Andrew D the Jolly Roger

Yep! No interest since it was never part of the show. All my Hazzard models are that way except The General. Besides, this is being restored from two junkers, so I've got enough trouble already....

Thank you! I got the grill and headlight mounts from an Ebay dealer, but the grill was badly warped, and I actually had to cut it into sections and mount it bit by bit to make it actually fit. The light mounts were uneven though much better molded; even so, I discarded the clear resin lenses and went with acrylic diamantes used for ladies' clothing etc, sanded and polished out the facets. Really looks the part, great trick now that MV lenses are about gone. The green is supposed to have a slightly aqua tint if one pays close attention to the show. I made a custom mix using Testors enamels from the little square bottles; after much experimentation I settled on the following mix: 7 parts gloss green; 3 parts gloss light blue; 1 part gloss dark blue. Thanks again for the kind comments!

Thank you! I normally do military aircraft, so the weathering skills from that come in really handy for building cars that are not still on the showroom floor.

Nope, not a bit! Alclad is a lacquer, dries almost instantly, seems impervious to anything water-based. Only 2 things I've found that bothers Alclad is 1) applying it too early over the gloss black primer, and 2) handling it too much (rubs off). If you saw my Ultimate General Lee build from over a year ago, or the Sheriff Little car currently over in the Under the Glass right now, they were done the same way.

Chrome is now reverse-masked; the blue sticky stuff is liquid masking medium, still wet. When it dries, I'll trim it with a fresh blade, and it'll be ready for airbrushing the Classic White.

75 Plymouth Fury, as seen in a recurring role on the Dukes of Hazzard. Always loved this patrol car best of the lot. MPC Dodge Monaco body and interior. AMT 71 Charger chassis, engine and suspension. Resin grill and headlight mounts needed a LOT of help. Headlights from reshaped and polished acrylic fashion gemlets. Scratchbuilt CB antenna, rear view mirrors, searchlights w handles, light bar mount, & some radio gear. Lightly weathered around the bottom for normal dusty road patrols.

Little more work folks....I don't use foil, I use Alclad Chrome lacquer, using liquid masking for the up-close edges, backed up with regular masking tape. After the chrome is applied, I reverse the process, and I mask the finished chrome with the same liquid masking medium, trimmed with a fresh blade.

Okay, now a couple of points to consider....any chance this could've been mounted on the seat itself, between the two front seats, like at the edge of it? Meaning not on the transmission hump? Three reasons I wonder: 1) The image kindly supplied by highway seems to suggest this, it's so high up and then so far aft away from the dash. 2) In several episodes, Boss reaches it with ease from the back seat, just reaching between the two front seats to get it. And Boss doesn't exactly have a long reach! 3) Also in several episodes, when Boss is in the front seat and reaches for the CB, he doesn't seem to be reaching far, but almost appears to be reaching almost next to him, and not down too far. Meaning, could it be mounted right here (red "X"):

So, the metal bit with the holes on it that the radio is resting on, is it like a box structure, or is it also at an angle of sorts? I've been looking up CB stands and not having any luck with anything like this.

Wow! Good eye....so maybe it really is mounted where I was thinking.... Really, really appreciate that!

The 70 dashboard had a damaged steering wheel. Couldn't replace the entire wheel from the 68, the styles were different; so I cut the 68's intact wheel itself from the center and mounted it on the center of the 70. Dab of paint, and good to go. Interior now complete except for the CB radio....still trying to figure out where it should go (see post in "General" asking this)....

The interior needed a lot of work; the 68 was a little different from the 70, so I couldn't use the unstarted/mint 68. Also, the seats of the 70 are under par. First to remove the massively thick seatbelts which had already been glued on, and repair the sites. Then a total rebuild of the headrest, which is like a hood on the real thing, plus some details under that on the back and on the sides.

Started this when I got the JoHan '68 "Boss Man" Cadillac after reading some online stuff...only to find that not everything online is true! Who'd have thought it? Totally wrong front end and back end. So I managed to score a somewhat damaged '70 JoHan Caddy that was already built. Found many essentials were identical between the two kits, including the chassis and engine. Got everything except the tail lights, which I can make. The white is from the '68, the tan is the '70. The 68 was complete and totally unstarted, which was a big help to this project...although this first post only shows progress on repairing and altering the '70 body.

Trying to figure out where I should put the CB radio. I got a picture of it from one of the episodes when Boss disabled it (and missed vital info). I know, I know, the CB pictured probably wasn't in the same car, maybe not even in a car at all. But you never know. So I'm wondering, where would YOU put it? Doesn't seem to be mounted under the dash. With the plate it's mounted on, any chance it would be ON the seat, between the driver and passenger in the front seat? Pic from the episode in question, and the in-progress interior....

I posted this in another subforum here but didn't get an answer yet....thought I'd try here just in case some different traffic would see this.... Wondering what shade of green would work best for Sheriff Little of Chickasaw County, Hazzard's friendly neighbor? It's a green with just the slightest hint of blue tint, I believe. I am an enamel man, so ScaleFinishes.com stuff would suit me fine, although I mostly do ModelMaster. I'd like something better than an eyeball-mix. Thanks!

Wondering what shade of green would work best for Sheriff Little of Chickasaw County, Hazzard's friendly neighbor? It's a green with just the slightest hint of blue tint, I believe. I am an enamel man, so ScaleFinishes.com stuff would suit me fine, although I mostly do ModelMaster. I'd like something better than an eyeball-mix. Thanks!

Okay, so I tried bidding on a couple of 75 Roadrunners on The Bay and was horrified by the prices, as most of you knew before I did. So I took the above pictured resin set, and tried to adapt the Monaco kit front panel for the resin lights and grille. First, removed the chrome. Second, see the top view of the grille, how it's mis-shapen badly: The grille and light openings were completely opened up on the kit, then styrene strip added to fill the gaps to fit the resin bits. Still some refining to do, will come with priming and light detail sanding but it's basically there.

Yeah, I contacted Missing Link some time back and he told me it was gone, kaput, because it had sold poorly. Magister I also looked at, just not the right pieces I need.... So I did something different, using some of what is shown above, but adapting the Monaco kit itself to take it. Wasn't easy. I'll post photos soon...

No, didn't even try because the header panel is undersized to the kit it's supposed to be for. Saw the vertical divide right away, trimmed it out and then discovered the size problem. I'm just about out of decent options.....

Yep, that's the one I have, but first the main resin bit is too small, and second the grill won't even fit the opening if you see above. Third, the grill itself is warped in a sort of "S" when viewed from above.

Honestly I have such a limited idea of where to check since I'm mostly an aircraft builder....which is why I'm in huge appreciation of any direction you can point me in.

Just contacted them, wrote back within minutes (great service to be sure!) saying they used to do one, but it sold poorly, so no longer....

Thanks! If I can just find a junked one I'll be in business.... wonder what the chances of that are?

I've started a conversion to build Sheriff Little's Chickasaw County patrol car from the Dukes of Hazzard. I'm using the MPC Dodge Monaco body with the AMT '71 Dodge Charger chassis/engine/suspension/exhaust. I do have a resin headlights/grill panel to convert it to a Fury (along with bumpers) but it's pretty undersized. What options are out there to make the Fury front end?

I don't know the model car market half as well as most of you, but I can say there is a similar argument in the model aircraft realm, in which almost every other kit is an F-14 Tomcat, followed usually by F-4 Phantoms and F-16's. As far as modern stuff, I was very pleased with the quality of the 2006 Mustang that I converted into the Death Race warrior-machine.