Mark B

Workin late in the shop tonight... Untitled by mommydawn2000, on Flickr Untitled by mommydawn2000, on Flickr

Well it does have cars in it, so I don't see why not! And its great!

Its ironic to me that everything surrounding the TV is far more interesting than anything that's on TV! Great view and great stories; thanks for sharing!

Maybe those are just really big pennies... M

I promise! Untitled by mommydawn2000, on Flickr

Untitled by mommydawn2000, on Flickr

This project is like peeling back an onion with the amount of details- every time I get one layer done, I noticed another layer of things in the same pictures I've been staring at for 5 years. Its weird what you DON'T see when you are looking for something specific. I just noticed the other day that the back door has a door closer thingy at the top. After doing a quick google search for some reference, I find it is in fact called a 'door closer', and the one in question is a 'vintage' style. Its one of those every day objects we've all seen a thousand times in our life, but never focused on. Fortunately for me, a 'vintage door closer' is shaped awfully similar to a piece of plastic model kit sprue in 1/25 scale! Then there are the fan belts: turns out that 1/25 fan belts are pretty much identical to small hair 'elastics' (discovered thanks to my two daughters!). The bad news: they only had rainbow colored ones. The good news: found a package of 500 in black at the dollar store for... one dollar. Felt a little weird buying them as they are apparently made for African-American folks' hair, so I got a coke and some peanuts to draw attention away from it. Untitled by mommydawn2000, on Flickr Untitled by mommydawn2000, on Flickr

Thanks! Yes the pumps are scratchbuilt; I made one, then took a mold to produce the the one. I did steal the chrome details and hose from a set of Unique Replicas gas pumps. Mark

I love the thought! I'll consider it as an added detail. But given it was supposed to be small town rural Georgia in 1980(ish), he could well be used tires; that was probably the implication. I'm also just going by what I saw on screen- never saw any of the stickers, but at least one tire on the rack was wrapped, so I might add that.

Love this- nice work on the landscaping and the weathering on the car! Mark

You guys rock!

Thanks for the info! In case anyone has more info, here is another view:

This is certainly an old item, but I don't know what it is. Any help is appreciated! Mark

Decals on! (thanks to Jeff at JT-Graphics.con!). Also starting some signage inside.

Thanks for the enthusiasm everyone! I'm having a lot of fun hanging out in Hazzard; glad I could share!

YES! THE PIZZA BOX!!! Marion Cobretti as into health food. Mark

Boss Hogg only owns the mortgage on the property; Cooter owns the garage! Mark

Mike- I started with the AMT Firestone '78 Ford fleetside pickup and used some parts from the Revell '77 GMC wrecker (wheels, tires, front bumper, emergency lights, winch). I had to extend the chassis of the AMT kit by about 1/2". The wrecker bed and tow rig are scratch built. I'm awaiting the decals from JT-Graphics. For now I'm just going with the '74 Roadrunner kit; eventually I'd like to add a '71 to the collection. Mark

Dirty, greasy, grimy, beautiful!! This is the kind of work that you could stare at for hours at a model show. I come here to show off a little but mostly get inspiration for my own projects, and you sir have provided that for me tonight!! M

I've got the recent release Daisy Road Runner kit- I'm not familiar with the Monogram version

Hey moderators- I should have put this thread in the 'trucks' area; can you move it?