51/52 F100

this is my next project its Monograms 50 ford custom, want to build a tired old pick up truck so i got this kit and a new resin grille and dash from Kitchen table resins and im ready to go ......the kit is a custom version, it doesnt have any of the stock parts for the engine, and the grille doesnt just fit in there, needs a bit of body work done......not as straight forward as i thought. found some parts in my spares box and the engine is now stock, this is where im up to so far.

Will be watching this one.

...me, too.

Promising start! Got any tips for cutting the spark plug 'nubs' from the covers? I always scratch mine up :s

i didnt cut them off, i sanded them down to about half the original size then drilled a very small (about the smallest bit i could find) pilot hole then redrilled the holes to about .5 of a mill (i think) and then fitted the plug leads and boots in the usual way

Looks great so far, that flatty is awesome.

slowly making progress on this one, got the engine in the chassis and working on the mods to the body, have found that some changes need to be made to the bonnet and have started on that also

looking good

That looks like you're turning it into a late model or F100, which could explain why the bits don't seem to fit well.

And then I read the title.

got some paint on this one, having some minor fit issues, pretty sure i can sort em out will have something to show soon

Looking good mate
Cheers Marshie

Lookin good, just like grandad's old truck.

looking good,look's like old work farm truck.

This is great man, the paint effect is very convincing.
Nice work.

Great to see that somebody would build my F1

I own a 1952 F1 and had build a model of it.






More about the model you could see My 1952 Ford F1 scale model

More about my you could see here 1:1 F1

I hate the front of the '50 F1. This is much better.

These old F1s make a good candidate for a jalopy build. looks the part so far.

slowlylearning wrote:Got any tips for cutting the spark plug 'nubs' from the covers? I always scratch mine up :s

There was a tip in scale auto to drill the ignition distributor by putting some insulation stripped from wire on the nub and using that to help the drill bit stay on center. i've never got it to work myself.

almost finished

Heck, that does look good, well done.

Looking good,