AMT 49 Ford Box Art Build

[DeeCee]

Now that is VERY nicely done, great color.

[espo]

Beautiful build. It does look exactly like the box picture.

[TooOld]

Beautiful work Ron !   I love seeing these old kits built the way they were meant to be .

[Hubert Rollins]

Very nice!!

[carrucha]

Very nice.  Keep 'em coming.

[FordRodnKustom]

Very nice.  Keep 'em coming.

Thanks, I will. Already pulled another one out of the box and scattered it the bench. Stay tuned.

Edited March 5, 2017 by FordRodnKustom

[DrKerry]

Kool kustom!!!!!

[Bernard Kron]

As well as being a superb modeler and the Master Of The Box Art Build, Ron is the head honcho at the Drastic Plastic Model Car Club forum. For those of you who enjoy a smaller, more intimate environment in a general interest car modeling forum, I highly recommend stopping by and having a look around. Here's a link: DPMCC Forum

On the DPMCC board I said the following and I think it's worth repeating here:

Straight up, no b.s. rendition that hits it straight out of the park. The keys to how striking this turns out to be are the bright, impeccably sprayed, red paint, the crisp detailing, and the lowered rear stance - this last being unavailable out-of-the box but rendered in the box art nonetheless. In the box art build style your unmatched ability to faithfully interpret the always distorted and idealized box illustrations and render them in scale and 3 dimensions is unsurpassed. I'll always remember your metallic violet AMT 36 Ford 3-window full custom box art build for this very reason, and I believe your  Shoebox, for all its simplicity, may be its equal. Bravo!

[Zoom]

Looks great!

[FordRodnKustom]

As well as being a superb modeler and the Master Of The Box Art Build, Ron is the head honcho at the Drastic Plastic Model Car Club forum. For those of you who enjoy a smaller, more intimate environment in a general interest car modeling forum, I highly recommend stopping by and having a look around. Here's a link: DPMCC Forum

On the DPMCC board I said the following and I think it's worth repeating here:

Thank you Bernard!

Just for nostalgia's sake here's the '36 you referenced in your post above. This is the one that got me hooked on this style of build.

Edited March 8, 2017 by FordRodnKustom

[Muncie]

I really like this one - well done - it's got soul!

as a Chevy guy, the 1949 and 1950 Ford kits had little interest for me 6 months ago - I liked them when I saw one well built but that was it

Well, about 3 weeks ago the reissued '50 convert found it's way to the work bench and then the '49 followed it home. Through the forum, I was able to obtain the original Carson top for the convertible.   So, I have a question - Both kits have holes in the chassis to lower the front, but there is nothing in these new kits to lower the rear.  What is the best way to lower the rear - Thank you in advance, Steve

[FordRodnKustom]

Thanks Steve. To lower the rear I carefully saw off the leaf springs and clean up the cut areas. I make up some lowering blocks from scrap styrene then glue everything back together, keeping it square. Then depending on how low the drop is I C notch the frame above the axle.

You can see the finished assembly here in this in progress pic.

Thanks for asking and good luck with your build!

Edited March 9, 2017 by FordRodnKustom

[Muncie]

Thanks, Ron - That will work - You've done some nice clean work - I had trouble with the "carefully" part - more to fix.

 

[Lunajammer]

What's not to love? A nicely built model and heavy on the sentimental.