AMT Round 2 1953 Ford Pickup (Coca-Cola) 1:25 Scale Model Kit (AMT1144M), White

I call this version the Sales Rep Custom. If he's going out getting new accounts for Coke, he's going to travel in style. I installed the Desoto Hemi engine fed by 8 Stromberg carburetors. Who cares about gas mileage when the Coke distributor is paying for gas. I used the custom wheels included in the kit which you can only utilize without axles but if you add a dash of imagination you can make it work. I liked the custom fenders...nice touch. Truck bed is vinyl wood grain adhesive shelf paper. Everything had good positive locators and pieces fell right into place more or less. Give it a go...it's a good kit.

i just tried to get it to look like my dads old 53 FORD. most the paint was just worn away, but the truck was in very good condition other wise. my first try at aging a model. it was fun putting it together and painting.

I actually placed everything back in the box and its now in my recycling container for the trash. I worked on the model at different times totaling about 4-5 hours. The instructions were terrible where you tried to understand how individual pieces went together. Also the numbers on the tabs where the pieces were fixed were very poor and I had to use a magnifying glass to try to have a clear idea of the correct piece. I would not recommend this model to anyone and I am sorry that I lost $31.00 on its purchase.

One of my builds is of the Hot Wheels truck "Good ol' pick 'um 'up" and it has the cab of a '56 but the grille of a '53. Another of my builds uses the truck bed from a '78 so the bed rails are parallel with the ground ('73-'86) but use the round fenders like the '53-'79.

I was nearing completion of the model when I realized the frame was warped. Bummer, cause there is no way to straighten a plastic frame. Ended up discarding the whole kit.

Algunas de las piezas no empotraban bien y se hace difícil el ensamble

Not a well built model.

The exhaust system for the normal engine set up was not very clear as to assemble.