Mike77 Posted April 16, 2013 Posted April 16, 2013 (edited) 1/16 Peterbilt rotator I built about 10 years ago... Edited April 16, 2013 by Mike77
mikemodeler Posted April 16, 2013 Posted April 16, 2013 Very nice and extremely clean, is it a kit or did you do some scratchbuilding?
Mike77 Posted April 16, 2013 Author Posted April 16, 2013 (edited) I used the Monogram 1/16 Peterbilt 359 kit as a start and scratchbuilt the wrecker body and boom. It's loosely based on the little Stepp's Towing 1/25 kit. Edited April 16, 2013 by Mike77
kilrathy10 Posted April 16, 2013 Posted April 16, 2013 Oh, I like it, Sir....Looks very nice....Very clean and aestheticly pleasing.....Making the model look good makes all the difference.....I like them big front steers....Where did you get those?
Yahshu Posted April 16, 2013 Posted April 16, 2013 At 1st I thought this was the "Stepp's" wreaker, you can certainly see the influence, this must be HUGE, considering how big the "Stepp's" is, very nice build.
72 Charger Posted April 16, 2013 Posted April 16, 2013 Are you sure Revell did'nt steal the Idea from you lol
Kenny B Posted April 21, 2013 Posted April 21, 2013 Michael, Very nice work. Does it have the Cat 3408 under the hood? Kenny B
ewaskew Posted April 21, 2013 Posted April 21, 2013 Very,Very nice wrecker man that's some nice scratch building you did on this one.
Renegade Posted April 21, 2013 Posted April 21, 2013 Great looking rig. Excellent scratch building job.
Mike77 Posted April 21, 2013 Author Posted April 21, 2013 Michael, Very nice work. Does it have the Cat 3408 under the hood? Kenny B Thanks! It has a regular kit engine. I usually don't go too crazy on underhood details as no one really ever sees them and if I showed them to anyone they probably wouldn't even know what I was talking about anyway.
Ben Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 Hey Mike! I wondered what happened to you! You had the best 1/16 builds I had ever seen. Hope to see more!!!!!!
BigBad Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 (edited) Very very nice work! Nice variant on a well used kit. Those front wheels are great! Edited April 22, 2013 by BigBad
Mike77 Posted April 22, 2013 Author Posted April 22, 2013 (edited) Hey Mike! I wondered what happened to you! You had the best 1/16 builds I had ever seen. Hope to see more!!!!!! Thanks! The original 1/16 kits became more scarce and too expensive so I quit doing customs, but with the reissued Peterbilt (and soon Kenworth) I'm in the planning stages of doing an even bigger wrecker. I don't have any particular affinity for tow trucks, they just seem a little more challenging than a standard road truck. I'll admit I was a little disillusioned when I found out recently that that other guy was taking credit for my customs, but I still want to do another project. Edited April 22, 2013 by Mike77
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