DM Wrecker project

[Shambles]

I had several kits and projects going a few months ago, then took a leave of absence to remodel my house. I never liked the yellow wheels or the graphics on this model, so my first mods were to change that. I removed all of the graphics and painted the wheels black. I'll make new water slide decals for the finished wrecker. I saw another wrecker on eBay pretty cheap, and a 1:24 resin dump body and thought it would be cool to make a 1953 dump truck.

Last night I got the first wrecker disassembled, and that was no easy task! Getting this all put back together will be a challenge to say the least.

[DaveP]

Great work! Are you interested in selling the wrecker parts? Dave

[Tom Geiger]

Great project, I will be following along.  Dump truck is a great idea.

For anyone looking for the wrecker body, there was a cheap knock off of the Danbury mint truck.  It may be Welly.  I have these two, with correct period wheels. I've also seen this same truck with big donk wheels.  Price range for these was $15-20.

[Shambles]

Dave, I'd be happy to send you the wrecker body and accessories if you'll just pay the shipping. Just send me your address.

[Shambles]

Thanks for the compliment, Tom. I'm waiting on some Evergreen square tubing to raise the dump body up a little more. I'll post some more photos as soon as I make some progress.

[leafsprings]

On 8/22/2019 at 6:16 AM, Tom Geiger said:

 It may be Welly.  I have these two, with correct period wheels. 

Yes, Welly is the knock off,  the duals ( 18" in 1:1 ) can be used on '48  thru '68  GM 1 tons. 

[Shambles]

Decided to go full tilt on this one. Tonight, I completely disassembled the cab so I can strip it and repaint a different color. Taking one of these apart really makes one appreciate the detail that goes into high quality die cast models.