Oliver77 Posted January 5 Posted January 5 This is the 1985 Made in USA release of this classic kit, molded in light blue. I have had it sitting around for a while. 1985 minus 1953 equals 32 years. 2024 minus 1985 equals 39 years. And I was born in 1953. But I digress. 4
Oliver77 Posted January 5 Author Posted January 5 I had some Dupli-Color Light Blue M spray. Turned out a little crazy in places, plenty of sanding and careful re-spray. I’m going to say it resulted in a pleasant ‘patina’! 2
Oliver77 Posted January 5 Author Posted January 5 Starting to come together. I had some minor frame warp, corrected with hot water and twist. I was unsure of the front axle position and had to rework when I test fit the body. 3
Oliver77 Posted January 5 Author Posted January 5 I have always been intrigued by the tanks in this kit, but what, I’m just going to pitch them in the bed? I found an image online of a tank cart, and decided to scratch one from some .010 styrene, a bit of copper wire, and some spare wheels off a model airplane. 3
Oliver77 Posted January 5 Author Posted January 5 The wire came from some old telephone wire. Thanks for looking! Regards, Jeff Oliver 10
Zippi Posted January 6 Posted January 6 The ole 53 Ford pickup is looking good Jeff. Those tanks are looking pretty nice.
espo Posted January 6 Posted January 6 Like how your build looks and the welding cart looks great. I do remember seeing guys that did mobile welding years ago that had brackets that mounted their tanks to the inside of the beds, but this looks far more useful in reality.
Pete68 Posted January 9 Posted January 9 On 1/5/2025 at 2:54 PM, Oliver77 said: molded in light blue. This was my very first AMT ‘53 Ford Pickup in 1985 I bought it brand new that year. Your build is looking great with all the details your adding. This model is still one of my favorites out of the AMT Pickups
NOBLNG Posted January 11 Posted January 11 Cool! I recently started fiddling with one of these. Yours is looking good and I like your assembly fixtures!😎
slusher Posted January 15 Posted January 15 On 1/5/2025 at 3:03 PM, Oliver77 said: The wire came from some old telephone wire. Thanks for looking! Regards, Jeff Oliver Nice work on your truck, and nice scratch building on your tourch!
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