Scott Eriksen

Here's a pic of my old R/T ,,,,did the resto myself other than paint ,originally an F8 Green car ,I replaced the stock Power Bulge hood with a Ramcharger hood from a wrecked 69 Superbee ,the 440 came out of a 67 Chrysler ,I rebuilt it adding a Mopar Performance cam and a Six Pack setup ...........sold the car 12 years ago ?

................starting Bare Metal,,painted tail light trim panel,painted lower K-frame, installed brass rod to simulate horizontal grill bars-the grill will be shot with Alclad and the grill bars blacked out

I'm using the AMT 69 GTX glass ,,fits perfect

I first soaked the body in Superclean for about a week to strip the paint ,,,,,,then careful use of a Dremel and Xacto knife ,,, the interior tub had the worst blobs from a roll cage glued in ,,Dremel took care of that,,and the floor pan will be flocked for carpet anyway

I got this R/T a few years ago on Ebay ,,took it apart, fixed pass side broken A pillar and vent frame (I did not take pics,,was before I joined MCM) . I painted the body a few months ago with MCW F8 Green enamel and I'm getting back to it now between my big truck builds.Yesterday I shot it with clear ,just took it out of the dehydrator .I'm using the original kits interior tub (after careful removal of 40 plus year old blobs of Testors glue.I'm using the rest of the interior parts out of the re-issued 68 R/T vert (I was really disappointed with this kit as far as the chassis,engine ,,etc. ) I'm using a donor AMT 69 GTX kit for the chassis and other bits.The 440 was from the parts bin but I'm using one of Fireball Model Works great looking Carter AVS carbs,,,super detail on his stuff! .Everything is de-chromed and I'll refinish with Alclad ,including the Magnum 500 Road wheels . The only thing I have to come up with is a set of F70-14 Redlines . Here's some pics

Thanks Gary,,,I got the Allison coming from Ebay ,,,,I'll do the Freightliner ,,,,dunno about the hauler yet,,,, I'm too old to start dropping acid again ? ....thanks Bud!

Calling this one done boys,,, added spot mirrors,2-way antenna, air dryer, hook up chains . While I ponder my next big truck build I'm gonna finish up my 69 R/T that I've had painted for a year now,,I picked that up as a glue bomb ,,will use parts from the re-issue 68 R/T vert and a 69 GTX

................."ordering a pallet of Plastruct sheets and Tamiya putty " ?

Thanks for the pics !!

holy chit ! lmao !

Still looking for more pics,,,,, but I'm gonna go out on a limb and say a White Freightliner COE ...lol

......... Brew is def. in the equation! lol!

I found a color shot on the innerweb .... jesssssus.....NOW I gotta build that freakin' hauler! lmao! ........ need an old Coachmen slide in camper kit now!!

,,,there's a lot of other good stuff in that kit ............have to find a V-drive now..... lol

Found it on ebay ,, 34 bucks thanks Bro!

Thanks Trevor! I thought they did....I'll check out ebay ............. .......... .69 cents is WAYYY too much though .....lol ?

Nice job!

Thanks Scott! The resin cab was a killer,came out better than I hoped for

Thanks Greg,,,kept it as much as possible as the real truck,,,the trucks he had with spoke wheels were always red or black with dove gray or white rims

...........battery box done,cab markers and air horns,cab grab handles

Nice! ........I wish AMT would have done the Holmes in 1/25th ,,,,,,not a lot out there in 1/32 parts wise

..........and another HOLMES 750 placard for the front of the boom

I might make some convex mirrors also

..............almost,,,,,,, have to finish up the battery box ,,shoot the air horns and cab markers Alclad , maybe make Scotch Blocks and drill the chain slots ,a few more small decals/truck # and clean up . Shackles for towbar if the ones from CTM will fit

...........something in between 1/24th ........and 1/35th! lol ......the boom on my Holmes is not quite 1/25th more 1/24th but was advertised as 1/25th on Shapeways