Brett Barrow Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Thought I saw someone offering a '51 conversion for Revell's '50 F1 kit a while back in SA's truck column, but I can't recall who made it. I want to do some of the 1:1 pick-up's my Grandad has (or has had) while he's still around, really wanted to do the '55 F100 he and my uncle are working on now, but the Revell '55 is such a beast, I could use an AMT '53, but I'd rather build the super-nice Revell '50, but he never had a '48-'50 Ford(though there is a '49 in his junkyard). He's got a '51 that's next in line for a restoration, plus I love the looks of the '51 so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaronw Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Ken Kitchen does one, http://public.fotki.com/KenK/kitchen_table_resin_kits/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Barrow Posted October 11, 2008 Author Share Posted October 11, 2008 Thanks, those parts would help, but there's more to a '51 than just the grille and dash, the hood trim is different, as is the front end/grille opening , it's closer to the '53-'56 . I think these would make good custom parts for a '53-'56 , but it's not a full conversion. I'm sure these are what i saw in SA, but the wording "conversion for '50" made me think there was more to it. Right now I'm leaning towards a 1/18 scale Welly die-cast '51 re-paint. I'd rather stick to 24/25th scale plastic, but my grandad has more die-casts than plastic built-ups anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Kitchen Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Thanks, those parts would help, but there's more to a '51 than just the grille and dash, the hood trim is different, as is the front end/grille opening , it's closer to the '53-'56 . I think these would make good custom parts for a '53-'56 , but it's not a full conversion. I'm sure these are what i saw in SA, but the wording "conversion for '50" made me think there was more to it. Right now I'm leaning towards a 1/18 scale Welly die-cast '51 re-paint. I'd rather stick to 24/25th scale plastic, but my grandad has more die-casts than plastic built-ups anyway. Brett, As Aaron mentioned in his post above, I offer the parts that you're looking for. As far as I know I'm the only game in town for these. What I offer are the grille and dash parts. Everything else can be done from the basic kit. The August/September 2007 issue of Model Cars Mag has the info on doing this conversion. I can also provide you some additional details. It's really not that difficult a conversion. Just take it one step at a time. Let me know if I can help with anything. I can be contacted at kitchen_table_resins@yahoo.com Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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