Had a 68 Ford long bed 352 V8 4-speed transmission no power steering no power brakes no AC this is when trucks were trucks and this model truck is a beauty

That truck would look good as a brush fire department truck!

I bought this kit today, and now I know I didn't waste my money; I can't wait to get it together. Your build looks great. Thanks for giving us this video.

I have been looking for a model kit like this for a LOONG time. My dad taught me to drive in a '67 with a column shift and a V8. He's been gone 18 years and I have always wanted to build a model kit just like his old truck. Those are memories I will never forget.

@randytaylor1258

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I don't know what you did with him but if you build the truck you might want to park it on a base that reminds you of him -- corner service station tarmac, painted lines for angle parking at the curb, on the grass next to a local ball diamond, on a patch of dirt next to a camping fire, etc. Some accessories in the bed and in the cab might make it more personal. Good luck!

@petervitti9

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Cool. Years ago, my uncle John bought a brand new 1977 F150. It was bright red and had a red interior. I still remember the day he brought it home. It smelt so new. I built an amt 1977 f350 just like it. Painted it red. Yesterday I bought the 1968 truck on my lunch break. Thanks.

Chris, I really am liking how you are now showing the can of paint before you spray whatever you're gonna paint! I'm also diggin' all of the new stuff you've been building on the channel. Great way to shake it up! Stay safe, keep building... ✌

I've never had a Mobius kit. I definitely gotta get one. Looks awesome!

I officially took a day off and started building mine today. There's a lot more tiny little Parts than I'm used to. Some of the instructions can be a tad bit vague. There was a lot of confusion when it came to the motor mounts and the drag link because the illustration wasn't that clear. I'm extremely pleased with the fit and the detail. This is the first time I've used liquid cement and it is a game changer. I've always used stuff out of a tube and a handful of clothespins and today with liquid cement it made progress so much easier. I had made a previous remark about painting this model in the likeness of my late father's truck, the truck in which I learned to drive. I am building this one in two-wheel drive with a manual transmission. The nice surprise is the amount of extra parts in the box :-) thank you so much for this build.

I rarely build box stock, but these are excellent reference videos and so soothing to watch. I wish ALL kits went together as smoothly as Mobieus.

Ha ha. Just bought this 1968 F250 during my lunch break today! I am currently building the 1967 supernatural impala; turning into a 67 Caprice.

Thanks for sharing this build, I have this model kit and am getting ready to build it. I have a real 68 F250 and im going to make the kit look exactly like the big truck.

@hpiguy

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Have fun!

I got one of them 78 Ford Firestone trucks AMT made and I just ordered one of these F250s might have to do a little bit of Kit bashing

Love the Moebius kits, looks like another great kit to get!! 👍👍👍👍

@davidpayne4315

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Another awesome build up Chris KUTGW

Nice, love the older vehicles 👌

Your model building is always an inspiration. And, of course, a nice taste for music. I always learn something from your videos. Thanks for sharing and regards from Brasil.

Mr steady hand at your best

Excellent build and presentation Chris!! Nice color choices!!

I'm thinking of getting this to replicate my real life truck

Very nice build. Those trucks really build up nice. Great work. Thanks for sharing.

Try foil before paint for the FORD letters for hood, then lightly sand to the foil ! Try it you’ll like it! 🤔🫡🇺🇸

Great video and thank you for the Color Shot review.

I just got mine. Best yet

Having a original one 1/1 scale 🥰

I built up the Mobius Ford F100 service truck after you reviewed it. Moebius makes great kits.

I think it would look great in a farm diorama. Very nice work and a great video. Keep up the great work.

Already got mine but now I gotta get another so I can build the 4x4 version too. I'm always amazed by the details every time you open a Mobious kit. Looks like ya better get more Mod Podge.

@bradzimmerman3171

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I have already built the 2x4 version and of course threw away the hubcaps, can't wait to do the 4x4 AND it won't have uselesshubcaps either

Very nice kit,great detail.good video,thanks for sharing 👌 😀

I had this in hand a week ago at a local hobby shop. I didn't get it because it wasn't different enough from the F150, which I've built multiple times. After this review I may grab one in the future.

@randytaylor1258

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The wheels are excellent -- for an F250 I was hoping for bigger work tires, I think.

I would like a half-dozen of these, to build all the possible iterations. One I want to make as a tow truck for personal passenger cars.

Nice Ford truck

Chris, I really enjoyed your build. You brought a high quality kit to another level with your craftsmanship. The interior is outstanding, the colors really work well together.

Nice F250 Chris! Thanks for sharing!

@hpiguy

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Thanks for watching!

I really enjoy your videos, and this was another great one. Lots of great tips and techniques. I plan to try some of your weathering and aging methods on a project soon. Keep up the good work

great job on the detail work trim ,dash,the trim on the bed has a marker light at the end of it ,l own several of those trucks

By now you should have anufe extra parts for a diorama of a parts where house .

the bezel around the radio should be chrome ,the door panels are spot-on the trim level of that truck should have chrome drip rails over the windsheild and the doors looks like you nailed that

Nice build - good looking truck.

I did this kit but the work truck version and loved it. Awesome kit.

Beautiful version Chris!

Looking good my friend

Great looking pickup.

Another great build 😊👍

I want this truck real bad along with all the other Ford trucks. The 91 dually is on my Christmas list thanks for the video. 🙂Thomas over at The Model Hobbyist.

Great job

Very nice looking kit, turned out great. Rick 😎✌️

Very nice build sirrrrrrr! 👌

Those fifth generation Ford F-series pickups "the real ones" were built from 1967 through 1972.

Raise your hand if you want Moebius to produce a 1973 F-250 with ladder racks and "Indiana Dept. of Water & Power" decals? 😉

@randytaylor1258

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. . . with a diorama backing with parallel lights that goes up and down.

@marksands6380

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...and a set of mailboxes.😅

My dad bought a brand new 68 or 69 f250 Ford. You're model is pretty much identical other than the mirrors. His also had the 390 engine automatic transmission, we used it as a construction work truck. Good work horse 🐎. Only problem we ever had with it was wobble on the front end at road speed, easy fix and cheap back then. Dependable truck. It was red minus the crome.

Good job

To quote Eric Cartman, "Sweet...Super sweet!"

I so want to do this in a faint light-green (?) patina like Walt Kowalski's truck from "Gran Torino." 'Get off my workbench'

First video I have watched of yours. Subscribed. Very professional from start to finish. Well-spoken.

If you build that truck in a 4 wheel drive in that shade of red it would be a dead ringer for the a brush buggy a neighboring town had on the fire department. I always that was a cool looking truck even though I'm a Chevy guy

@bradzimmerman3171

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Justin! sorry to hear that especially when it comes to trucks, gm has a lot of problems building trucks( very lame 😒)

@justinmyslive4108

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@@bradzimmerman3171 I've owned both Ford and GM. I've spent more time under the hoods of Fords

Hope Mobius starts with the dent sides next.

You’re in luck. The ‘72 F250 Hiboy kit, with the snow plow, is a 4x4 F250 and comes with the hood decals as well. You’re going to love building that kit, when you get one, of your own.

hey ya i am building the 71 ford xlt pickup an easy build been doing these since i was like ten years old am almost 60 and still playing with my toys hahaha great looking trucks you have seem s the 69 70 and 71 s are the same build mine i paint first then glue but touch up if i need too

That Colorshot paint was clearance at my Wal-Mart for $2

@randytaylor1258

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More shrink fir the buck. I wonder if a seal coat would stop that, maybe with a longer gas-out period before sealing.

Thanks for the alert on the paint. Can't use it, if its that bad.

My cousin steve has one just that but he made his truck orange 👍

on the thumbnail it looks like chevy hubcaps 😂

NICE👍🏼

I would really like to see any year factory ford stake bed truck.

Great stuff mate👍

I like doing them kind of models and I live in Petersburg wv and my name is Brian fussell

If you wanted, you could use Micromask to cover that chrome strip on the hood before painting. I've had pretty good results using it to cover airplane model windows and other things it's difficult to mask otherwise. It peels off pretty easily afterward, leaving no residue.

@hpiguy

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Yup, another way to do it, thanks.

Kinda wish moebius was as obsessed with variations on muscle cars as they are for trucks for a reason I can't grasp...I'd love to see this many variations on say classic mustangs or Camaros but anyway....

@hpiguy

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Yes, they've done the Novas too, with more coming. I'm sure someone at Moebius had a pickup like this or something that they enjoy making all the variations of over the years. Plus, Ford pickups sell very very well.

Absolutely beautiful work Chris stay strong and KUTGW

Nice job the hobby shop I go has never herd of Möbius kits so I had import one from the USA cost me a bit but it should be worth it if it turns out as good as your one thank you for sharing 👍🇦🇺

Nice

like the paint intro's. Is there a light weathering paint in spray cans? An alternative to a airbrush?

Nothing stronger than an "I-Beam" front axel. Nothing smoother than an independent Front Suspension. Ford now gives you BOTH in a "Twin I-Beam Front Suspension" I remember when the Twin I-Beam trucks were first introduced. It split Ford owners - they either LOVED or HATED Twin I-Beam Suspensions.

@randytaylor1258

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It turns each half axle into a swing-axle like the VW or Corvair. Steering and tire wear were both terrible -- the kit's certainly is accurate.

@kennyspaulding796

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Remember the Ford commercial where they demonstrated the toughness of the truck by showing a clip from Mr Majestick? ( movie with Charles Bronson).

@kennyspaulding796

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In fact I think the truck was a 67, or 68.

@robertmungo5428

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@@randytaylor1258 had three twin I Beam f150's never experienced this wear your talking about.

@randytaylor1258

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@@robertmungo5428 If you do maintenance, pay attention, rotate the tires, etc. then it's no more destructive than other suspensions. But I've talked to mechanics who confirmed what I wrote. GM's coil spring with double A-arms has much better steering geometry but I never drove one over a torture track of 2x4s. 😀

Is there a database somewhere that I can use to reference whish bodies may fit a drag chassis? I really want to get a collection of bracket cars going.

I've seen those Color Shots at Wallys and wondered if they were any good. They have some pretty amusing names on their paints

👍👍👍👍

How do you like the new paint

That's the only issue I have with the colorshot paint, is the smell. The second kit I painted with it I left it sit outside for the better part of a day.

A very impressive build and extremely informative video. I have this kit but unfortunately I do not have the model building or painting skills to do a good job with it. I own a 1968 F-250 Ranger Camper Special Wimbledon White with the 390 motor and 4-speed manual transmission. I would like to find someone who could build and paint the model to match my truck as closely as possible. Of course I would be willing to pay for any required supplies and labor accordingly. Do you or anyone you know of do this service? Thanks for your consideration and thanks again for a great video!

Forgot the wiper blades

id love to see mobeus do the 73-79 f series , as the amt version has horrible errors , underhood is wrong, the super camper special bed is not a common run of the mill, the motorhome you posted on facebook of a dentside was cool

I want to see you build that site seat 71 Oldsmobile

When you spray your clear do you spray over the windows and every thing?

what are the silver pens that you use? I have tried a couple but they dont work too well

I had a 66 f-250 long bed. Is it possible to mash a couple kits to build it? I have seen the f150. Not sure it will fit on this chassis.

Does the glue you apply with a brush dry quickly? Also what is the brand of glue? I need some! Thank you!

How do you keep rustoleum from spraying a rough splatter type pattern? I tried an american accents gloss dark grey on a 57 T Bird model and it looked like the bed of a truck after getting a spray on liner

@randytaylor1258

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It sounds like you were using texture paint -- check the label. It's also possible that your paint reacted your primer coat -- it should be the same brand as the paint.

@1968fordman

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I checked the label, it's not texture paint. The primer is Tamyia, but the paint came out of the can like that. Maybe I need to shake the can alot more before spraying. Comments I read said you have to shake them really good

@13Dixiefried

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Sounds like you've sprayed too far away, an it dried before making contact with the surface. Maybe warm up the can in hot water from the tap, then shake vigorously for a minute longer than what the can says lol. Plus spray a bit closer.

@randytaylor1258

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@@1968fordman Preheating the can in warm -- not hot -- water increases the vaporization of the paint. I've never used Tamiya spray though I've run gallons of it through airbrushes High humidity can also curdle paint out of the can -- always test it before committing to your project.

Chris, what color do you go with to paint the transmission? Is it aluminum or the silver argent? I can't tell. Thanks

Hey Chris, did this kit have all of the parts to make it a 4wd? I'm curious because I know Moebius is supposed to be releasing their highboy f250 kits later this year.

@hpiguy

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I go through all the parts in the beginning of the video, you'll be able to see if they are all there, I didn't keep track myself.

@mavsfabshop

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@@hpiguy gotcha, I saw the axles, t-case, and wheels with the 4wd hubs but didn't see the springs or front driveshaft, which is why I asked. I'll take another look. Thanks!

Where did you get that model kit at?

"stop whining about it" LoL

Ok that happened wrong