1956 Ford F-100, my first weathered model!

[Harpo]

1956 Ford F-100 by Revell.  I built this to replicate the 1:1 version I owned in 1974, when I lived in San Francisco.  I was in the Army stationed at Presidio, and picked this truck up cheap from a South Mission lot.  It ran good but had a totally worn out bed, which I replaced with an 8 x 8ft section of a parade stand that I "liberated" on post.  With a 3 speed on the column and the overdrive wired to a switch, I could split-shift and haul outrageous amounts of furniture for my friends when they moved off-post.  With overload springs installed I often put upwards of two tons on the back, and it never failed me even in the San Francisco hills!

The flatbed is 1/32 birch plywood on basswood strips with CMT photoetched reflectors, weathering was done with Polly S paints and Tamiya powders.

This is my first attempt at a weathered model, and it turned out quite faithful to the original!    

[espo]

Very cool looking old truck. It's fun to build something you used to own and brings back memories. This looks like a truck that spent some time close to the coast and never a garage.

[Harpo]

Just added a reasonable reproduction of the Suzuki TS185 I used to take along when I went camping with this truck.  It's from an AMT kit.

Edited July 22, 2018 by Harpo

[slusher]

Super nice...

[misterNNL]

Nicely done. Not many of us can find kits that accurately represent vehicles we owned. Very believable weathering. Thanks for sharing.

[Jantrix]

Very good weathering. I like it.

[KWT]

Very nicely done

[Foxer]

That's a good weathering job ... and the story is the best!  ))

[RAMBENNA]

great job . weathering looks convincing

[DumpyDan]

Now that's different Garry,  nice work.