Ford F100 1953 "The Expendables"

[M.Boy]

Hello,
Do you have too, so that you begin the many models and few end up.
Cause I am. This is another


I recently watched the latest filem with Sylvester Stallone - The Expendables.
Nothing special for me, I don’t like films of this type. But it caught my attention Sly’s car.
I looked to the Internet and learned that it is a ford f100 in 1955 and built it into the film the guys from West Coast Customs.



Looks pretty interesting. I thought to try to build something similar.
I bought for this model form AMT ford f100 1953.



It's precision is very poor but maybe I can do something











I apply these rims from Geronimo Works. They are somewhat similar.









I started by cleaning body









and wipers, I try to add PE



and of course a lot of this

[sportracer02]

Hi,

I like the F100 and I saw the film, now I´m watching this thread with high interest

[da_ashman]

Awesome build so far!!! Looks great!!!

[Scrible]

Have you seen the "Street customs" TV show where guys from West Coast Customs were building this car? I think it may be very helpful. They were using some Buick grill instead of Ford's one, do you plan to do the same?

[Drift F.C]

Originally Posted by Scrible

Have you seen the "Street customs" TV show where guys from West Coast Customs were building this car? I think it may be very helpful. They were using some Buick grill instead of Ford's one, do you plan to do the same?

Yeah, I have also seen this episode and thought that it would help. Here is a bit of trivia, they actually made three of them, one for show that was going to end up being sly's car, and two for stunting and filming.

One thing that you will see in the show is how they made the gun placing, in the glove boxes

[M.Boy]

I know very well this episode. It is available on youtube in six parts.

Originally Posted by Drift F.C

...they actually made three of them...

One of them looks like





but not that I do

Originally Posted by Scrible

They were using some Buick grill instead of Ford's one, do you plan to do the same?

So I try to do something similar.

The first time I have the workshop model AMT. Is really bad. So much to improve.
This is grill and cooler







I started removing gaps and smoothing embossments aren't in the original









I try improve a cooler little bit











I don't install the mesh, I'll do it after painting.
I have yet to get rid of these cracks

[endac]

Looks like great work so far. Look forward to seeing how this goes

[M.Boy]

I began to do grill. This is film car



and you already know the version of AMT. I have a little cut





by the way, I found a lot of cavities





I have to make the glass turn signals, AMT forgot this

[M.Boy]

Continued filling of holes, cavities and voids.
I use a two component epoxy compound Magic Sculp









and the second layer





I checked the fit of firewall









doesn't look good. I have to somehow fit.

[Drift F.C]

Nice work

Looks like AMT have done their great fitting parts in this kit!

[M.Boy]

Fits firewall





Wheels have not reached me so I can not really do anything with the chassis. So I looked to interior.
This is the interior of the movie truck





and AMT
floor



which I polished



seat



I decided to put the seats from Porsche





are somewhat similar



and dashboard

.

These seats from Porsche (by Fujimi) I was a little pity for this model so I made silicone mold and next resin casting









resin reaches everywhere



and we have beautiful seat

[MidMazar]

Thats an interesting way of making sure you have no air bubbles in the resin. One question did you cut the mold in half before the resin step? Keep us posted.

[M.Boy]

No. I did only a notch from the top so that it is easier to remove the item.


I started doing the center tunnel





I use polystyrene and two-component car fillers.
More or less like it should look like

[kans0002]

very cool idea. i will follow this for sure!

[M.Boy]

This glass window by AMT





it looks bad, big holes.

Next step is top chop



Guys from WCC cut roof poles 3inch which gives 3mm







then I made a small leveling





I need to cut a roof twice to fit them. At the beginning I made a plaster support





and polystyrene rectangle



first cut



fitting







and finally I completed a gap by Magic Sculp



final test match