Convoy Rubber Duck

[gatorfan69]

I started this a few years ago and I finally finished it.

[Leonidas]

Wow, that's awesome. Always wanted to see what this kit looked like completed. You see a few of them come up on ebay, but they cost an absolute fortune. Glad you built this one, excellent work!

[JerseeJerry55]

Awesome build. Kris Kristofferson would be proud.

[gatorfan69]

@Leonidas

Thank you it's actually a mashup the duck kit is the dm6oo with the offset cab . I used the sleeper, bull bar, grill insert and a few other miscellaneous pieces from the original kit.the other kit is the amt mack r68551.

[angelo7]

I always have a hard time with black but not you.  It looks great.  Makes me want to see "Convoy" again.

[gino]

nice work ! looks great !

[Jim B]

Nicely done!  Did you extend the hood, too?

[gatorfan69]

@ Jim B 

No it was the hood that came with the amt  kit.

Edited July 7, 2016 by gatorfan69
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[Tesla]

Very nice!

[extmcdriver]

Good job, nice looking Mack!

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Very nice build! It makes me want to watch Convoy again.

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[V8 Trucker]

Well built, but the duck and the engine should be painted in gold.

[towman1271]

Looks great

[Force]

Nice build, a AMT R-series is a lot better than the old Ertl kit would have been as the DM is totally wrong, and you have used the only usable parts from it.

If you go by the movie sound track the "Rubber Duck" truck would have had a Detroit Diesel 2-stroke engine, but the pictures tell a different story, the truck has a dual intake tube air cleaner so the engine should be a ENDT 676 "Tip Turbine", and you hear the 4-stroke engine in some places in the movie where they haven't replaced the sound...same goes for the air horns, you don't get that high pitch tones that are in the movie sound track from the long horns the Rubber Duck truck has, they have a much lower pitch sound wich also can be heard in some places in the movie.

Edited July 14, 2016 by Force

[kilrathy10]

Excellent work, Man.....Super clean.....