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Harry, every time I come here and see some more, I never fail to get amazed. Just confess already. You have a couple of 1:8 scale guys helping you out.

I like it very much. I have a soft spot for golden cars, but this baby looks great being golden or not. Very cool "back in the day" vibe.

Ok, this one is a rework on a few weeks old build. The car was built with the AMT "vintage" of The Dukes of Hazzard Charger. That kit has what I would call an identity crisis. The rear window is Charger 500 like, and the front grille is from a Charger R/T, and if even I, a non Mopar fan can notice that, well, something has to be done. I kept looking at the model, and figuring what could I do to make it less odd. Finally, it hit me. I just needed a Charger 500 grille. Having no other Mopar kits, Charger 500s or even a Coronet, that has the same grille, I decided to give scratchbuilding a try. I'm BAD at scratchbuilding stuff. But had to give it a try. Used the headlights from an old AMT '64 Impala kit, and the grille from an old photoetch set, I managed to make something that could pass slightly by a Charger 500 grille. Also decided to replace the wheels, and go with my beloved factory stock look. how the was before, can be found here: Anyway, here are the new pictures: 1969 Charger 500 by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr 1969 Charger 500 by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr 1969 Charger 500 by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr 1969 Charger 500 by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr 1969 Charger 500 by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr 1969 Charger 500 by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr 1969 Charger 500 by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr 1969 Charger 500 by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr

That can illustrate the word perfection.

A few more pictures, with cargo!! 1953 Ford F-100 Standard by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr 1953 Ford F-100 Standard. by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr 1953 Ford F-100 Standard. by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr The engine with the missing detail painted: 1953 Ford F-100 Standard. by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr

Thanks John!! That was great to read!! Now, answering your questions: 1) The only detail I added was a custom decal I made for the instrument cluster. Found a really sharp picture of one on Google, just scaled it perfectly on Photoshop, and printed it on decal paper. Gave it a coat of gloss clear, and glued it to the dash without using water on the decal paper. Glued the entire thing there, so the original kit detail wouldn't show trough the decal and ruin the "glass" effect of the gloss clear. The seat, floor rubber mat, and door panels (molded inside the actual cab) were left box stock and just detail painted. 2) That's a great question. All trucks I could find pictures off had the stainless steel trim on the drip rails. Even on a picture taken back in 1960 in front of the Brazilian home building to the FoMoCo the trucks shown had them. So, I decided just to add it. Worse case scenario it's a cool looking original accessory. Also on Brazilian assembled trucks, the wood on the bed was called Itaúba, a regional wood, and Ford here left the wood unpainted, just termite proofed with a oily stuff my grandfather said smelled like ATF. Chavrolet did the very same thing, and I think the wood for both came from the same supplier. The metal stripes were galvanized and left unpainted. On U.S. assembled trucks, Ford painted the metal stripes with the same black used on the frames, and the wood was also treated against termites, but with a paint like black stuff. 3) The rubber seal on the windshield and the vent windows was painted with Model Master flat black acrylic, and a brush. Talk about a major pain on the rear end...

Thanks!!!! This was my first attempt on this kit. I was never much of a truck builder, so many cars, so little time to dedicate to the hobby. I really suck at painting wood, never got it to look half decent, so, I cheated. Made decals!!! I have a Revell '48 Ford woody, and didn't build it yet because I can't get the wood frames to look decent.

If one knows me also knows I'm into building replicas of cars and pick ups just the way they rolled out of the assembly line. Having that said, I just loved this little blue gem. As long as not factory stock goes, it's the very best F-100 I ever saw. No high tech mediocrity that don't go with a 1953 built truck; Hasn't a ton of aftermarket stuff to take attention from the basic building mistakes; Isn't one of that odd flip nose trucks I always thought to be of extreme bad taste; Is a perfect example of late '50s and early '60s custom job; Has a TON of class.

That's a nice truck. She has a cool work truck vibe with the chrome mirrors. By the way, the blue custom on your avatar, well, that is the coolest non-stock F-100 I ever saw.

Thanks!! Quite an honor coming from the '53 Ford F100 specialist!!!

That was fun... NO!! Almost didn't do it, but that teeth kept screaming they didn't belong there, after all it was a Deluxe grille on a Standard truck.

WOW guys, don't even know what to say to you... Thanks a lot!!

Started building this little F-100 for a Facebook page (Factory-Dealer Stock) community build. Due to some other projects, I didn't finish it in time, and the truck sat inside the box, with just the body painted for a month. This week I finally decided to finish her, and I did so a few hours ago. The truck was built in my style, what is in box stock, and factory stock fashion. The color is FoMoCo Seafoam Green, even tough for my eyes it looks blue... I double checked the color codes and formula, and it's in fact the Seafoam Green. The color was mixed in automotive synthetic enamel, and airbrushed. Well, here are some pictures. Hope you guys enjoy!! 1953 Ford F-100 Standard by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr 1953 Ford F-100 Standard by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr 1953 Ford F-100 Standard by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr 1953 Ford F-100 Standard by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr 1953 Ford F-100 Standard by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr 1953 Ford F-100 Standard by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr 1953 Ford F-100 Standard by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr 1953 Ford F-100 Standard by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr 1953 Ford F-100 Standard by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr 1953 Ford F-100 Standard by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr 1953 Ford F-100 Standard by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr 1953 Ford F-100 Standard by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr

I think all remarks were already done. The car looks great, very clean. This kit is a little tricky to final assemble, and this one looks perfect. A search on the parts box for a mirror is needed, at least to avoid certain remarks of certain moderators that have a disturb called nomirrorophoby. Every time he sees no mirror he has terrible pain... you know where

I for sure like it!!

Yep, the Scrub-o-let drivers will have a nice view of that round beautiful Ford taillights.

Love the T. The others are not my cup of tea.

To what Mike and All already said, I'll add the wrong door length for building a stock '36 Roadster. Built one myself as a bone stock '36, and had to rescribe the door lines. The roadster doors are shorter.

I like it a lot!! Great to see the once vanished trunk lid there

Yep, like I told you before Mike, this paint job for sure looks great.

BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH!!! I'm afraid of that thing!! It looks evil. Eats Chevys for breakfast and pees Hondas!!!

That's something for sure! I liked the styling. The execution is also great.

I'm a disturbed individual since young age. When I was 18 and was getting into college, my mom had my father to buy me a car to commute. Sooo they both went into a Chevrolet dealer and got me a then new 1995 Chevrolet Astra. That car was an Opel Astra four door hatchback, just like the ones sold in Europe. Ours here had the chrome V shaped Vauxhall grille and the 8 valve 2.0 liter engine. About a month after getting the car I traded it. Saw a newspaper add of a 1982 Galaxie Landau, with low kilometers, and original paint. Got out of college on Saturday morning and drove 360 km to the city the guy was. Getting there, I saw the Landau in first hand. The car has 33.000 Km on the clock, all around original acrylic enamel metallic paint, from the factory, the spare had never being used, the four factory tires were still there, and the interior still had a slight new car scent. The guy wouldn't accept the Astra, so I went to the local Chevy dealer, sold it, and came back with the cash. Got back to college driving the Landau. I got into some trouble for doing this... But I just hated driving that pos Astra. I was used to drive my father's 1973 Chevy Veraneio, a car he only used as a second or back up car, or his own Galaxie up until he started getting Mercedes cars, that I hate from the bottom of my heart. During college I put some more kilometers on that Landau... about 40.000 more, and I took care of her so she wouldn't get beaten. I still have this car today, she still is all original, and I had only to replace the tires. Like the '82 came from the factory with 215/70SR15 radials, I replaced the original tires with the same size radials, even tough I was tempted to install some G70-15 Wide Ovals. Here she is last year when I did a video of her: The year I got out of college with my Engineering degree (2000), I bought the '74 Galaxie, that I repainted, and rebuilt the engine, to be my daily driver. She still is my daily driver. The sound and feeling no new car can give you:

New tech can be fun:

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah That was a great one!!!! Talk about nailing something!