Dodge L700 Straight Truck

[OldTrucker]

Just finished it this morning.

Far from perfect.

 

[Jim B]

Tough kit.  Nicely done.  The stake bed looks right at home on the back.

[steveracer]

Johnny, looks great especially the lengthened chassis and stake bed build.  When I was a kid, I built the exact same layout and color except I did not create the wood stake sides, so it was just a flatbed out of balsa.  This model looks nice, and I have a special liking for the old Dodge tilt cabs....

[leafsprings]

Great job with the tractor to stake conversion! Cab sits level and straight on frame, hard to pull off with the L 700. Excellent detail and paint work, especially like wheel color contrasts. Keep these medium duties coming!

[Doug 1061]

Looks good from here.

[OldTrucker]

5 hours ago, leafsprings said:

Great job with the tractor to stake conversion! Cab sits level and straight on frame, hard to pull off with the L 700. Excellent detail and paint work, especially like wheel color contrasts. Keep these medium duties coming!

You are not kidding! Discovered that the frame posts for the cab hinge are different lengths and had to move one up higher on the frame.

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Looks great! Very nice work!!

[happy grumpy]

Great job on a difficult kit. Looks really great in this configuration.

[PappyD340]

Great looking Dodge, well done!

[Dutzie]

Great looking little Dodge. 

[rekcirb13]

Nice clean build, Johnny! Those Dodge cabs can be a real challenge.

Bob

[Gary Chastain]

Really like this build, great job

[Bainford]

The old Dodge looks great as a stake bed. Very nice work. I’ve been wanting to tackle one of these kits for years. 

[slusher]

Fantastic job!

[ewetwo]

Really nice Johnny.

[stavanzer]

I remember seeing the real thing on the road 40 years ago. You really nailed the look with this build!

Great Job.

[afx]

Nice job.