fordf-100

I just finished this up last night, I got this in a trade with a member here, it had been painted and stripped so I originally painted it a red metallic but it came out bad and I didn’t like the color too well so I had this green that I don’t remember what it was or where I got it. I sprayed it over a dark grey primer and liked the way it looked so I cleared it and was happy with the color. I painted the interior black and did a little bare metal foil and some detail painting and a set of mags and called it done! Comments welcome and thanks for looking!

I finished this up a few days ago, I got this kit at our model club auction for $6, it was partially built and painted. The paint was a very dull green metallic that was really bland looking, almost looked like olive drab! The windows were glued in with some glue marks all around the edge. The chassis, engine and interior were painted all pretty nice. I got the windows out and polished them and they look ok. I thought I would try some new clear that I got and sprayed it thru my airbrush and this is how it came out! I think it looks pretty good, it really darkened the color but I like it! I used a set of Fireball modelworks dog dish hubcaps and rims and some AMT parts pack tires, I like the look these wheels give it! Comments and always welcome! Thanks for looking!

Very cool!

Thanks for the comments, I had been looking for a Gordini for a couple of years ( a fairly reasonable one) I finally scored it a few weeks ago and am thinking of making it as a companion to this!

Tom, thanks for the info, this had the interior. Back then I can’t imagine the boxed version was that expensive, I think it’s funny they wanted to do a cheaper kit! I just checked the bag kit does not have an interior!

That is awesome! Now I need another builder! What chassis did you use?

It would be cool if these molds were around and usable, I have seen a resin one that is “gasser” style that looks cool! Man it would be nice to get a case of these for $10 now!

Thanks for the comments guys! Misha the sunroof is stock to the kit. I got this in a trade on the forum here, it was in really good shape! I was curious because this has what I think is acetone glass that has shrunk and yellowed, a few weeks ago I picked up another of these unbuilt in a bag so I assume that’s pretty old! The bag is sealed but there is no glass in it, I guess it didn’t come with it so this build could possibly be a promo?

Hi all, this is the 1/24 Hubley kit of the Renault Dauphine. Built curbside style with no real modification other than wheels and lowered some and a couple things added in the rather plane interior. This was a lot of fun! Let me know what you guys think, comments always welcome!

Neat box! I am surprised the tooling survived in useable condition, wonder if it was reissued before. Thanks for the info!

I almost got the stage coach and might go back for it , do you know the origins of this kit? I really don’t ever remember seeing it!

I saw this thread the other day and decided to stop on my way home from work, the Ollies near me had the 1/8 scale Lindberg T bucket for $50, I picked it up cause I didn’t think that was to bad, they also had the CuttySark and a 1/16-ish stage coach with horses and a confederate and union set of mounted soldiers. Both of these were a larger scale, I don’t remember the stage Coach or the civil war kits but they didn’t look bad!

Just finished 2 great trades with Phirewriter and SamIam, both great guys and would trade with anytime! Thanks!

Great looking model! Love the color!

WOW! That is beautiful!! How did you get such fine pinstripes on the hood?

Very nice looking! Great job!

I appreciate you checking! Thanks! I am surprised that back then that this was never kitted stock, they did the funny car, petty stock car and the LA Dart. Seems a little odd! I also am curious which molds if any were modified into the 3 different kits or if they were all done separate.

Thank you! I appreciate the info. I will look into Hart’s Parts and see if they have the front, finding the rear should be fairly easy.

Great idea and very well done!

Great restoration looks fantastic! I wanted to ask if the bumpers for this kit are the same as the LA Dart kit. I have an original body of this but that’s all I have is the body, I thought maybe the bumpers are the same.

Randy I will take a look, I might have a couple of these in the stash and maybe we could trade!

Yes, that is an old Hubley, hope to finish it soon!

Tom I believe that was it! Super nice looking! That is much more factory correct than mine, I think I went over board with the side window chrome!

This is one I just finished. It’s the pre assembled diecast of I believe George Poteets or it could have been a Posies diecast; can’t remember! Anyway I saw this type of build awhile ago in one of the magazines (can’t remember which magazine it was.....BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH memory!) the builder removed the second chrome strip from the side or possibly both and made a stock looking wagon. I picked this up in a lot of stuff and it was assembled with both bumpers upside down so I figured I would try to change it up! I removed the lower chrome on the side and filled the hood vents, that was basically the body mods. I changed the steering wheel painted the interior to match the outside, changed the wheels and tires and that’s about it! I thought about a different style two-tone but wanted to keep it simple, wish I would have used a lighter blue instead of turquoise. Bare metal foil was very tough as the edges of the chrome are very “soft” , I thought it came out ok and I would like to do another but next time remove all the side chrome and put a thin one down the sides to represent a more base model! As always comments welcome!

Hi all, just finished this up the other day. Pretty much box stock build, used some wheels from a diecast and got it as low as I could. The paint looks very different in the pictures, it’s lime green metallic and pearl white on the fenders. I left the running boards white as I thought that if I painted them black rubber it would have stuck out too much. As always comments are welcome. Thanks!