AMT 53 Ford Pickup

[bluestringer]

Starting this one next. Planning on going stock/custom with it. Maybe green and white paint. 

[Jantrix]

A terrific kit but it seems the hemi was added as an afterthought. I couldn't figure out the mounting points for it.

[bluestringer]

9 hours ago, Jantrix said:

A terrific kit but it seems the hemi was added as an afterthought. I couldn't figure out the mounting points for it.

That's the engine I'll be using. I mocked it up and looks like the bottom of the front cover mounts to the front cross member and there is a small tab on the rear of the trans that hooks over the trans crossmember, and that sits the trans in the right position. 

[Jantrix]

14 hours ago, bluestringer said:

That's the engine I'll be using. I mocked it up and looks like the bottom of the front cover mounts to the front cross member and there is a small tab on the rear of the trans that hooks over the trans crossmember, and that sits the trans in the right position. 

Ah. I did a fair bit of lowering, It's possible I trimmed a bit off the crossmember, losing the mount point. I'll take another look at it.

[Zippi]

That's going to be a nice build James.  I've got this kit in my stash.

[bluestringer]

14 hours ago, Jantrix said:

Ah. I did a fair bit of lowering, It's possible I trimmed a bit off the crossmember, losing the mount point. I'll take another look at it.

That's looking good. I don't plan on lowering mine, but I want to try and use some different tires. 

 

5 hours ago, Zippi said:

That's going to be a nice build James.  I've got this kit in my stash.

Thanks Bob.

[bluestringer]

Got the Desoto Firedome Hemi ready, just need to do some paint touchup. Got primer on the body, I'll be going with Tamiya X-28 Green. Plan on doing white accents if possible, I've always liked the paint scheme on Tim Allen's 56 model. 

[bluestringer]

I think this is about where I want it. I'm using tires from a 97 Mustang, they are wider and a little shorter than the stock tires. They may make the front look a little too high maybe? The rears stick out just a hair from the fenders, doesn't look too bad I don't think but I could tuck them in a little by snipping some off the metal axle. 

[bluestringer]

Suggestions, comments etc. all welcome. Thanks for looking. 

[bluestringer]

Rainy and humid today but I got the color on ok.

[Vintage AMT]

On 9/4/2022 at 1:07 PM, bluestringer said:

Suggestions, comments etc. all welcome. Thanks for looking. 

James, think it needs just a tad lowering done to it, maybe to the top of the tires?  the green looks really good..

[bluestringer]

17 hours ago, Vintage AMT said:

James, think it needs just a tad lowering done to it, maybe to the top of the tires?  the green looks really good..

Thanks Alex. It would look better if it was lowered a bit, but I've already got most of the chassis done and painted. I think the stock tires would have made it look lower. I'm not very good at figuring out how to lower it but I will look at it to see if there is something I can do to get it down a bit. 

[bluestringer]

Slowly getting there.............

[XYHARRY]

Hi James, try using styrene sheet to build up some lowering blocks for the rear and for the front you can channel slots into the chassis rails and the I beam axle. Or you can get resin lowered I beams. In Australia there is a website that caters to modellers called The Parts Box. They have a front axle. I hope this helps you.

Cheers,David.

[bluestringer]

20 hours ago, XYHARRY said:

Hi James, try using styrene sheet to build up some lowering blocks for the rear and for the front you can channel slots into the chassis rails and the I beam axle. Or you can get resin lowered I beams. In Australia there is a website that caters to modellers called The Parts Box. They have a front axle. I hope this helps you.

Cheers,David.

Thanks. Already finished with this one, but I will keep those tips in mind for the next one. 

[bluestringer]

Calling it done. 

[David G.]

A nice quick-n-eezy build!

Well done.

David G.

[XYHARRY]

Nice build James. I recently used a similar colour on my 74 Roadrunner. I'll send some photos of my 53 pickup. It's from the old 80s street machine kit with the tilt front hood. I rebuilt it twice. From the box this kit was low in the front so I  only had to drop the rear. I'm looking forward to seeing your next build.

Cheers, David. 😎👍

[David G.]

I love the color! That blue contrasts nicely with the red on the frame.

David G.