Question about Monogram '55 Ford F100 decals

[Ryan S.]

Hi all,

I just noticed that the gauge cluster decal that's in the most recent release of the Monogram 1955 Ford F-100 (purple box art) is cut the opposite shape of what it should be. The dash is molded with the gauge cluster oriented like an upside down triangle, but the decal is cut to fit a shape more like a right-side-up triangle.

Does anyone else that has this kit have the same issue? I could put the decal in so that it fits the opening, but then all the gauges would be upside down and it wouldn't be a perfect fit, and although it might be a little anal of me, I don't like the idea of doing it that way.

I ordered a replacement set of decals from Revell and I'm hoping that they are correct. I'm just wondering if all the kits were this way or if it was just my set of decals.

[RickRollerLT1]

Thats because they used the stock dash from the panal van kit, which has some different parts. The 1994 release, which was the first retool of the kit, contains a different modular dashboard which the decal was ment for (decals date to the '94 release).

Somehow they must've mixed tooling between the last release of the pickup (2005; Basic Buliders) and panal van (2008 Revell AG boxed issue of Harely Davidson Van made in CHINA of course!) because some parts from the latter kit, such as the tri-carb intake, panal van windows, different side pipes, and stock dash are present (but no modluar dash), as previous releases of the P/U omitted them.

I susgest modfying the unit you got or scratchbuilding one, or if you must, get an '94 older release of the P/U that (should) contain the correct part.

[Ryan S.]

Thanks for the info Richard. That helps explain a lot. Maybe I'll see if I can just get the right decals from Revell. Maybe they'll send me the panel van ones, if they still have them in stock.

Cheers.