"BIG UGLY"

[foundationsedge]

Edited August 9, 2013 by foundationsedge

[foundationsedge]

OK, STILL TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT, WILL ADD MORE PHOTO,S, BUT THIS IS MY ITALERI WESTERN STAR, CONVERTED TO TWIN STEER, WITH SCRATCH BUILT HOLMES TWIN BOOM WRECKING GEAR AND BODY WORK, AND A BIT OF WEATHERING

Edited August 9, 2013 by foundationsedge

[foundationsedge]

[JunkPile]

There is a lot to look at with this rig. So much to really take in. So many details. Nice.

[Swamp Dog]

another great job Gordon ..top notch on the scratch building and weathering..

[ap40rocktruck]

not so ugly, but is one heck of cool build!

Ap40

[mackd]

Hi Gordon,thou hast done a very nice job of scrscht built on the wrecker.J would just like to see the picture of the original truck Withe ,beacause i find illogical two axles also Advanced to the weght of the motor,It is not used for the load of the truck.

Alain.

[k100]

Great looking rig.

[Ridge Rider]

Well named and well done.

[ChrisR]

Great build!

[Bennyg]

Very different. Unique. Pretty wild bit of gear. I like it.

Ben

[BigBad]

Whoa, this this looks like a torture machine! It also reminds me of that wrecker they used in Terminator 4. I think it was a Freightliner FLC or FLD conventional. (not the black cabover from T2...) Or even something that's out of Mad Max! Pretty cool truck you have there!!

Edited August 10, 2013 by BigBad

[towman1271]

She may be ugly, But ready to work... Beautiful job

[flat-top]

Very nice, tough looking hook. I 2nd the looks like it came from Mad Max reference from BigBad.

[om617]

Very cool

[Truck parts]

Great build

[Q tip]

if she was painted olive drab or flat sand it could pass as a military unit. love it ................john

[slusher]

Very cool build and unique. l have never seen anything like it...

[PappyD340]

Now that's a wreaker, have never seen one like that, excellent detail and weathering!!

[Danno]

My, my. That's big, ugly, and nice . . . all in one.

[hpiguy]

Nice! I'd love to see an article on the build of this monster.

[foundationsedge]

thanks everyone for the positive comments, a more words about it,

t

[foundationsedge]

this project started with a re build using an old kit, I scratchbuilt the holmes gear and intended to use the AMT body work, but changed my mind and scratchbuilt the body too, the cab was altered with revel pete heavy duty front wings and a bro wrecker bumper, but during some internet research I found a photo of an autocar run by George Logan towing, so decided to make a sort of copy of that truck

http://images.yuku.com.s3.amazonaws.com/image/bmp/57b16c497360366dce20e653c073d6edfaea6023.bmp

Edited August 11, 2013 by foundationsedge

[foundationsedge]

[foundationsedge]

sorry about the quality of some of the photo,s, hope the build makes sense, it took about 6 months on and off to complete, started just after Christmas and completed in june, for a comp, but was unplaced, theres also a sister truck to this that's still a work in progress, will post up pics soon