Scott Eriksen

Howdy! Welcome aboard!

...................fenders mounted ,luberfiner and power steering reservoir mounted and hoses run,steps on drivers side mounted.Have to dig thru parts and see if I have a narrow battery box .Have to do something with the mirrors,the kits mirror arms are WAY big. I remember my Dad's Fleetstar/Holmes had the IH battery box mounted between the mast and front bed wall on the deck . I have a picture of that wrecker somewhere , Johnny's Garage in Clifton,NJ was a Holmes dealer ,they mounted the Holmes on the 2010A Fleetstar Dad bought from IH in Newark,,,,this was in 1970

..............nailed the body and mast to the frame,installed pto shaft/jackshaft and drive chain, ran the cables to the towbar,(I may do something different here,fab a new one possibly).Painted the top rails of the bed with chrome pen.Installed Signal Stat markers with guard and reflectors on rear corners,made and installed winch control handles.Today mount the front fenders and do-dads on the cab.Snow again tomorrow ......... I'm glad I put baseboard heat in the basement 35 years ago ?

......oh,,and don't forget to un-cage all those brake chambers ! ?

Holy chit! ?

Thanks Greg! When I first came up with the plan to build the single axle/Holmes/Autocar ,,I searched all over for wrecker stuff,,,plenty of the 1/43 AMT kits,,some diecast...and that funky AMT single boom thing.I printed out that build of the Holmes from that old issue with the idea I would have to scratchbuild the whole thing .I eventually found this on Shapeways which wasn't too bad,,,could have been better if the mast had been printed in separate pieces (separate frame,separate winch drums,gearbox etc)

Nice! She be blue alright!

Gary......the struggle is REAL ?

The early 92's were Alpine Green.......then came the "Silver 92's"

I've had the General on the stash pile for awhile....think I will do smething along this line,,,didn't want to do a tractor,,,,,but I do have the dump body from the Autocar ?

The truck came out great!

Gary,,,is the build of the General on here ???

Yeah,it was worth it in the long run ,, one side of the cab was twice as thick as the other! lol

When I got that cab from ebay and opened the box I was ready to toss it ! It was bad

I posted this build I did in the Welcome! Introduce Yourself thread when I first joined . I thought I would move it over here . I based it on AMT's Ford Louisville kit and a resin Dodge D-700 crewcab I found on Ebay. I used the frame from the AMT kit and stretched it and used the kits front and rear axle. I used the engine out of the Lindberg Dodge L-700 to represent the 413 Dodge truck engine. I added the air brake compressor from the V-8 Cat from the Ford kit for the air brakes.Scratchbuilt the fuel tanks from Plastruct diamond plate .I used and modified the interior parts of MPC's 78 Dodge pickup .That resin cab was pretty rough and wonky ,thought it came out decent. The Roadrunner is an AMT kit I did about 30 years ago. I included a picture of the truck I loosely based it on

lol!

I'm likin' that General!

..............working on the PTO/PTO shaft/PTO Jackshaft,drive gear and chain , towbar pinned in place ,cobbled up some Holmes mudflaps ,painted the rubber fender extensions ,Autocar PE on the butterfly hood,,,,,, winch cables have to be cut to length yet,,just have the extra balled up for now

That thing is beautiful!!!!

.......................and yeah,thats an F8 Green 69 Coronet R/T ,,,,, work in progress

,,,,,decaled the body and clearcoated ,,,mounted lightbar and made a HOLMES 750 plate for the mast ,finished outrigger chains ,,,waiting for the snow ,glad I dont have to get up and go to work anymore ?

Thanks Gary !

Looks great!!! I aways liked the snub nose look . All the years of working on trucks ,and a lot of corn binders,,I never saw a 4300 with the IH V-8 ,,usually a Detroit or Cummins .. they make for a sweet looking wrecker

....................shot the red,,,,,,,,,safety striping came out pretty good,I expected more bleed thru under the tape ,,,,,,, more do-dads on the mast.fabbed up outrigger chains and hooks . I forgot to cut the holes in the back for the Scotch Block chains,I may still do that.........today I plan on decaling the body and possibly shooting the clear