De Foosing the FD-100

[butter]

Just getting a good start on building a replica of my 1:1 56 F100.  Body; Foose FD-100; fenders, hood, tailgate AMT 53 F100. Bed rails are carved out of aluminum. I have the door jamb detail, under side of cab detail and firewall detail about wrapped up. 

The truck has a Heidts Mustang II front end, 4 link rear end,  350 Chevy, (sorry about that all you Ford guys) and A\C.

This is my first post so we will see if the pictures are any good.

[Jonathan]

Looking good so far!

[Mopar - D]

Ron nice start on your build. Can you post some pictures of your 1:1 sounds like a really nice truck to cruise around in. 

[butter]

Thanks for looking, J and M-D.

M-D, Attached are a few pics of the 1:1 truck.  It goes to the upholstery shop in March for some very light tan leather.

[cobraman]

Nice truck.

[wrenchr]

Nice trucks........... I'm partial to the F100's for some reason.......   

[slusher]

beautiful truck...

[stitchdup]

NIce looking truck, I can see why you want a model of it.

[butter]

Thanks for looking and the positive feedback.

Worked on the tailgate. The stock AMT 53 Ford tailgate is too thick so I took 2  tailgates, thinned them out, and sandwiched piano wire between the front and back to reduce the chance of warping . The top round part is 2mm plastic coated wire and the bottom round is 1\16th aluminum.  The tailgate hinges are carved out of aluminum.

[espo]

Great looking work. I like how you use aluminum for so many of your scratch built parts. As a past owner of two different '56 Ford F-100's I feel that it is the best looking Ford pickup ever and Ford has offered a few. The "Big Rear Window" has to be the most desirable to own or build. I like how accurate the door jams look as well as the tailgate. The bed floor rails add so much depth to it's appearance. 

[AmericanMuscleFan]

Great start on your '56 F100 Ron!  I like the fact that you are using some aluminum on your project, nothing can replicate metal better than real metal (even soft metal...).  I use a lot of aluminum and brass in my builds so I have a bias...  You obviously have good attention to detail and it's already visible on your build.  I saw from your profile picture that you have been a member since 2013, I appreciate that you decided to jump into the arena and share your talents with us, better late than never!

Your 1: 1 truck is fantastic by the way, the color is just stunning and you can't go wrong with tan leather interior!!! ?

[butter]

Espo.

Thanks for the feed back.  I am partial to the 53 -56 F100 as well. This is the third one I have owned.  It is nice to have the real deal sitting in the garage when replicating things like door jambs and other structural details.

As for the aluminum, it takes a little longer to carve parts out of aluminum, but the end result is usually worth the effort.

 

[butter]

Francis

thanks for the comments.  I have followed your D100 project since its beginning. It is incredible!!  Everything appears to be in scale.  (The hot rod shop I hang out at was working on a 64 D100 several months ago.  You have nailed about every aspect of the design and structure of that truck.) Your machining work is awesome.

This is the first serious build I have done in about 20 years so I thought I would share.  The feedback I am getting from builders interested in this project is keeping me motivated to work on it.

 

[AmericanMuscleFan]

On 12/1/2020 at 11:18 AM, butter said:

Francis

thanks for the comments.  I have followed your D100 project since its beginning. It is incredible!!  Everything appears to be in scale.  (The hot rod shop I hang out at was working on a 64 D100 several months ago.  You have nailed about every aspect of the design and structure of that truck.) Your machining work is awesome.

This is the first serious build I have done in about 20 years so I thought I would share.  The feedback I am getting from builders interested in this project is keeping me motivated to work on it.

Thanks for the kind comments on by build Ron!  I have done my best to recreate every nook and cranny from images found on the internet, these trucks are almost impossible to find here in Canada, at least in the region of Quebec.

I have to say without a doubt that you have some serious skills as well and it is obvious that the time you spent in your local hot rod shop pays off, it is high level work, very inspiring!

[Oldcarfan27]

On 11/24/2020 at 7:34 PM, butter said:

I never realized how close to stock the Foose cab is. I just assumed the whole body was massaged so that nothing was left alone. 

Now I'm going to have to find a Foose for my own.

You've inspired me!

[butter]

The only major difference I see between my stock F100 body on my real truck and the Foose body is the way the cowl is flat from the hood edge to the bottom of the windshield on the Foose body, where the real body curves upward an inch or so under the windshield.  I adjusted for that difference by laying out the lower windshield trim a shade above where Revell put it, I will soften the curve under my windshield a bit more at some point so it more closely resembles the real truck. Also, I used the AMT firewall instead of Revell's because it is way closer to the real deal.  

BTW the windshield, and window trim was made from aluminum bead wire flattened a bit by rolling an Exacto knife handle over it. The idea is that when I get ready to put the final coats of paint on, I will file\sand the aluminum down until it is slightly above the body lines around it,  When I polish the paint I hope to have polished "stainless" trim as well.  Time will tell if this will work.

[butter]

i have roughed together the
bed.  The strips are carved out of aluminum and the wood is basswood doll house wood stained in cherry and coated with a boat load of duplicolor clear. pretty close match to the cherry stained birch in my 1:1 truck.

[AmericanMuscleFan]

This is an absolutely stunning piece of art, I LOVE it Ron, can't wait to see them installed in the truck bed!

[Bainford]

Real nice bed work. 

[butter]

Francis and Trevor.  Thanks for the compliments.  I would respond to you personally but I haven't figured out how to do that.

As for this project, I think I am going to throw together the Heidts front suspension next. 

[butter]

i am posting a couple pictures of the last model I built (20 years ago). It was also an F100 built from the Revell 56, AMT 53 and Monogram 55 panel. 

The radiator, fan shroud, valve covers and air cleaner were carved out of aluminum.  I have no special tools for this, just saws, files and vice grips.

The engine and stub (front suspension) are from the Revell Yenko Camaro.

You nay notice a couple cracks around the windshield. That happened when it fell off a shelf.  That was a sad day!

 

[AmericanMuscleFan]

6 hours ago, butter said:

Francis and Trevor.  Thanks for the compliments.  I would respond to you personally but I haven't figured out how to do that.

As for this project, I think I am going to throw together the Heidts front suspension next. 

No problem Ron!  You just have to click on the word "'Quote" below the message and you can type your reply in the same window.

Your '55 panel is awesome by the way, great job on the doors! ?

[butter]

58 minutes ago, AmericanMuscleFan said:

No problem Ron!  You just have to click on the word "'Quote" below the message and you can type your reply in the same window.

Your '55 panel is awesome by the way, great job on the doors! ?

You mean like this??  That's too easy. Thanks

[crazyjim]

Looking good.

[butter]

I decided to see if I could make some working hood hinges so I roughed out the under hood bracing details and added a few pieces of aluminum for hinges.  Somehow I got them to work.  I need to do a little more clean up and hood adjustment.

I have started work on the Heidts front suspension.  I will drop some pics when I get a little further along.