Smoke Wagon Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 This is my first completed model, I built it in the fall of last year. I built it loosely based off of my 1:1, an ‘80 F-150 Ranger. In hindsight, I understand pretty clearly now why many people don’t like these old 1/24 monogram pickups. After owning and studying a real one for almost 5 years, the inaccuracies with the kit had me shaking my head. Regardless, it was a fun build, and what better of a kit to practice on? I think I’ll make another attempt of replicating my 1:1 later on by kitbashing an AMT long bed 1992 F-150, and an ‘80-81 MPC Bronco. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoke Wagon Posted August 19, 2021 Author Share Posted August 19, 2021 Sorry the photos are out of order, I’m not sure how to fix that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hondamatic Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Have you considered the monogram f250 and the older monogram cab? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoke Wagon Posted August 19, 2021 Author Share Posted August 19, 2021 11 minutes ago, Hondamatic said: Have you considered the monogram f250 and the older monogram cab? I have considered that as a starting point, but I think I’ll start with an AMT ‘92 F-150 kit that I already have, and I’ll keep an eye out for an MPC Bronco. Kitbashing those two would achieve my desired effect, and it’ll be 1:25. Who knows, maybe I’ll get lucky and Moebius will announce a series of 1980-1996 Ford truck kits as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldscool Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Looks really good for your first build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan White Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 6 hours ago, Smoke Wagon said: This is my first completed model, I built it in the fall of last year. I built it loosely based off of my 1:1, an ‘80 F-150 Ranger. In hindsight, I understand pretty clearly now why many people don’t like these old 1/24 monogram pickups. After owning and studying a real one for almost 5 years, the inaccuracies with the kit had me shaking my head. Build looks nice! The one inaccuracy that annoys me is the engine bay, since they somehow gave it the engine bay from the previous generation F-series/Bronco, even though this would have been a newly tooled kit in the 80's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoke Wagon Posted August 19, 2021 Author Share Posted August 19, 2021 51 minutes ago, oldscool said: Looks really good for your first build. Thank you. 19 minutes ago, Jordan White said: Build looks nice! The one inaccuracy that annoys me is the engine bay, since they somehow gave it the engine bay from the previous generation F-series/Bronco, even though this would have been a newly tooled kit in the 80's. Thank you. Yup, those panels that slope downwards from the cowl to the core support were a hallmark of the older clamshell hood trucks. It looks way out of place on an ‘80-86. Being my first kit and having owned the real truck for some time, it definitely left me scratching my head, lol. Another thing that annoys me is that these old monogram 1/24 trucks don’t have accurate floor pans for the cabs, just the bottom of the interior tub. They got the interior itself more or less accurate though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Great job on the Ford pickup. I like the two tone paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoke Wagon Posted August 19, 2021 Author Share Posted August 19, 2021 49 minutes ago, Zippi said: Great job on the Ford pickup. I like the two tone paint. Thank you. It was sure tedious, but worth the effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grodudulle77 Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Nice build, i really like the two tone paint with metal grey and white color ! 👍😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 NICE!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoke Wagon Posted August 20, 2021 Author Share Posted August 20, 2021 Thank you for the kind comments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotrod 97 Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Nice paint work and nice weathering! Looks great for a first-time completed build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilrathy10 Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Now, that is a great looking model... Excellent work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyc Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Looks good. As you said, it's a shame it is not accurate under the skin. My real 81 doesn't have a serpentine belt either. I'm thinking this may be a glued hood build. Maybe photo reduce my mismatched dash panels (black weave around the instruments, wood grain at radio). Plus I need AC vents. Lots to think about doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLHCAHZ Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Nice clean build on that Ford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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