Boss JD Hogg

Thanks Roger!

Hey Thanks!

Welcome Justin! I've been a fan of the Dukes since it first aired and still love it. It'll never go away for me. I'm sure you will feel the same about the show years from now.

Welcome! It's great to have another fan of Boss Hogg! I'm a big fan of One Armed Bandits too! In fact it's my favorite episode.

Thanks guys! The decals were given to me by a friend. They are more accurate than the set that comes with the kit.

WOW Jason, you are doing a fantastic job on this restoration! I really like seeing do-it-yourself restorations, like this one, as opposed to someone just sending a car out to a professional shop to have restored. Everything is turning out very nice! BTW, what color are you planning on painting it? 1975 Corvette Flame Red?

I noticed that there is no space between the word 'Location' and the actual location under the avatar. Maybe have a colon between the two as well. I also liked when the members' 'Birthdays' section was on the right side and not at the bottom as it is now.

It's been a while but here is an update. I started painting the wheels. I made pedals and an automatic shifter for the interior. I'll be using a heater under the dash board from a Revell 69 Charger. The engine is a 440 with an automatic like used on the show cars. This model comes with a Hemi engine that was never used on the show. The head rest on the front seat is a set from a Revell 69 Charger. I started painting the chassis. I painted it mostly like it would be painted at the factory with gray primer in the middle and the body color overspray. I painted the engine compartment and inner front wheel wells as if the car was painted with the front end off. I painted the body with Testors Custom Lacquer System Hugger Orange and applied the decals. The decals represent how the car looked in the early Georgia episodes. I also painted the headliner inside the body. IMG_6206 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr IMG_6195 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr IMG_6238 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr IMG_6225 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr IMG_6244 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr IMG_6174 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr IMG_7191 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr IMG_7218 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr IMG_7212 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr IMG_7214 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr IMG_7216 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr IMG_7215 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr

Happy Birthday Boss Hogg(Sorrell)! It's great to share my birthday(January 4th) with such a fine actor.

Happy Belated birthday Rick(Cletus)!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

This build is loosely based on the Georgia cars. LEE 3 had padding on the roll bar which made it look thicker. Mine will be painted tan to match the interior as if it has padding. Since it's white plastic it is looking slightly thicker than it does in person. This picture below shows the roll bar with the padding. doh by Michael Scarola, on Flickr

I spoke with Jon Holland about the CB radio. He told me the Cobra 78x was seen one time. All the other times a sharp 40 channel was seen. Below is a picture of the Sharp 40 channel CB which looks a lot like the one in the screen grab Roth Potter posted above.

Here's a small update. The MPC kit comes with a full roll cage. In the pilot episode and at other times the General Lee was seen with a full roll cage but for the most part in the series a single loop roll bar was mainly used so I scratch built the roll bar. The interior is very crude and only indicates the location of most of the details such as the arm rests so I scratch built them. I think the interior looks a bit better with the arm rests. The seats in the kit have molded in seat belts which don't have very sharp detail. I removed the seat belts and scribed in the appropriate seams in the seats. I forgot to take a picture with the molded in seat belts but the picture below shows how they look now. The mounting hole in the dash board for the steering wheel was too far to the right so I filled it in and re-drilled it a bit to the left. I did get some more work and details done but have to take some more pictures. I'll post some more soon. IMG_6111 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr IMG_6112 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr IMG_6134 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr IMG_6131 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr IMG_6124 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr

Is the CB radio in the General Lee in the old TV series a Cobra 77x or 78x? I seem to remember reading that the Cobra 78x was used in the TV series but want to be sure.

Here's some more progress on the General Lee. I filled in the space behind the license plate below the rear bumper. It's strange how this part of the body is split. I put some sheet styrene behind as well to close it all off and strengthen this area of the body. I also sanded the putty in the engine compartment. The hood that comes with this MPC kit is actually a 1970 Charger hood. MPC did put out a Charger 500 kit that was based on the Dukes kit that had a correct 1969 hood. I was able to get my hands on one for this build. The picture with the two hoods shows the correct (yellow)1969 hood on the left and the (white) 1970 hood that came with this kit on the right. I'm using the exhaust system from the Revell Charger which is more accurate than what came with the MPC Charger. I had to make the area that goes over the rear axle shorter to fit the MPC chassis by cutting out a small section. The last picture has the chassis with the exhaust system and rear end axle and springs in place. These are parts from the Revell Charger kit. IMG_6056 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr IMG_6080 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr IMG_6094 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr IMG_6066 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr IMG_6100 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr IMG_6105 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr

Thanks guys! I'm having a lot of fun on this one. Here's some more progress pictures. I picked up a bunch of parts from a Revell '69 Charger kit on E-bay and started incorporating them into this build. I started modifying the MPC kit's chassis by cutting the front frame rails off and installing the Revell kit's parts. I also installed the rear wheel wells and the rear piece of the frame on the back of the chassis. I sanded down the rough texture in the engine compartment and installed the Revell kit's firewall and scratch built the two shock towers. IMG_5881 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr IMG_5885 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr IMG_5916 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr IMG_5944 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr IMG_6037 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr IMG_6038 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr IMG_6039 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr IMG_6057 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr

I recently started working on an MPC General Lee build. I know the Revell '69 Charger kit is a much better kit, in fact I have a couple of those. However I wanted to see if I can make the MPC kit just a little bit nicer and more accurate. The kit I'm building is the most resent issue by Round 2. I have an original issue from back when the Dukes Of Hazzard was first on the air with the incorrect rear window. I was happy that the newest issue comes with the correct tunnel back rear window. Well when I opened the box the tunnel back rear window didn't quite look right. The molding is too wide and the shape looked off. I took out one of my Revell '69 Charger kits and compared the two side by side. The Revell kit appears to be correct so it's a pretty good reference. The MPC Charger's rear window is too small and incorrectly shaped. It's basically a rectangle instead of having an arc on the top. I started by removing the molding and adding sheet styrene to the inside so I would have enough plastic to re-shape it. I used a sanding stick and a file to enlarge the window and re-shape it to more closely match the Revell Charger's rear window. Since I wanted to use the clear plastic (glass) that comes with the MPC kit the window is slightly narrower than the Revell kit's window but has the basic shape. In addition I sanded down the rear deck and trunk lid area to level out some of the slope. It was angled too much and is now closer to what it should be. Here are some pictures showing the progress. The 1st picture shows the comparison between the Revell '69 Charger and the MPC Charger's rear window. The Revell Charger is on the left side and the MPC Charger is on the right side. The rest of the pictures show the modified rear window of the MPC Charger. IMG_5848 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr IMG_5887 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr IMG_5890 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr IMG_6089 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr IMG_6046 Small by Michael Scarola, on Flickr \

This is the best Coy and Vance episode and for what it's worth it's one of my favorites even though it was missing Bo and Luke.

My favorite episode is 'One Armed Bandits'. I know it's the pilot episode but it had such a raw feel to it and still had the good family feeling the show always had.

Another thing to mention is its a '68 and not a '69. The dash and seats should have been changed to ones from an actual Charger. I also don't understand why it has the stripes on the back.

modracer - It's great that you finally got to own this General Lee. It may very well turn out to be a real screen used car. The fact that Larry West verified it was one of the cars he painted is a good sign it's the real deal.

In which Knight Rider episode was the Duke farm blown up?

Mark, is this promotion for the Knight Rider episode titled "Give Me Liberty ... or Give Me Death"? This is the episode where Michael Knight and KITT enter a cross country alternative fuel race and one of the cars is a 1969 Orange Dodge Charger that's powered by moonshine.

Hi Mark, This is a remarkable project! It looks like screen shots in some of the pictures you posted. Excellent work and attention to detail on this. I am also a model builder and build Sci-Fi and Real Space models. I'll be starting an MPC 1/25 General Lee build soon with some improvements to the kit. I'm really looking forward to seeing more of this project.