New Kit From Round 2 - AMT 1963 Ford F100 Styleside (Unibody) with Camper Top

[Chuck Most]

Since it was mentioned, the non unibody doors will fit the unibody trucks. They wont look right, but they'll fit. 😂

[Chuck Most]

On 12/4/2024 at 11:07 PM, Robberbaron said:

With the volume that HL sells, this could be the singular reason that the '60 is outselling the '63.

While it's totally subjective, my own personal opinion is that the styling of the '57-'60 generation is also just much more pleasing than the following generation's unibodies.

I think that's the thing right there. Hobby Lobby always has the '60 so it's out there in front of more people. But I will say, both of the real hobby shops I frequent have a hard time keeping the '63 in stock, while they always have a '60 or two that'll languish.

I've been a Ford guy my whole life and I have to say, the third generation F Series and the unibody are probably my two least favorite designs. 😂 You'd probably never guess from the number of each I've built but it's true. But I must state my opinion is the opposite of yours ... I prefer the unibody. But the '60 has a few handy applications. I could personally do without the trailer, though.

[slusher]

I have always seen the requests for this truck on the forums and the picture round2 ended up using.   We got 2 great trucks so I am very pleased…

[Jonathan]

On 12/23/2024 at 8:25 PM, slusher said:

I have always seen the requests for this truck on the forums and the picture round2 ended up using.   We got 2 great trucks so I am very pleased…

I picked up a couple of both of these trucks and am looking forward to building them!

[Casey]

I'm a little late to this party, but I picked up this kit today and was very impressed with the contents. Not so much the parts count and specific parts, but rather the design and engineering of the kit as a whole. There are small, petite tabs and locating pins all over to ensure correct, positive alignment of parts, and the tolerances between parts is a beautiful thing to behold, especially with how the separate bed floor and interior tub mate to the body shell. Love to see this kind of attention to detail. ☺️

 

The "chassis"/floorpan is an excellent fit inside the body, shell, too:

 

That is one loooooong body:

 

[Casey]

Here's a look at the parts, in no particular order:

Edited January 21 by Casey

[Casey]

The decal sheet is...fine. I'm surprised Round2 didn't include some vintage service station/oil company logos for the push truck version-- Sinclair, Gulf, Texaco, Amoco, etc. would've been a nice inclusion here:

 

No pics of the clear parts and whitewall tires, sorry.

[niteowl7710]

11 hours ago, Casey said:

The decal sheet is...fine. I'm surprised Round2 didn't include some vintage service station/oil company logos for the push truck version-- Sinclair, Gulf, Texaco, Amoco, etc. would've been a nice inclusion here:

Would have been, but would also preclude reissuing it in the future specifically as a service truck "first" the way the two most recent repops of the 1950 Chevy P/U were pushed (by the box) as a Union 76 & Texaco Service Trucks. 

Edited January 18 by niteowl7710

[tim boyd]

To expand on Casey's comments, the fit on many of the major assemblies due to the tabs, slots, and alignment features, is so precise that they could be assembled without glue and stay in place.  Having recently built the newly tooled kit alongside the original 1963 annual kit, the differences and improvements in the assembly process really are stunning.  TB 

[stavanzer]

The 1960 Pickup decal sheet has some Gulf Logos. I'd Recommend the decals from the most recent boxing of the AMT 1934 Ford Pickup with it's variety of Sunoco Logo and door cards, as well.

[Casey]

9 hours ago, niteowl7710 said:

Would have been, but would also preclude reissuing it in the future specifically as a service truck "first" the way the two most recent repops of the 1950 Chevy P/U were pushed (by the box) as a Union 76 & Texaco Service Trucks. 

Very true, and hopefully before the inevitable Coca-Cola reissue. 😂

Regarding the funky camper shell, I would think there was some connection to Trail's End via someone who helped design this kit. Troy and Leelanau aren't that far apart, and whoever did the original box art specifically called out (and one might even argue, highlighted) Trail's End with that three-quarter rear view, but the details have probably been lost to time by now. Even a semi-thorough Google search turned up next to nothing about Trail's End the manufacturer.

At any rate, if you are at all intereted in this kit, heed @tim boyd's earlier warning and pick one up now. While I suspect there will be a reissue of some sort, nothing is guaranteed, and IMHO, this kit is well worth the cost.

[slusher]

On 1/17/2025 at 9:14 PM, Casey said:

The decal sheet is...fine. I'm surprised Round2 didn't include some vintage service station/oil company logos for the push truck version-- Sinclair, Gulf, Texaco, Amoco, etc. would've been a nice inclusion here:

 

No pics of the clear parts and whitewall tires, sorry.

Great looking Chrome and decal sheet!