Tamiya 1:48 1942 Ford Sedan

[Brian Austin]

I recently started poking around the web looking for info regarding Tamiya's Ford staff car.

There are quite a few reviews of this kit, and most seem to agree that there are some issues with this kit, and that it's expensive for what you get.

It can be built in civilian trim as well as in military form.

 

 

Out of the box military

https://www.dembrudders.com/tamiya-148-ford-army-staff-car.html

 

Detailed military build, with opened trunk

http://www.smallscaleafv.com/inspiration/stefan-landman/ford-1942-staff-car-xviii-us-airborne-corps/page/slideshow

 

Photoetch detail set

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/hauler-hlx48262-usarmy-staff-car-1942--109200

 

Civilian

https://modelingmadness.com/scott/cars/street/42ford.htm

 

Civilian conversions

https://myp48.wordpress.com/2017/10/31/modeling-more-vehicle-modeling/

 

Military & civilian

https://www.scalemodelnews.com/2011/08/tamiya-us-army-staff-car-visits-crashed.html

 

Taxi!

https://baecklund.eu/scalemodels/gig/42ford.html

[ChrisBcritter]

I made a '42 conversion on the AMT 1/43 '48 Ford Coupe to display with a 1/48 B-17; to make the grille I recall I used the bottom half of the custom grille from the 'AMT '37 Chevy - split it down the middle to make the two side pieces, and used a finned chrome valve cover from the AMT '55 Nomad to make the vertical center bar - I thought it came out pretty good.

[Brian Austin]

I Have a couple of those old AMT kits myself with some others from the 1:43 series.  I also have a builtup Renwal 1940 Ford Tudor.  It's supposed to be 1:48 scale but it's way smaller than the AMT post-war coupe.  Perhaps it's actually 1:50.  I'm curious how the Tamiya kit fits in with these two kits in regards to size.