Let's see your '53 to '56 Ford F-100 Pickups

[pack rat]

18 hours ago, Claude Thibodeau said:

Hi Mike!

Great truck, and the paint really pops, bravo!

Do you mind sharing your "paint recipe"? I'm curious...

CT 

Thanks for the compliment

The paint on this one was really basic; old school Testors Lime Gold metalflake airbrushed over a Testors silver base on the truck and over the kit chrome on the bike.

Edited May 27, 2021 by pack rat

[Claude Thibodeau]

2 hours ago, pack rat said:

Thanks for the compliment

The paint on this one was really basic; old school Testors Lime Gold metalflake airbrushed over a Testors silver base on the truck and over the kit chrome on the bike.

HI Mike!

Thank you for the infos... I'm not suprised, since Testors offered that metallic "pearl" paint (in spray can) back in the 60's. Problem was... most of us neglected to spray it over a good base coat (white or silver)... and soon discovered that it had a low "hiding" value. Don't ask me how I know...

Your execution is great, however!

Regards,

CT

[pack rat]

22 minutes ago, Claude Thibodeau said:

HI Mike!

Thank you for the infos... I'm not suprised, since Testors offered that metallic "pearl" paint (in spray can) back in the 60's. Problem was... most of us neglected to spray it over a good base coat (white or silver)... and soon discovered that it had a low "hiding" value. Don't ask me how I know...

Your execution is great, however!

Regards,

CT

My number one rule with any Testors enamel....NEVER apply it out of the can, airbrush only.

Even with a good base coat, I still had a few botched Testors paint jobs in my younger days, I think we all did. 

[NitroMarty]

I built this one many, many, many years ago.... 

A bit rough and crudely finished, I may eventually take a run at doing a much improved clone of it someday....

 

[KWT]

Revell/Monogram '55 Ford

[mchook]

Here's a 55 I built years ago.

[Rexnard]

The start of a concept 

[leafsprings2]

Mini pumper  1/32 Monogram blended to 1/25 Revell

[Claude Thibodeau]

Hi!

A new way to build the Foose pick-up...

CT

[HOLMES55]

[Dragonhawk1066]

[Rbray47]

[NitroMarty]

On 7/25/2025 at 4:50 PM, Dragonhawk1066 said:

LOVE your take on that old Monogram kit!!!

[Nosferatu]

Here's my '53 with slight modifications.......

[thatz4u]

Sorta stock 56 Effie

[Falcon Ranchero]

Mild custom ‘53.

[Andria H]

My '53 C800 Big Job "Super Crew". Jimmy Flintstone cab on most of an AMT F100, upgraded to a 2 1/2-ton truck using axles/springs from an LNT8000 and GMT400 Silverado dually rims. 

[slusher]

On 7/25/2025 at 4:50 PM, Dragonhawk1066 said:

Love both these trucks especially the Gulf racing color!

[slusher]

On 7/26/2025 at 7:39 PM, Rbray47 said:

Sharp yellow Ford!

[bigdrag1]

Heres one I built...

[stavanzer]

On 8/10/2025 at 6:09 PM, bigdrag1 said:

Heres one I built...

I really like this one!

Fogged Paint, Showcar Nose!

 

Good Show.

[Nosferatu]

Here's another one. Its a shortened van.

[stavanzer]

13 hours ago, Nosferatu said:

Here's another one. Its a shortened van.

Really Neat Conversion.

I love the Grille!

Where did you source it?

[Nosferatu]

6 hours ago, stavanzer said:

Really Neat Conversion.

I love the Grille!

Where did you source it?

stavanzer,

Thanks for the nice comment.

The grill is from the Lincoln Futura.

Dave

[THarrison351]

I built this decades ago. The box is from 1994 so some time around then. It suffered damage and lived in the box for many years, I pulled it back out and repaired it when I finished my hobby room a few years back. It's on display now along with this 51 Chevy that also suffered damage and was repaired.