Andrew D Charger Chaser

Very kind of you to say, thanks Roger!

LOL nice exchange! Hogg’s INCOGNITO Hotel (mentioned in “The Meeting”)

Here are the completed photos after several years of on-and-off work. Although posted before, here is my own philosophy of building a General Lee, which differs from so many other builds I've seen. Font is increased as per comments that it was hard to read. MY G.L. BUILD PHILOSOPHY My main criticism of most GL builds is that they are 'way too immaculate to be an in-use back-roads racing car driven by good-ol-boys on a farm. They always look...well, sterilized comes to mind. Absolutely gorgeous, like they're going for the trophy at a car show, with a car that's never driven except on and off a trailer. Not this one!! -Interior: Agree with many that the darker brown "saddle" color of the earlier series looks better, but a darker interior will hide most great detail. So, cliche though it is, I went with the light tan. HOWEVER I weathered it plenty, with very stained floor carpeting, and some wear on the seats. Scratchbuilt items are a CB radio and a detailed, padded-looking roll bar with tape around the padding. -Engine Bay: Despite most builds painting the engine bay interior orange, indicating a total engine-out restoration, the actual "Hero" Generals had their engine bays hastily painted black around the engine. This would also fit with the storyline of the original color being black. Additionally, I sanded out all the molded on wiring and scratchbuilt the entire engine wiring and detail. When you see these photos you may be shocked. I know I am....not eager to do this again, although it was worth it!! -Underside: Dark primer gray with orange overspray indicating a home-done paint job. Lots wear and some general rusting, with a ton of dust and dirt oversprayed. So much more involved in this build, but those are some of the basic philosophies I followed on this.

Thanks Roger! Here's the chassis, suspension and exhaust, weathered with wear 'n' tear, and even some rust at appropriate places. Much of it will be covered/disguised by the road dust to be sprayed on last. Once installed, the edges received some orange overspray, indicating a home-done paint job. The wheel hubs are from the old MPC General Lee kit. Chrome removed with bleach, then heavily sanded on the rear until the five openings were actually opened as they should be. Then primed, sprayed flat black, and detailed with aluminum paint. Not chrome. Those bits are shiny, but not quite chrome, with the possible exception of the lug nuts.Tires sanded with fine sandpaper and fine steel wool to remove the shiny vinyl "toy" look. And, even the CB antenna; scratchbuilt styrene base, with a bit of High "E" metal guitar string.

EUSTICE Hastings (in “Along Came a Duke”)

Nope, I'm lucky this time, although I remember when I was in Louisiana when H-Andrew hit...I was the brunt of many jokes. Worse, my daughter was in Mobile AL when Katrina hit, and even though the worst was in N Orleans, they got plenty of frightening damage where they were.

ACE Parker

And, y'all are gonna LOVE this one: totally scratchbuilt Dixie Horn! Not sure if anyone else has done this; if they have, I've never seen it. And here it is installed on the front of the radiator:

Next batch here. Soaked all the bumper/grill bits in bleach to remove the chrome. Cleaned up the imperfections on both, and removed the grill from its surround. Used the same passenger-side grill section from another kit to use on the left side since no Charger emblem should be there. Refinished with Alclad II on the bumpers and trim, flat aluminum on the grill tunnels, lots of drybrushing etc on the grill once sprayed flat black, and semigloss on the middle sections where the non-headlight sections are. Scratchbuilt narrow-style push bar.

LOL...nice!!! Thank you!

Thanks Boss! Chevy '70 Orange Flame from Scalefinishes.com Really looks the part, better than what the photos show. Perfect color!

Thanks Hoss! Unfortunately I'm not able to go back and edit posts once I log out and come back...not sure if that's just me or the way the boards are set up....

Thanks! Here, the windshield and other window glass has been tinted with future and food coloring: Scratchbuilt Roll Bar has been made to look like it's padded with tape holding on the padding: And, the interior, including Photoetched steering wheel spokes, scratchbult CB radio, heavily stained flocking for carpeting:

Engine and Engine bay. Replaced Fan belt pullys and belt with aftermarket. Sanded out most detail in engine bay for an insane scratchbuilding job.

Photos to be posted soon. I wanted to put everything I could into the ultimate build, and this one took me about three years of on-and-off work. Seriously. MY G.L. BUILD PHILOSOPHY My main criticism of most GL builds is that they are 'way too immaculate to be an in-use back-roads racing car driven by good-ol-boys on a farm. They always look...well, sterilized comes to mind. Absolutely gorgeous, like they're going for the trophy at a car show, with a car that's never driven except on and off a trailer. Not this one!! -Interior: Agree with many that the darker brown "saddle" color of the earlier series looks better, but a darker interior will hide most great detail. So, cliche though it is, I went with the light tan. HOWEVER I weathered it plenty, with very stained floor carpeting, and some wear on the seats. Scratchbuilt items are a CB radio and a detailed, padded-looking roll bar with tape around the padding. -Engine Bay: Despite most builds painting the engine bay interior orange, indicating a total engine-out restoration, the actual "Hero" Generals had their engine bays hastily painted black around the engine. This would also fit with the storyline of the original color being black. Additionally, I sanded out all the molded on wiring and scratchbuilt the entire engine wiring and detail. When you see these photos you may be shocked. I know I am....not eager to do this again, although it was worth it!! -Underside: Dark primer gray with orange overspray indicating a home-done paint job. Lots wear and some general rusting, with a ton of dust and dirt oversprayed. So much more involved in this build, but those are some of the basic philosophies I followed on this.

DiXie Jeep

Lester Crabb "THE TRAVELING Sheriff” (in “TREASURE of Hazzard”)

“Y’all have the right to remain QUIET....” (Enos reading the boys their rights in “Repo Men”)

“You lOOk like a little fat hOOd ORNAMENT!” (Rosco to Boss in “The Big Heist”)

Jesse: “You get that from your Aunt KATIE. How is Aunt KATIE?” Gaylord: “Oh, you mean Aunt KATHERINE!” (from “Duke of Duke”)

HOGG’S HEAVENLY Acres

EARL Becket (bomber in “State of the County") Well, the HaZZard suggestion is also based on a practice at the site from which I stole this whole A-Z game idea in the first place; when they get to Z, a certain catch word beginning with Z is used, from only one episode in the show that site is dedicated to. Sometimes we come up with others, but that's the common default.

Marty ZAGON (Big Dan Hogg in "Targets: Daisy and Lulu") Great one, Hoss! I move that if the Z's run out, it should be perfectly acceptable to end each alphabet with "HaZZard"

Agent RoXanne Huntley