Scott Eriksen

AFVClub

Maybe you'll hit on some body dimensions! lol

I like the round fenders Gary,,keeping with the "resto rod" theme

Outstanding detail work Brian!

................hmmmm ,,,lol !

..............and a couple of 4-53T 's ! I think those were C70's

Great build Brian! I remember working on some 366 powered C50 -60 trucks,,,with propane conversions!

I built one back in the 90's and gave it to my son,,,great kit !

I'm still going to fab up an axle lift assy and see how that will look on the back,,,sorta like the old Stepp's wrecker was

I found this video on Youtube ,,it's in German ..it's about the guy at Revell who did the big "Stepp's Towing " Pete Challenger wrecker back in the 90's pretty neat >>>

.......Brian,,yep a ton of work, I even contacted Miller Industries when I 1st posted about doing this build about getting dimensions on the 7035 ,,they couldn't help me. So I will build it out with what I have,the Revell wrecker body is nice ,,no issues so far

So it looks like I'll be building an FDNY Mack Granite wrecker with an M8 Mack engine and an Allison transmission ,,,,just not the exact one in the picture,,,it'll look good though!

I can't find any dimensional data on the innerweb for the Century 7035 anyway,,just sales specs ,,,if I could get that I might give it a shot

Started the KW's kit wrecker body,,I'm thinking leave it as is and just fab up an under reach axle lift and attach to the back,,not as part of the boom,,,to make it look exact I might as well build everything from scratch which is out of my ball park ,,left field to be exact,,,lol

.............the Western Star would make a great wrecker.....jus' sayin' ,,,because ,,,,,,lol

I think you should paint it God's color Alpine Green and put "RELIABILT" decals on it 😉

The only other thing I need to get is the front bumper mounted winch,,,,,I could cobble something if I can't find one and I guess I'll use the PTO from the KW and adapt it to the Allison transmission

Don't get in too deep Jeff ,, it's like quicksand!! 🙂

We hope so Brian!

I had that Alpha boat thats been sitting for year ,,,so I finished that up and it freed up some shelf space for something else! HA!

I had ordered a Mack E Tech engine from Jamie but I opened the bag and he sent a Cat engine by mistake ,which I can use somewhere,,just for the heck of it I checked ST and he had an E8 Mack,,,must be new never saw it before,,,,so the front will be pretty close to the 1:1 ,,,the wrecker body and boom will be close enough!! lol

I have a Mack MP-8 engine coming from ST Supply , so I think I'm going to use the KW frame and not the Mack,,along with the drive axles and air suspension .I'm going to build up the wrecker body 1st and fab up an axle lift of some sort ,not sure if I'm going to cut up the back of the wrecker body and attempt the angle back or leave as is and just add the axle lift to the back of the body instead of having it as part of the main boom

.......here we go !!! lol not sure where but we're going!

Just finished her up ,she's gonna be in a diorama I got planned.All the handrails/rungs/canvas supports I did in brass rod and scale chain,weapons are various 3D print items I sourced along with the crew.I used brass barrels on the Mk48 20mm turrets. I sprayed the boat with Tru-Color Marine Corps Green which was the color of most Riverine boats and weathered with Tamiya chalks and Vallejo washes. Now on to my Winter project,the FDNY Mack wrecker!

That's gonna be sweet Gary!