1953 Ford "Flipnose"

[Glenn Tooley]

I used the old AMT kit that's been around forever.

Built entirely box-stock, ecxept for the parts-box wheels. Just needed to build a simple model for a change of pace.

Rattle-can red with black chassis.....nothin' special.

 

['70 Grande]

This is one of the best-looking executions of this "tough-to-build" kit that I have ever seen!  Your rattlecan paint job looks excellent, and the stance and wheel/tire swap looks just right, too!  I've attempted to build this kit two times, and had poor-success with one and never finished the other.  This kit is great subject matter, and difficult to make look good; but you sure did!

Welcome to the forum!

Edited September 3, 2018 by '70 Grande

[Glenn Tooley]

Thanks!

The flipnose hinge mechanism really fought me.....i had to trim them down and glue the hinges on with the hood closed.

[donb]

Looks really good. Ditto on the previous comment about a tough kit. 

[cdgamble]

Very Nice Build

[vintagercr]

Nice clean build.

[oldcarfan]

That looks really nice. Such a smooth paint job and a good build of a hard to do kit.

[espo]

Very nice looking build. That front end has kept me from ever trying my hand at building one of these. 

[slusher]

Very nice..

[THarrison351]

Looks great. I think I built that as a kid when it was still under the MPC banner. It seemed MPC had several flip front street freak cars in the seventies. 1957 Chevy, Ford Mustang this pickup and a Corvette. Maybe more, that's just the ones I remember building.