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09-28-2003, 03:03 PM
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Ford F-100 Pickup
I am goin to the hobbyshop tommorow and buying the ford flipnose model and I was wondering if anyone here has built it, if so post some pix please
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09-29-2003, 06:56 PM
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Anyone???????
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09-29-2003, 10:38 PM
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I'm not partial to the kit myself. It's wheels and tires are straight out of the mid 70's (which I believe were when this ex-MPC kit was tooled) and the headers are unconvincing. The hood hinge is hopelessly out of scale and has poor fit to boot, and the body shape is way out of scale when compared to AMT's much older F-100 from their Trophy Series. About the only thing that's passable or even swipe-able is the dropped front axle and flattened leaf springs.
That's my take on it. I've always been surprised that the flipnose has stayed on the market when superior kits like the Sunbeam Tiger or the 1957 Ford Fairlane only show up once in a blue moon.
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09-30-2003, 05:03 PM
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I got the kit and I am puttin some 20's on it so wheels dont matta...
the chevy motor is a common swap in these trucks so that dont matta... and I dont mind about accuracy as long as it doesn't look like a geo metro instead of a ford f-100 
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09-30-2003, 06:21 PM
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Sounds like you've made up your mind allready...
The Revell kit is just OK. OLD tool, and not a very good one at that. The AMT is much more accurate and a better choice if you are building a stock or near stock custom. 
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09-30-2003, 07:16 PM
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I've built the Ford Flipnose and it sits on some dubcity wheels, quit half assed I might add. I liked building this kit.
I'll take a pic later tonight and post it.
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HI! I'm your friendly nieghbourhood Mike. Just so you know, giant pictures in your signiture make the baby Jesus cry  VW Vortex.com VW Drivers of Vancouver Mine = 1990 VW Jetta Xflow ...all go, no show. Hers = 2000 Pontiac Sunfire... I know, i know 
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09-30-2003, 10:26 PM
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 There you go...its the AMT kit BTW. Mike.
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HI! I'm your friendly nieghbourhood Mike. Just so you know, giant pictures in your signiture make the baby Jesus cry VW Vortex.com VW Drivers of Vancouver Mine = 1990 VW Jetta Xflow ...all go, no show. Hers = 2000 Pontiac Sunfire... I know, i know
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10-01-2003, 01:50 AM
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I have 2 of this kit both have the same problem the front axle was to light and the weight of the model broke the wheels off. The one I finished was a easy fix I just glued the whells back on the other I need a new axle for. my finished one I did a little customizing added prredator race carbs, a keg fuel tank, lifted the rear end a little and a few other small bits to make it diffrent. But It was a nice kit to build and looks nice wished it had a big block ford engine with a blower would have been killer.
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10-01-2003, 07:05 PM
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Re: Ford F-100 Pickup
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