10-4 Magazine / March 2026 61 to the custom built and tuned 14.7 liter Detroit Diesel under the hood that was pushing over 725-hp to the ground. After asking around to a few DCP dealers without much help, I began searching online and found a few custom model builders, but one had a very extensive and detailed website, which explained his capabilities and what he offered, and that really got my attention. Dodge City, Kansas might be best known for legendary western icons like lawman Wyatt Earp and Miss Kitty from Gunsmoke, but Eric Haselhorst, who is also from Dodge City and owns Rockin’ H Farm Toys, has been quietly making a name for himself within the trucking industry by creating beautiful custom 1/64 scale replica trucks. After talking to Eric about building Anthony’s W900L in 1/64 scale, he told me that his build schedule was about six months out at the time. Not needing the truck in a hurry, I agreed to that and we stayed in touch. In order to create the replica of Anthony’s W900L as close as possible, Eric asked me to provide him with the actual paint code/color used on the truck, which was Dupont Imron L0228 (Medium Rich Blue), along with the wheelbase, and other added accessories like the visor, exhaust pipes, bumper and so forth. Eric also asked for photos of the W900L, taken from the front, back, and each side, so he could see exactly what he was working with (he was even able to reproduce all the lettering on the truck for the model). We paired the custom DCP W900L up with a DCP Brenner Food-Grade tanker and, needless to say, Eric knocked it out of the park and replicated Anthony’s Kenworth beyond my expectations. While Anthony’s W900L is one example of Eric’s work, I recently spoke with him and was able to ask him how he got interested and involved in building custom model trucks. “It all started with the AG industry for me. I had a large collection of 1/32 scale tractors. The model producers weren’t building what I liked, especially with my interest in harvesting equipment and with the trucks that were used in the AG industry,” said Eric. “I didn’t have anywhere to display those since they were so large and sold them, and that got me interested in 1/64, since they were smaller, and gave me more room to display trucks and tractors in that scale,” Eric added. Eric started building some custom specialty harvesting trailers and had been showing them off online. One day, while attending a toy show, someone asked him, “Hey Eric, can you build this?” The customer was referring to a piece of equipment he was interested in having built, and Eric answered with his now favorite quote, “Let’s give it a try!” Eric custom built his first DCP truck in 2013 for a customer from England. “The customer reached out to me and wanted a 1/64 scale model of an International 4070B Transtar II, equipped with a Haines service bed, he had driven back in 1984. This was also the first time I had anything created using 3D printing, as I needed to have the service bed made, and it came out spot on.” Now 53 years old, Eric has been married to his wife Christina for 30 years and they have three children – Matthew, Allison and Kara. “When I decided to get serious about this back in 2013,
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