1953 Ford F100 Mild Custom UPDATED 11/17/19

[stingray]

Maybe try something like this if I can find a grille. pin.it/qr2gvsptg7e7zr

[stingray]

Sorry. I'm derailing this thread.

[CrazySwede]

Stay with the stock looking grille.

[Dennis]

UPDATE!

A small update, but one none the less. Now that the grill is in primer I wanted to show how I handled the headlights. I end up sanding down where the lenses go a bit and then opened up the reflector areas to take the chrome rings from Revell's 1949 Custom Mercury. This way I can paint the grill and easily have chromed headlight rings without any annoying masking. 





I also got the "chassis" and inner wheel rings finished in flat black. 



Everything else is in primer, wet sanded and basically ready for paint but I've yet to make it to the local hobby shop to pick up the main color. I do have the accent color on hand so I'm going to paint those pieces in the meantime.

[spex84]

Cool idea with the headlight rings! I'll have to try and remember that one.
Looking forward to seeing this thing in color!

[Ranchwagon]

Looking good and I’m stealing your headlight idea!

[Plowboy]

Any more progress on this one Dennis? I'm looking forward to seeing it in paint and finished.

[Dennis]

Oct 5, 2019 15:00:34 GMT -5 Plowboy said:

Any more progress on this one Dennis? I'm looking forward to seeing it in paint and finished.

Hey Roger. No more progress as I’m going to need to make a hobby shop run for the primer and paint I need. I had also sent the louvered hood off to Ed to be duplicated but after getting it he felt it wasn’t quite good enough to use as a master. Admittedly I didn’t put the usual level of attention into it (especially the underside because it’s gonna be glued shut) because this was supposed to be a quickie project and I didn’t set out making the hood to be a master. It’s on its way back to me and is good enough for what I’m doing here so I should be getting back on this one soon.

[Plowboy]

That's good to hear. What color do you have planned for it? BTW, I got my '55 finished up. Check it out when you get chance.

[Dennis]

Oct 9, 2019 8:24:53 GMT -5 Plowboy said:

That's good to hear. What color do you have planned for it? BTW, I got my '55 finished up. Check it out when you get chance.

Color is going to be Testors one coat Rootbeer metallic with cream accents (grill, bed cover, running boards) and cream/black interior.

I actually did paint the grill, boards and bed cover as I have the cream on hand (Tamiya Racing White) but found I was out of clear to finish them.

I’ll check out your truck over there, looking forward to it!

[spex84]

OOh, good color combo.
I had purchased similar paints ages ago for a '55 chevy truck project that never really took off. Maybe seeing this will get me back in gear, haha.

[Dennis]

UPDATE!

The last little bit of fab work I needed to do was pin the handles and arm rests that Ed provides in his interior kit to the side panels. I looked up pictures of full scale trucks for placement. The handles are so tiny that you really can't drill them deep enough to glue in a pin and after breaking through on one (just a little bit deeper, just a little bit deeper...) I realized that I could make the pin heads part of the handles.



I finally picked up the paint supplies needed to get this thing out of primer jail. Over the last few days I prepped, sprayed and cleared. Color is Testors one-coat Rootbeer metallic with Tamiya clear. I'm gonna let it sit and gestate for a week then I'll polish and wax. I did have one big F-up in that (and I don't know why I did this) I didn't continue the white paint of the running boards up the sides where they go up into the cab. Instead I did this area flat black with the floor and I immediately kicked myself. So that running board/floor piece is in the stripper for a do-over. Anyway, below are some rough mock ups to show the color scheme.









Also, I just love this caricature that comes on the decal sheet of the recent AMT '34 Pickup retro-deluxe kit (decal sheet restored to match original 60's release.) Problem is that it's BIG and won't fit well on a 30's car but I got to thinking that in the 50's and 60's a lot of guys named their rods and customs and there's plenty of room on that big bed cover so I put it to good use here. The little V8 decal on the grill is also from the '34 Pickup sheet.

[Plowboy]

It's looking nice Dennis! So, that's the One Coat Root Beer? I shy away from that line because the metallic flakes are so out of scale in most of the colors. But, that color looks just right! I may have to get a can of it for a future build.
That decal on the bed cover is cooler than penguin shit!
When you repaint the running boards, are you going to paint the part that joins the body the color of the body or leave them the cream color?

[Dennis]

Nov 8, 2019 13:54:40 GMT -5 Plowboy said:

It's looking nice Dennis! So, that's the One Coat Root Beer? I shy away from that line because the metallic flakes are so out of scale in most of the colors. But, that color looks just right! I may have to get a can of it for a future build.
That decal on the bed cover is cooler than penguin shit!
When you repaint the running boards, are you going to paint the part that joins the body the color of the body or leave them the cream color?

Some of the one-coats are too flakey looking but the Rootbeer is one of the better ones. I also like the Icy Blue. Keep in mind this is in terrible light out in my garage at night. It looks way better in person and under sun light. It will also pop way more after I polish it.

When I repaint the boards the vertical part that joins up into the bottom of the body is going to be white with the boards as that’s all part of the board in the full scale world. It also occurred to me that I got ahead of myself and didn’t make any mounting for the side exhaust pipes on the underside AND I never took care of the mold seam running the length of the board edge so I will take of all that before repainting. Everything happens for a reason I guess...

[Skullo]

I like what I see, I missed this, as I took the summer off from modeling and did not log into the forum.
Some great ideas here.I also have one of those interiors for a future build.The root beer is also a color I want to use some time, but will probably shoot scalefinishes through the airbrush.