Revell 1980s F series Ford Pickup

[Husky1943]

Well, got it finished and I really liked this model!  Great price and really looks great, other than a completely open engine bay that you can see into the interior tub and straight to the ground.  I could have fixed that, but I didn't.  I tried to age it like it was a real truck that the owner is very proud of and just got a new bedliner sprayed in.  Thoughts?  It was rattle can that I polished and waxed.  the build itself is in the WIP section with the same title name.  Thanks for checking it out.

[espo]

Very nice and I like the gas stains around the filler door. Always heated  that. Bed liner is a good idea. The engine looks like it sits a little low on the chassis. Looks like a fairly well cared for pick up.   

[Husky1943]

Thanks Espo! It was a fun build!  I should have completely shrouded the engine (builder's regret, I guess)

Ciao for now

[Deuces ll]

Nice!.... ??

[Husky1943]

Thanks Guido! 

[PappyD340]

Looks great!

[Husky1943]

Thanks Larry!  I appreciate that.

[slusher]

Great looking Ford!

[Husky1943]

Thanks Carl!  Revell did it good with this one.

[doorsovdoon]

I need to visit this truck section more often, that's very nicely done.

[Husky1943]

Thanks Gareth!  Coming from you, that's a compliment!

[doorsovdoon]

Ha! You didn't destroy a 2+2 by chopping the roof off, xD! Forgot to mention, I like the bed liner touch on the bed. I use that stuff as rust protector under my 1.1 cars. Tough stuff that.

[Husky1943]

• Are you sure you destroyed it, or simply allowed in more air and light?  

[doorsovdoon]

1 hour ago, Husky1943 said:

• Are you sure you destroyed it, or simply allowed in more air and light?  

Air conditioning, the hillbilly way   I'll either rebuild it when I can or I'll keep a look out for another body and just do the hardtop, probably the later.

[Husky1943]

Gareth, 

Brother, you talk hillbilly?  I am from the piney woods of East Texas.  I knew a guy that converted a vomit-green cadillac for hauling hay.  He simply removed the body after the doors, and installed wooden slats on the frame so that he could load it with hay!  He could get a bunch of square bales on the back of that car!

[doorsovdoon]

Well, I live in South Wales, we have a unique accent, farms and tractors are a more common sight than cars and we have our own way of doing things which confuses the heck out of the English, xD! Yeah, I think I'm hillbilly!

[ChrisR]

Nice!

[Husky1943]

Thanks Chris!  That was first "polish" job, but I'm learning!

[crazyjim]

Looking good.

[Husky1943]

Thanks Crazy Jim!  I don't know how your part of FL is doing, but we are getting soaked up in the panhandle!

[crazyjim]

We've had a couple inches of rian the last few days.  maybe more coming depending on the direction the tropical wave takes.

[Jantrix]

Very nicely done. I like it a lot. Most trucks don't get that age without a few stickers though. 

[Husky1943]

Hey Rob!  It's Rob.  You know, now that you mention it, you are absolutely right.  Of course, bumper stickers and stickers, in general, would appear on it.  At least, registration and road tax stickers.  I remember that Texas and Virginia definitely had/have them, and I think Tennessee, as well.  Of course, bumper stickers too.  Good idea, Rob!

[Husky1943]

15 hours ago, crazyjim said:

We've had a couple inches of rian the last few days.  maybe more coming depending on the direction the tropical wave takes.

Yeah, that's right Jim!  God willing you and yours don't suffer any effects of any of the storms.  I heard that wind shear is really tearing them up, as well as the mountain ranges in Hispanola.  Of course, as the weather-pundits constant lament, "we're aren't in the peak of the season yet."  

[kilrathy10]

Very nice looking truck, Man... I like all the subtle details... Very clean build...