Mercuryman54

Very nice!!

Yes! surprisingly it went together without much trimming and fuss.

Not as of now! It's been on the back burner for awhile.

Here is the difference between the AMT and MPC 69 Mustang grilles in the MPC Mustang.

Here’s an original Mach Won that I combined with the Revell 69 Super Cobra Jet Mustang. Body and trim from the Mach Won, pretty much everything else from the Revell kit.

Looks great Bill! I just finished a 74 F-250 4x4 myself. Glad to see you posting again. Sure, miss your Rookie Resins parts!

The caster did not cast the stake pockets!! I drilled and carved them. This was a swap meet find resin bed that i bought several years ago. But Morgan Automotive Details is offering them now and they do have the stake pocket holes.

They came with the Moebius Ford F-250 4x4 kit, they also come in the 2 wheel drive F-250 kit.

Everything on the engine is from the Moebius kit except hoses and distributor. Distributor is from Morgan Automotive Detail. It is built as a 390, but basically can be almost any FE series engine. {352, 360, 428}

1978-79 AMT Firestone Ford pickup cab and interior, Moebius 1972 Ford F-250 4x4 frame, suspension and drivetrain. Unknown manufacturer resin standard wheelbase bed (swap meet find). My own casting of an original AMT 73-75 Ford pickup grille. I added the bedside toolbox. Fireball Modelworks wheels, tires and hubcaps.

Looks very nice!

AMT 1974 Ford F-250 4x4 mock-up. AMT Firestone pickup, unknown resin manufacturer correct standard wheelbase bed, stretched Moebius F250 4x4 frame and suspension and Fireball Modelworks wheels and tires.

Finally took some underside pictures today.

The wheels and tires are from The Modelhaus. Don and Carol have retired from producing their kits, but their Son still has a site and does the wheels and tires.

Another thing I have done before dipping in the stripper of choice, is to lightly sand/scuff the surface. It kind of opens up the surface to let the stripping medium work. When I use the EasyOff I put the parts in a ziplock bag and coat them, seal the bag and let them soak and frequently rotate the bag for completely cover all surfaces, then when I rinse them off I scrub them with a toothbrush and Comet cleanser and repeat with oven cleaner and scrubbing. Hope this helps!

I have tried brake fluid with a little success. It my go to is yellow can Easy-Off oven cleaner. It doesn’t seem to work as it used to! I’m sure formula changes due to environment. I have never tried any of the purple stuff. I’ve heard it works well. My 61 that I recently built basically uses the same floor pan/chassis as the 60. I scratch built a floor pan/ chassis for my 61 using styrene, strips, channel and shaped sheet. AMT Ford Thunderbird NASCAR front and rear suspension.

It doesn’t have any detail! It has some locating tabs. All the details are on the frame/floor pan.

I had the paint mixed at an automotive paint store. I believe acrylic enamel.

Yes!! It will take several coats of primer and sanding to get the body smooth and straight. When the new 60 makes its debut, I may cast the tailgate for a smoother start. I think I will lose all the detail on the original trying to get it smooth.

Not sure what year the Mercury trucks were initially introduced, possibly around 1946. They were made in Canada alongside of their Ford counterparts until 1968. Kris Morgan of Morgan Automotive Details {MAD} Has the conversion kits for the 65-66 and 67-68 Mercury pickups in both Styleside and Stepside. If interested, you will have to PM him as they are not on his site.

This is as close as I have on my phone. I’ll get some better ones when I get home

If you are talking about the Ford F-100 pickups. Those engines are Ford Y-blocks! They have a similar look to a small block Chevy. They were introduced in 1954 in Fords and Mercuries maybe a year earlier in Lincolns. Similar exhaust manifold ports, some even had a ramhorn manifold similar to the Chevies, and the distributor was in the rear of the block.

This build is kind of a Frankenstein of parts. The cab is from Motor City Resin Casters, the bed and frame is from the AMT 1953 Ford Stepside, Moebius engine, front hood emblem and mirrors. Modelhaus grille, hood side emblems, wheels and hubcaps. Factory color of Holly green

Tim, I thought I would show you a few pictures of how I repaired my Unibody pickup. I also have a mint 63 kit. So I made molds of the rear wheel openings and a mold of the hood. I reinforced the cut out areas of my original cut up body with wire melted into the opening with a soldering iron. The placed the damaged parts in the molds and poured in resin. It worked out well and hardly any sanding and filling. I also built a complete frame a body pan. I used the front and rear suspension from a AMT Thunderbird NASCAR kit.

Tim, here’s one I finished not too long ago. I bought it new in the late sixties. It’s the second issue 63 kit. It was rough after my childhood modifications and sloppy paint. Luckily I kept it and my skills caught up so I could repair it. Yours looks great.