Show us what YOU'Ve done with the different '40 Ford kits

[junkyardjeff]

To be honest I have not done anything different to any 40 kit,a few years ago I bought a collection that had about 20 AMT 40s and almost done restoring them and then there was my obcession with the 60s Monogram 40 pickups which I now have about a dozen so I really do not need to see another 40 for a few years but I know I will be sucked back in soon.

[James2]

1. Revell kit, chopped with custom skirts.

2. $5 AMT kit, chopped and smoothed. Built in hotel while working out of town.

3.AMT Sedan, chopped with corvette bumpers and custom skirts.

Edited September 20 by James2

[mr moto]

I posted a couple of '40's to this thread back in 2017. Here's one I've built since then. It's based on the AMT sedan delivery.

 

 

[junkyardjeff]

Well I forgot about this one I made from a junk 2 door sedan.

[stavanzer]

38 minutes ago, junkyardjeff said:

Well I forgot about this one I made from a junk 2 door sedan.

That looks really good. I could see Farmers like my grandfather doing that.

Everything in the "Boneyard" on the ranch, was fodder to used for other things.

So cutting down a car, and making a utility truck out of it, was something he would likely have done.

Thanks for sharing.

[tim boyd]

On 12/3/2017 at 10:26 PM, tim boyd said:

Kitbash of Revell's 1940 Standard Five Window Coupe and Deluxe Convertible kits, along with Norm's tuck'n'roll interior, painted real 1954 Buick Titian Red Metallic from MCW Automotive Finishes.  How-to steps covered in the October 2017 issue of the other model car magazine....more images here....      TIM   

CatPack68 hit the "like" button on this one yesterday, roughly eight years (!) after this thread on 1940 Fords was started, whikch showed up in my notifications just now.

I had long ago forgot about my posts here so did a breeze through this entire thread again...some really cool stuff from you all here, including some new builds posted just in the last few days.  \

Well worth a revisit, for sure!    TB

[catpack68]

On 9/21/2025 at 3:53 PM, tim boyd said:

CatPack68 hit the "like" button on this one yesterday, roughly eight years (!) after this thread on 1940 Fords was started, whikch showed up in my notifications just now.

I had long ago forgot about my posts here so did a breeze through this entire thread again...some really cool stuff from you all here, including some new builds posted just in the last few days.  \

Well worth a revisit, for sure!    TB

Tim,your Revell 40 Ford build was the inspiration for the Revell 40 Ford I started on back in 2020.The color is Tamiya TS-11 Maroon.I lost interest in it,but I plan on finishing it up hopefully by the end of the year.

Edited September 25 by catpack68

[BK9300]

On 9/20/2025 at 5:26 PM, mr moto said:

I posted a couple of '40's to this thread back in 2017. Here's one I've built since then. It's based on the AMT sedan delivery.

 

 

 

 

 

Pretty amazing build, right down to the hub cap detailing - makes me wonder what else there might be to see, in the interior!

[tim boyd]

7 hours ago, catpack68 said:

Tim,your Revell 40 Ford build was the inspiration for the Revell 40 Ford I started on back in 2020.The color is Tamiya TS-11 Maroon.I lost interest in it,but I plan on finishing it up hopefully by the end of the year.

Scott...looking really good.  I have had trouble with the Tamiya Maroon color but looks like you really nailed it.  Please keep us in the loop as you finished this project, and great to know you were inspired by my earlier project.   Thx for the update, too.  TB  

[Sledsel]

Lindberg 40 Coupe and AMT Sedan, both still unfinished.

[mr moto]

18 hours ago, BK9300 said:

Pretty amazing build, right down to the hub cap detailing - makes me wonder what else there might be to see, in the interior!

Thanks for the good words about the build and, since you asked, here's all the interior shots that I have.

 

[BK9300]

More great detail!  The bongos look well used, too.

Edited September 26 by BK9300

[bytownshaker]

AMT 40 Ford Sedan Delivery still in progress

 

 

[tim boyd]

The original "Swoopy Coop" from the pages of Street Rodder Magazine Modeler's Corner c. 1980....

This model was a Modeler's Corner built-up that took advantage of the "tubs" incorporated for whatever reason in the original AMT 1940 Ford Trophy Series 1940 Ford Coupe kit fender unit, just as the fat back tire Pro-Street look was startiing to take off in the 1/1 scale Street Rod world back then.   

I added OG Testors Gloss Black enamel paint (which back then was a "trophy in a can" product (as my modeling bud Steve Perry likes to say)), flames from a Monogram kit, 351 engine and front suspension from a mid 1970's MPC Pinto kit, a narrowed frame out back, super deep wheels with 1950 Ford hubcaps, gold reflective window tent (a big trend back then), simulated brushed aluminum floor pan, and MPC low-profile/diameter "wide'n'much widers" from the MPC 1976 Volare kit (and found in other MPC kits back then as well). 

Even to this day people still comment to me about this project....thanks for looking....TIM 

*****

Edited Sunday at 03:05 PM by tim boyd

[Chris V]

Current project: Revell 1940 Ford DeLuxe Coupé kitbash using the 1940 Standard Coupé and ProModeler 1940 DeLuxe Convertible - a pretty straightforward swap so far... The project will likely use a number of parts including the lowered suspension components from the 1937 Ford Pickup 2'n 1 kit. 

Edited 22 hours ago by Chris V