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That's fair commentary, reporting what you've seen; and I don't mean any offence. My statements are based on what I understand to be Ford's main objective: buck, paint and assemble car/truck bodies in the quickest, most efficient manner available to be sold in a competitive marketplace. Though practices were basically standardized at their factories, I have heard of some procedures and primer color differences unique to certain assembly points but have never personally seen any pics or even read credible reports of completely painted bodies, other than possibly show cars specially ordered. Ford, like GM and Chrysler, generally wasn't going to waste paint on areas proven to not need it. Sounds like you have some interesting specimens there. We should get back to the main attraction here, the fantastic job that Phil is doing on this Mustang... mike

A good question, considering the 4 year gestation of the subject matter. As Mr Greenberg once intimated regarding the lindberg '61 chevy 'it doesn't cost any more to cast a correct piece' or something like that... mike

You may want to have a look at Chris's history thread on these Fords... mike

Close... but there are differences like double shocks and different brackets in the 78 bronco kit. In fact, the forward part of the bronco chassis is a great candidate to graft onto the moeb frame. mike

Didn't the original amt falcon ranchero have parts to convert it to one? mike

Thanks for posting the pics and interesting background info, Mr P. You must have had some unusually detailed cars to look at in your time with the extra paint and all, but your statement... .. doesn't exactly square with the reality of the assembly lines of the day then... or even now. Most factories had the bodies pulled along the line on a frame hooked up to a conveyor. After a dip in the primer tank and a bake, the bodies were painted. Now, unless the guys painting had the arms and flexibility of an orangutan, there were areas that simply could not be painted fully which is why the overspray you make out to be a myth exists on many survivor cars that are studied by the 'restorers' you diss. Memories are funny things; sometimes they're hard to count on. mike here's vintage pic to show what I mean...

The front diff and springs in the amt F350 kit are the F100 style parts, Steve. The F250/F350 used leaf springs in front. The Dana 60 in the rear will work for an F250. It will also be accurate for an F100 as the dana 60 housing also came with the 9" Ford style axles. That's the style used in the hemi mopars. mike

Decals and photoetch would solve that hood and tailgate letters are identical from 65-68. mike

Sooooo, does this mean that you moderators are not allowed to move stuff on your own, without something being flagged? There are two or three truck posts in the car review section that have been there a long time. Just sign me curious... mike

Great combination! mike

Nice clean build mike

Looks like a great project. Interesting thing about those revell fox bodies is they seem to have the capri style fenders and quarters. Another great source for the identical 429/460 engines is the revell torino kit. mike

So do all the new ones; off-shore and otherwise ... mike

Thank you ! Only forgot to do the black dividing line in the middle of it. Fell in love with that madras blue seen on a gurney edition '68 cougar and still want to paint my 1:1 '68 merc 100 in that combination. Probably going to strip this and redo it right with the above noted modifications to make it more accurate... and try to cobble up an accurate '68/'69 grill. The interior was a try at matching the pic in the '71 brochure mike

Hard to improve on that beauty ... unless you add a lion with a coat hanger mike

You might want to have another look, Gary... the narrow chrome is molded on the box sides and cab. A more worthy pursuit for a caster would be a corrected cab If you compare side by side the moeb cab to an amt cab you'll see the roof crown and lower side curve-under that got missed by moebius. Then there's the C-pillar widening needed to correct the side window opening... and then there's the artistic impression of the '69 grill, but we won't go there. I won't be holding my breath (don't look too close at the hood; used the wrong clear and it crazed )

Parts for the sled are actually on two sprues (three counting the windshield).

About the time you're finished this one mike

Dismal as that gray background may be, the overall art appeal still beats the the tar out of most recent releases mike

Me too 'nuther one on the way... sure appreciate revell's recent efforts on accurate Ford parts mike

After seeing the Foose mods, I don't want another stock '56 All the details of how it was modified have been discussed here already... mike

Lane, the 352 is one of the Ford FE engine series. All of these 352, 406, 427 and 428 are externally identical in scale except for intake and exhaust manifolds and sometimes valve covers.. The easiest source for you would probably be the moebius/amt truck 390. You'll have to probably make your own stock air cleaner unless you choose to use a custom chrome one. Chrome valve covers wouldn't necessarily be wrong for it either. mike

Basic explanation of why quoted here from thread in truck section... 'I think you guys are overthinking all of these, just a weeeeeeee bit. The licensing agreement for these Foose kits was for 6 models total. Two SnapTite, Two pre-paints, and 2 all new tool glue kits. To assume this was going to be a pre-paint would imply that Revell was going to make this truck regardless as to how the voting was going to come out, and gee-golly-shucks look it "magically" won. The entire voting process being a fraud a P.R. disaster Revell doesn't need, especially since it would completely overshadow what seems to be a nice model. The reason the kit has two metal axles, and a grand total of 9 suspension pieces is because it's a "one shot" kit. This can never be made into something else down the road. There's no 2nd and 3rd versions to make up for poor sales. The price we pay for kits is a carefully tabulated guesstimate based on tooling costs and expected sales. Because there can't be a stock '56 Ford based on this tooling, or anything else for that matter, cost savings had to be implemented in order for these kits to be feasible. Putting metal axles in it might harken back to a simpler time to a certain extent, but that doesn't make it a toy, or marketed at kids. It's the realities that Revell faced in making this kit, do you want it or not? The little axles nails wouldn't work in this application because of the way the disc brake and wheel assembly interface (which if we want to be honest is very diecasty) is designed. Plug the hole, cut the axles down and voila problem solved.'

In Brazil, they were still using 292s into the 70s . mike

Nice effort. The pics would make a nice addition to the ongoing thread in the truck section... mike