spencer1984

Very clean work, that's looking great!

Thanks!

Awesome work as usual!

Very clean work, that looks great!

I like the wheel size, especially with those flares.

The Dodge is coming together, hopefully not too much longer now! The supercharged Hemi has dual flex hose intakes taking cold air from right behind the grille, feeding a fabricated pressure box made from the factory air cleaners. Everything is tucked in there so as not to interfere with the plain flat hood, keeping the silhouette totally stock. As per the instructions, the auxillary gauges are supposed to be mounted on top of the dash. That was a little too obvious to me, so I moved them down to the transmission hump.

Exactly. As long as I have fun with the build, and if I can capture the "spirit" of the subject, I'll accept the frustrations and flaws along the way and call it a win. Thanks again, looking forward to seeing what you do with yours!

I did ask, the response was a simple "hope to have more soon." So not much to go on there. The trailer was a Keystome Aluminum tank body, so it could be the one you saw. The frame, wheels, suspension, and other parts were all stuff I added. Thank you! There is still a fair amount of interpretation here, either splitting the difference between screen-used trucks or adding some details in the spirit of the truck.

They really do look good there! I've seen them listed, but have never tried a set myself...was hoping to do so as part of their "Convoy" kit, but that's currently out of production so looks like I'm playing the waiting game until he does some more. Fortunately, I have plenty to keep me busy!

Time for a cross-ram manifold!

Nice! Are those AITM's white metal mirrors?

Thanks, guys! Awesome, looking forward to seeing yours!

That looks great, nice work!

Thanks, guys!

After nearly a year pecking away at this one, I finally wrapped it up this morning. It's made up of the AMT "California Hauler" Pete, AITM hood conversion, Keystone tanker body, Moluminum wheels, ModelTruckin decals, and a whole lot of scratchbuilding and kitbashing. I converted the rear of the tractor to a walking beam style suspension with single drive and tag axle using parts from AMT's International Transtar, and much of the trailer frame is adapted from Lindberg's tanker trailer. The stupidly long writeup is available here, and a slideshow of it is available here. As always, any comments/criticisms are welcome!

These are coming along nicely! That silver looks sharp, and the Grand Prix just disappeared off the law's radar with that paint job - awesome!

Nice clean work on this.

Awesome job on this, it turned out great! Misha, nice progress on the Camaro!

Nicely done, they both look great! Funny that you went with a totally non-stock "comic" color, I did the exact same thing for my own Dick Tracy car.

AWesome job on both the Starion and Jackie!

Some good progress guys, I'm hoping to have another update this weekend. Pat, those two turned out great!

A bit more done on the Dodge: Engine and chassis painted, ignition wires added, and I've started painting the molded-in details on the firewall and inner fenders. I'm giving the engine a little more go with the centrifugal supercharger out of AMT's '57 Ford. Seeing as their durability was tried and proven on the NASCAR circuit, it should be just fine for a cross-country trip. I also decided that, since I'm building the car, I ought to include the little old lady as well: This won't be Kathryn "Put a Dodge in Your Garage, Honey" Minner, though. Agnes here is a former pilot and mechanic, who decided in her retirement to take her knowledge and no-cares-to-give and put them into building the ultimate street racer. The "dotty old pensioner" facade helps her get away with a lot more than someone of lesser years may be able to.

Nice progress, guys - these are looking great!

I have the '55 Cadillacs from both GreenLight and Jada, the former as the car from The Godfather and the latter as Elvis' Caddy: GreenLight's has some excellent details, right down to the Autronic Eye on the dashboard. It also has much more elaborate paint apps, including a multi-color interior and black wash on the grille. The downside is that it's undersized - about 1/27 scale. Jada's is a lot simpler, with fewer painted details (the interior is a soild off-white) and some details omitted altogether like the vent windows. But it's a true 1/24 scale, and has an opening hood and trunk.

Looks good! This was one of ther weirder kits that I've built, but as you've shown it comes together nicely.