Hi all,

I am trying to find a company which does this style of front grill the tooth kind which is actually for the 51/52?



Paul

Check with Ken over at Ken's Kitchen Table Resin, He has the 51/52 grill & dash you're looking for.




Ken Kitchen Table Resin

Jim

Cheers for that.

Another quick question, The instructions call for the engine to be painted ford blue. Anybody please tell me what sort of shade of blue this is>

Well, that's kind of hard to explain because that's what the color is called: Ford Blue. Testors Model Masters does offer Ford Blue, but if you cannot find that French Blue will work well, or dark gloss blue. Here is the engine of my 1973 Ford LN8000 (Ford V200/Caterpillar 3208) in French Blue:


Jim

Excellent, cheers jim for some reason I thought it'd be aa lot lighter than that

Paul

Great link provided. I have been wondering how I would find a 1954 Ford F-100 grill, and it is there in the link. Thank you.

Paul,

I did some additional digging on the Ford engine color for the 1951 F1, and this is what I discovered:

"Engine Colors:
Ford engines were generally dark blue in 1949 and changed to bronze in late '49 production through 1951. For 1952 and 1953 the Ford engine was either tangerine red or green. The Ford truck engines were red from 1948 through 1951, and then changed to green for 1952-53.

Mercury engines were green in color from 1949 through 1951. From 1952 to 1953 they were either green or tangerine."

This will muddy the waters a bit more: Ford Engine Colors

So, going by the list, I'd go with either Bronze or Green for a 1950/51 Flathead Ford V8 instead of the Ford Blue.

Jim

Great info James and it does muddy the waters a tad! I might just go for the bronze as I have plenty of bronze coloured paints in my collection!

Paul