1969 Ford C700 Stake Bed

[Chuck Most]

This is an original T596 kit that I bought a couple of years ago. I just love that old rigid plastic. ? The hardened vinyl tires I could do without but hey ... That's the tradeoff I guess. 

Inspired by the box art I used that and a Purple Wave auction listing for a 1969 C700 as my guide. The paint is Tamiya Camel Yellow overall, with the bed finished in Krylon Scarlet. The chrome was stripped (no thick nasty undercoat in 1971... Another plus for the old kits) and refinished in Krylon Colonial Ivory, which is a decent match for aged Ford Oxford White. The Speedy decals are from Gofer Racing, I changed the location from Chicago to Detroit with a section of old Fred Cady graphics. Wheels and underside were lightly weathered. The Bender's stickers are from the AMT Autocar dump truck. 

The box art showed the door emblem above the character line, 1968-1970 style, while the actual cab has it below, 1971-1990 style. I sanded off the original emblem and replaced it with the Moebius 1967-1972 F100 hood emblem. There's a "bonus" set of these in the 65 and 66 kits. Speaking of, I modified a 65 F100 bench seat to use here.  

The crates were painted Tamiya Flat Flesh and dusted with weathering powder.

[Dutzie]

Great looking build. I like the colors and the updates. 

[redscampi]

This truck looks like it's just going on it's first delivery run. I have one of these and this is quite inspiring! Very nice, clean work.

[Jim B]

Nicely done.  I've been toying with putting a bench seat in a couple of mine.

[PappyD340]

Looks fantastic Chuck!

[leafsprings]

Beautiful job on this stake, one of the best built I've ever seen. Great color choices!  Really like the door emblem change, should have always been a separate part on the tree. Plan on doing this on a future build with a '61-'63 Ford pickup emblem.

[cifenet]

You did an excellent work here, the truck looks so real.   The cab is nicely done too!

[DRIPTROIT 71]

I like it! Nice work! Looks great! 

[Rob Hall]

Sharp..love those old Ford trucks..

[ChrisR]

LOOKS GREAT!!

[cobraman]

That is a great looking truck. 

[slusher]

Fantastic Ford stake truck!