Monogram 1940 Ford pickup

[Sam Cates]

Well I dug up a couple old Monogram '40 Ford pickups from a box junk stash a friend gave me, one was the old Lemon Crate and the other a re-release in red. Both were in ruins but I had enough parts to get one together. (mostly from the red kit)

I used a Revell 5.0 HO Ford engine from the parts box, painted it Dark Bronze Metallic. Two tone tan/brown interior, lowered the rear and added bigger tires. The tonneau cover is also from the parts bin.

I will try to get it out in the sun tomorrow for some better photos. Hope everyone likes it!

Edited August 6, 2011 by Sam Cates

[Randy D]

Hi Sam, I like it alot!!! Great job on the doors and interior. The colors are perfect

Randy

[GTMust]

Very nice save..... something special about these resto projects.

Love the color and the sight mods you made. Very "classy" and not overdone.

Tony

[Sam Cates]

Got a few shots in the sun today, I think it looks much better in natural light!

[sjordan2]

Not my type of subject, but that is a beautiful piece of work, all around. While I don't like basic metallic paints at this scale, this bronze gives it a great custom metalflake look. Nice door upholstery and door frame detail. Congratulations.

[Harry P.]

I'm also not a fan of the out-of-scale metalflake, but that's just a personal preference. A job well done all around, it looks great. (looks like a real one in that first photo!)...

BTW...

Man! That is one looooong shifter!

[Sam Cates]

Thanks guys, I too have a dislike for the massive flake, but in this case, it looks much better in person. Just experimenting with new colors...

[cruz]

Very cool man, just remember that metal flakes and sunshine don't go hand in hand at this scale, you still did a great job, color really suits it fine!

[Sixties Sam]

Very nice! I like the interior, and that crazy shifter! Nice color choice. Looks real in the outside photos!

Sam

[Rob Z]

Great job on a really rough kit... I have one of these in my stash I really want to build but, keep putting it on the back burner because it's such a pain to build...

[deathskull59]

very cool truck. and revelle is remaking this same truck again just with a blue color in the pic. it will be released in fall this year. i hope this one is not going to be a pain in the butt this time. but who knows? huh nice METALLICA poster in the background my mom likes that heavy metal band.

[Sam Cates]

very cool truck. and revelle is remaking this same truck again just with a blue color in the pic. it will be released in fall this year. i hope this one is not going to be a pain in the butt this time. but who knows? huh nice METALLICA poster in the background my mom likes that heavy metal band.

Thanks! I saw it in the fall releases, I am going to snag a few of them, a couple to build and some for bashing. Of course I am going to have a spending spree when the fall releases hit the shelves anyway!

[Troy James]

wow! this is awesome! and i'm pretty happy with the Metallica poster background

[Tom Setzer]

I'm also not a fan of the out of scale metal flake paints. That said you did good work on the build!

CHEERS!

Tom

[Dr. Cranky]

Very nice, clean build!

[crazyjim]

I like it. I like the heavy flaked paint and I like SHINY!

[Guest Markus355]

looks great sam