Chevy truck chassis and a 442 engine. I built the bumper, exhaust, grill, Manley wrecker boom & body from scratch.

Calling it finished. I'll add more pics "under glass"

My sister went to a yard sale & bought them for me. Must be over 50 kits. She knows I build models but I build cars, not planes. Nice thought though. She laughed & said they're yours now, build them, sell them I don't care. So they'll be on ebay soon!

Thanks for the help guys.

I hope someone here can help. I have this 38 GMC resin cab that has no glass for it. I made the windshields so they fit in the opening nice but I'm not sure how to glue them in without messing them up. I have some testors window glue but I've never had much luck with it in the past. Here's what I'm working on, any help would be appreciated. Thanks!