Promoting Excellence in HO Scale Vehicle Modeling

1978 Ford F-150 "Beater" Pickup - By Richard Olson


This (very) used Ford pickup began as a Life-Like 1978 Ford converted to 4x4. It has scratchbuilt interior and antennas with ROCO mirrors. Weathering was completed by first primering the body, letting it dry, painting areas with rust and using masking tape to remove portions ot the paint, repeating as necessary, then repeating using the color coat. The masking tape tacky glue pulls up enough paint to leaves a sporadic pattern.

Posted August 8, 2003