DRIPTROIT 71 Posted January 2, 2020 Posted January 2, 2020 This one will not be anything fancy. It will be a replica of a truck that my dad drove when I was a kid and I rode a lot of miles in this one too. Standard AMT kit, 8v-71T Detroit. Five hole steel drive wheels. The truck that I'm replicating had 10 hole hubcaps on the front, so I will go with 10 hole wheels. Front bumper, fans, and intake stack from Double Take Replicas. Five hole steel wheels on the trailer too. I'll be using one of these for the truck. This Ertl kit for the trailer.
Pete68 Posted January 2, 2020 Posted January 2, 2020 Here front and center. And I thought KJ had a lot of K-123s
gotnitro? Posted January 2, 2020 Posted January 2, 2020 Good looking project Brian Ps no bonus points for building 5 lol
DrKerry Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 22 hours ago, gotnitro? said: Good looking project Brian Ps no bonus points for building 5 lol LOL, thought for sure he'd get at least two bonus points for all five!!?? LMBO Pics of the real deal at all Brian?? Can't wait to watch it come together!!!
gotnitro? Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 2 minutes ago, DrKerry said: LOL, thought for sure he'd get at least two bonus points for all five!!?? LMBO Pics of the real deal at all Brian?? Can't wait to watch it come together!!! Hey Kerry - only if he builds that Texaco tanker without leaving any fingerprints lol
DrKerry Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 1 minute ago, gotnitro? said: Hey Kerry - only if he builds that Texaco tanker without leaving any fingerprints lol LOL,,, Now there is a challenge!!!! Whoop whoop! Let's see if he can do it! I'll grab the popcorn and chair......
tbill Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 Haha, we are such a bunch of rig kit hoarders.... im sure the nothing fancy is going to be neat as all get out.
Force Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 2 hours ago, tbill said: Haha, we are such a bunch of rig kit hoarders.... It would be horrible if the kits in the stash ran out...better get more. I'm following this.
Bills72sj Posted January 4, 2020 Posted January 4, 2020 On 1/2/2020 at 8:03 AM, gotnitro? said: Good looking project Brian Ps no bonus points for building 5 lol I disagree. Anybody who can pull off 5 kit builds of the same subject by the deadline definitely deserves bonus points. lol
DRIPTROIT 71 Posted January 4, 2020 Author Posted January 4, 2020 Thanks for all the comments guys! I will have to finish the 7400 first, which it's getting close. On 1/1/2020 at 11:05 PM, Pete68 said: Here front and center. And I thought KJ had a lot of K-123s I picked up several of them and the 4300 kits when Ollies had them for $19.99. My torsion bar kits are on top and it was just easier since I'm not going to start just yet to take a picture of the stack. I'm going to check with my dad and make sure that his truck didn't have torsion bar, but the plan is to use a Round 2 kit. On 1/3/2020 at 10:02 AM, DrKerry said: LOL, thought for sure he'd get at least two bonus points for all five!!?? LMBO Pics of the real deal at all Brian?? Can't wait to watch it come together!!! Guys I have trouble building one at once, but I hope to build a set of 3 new KWs hooked together for delivery one day. I don't have any pictures of the KW. I just have pictures of Freightliners and 1 Ford Cl9000. This one will be painted just like the 7400. I do have trailer pictures though. On 1/3/2020 at 10:16 AM, tbill said: Haha, we are such a bunch of rig kit hoarders.... im sure the nothing fancy is going to be neat as all get out. 23 hours ago, Force said: It would be horrible if the kits in the stash ran out...better get more. I'm following this. 22 hours ago, Warren D said: Jeeze, do you have enough kits? I keep getting ideas for new projects, then I get the idea that I need the kit for that project and well here we are. I'm afraid that I have more projects planned than I will ever be able to finish though. But I'm glad I'm finally getting to this one.
DrKerry Posted January 4, 2020 Posted January 4, 2020 I’ve been wanting to build a set of rigs the same way. Use three Pete 352’s on the way to a dealership for delivery!! Koolness
Pete68 Posted January 4, 2020 Posted January 4, 2020 I always like that pic of those KW but the one I have is at a different angle.
k100 Posted January 5, 2020 Posted January 5, 2020 (edited) Can't wait to see how this will turn out , your truck are always awesome . Edited January 5, 2020 by k100
CRUSADER2 Posted January 6, 2020 Posted January 6, 2020 I'm on board, I am working on a K123 at the moment, will be watching closely when you get started.
Pete68 Posted January 8, 2020 Posted January 8, 2020 On 1/3/2020 at 9:07 AM, DrKerry said: LOL,,, Now there is a challenge!!!! Whoop whoop! Let's see if he can do it! I'll grab the popcorn and chair...... That’s funny back in the 80s when my brother built his Sunoco one his wife held it with surgical gloves on as he glued it and put the decals on it at that time the Sunoco tanker was very rare I think I gave $100 for it I’ll never forget that story
DrKerry Posted January 8, 2020 Posted January 8, 2020 17 hours ago, Pete68 said: That’s funny back in the 80s when my brother built his Sunoco one his wife held it with surgical gloves on as he glued it and put the decals on it at that time the Sunoco tanker was very rare I think I gave $100 for it I’ll never forget that story LOL, Too funny!! Be nice to have a pic of that one!!
DRIPTROIT 71 Posted February 1, 2020 Author Posted February 1, 2020 Well I've got started on the cab, but nothing really to show yet.
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