Phildaupho Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 In my April Fools Foose Pickup post I wrote about a fictitious 53-56 Ford F-100 display at the Petersen Museum. If true that would be an incredible exhibit to see as there have been so many great looking 53-56 F-100s built over the years. I also know that there have been many great looking models of 53-56 F-100 built by members of this forum so let’s see what you got. Here are my two. The yellow ’56 was built from the Roth kit and converted to a big back window as the tow vehicle for Allen Grant’s 289 Cobra. The left-over decals were finally used to Overhaul the Foose Pickup. I checked my stash and I currently have two 53-56 F-100 kits – the 1/24 Revell ‘55 with the 5.0 Liter FI engine and the AMT ’53 with a car trailer and lots of other cool parts. I had the Revell ’56 when it first came out in the early 1960’s. My skills at the time were certainly not as advanced as the kit and I found it a struggle to build. I seem to remember it having chrome reverse wheels that were to be mounted on plastic pins which I broke. That kit never got finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youpey Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 (edited) on the ed roth yellow kit, did you glue the doors. I have been researching this kit and it seems like the opening doors are a problem. they look great by the way Edited April 3, 2021 by youpey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phildaupho Posted April 3, 2021 Author Share Posted April 3, 2021 15 minutes ago, youpey said: on the ed roth yellow kit, did you glue the doors. I have been researching this kit and it seems like the opening doors are a problem. they look great by the way Yes I did glue the doors and those doors were another reason I never finished the '56 as a kid when it first came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youpey Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 6 minutes ago, Phildaupho said: Yes I did glue the doors and those doors were another reason I never finished the '56 as a kid when it first came out. is the foose kit a lot better? is there anyway to make the foose look stock? For example, the grill on the foose, would the one from the roth fit into the foose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 I have two... Pyrite’s Paddler was built near 30 years ago. Still holding up well! Foose pickup built for The 24 Hour Build. And some irony... both were built to replicate real trucks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phildaupho Posted April 4, 2021 Author Share Posted April 4, 2021 1 hour ago, youpey said: is the foose kit a lot better? is there anyway to make the foose look stock? For example, the grill on the foose, would the one from the roth fit into the foose? The Foose truck is modified from stock in many subtle ways which would difficult to reverse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youpey Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 30 minutes ago, Phildaupho said: The Foose truck is modified from stock in many subtle ways which would difficult to reverse. ok. ty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rbray47 Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 I have one so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish_65 Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 I built this one 15-20 years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plowboy Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 I have a '53 and a '55. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THarrison351 Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 It's an old build and it was recently rescued from being damaged years ago. Here's the topic along with a Chevy from the same period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gramps46 Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Grandpa's truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Lacy Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 A couple of years ago I did this AMT '53 as a curbside so no engine or chassis detail. Quite a few external mods though such as moving the front wheel openings forward 4.5 scale inches, molding the front roll pan and bumper delete, smoothing the stock grill and modifying it to take separate headlight reflectors, grafted 6 rows of louvers into the hood, scraped off the molded windshield wipers and installed separate chrome wipers, made a flush fit bed cover, molded in the kits rear rolled pan and grafted 1948 Ford taillights into the rear fenders. Resin tuck & roll interior set from Drag City Casting and a 1950 Ford steering wheel. Wheels and side pipes from AMT's 1936 Ford Coupe/Roadster with their double stripe Parts Pack tires & slicks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdrag1 Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Here`s my 53 f-100 build.. The Wildkat .. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avidinha Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 I built this one with the Foose kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Thibodeau Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Hi! Here'a a different take on the Foose FD100... CT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Here's my '53... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 My 56 Foose pickup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1959scudetto Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Here are mine - all built in the 80's: 1: amt's '53 as a junker: 2. amt's 53 as a late '50s custom PU (installing lots of those ugly custom parts...): 3) Monogram's '55 - straight out of the box: and finally 4) Revell's '56 - slightly customized using the wheels from Monogram's '56 T-Bird: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter 1 Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 On 4/3/2021 at 8:59 PM, Phildaupho said: The Foose truck is modified from stock in many subtle ways which would difficult to reverse. You can modify the Foose kit to stock by combining the cab with Ertl 53 fenders, hood, box and tail gate. Go to the "defoosing the Fd100" thread on about page 2 or 3 of pickups wip. That will show how I am modifying the Foose kit to stock body proportions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter 1 Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 On 4/3/2021 at 7:00 PM, youpey said: is the foose kit a lot better? is there anyway to make the foose look stock? For example, the grill on the foose, would the one from the roth fit into the foose? You can do this. The cab is close to stock and the ertl 53 F100 has accurate fenders, hood and tail gate. See "Defoosing the Fd100" thread on the second or third page of the "pickups SUV section" to see how I am doing the conversion. The Foose grille looks stock to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pack rat Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 So many cool trucks in this thread! One of my all-time favorite AMT kits is the '53 F-100, but I only have one sitting on the shelf; a custom hauler I painted to match a Revell Triumph show bike. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldscool Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 All of these models look good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Thibodeau Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 7 hours ago, pack rat said: So many cool trucks in this thread! One of my all-time favorite AMT kits is the '53 F-100, but I only have one sitting on the shelf; a custom hauler I painted to match a Revell Triumph show bike. Hi Mike! Great truck, and the paint really pops, bravo! Do you mind sharing your "paint recipe"? I'm curious... CT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom99 Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 Here is my 53'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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