1953 F-100 "The Pusher"

[Painted Black]

Well like I really need another project on the bench!! I do need a tow/pusher for my rail that I'm building, this will more than likely be a long term build, so stay tuned.

[Zippi]

That's a good looking Ford truck already so anything you do to it will be icing on the cake.  I'll keep tabs on this one.  

[Keef]

Looks awesome so far! What are those wheels from?

[Painted Black]

2 hours ago, Zippi said:

That's a good looking Ford truck already so anything you do to it will be icing on the cake.  I'll keep tabs on this one.  

Thanks Bob.

27 minutes ago, Keef said:

Looks awesome so far! What are those wheels from?

AMT 66 Buick Wildcat...

[Keef]

Great! Thanks! Now I’m gonna have to buy another kit for the wheels ?

[misterNNL]

1 hour ago, Keef said:

Great! Thanks! Now I’m gonna have to buy another kit for the wheels ?

Or post them in the "wanted" section here.

[slusher]

Very nice start…

[espo]

Nice start. Wondering how you are going to build the front push bumper. 

[Painted Black]

15 minutes ago, espo said:

Nice start. Wondering how you are going to build the front push bumper. 

Oh, something simple along these lines,

 

16 hours ago, Keef said:

Great! Thanks! Now I’m gonna have to buy another kit for the wheels ?

Hey, the decal sheet is worth half the cost, real cool stuff on it.

Thanks all...

Edited November 21, 2021 by Painted Black

[espo]

That's a good looking bumper. I have done a couple in the past but with a wood finish on the push surface. The cut up old tire surface would prevent some paint damage in real life. Many many years ago I used a traffic sensor that I got from the Highway Dept. scrap heap. This is when the sensors were a metal plate that a cars front tires would rest on to trigger a traffic light change. The back side had about a half inch of hard rubber that would be facing the roadway bed and was bonded to the steel plate. We would get these for next to nothing and cut to size, then attach mounting brackets to mount to the front bumper or frame.  

[Painted Black]

Well its 45 degrees cloudy and breezy, I'm going outside and paint this bad boy!!

[Painted Black]

Here it is, all dolled up.

[slusher]

Great color and finish!  I understand about the weather only 47 here today in west Tennessee been cool..

[Zippi]

18 hours ago, Painted Black said:

Here it is, all dolled up.

Truck is looking good.  Nice color.  What paint is that?

[Painted Black]

7 minutes ago, Zippi said:

Truck is looking good.  Nice color.  What paint is that?

Thanks Bob, I mixed some colors and sprayed thru airbrush.

[Zippi]

4 minutes ago, Painted Black said:

Thanks Bob, I mixed some colors and sprayed thru airbrush.

Nice.  Rust-Oleum gets a bad rap but I think their 2X flat gray primer sprays out great.  I use it all the time.

[Painted Black]

 

betcha didn't see that coming

 

Note: grille hair has since been removed!

 

Thanks for looking and feel free to comment.

[Tom Geiger]

Since this is one of my favorite kits I’ll go first!

I like it! Very nice patina over a very typical color. Unique grille treatment too

[espo]

I agree with Tom on the patina finish. I like the chrome accents you added to the grill. Those areas are just raised ridges on the OEM grill but what you did adds a new look to the grill that looks like something that should have been done. 

[ewetwo]

That is really weathered well.

 

[Painted Black]

2 hours ago, Tom Geiger said:

Since this is one of my favorite kits I’ll go first!

I like it! Very nice patina over a very typical color. Unique grille treatment too

Thank you Tom,

51 minutes ago, espo said:

I agree with Tom on the patina finish. I like the chrome accents you added to the grill. Those areas are just raised ridges on the OEM grill but what you did adds a new look to the grill that looks like something that should have been done. 

Yeah, that Molotow pen is addictive Thanks

Thanks David

[mchook]

One of my favorite kits. Nice rust, how do you do yours?

[Misha]

Here is an example of a push bar on my Chev pickup. It’s scratch built out of plastic with a strip of balsa pinned to it. 
Cheers Misha

[Painted Black]

I like that Misha, very cool.

[wrenchr]

23 hours ago, Painted Black said:

 

betcha didn't see that coming

 

Note: grille hair has since been removed!

 

Thanks for looking and feel free to comment.

Looks good, I have 2 Beagles.................... they shed year round. I swear clothes come out of the dryer with fur on them.  Love them old dogs to pieces though.