Ford Thames Trader

carsntrucks4you · August 12, 2010

It is a resin kit from M&G Mouldings. The kit includes beside the resin cab, a piece of wood, plastic profiles, pewter parts and engine and tires made out of resin. The resin is very thick as you can see in one if the pictures. There are no bubbles in the resin only on thick sprue at one corner of the cab. There is only on thing of criticism on this model in my opinion. The grill is is the weakest point of the model. It is wrong for a Mk1 and as well for a Mk2. So use some pictures of a original lorry or get TMW #64, Feb. 2000 for further instructions. The instructions are excellent. the part fit is compare able to KFS resin trans-kits.

The price is Â£105 for the Trader and Â£22 for the flatbed.

I had modified the front to a Mk2. I also add some additional plastic sheet to the inner wall of the cab. The flatbed was slightly modified with some evergreen profiles underneath and with wood stripes. I also added some bolt heads around the flatbed and as well to the chassis. Tie down hook were also added to the flatbed. I add brake and fuel lines to the frame. The frame was made out of 8mm channel instead of the stripes that are include in the kit. The channels were modified according to the drawings in the instructions. But if you are doing this keep in mind that you check the width of the channel, otherwise it could be a problem to fit the engine into the frame.