Model Car Garage – The AMT 1957 Ford C900 Tractor Model Truck Kit – A Model Kit Unboxing Video

Today we will be looking at this amazing 1957 
Ford c900 cab model kit from AMT this model   kit was given to me by my good friend James 
and I'm excited to get this to haul my IMC   big rig tanker trailer but before getting into 
all of it I'm Trevor and welcome to the monster   Hobbies model car garage picture this you've 
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And now on to our 125th scale AMT Ford   c900 tractor review the first thing I like to 
do in these unboxing videos is just to go over   the instructions because that shows everybody 
what's in the kit and it also helps if people   have lost their instruction sheet and then 
discover this video. First up we have this   excellent 36 piece engine assembly so here is our 
surge tanks and those are two parts we also have   a two-part air cleaner a carburetor the intake 
manifold the intake flange the air horn the heat   Riser the governor our distributor our starter 
motor and then we have our oil filter bracket   and the oil filter so I'll just move this down a 
little bit and see the bottom part of the engine   and here we have our two-piece engine 
block we also have the galley cover   two-piece transmission oil pan front cover air 
compressor pulley alternator are accessory belts   and pulleys the fan the power steering pump and 
then we have an air our air compressor down here   and then this part you build up twice once for 
right hand side left hand side we have two oil   breather caps two valve covers two cylinder heads 
and two exhaust manifolds step two shows our wheel   assemblies going together the front has a single 
set of tires in the back has Duallys so here we   have our two front wheel outer flanges our two 
front wheels and the two front tires down below   we have our two tires the two rear wheel outer 
flanges the two rear wheel spiders two rear   brake drums two rear inner flanges and then our 
tire in the back panel three shows our interior   so here we have our dashboard our steering column 
bracket the steering wheel the steering column two   front seats the shift lever which glues up under 
the bottom of the dashboard our brake pedals down   here and then our heater and if I just slide this 
up a bit there's our interior tub at the bottom   panel 4 shows our body construction with the 
two fender Wells left and right and then we   have two cab frames two cab hinges the Tilt 
mount spring the assembled interior are air   intake which glues on the bottom here and then 
as we move this up a bit we also have the Clear   Window in front and then our cab down below the 
rear cab frame and a cab release handle panel 5   shows our cab going together and there are some 
optional Parts here so just keep that in mind as   you're building this that you can build the cab 
any way you like so starting in step one we have   our air conditioner Grille here going into the 
air conditioner unit now this is optional here   we have the five roof lights for step three one 
two three four five and then number four is our   two air horns one on each side and then number 
five we have our two mirror braces left and right   of course and then a connecting brace the upper 
brace the two mirrors and the two mirror brackets   then we've got our two headlights the clear 
Parts going into the headlight bezels which   go into these holes here and then we've got our 
two side lights gluing in place as well as the   two Spotlight lenses and the two spotlights and 
it says location and position of the spotlights   is optional panel 6 shows our basic chassis 
assembly here we've got our cab support and   the release handles the rear cross member and 
then we have to assemble the frame so I'll just   move this up so we can see what's going on so you 
have the right side frame rail the front engine   mount the front cross member the middle brackets 
here and the brace back here and then moving this   up again we have the left frame rail and the 
transmission mount so you want to make this all   into a box up here for a nice perfect frame here 
we have step seven and this is where everything   happens so here's our frame that we built in the 
previous step and you'll notice there's all these   little location holes that they're calling out 
those correlate with certain things like where   the Springs go and the front suspension and 
all of that so in no particular order here   but well we have our two-piece air tanks glued 
together and put in on the frame underneath here   we have our taillights which will go on to the 
back and the tail lights which are red and the   fifth wheel the fifth wheel mounts we also have 
splash guards here then we have our rear springs   the two-piece rear axle our drive shaft which will 
hook up to the back of our engine we also have air   brake Chambers and two rear backing plates metal 
axles there's our rear wheels going on here we've   got our fuel tanks and you're making up four 
of these so you got the two ends the two sides   the Caps themselves and the brackets to mount 
them there's our Muffler and tailpipe assembly   so you've got two of those one per side these 
shock absorbers the front Springs the wheels going   on to the wheel backs there is a brake chamber on 
here you do have a plastic axle that you don't add   any glue to just slip it through put a little 
glue on the end once it's through and then put   the wheel on there's your tie rods your front 
axle the front Springs and that's a little hook   end to hook on the steering column so that when 
you turn the wheel this swings and moves your tie   rod on the real truck this is all solid of course 
there's a two-piece battery the steering linkage   got another shock absorber going on in here and 
these will all say like here to location f it   looks like so you'd find this there's a steering 
box location F you would put this pin into there   and so on for all these other components there's 
the front bumper with a license plate being glued   in place you got a two-piece radiator the radiator 
hose and then your completed engine from that step   will drop in place in here panel 8 shows our tail 
lights for our truck and you also get all these   little red lights and everything these might have 
gone on to the Box originally I'm not too sure   but for the cab build you just need the two tail 
lights here step nine shows our cab to chassis   installment so here you've got your completed 
cab and it goes into these little holes on the   frame and there is also a two-piece battery box 
that you glue together and stick in here [Music]   now let's look at our plastic components in 
more detail so what we have here is our cab   and I just wanted to mention that you 
can't actually buy this kit in the way   that I have it here this one was part of 
the US postal system which looks like this now the reason why I have the cab portion of this 
kit is because my friend James gave it to me and   I guess he was using the trailer for something 
else but this is the actual tractor so now let's   look this thing over so what we have here is a 
nice emblem on the side I've seen a couple of   these where they actually are different color in 
the front going right around here like a two-tone foreign Crest in the middle which you will also 
find on I think the 56 Ford [Music] the big Ford letters across here there are 
some little nicely molded in metal plates just   under the windshield wipers which I believe 
are covers so you can get at the windshield   wiper motors I'm not familiar with these big 
rigs in the real world however this does look   nice there is the door handle up there everything 
is molded as one piece you get the nice detail in   the back here just like the rail truck now there 
are some triangular or angled seam lines which   run up here and into the roof and whatnot you'll 
have to sand those out there are also some mold   release Marks here in the wheel well which will 
need to be cleaned up and along the bottom that's   where it would have been hooked up to the parts 
tree not too many mold marks or anything just a   bunch up in the roof again your number 16 hobby 
blade should be able to remove them but overall   I mean this looks really good if you've built 
this let us know down in the comments section   below what colors you painted it this Parts tree 
includes our engine and components and as you can   see they are quite nicely done the detail level 
is simplistic but nice at least it's on there   now you got your Transmissions there and your 
engine sides and the galley cover as well as the   cylinder heads and the oil pan and all the stuff 
that goes up front and our radiator back here   so just take a look at how nicely this is all 
done again like I said that transmission does   look quite simple but again I'm I'm not sure 
this is like my first big rig so I don't really   know how much more detail needed to be in that 
transmission or if that's actually how they look   if you know or had this track before in real life 
let me know in the comments section down below   again there's some nice details on the components 
there's our two-piece radiator front and back the   fan shroud included and then we've got our exhaust 
system here and that's that air conditioner cover   flipping this over we do see some mold marks so 
you will have to remove those maybe not this is   the engine so most of those would be covered once 
you glued it all together but again overall this   looks like it's going to be fun to build now here 
we have some of the body components as well as our   valve covers here actually there's all our mirrors 
and the air horns and the air expansion tanks and   then we also have our fuel tanks here and these 
are the ends now somewhere of course there's   going to be another one of these caps we'll have 
to find it a little later on here this looks like   the headlights or sorry those cab mounted roof 
lights and then here we have our front bumper   now as we bring this up to the camera 
again you can see it is quite smooth   one thing that's interesting about 
this model is there's no Chrome   I do believe this Parts tree should be Chrome 
plated though that would explain the separate   valve covers and all the mirrors and the tanks 
but I guess I'm going to have to either paint   these a color or uh I don't know try to see if I 
can find some chrome paint or something if you had   one of those Molotov pens that could be a cool 
way to get things together here oh and there is   something else I'm bringing the cab back into the 
shot here so there's our front bumper and how it   would look on there which looks really nice it's 
got a good fit I was going to say that in 1957   Ford made the cab with the single headlights and 
then from 1958 to 1960 they had quad headlights now after that they removed them and 
went back to the single headlights all   the way up until they stopped producing 
the truck in 1990.

So this one went from   57 to 90. and what I was thinking is a 
lot of the Hot Rod and Custom car models   that I've reviewed on this channel 
have optional dual headlights [Music]   you might be able to actually find those and glue 
them over top if you wanted to make a 58 version   58 to 60. next up we have our wheel assembly 
and the missing part of that fuel tank so that's   always good so here's our big rear wheels and then 
the front wheels now this was the only flash I   actually found on the kit was in between the front 
wheels there's our fifth wheel for hooking up all   your trailers and hopefully this will work on my 
IHC milk tanker trailer because that's really how   I want to build this kit there's our carburetor 
and some of the engine components and again as   you look at this it looks really nice look at 
the detail in the wheels that's probably the   best point on this model and you can see just how 
deep the back wheels are same with the back wheel   rings that again is to hold on those tires fifth 
wheel underneath looks really cool just like the   real thing and there we also have just a little 
bit of Flash in that ring but again overall all   these parts look well rather simplistic for detail 
but again they should do the job quite nicely this   Parts tree includes our suspension components as 
well as frame components so there we've got that   great big rear differential for the heavy duty 
rear end as well as the Dual Springs in here   there's our front Springs and front axle and that 
air intake down there as well as our tie rods and   many of the other components now here again the 
detail is quite nice but very smooth so take a   look at all that bolt pattern and everything 
that's really cool there's also the little   pins for the steer or the wheels in the front 
those are your axle pins so make sure you don't   actually glue them into the wheel backs again 
the Springs are quite nice the frame looks great   or sorry the front axle looks great not the 
frame and there's also these hooks here which   are really kind of cool that hang off the side of 
the truck again on the back nice and detailed mold   marks are really down to a dull Roar on here 
I've seen some of them where they're actually   like oh like here where they really stand up 
off of the part which of course will have to   be sanded flat to glue properly to the Truck frame 
and then you've got those nice bits of the frame   for the front of the cab again overall really 
excellent work and simplistic looks like a fun   build for sure now this Parts tree includes 
our inner wheel aprons as well as the drive   shaft here and then we've got our Wheels as well 
now those are those backing brake plates there's   our dashboard and our two seats which seem 
really really tiny for such a huge cab and   everything and then here's our interior so let's 
just take this up to the camera again look on   that dashboard you've got all those nice gauges 
and the knobs in there the radio the whole deal   and the seats are really smooth and simple I 
guess that's the way they would be now I'll   turn this over here and you can see the interior 
now our seats would glue somewhere on here but   they didn't really give any location holes so you 
might need to just try to eyeball it from side to   side maybe measure in you know a certain amount 
and that's where your seed Edge is going to be   uh now they do have some holes down there for 
where the pedals are this is a little bracket   for mounting the heater and then we've got your 
floorboards in there and up on the side there is   detail in that door panel although it is very 
light and what I've seen in these is that it   seems like all of this is steel and there isn't 
any upholstery on the door sides now I could be   wrong if you had one of these trucks and it did 
have upholstery let me know but it does seem like   it's just painted metal but overall again really 
nice and if this was your model let us know how   you would paint it and what Livery would you have 
on it now our next Parts tree is really long and   that's because it includes those frame rails there 
as well as these wonderful Ford Splash aprons into   the back so again really excellent detail on here 
even though it is quite simplistic there's all   those holes in the frame here if I just move this 
back that had all those little location numbers   in the whole deal so make a note of them on the 
instruction sheet and where they go so now I'll   just turn this around you can see the big Ford 
ovals here on the back of those aprons again   there's a nice steering wheel and yeah look get 
the frame in there quite cool just like the real   thing you can see all the bolts on there and now 
turning this over there's our wheel backs then we   have these little tiny rectangles which are the 
license plates and then there's all the rails   on the inners as well as some of the wires and 
cables you would find maybe fuel lines and whatnot   so again really excellent work there are 
some mold marks in the four corners of   these parts so fill them or you can even just 
sand the backs of this down until they go away   and always make sure to sand it and make it a lot 
smoother because you could have some deep sanding   scratches here we have our transparent parts for 
our Ford c900 cab and as you can see you get a lot   of red Parts in here excellent for trailers and 
even emergency vehicles and the whole thing but   in this model we are only using these two rear 
tail lights so I'll just push this off to the   side and we'll take a look at it in a minute 
but for now if I just move this in the center   what we have here is our glass this is the front 
window of the side windows and the rear window as   well as the little signal lights here and our 
front two headlights so if I bring this up to   the camera you can see that it's just a nice easy 
Dome on here if you wanted to replace this Dome   with flat sheets of clear plastic from Evergreen 
styrene you probably could very easily and maybe   even reduce some of the glass in here now here's 
our front headlights and and they have that nice   texture pattern in here so make sure that you 
glue this in going north and south east and   west and not at some weird angle like this so just 
take your time and be careful with it overall it   looks really good a couple little mold marks up in 
the corners here that you could easily scrape up   and a little attaching point which you'll have to 
remove now let's take a look at those transparent   red Parts again and there you've got really nice 
detail in here look at all the little bits you   could use these on your trailers or whatever else 
you have in mind again really excellent stuff and   a lot of extra now unfortunately I don't actually 
have the trailer that this thing is hauling but I   can only imagine that all these little tiny side 
dot lights are markers for that trailer here I   have the tires for the kit and James was really 
nice to include all the tires even the ones for   the missing trailer so these are Firestone Tires 
which are nice and you have two for the front of   the cab and then one two on the right hand side 
in the back three four in the back and then these   would be for the trailer so again it would be a 
dual Tire setup on that trailer and he also gave   me the metal axles that are in this kit and there 
is one little thing I want to say about Metal   axles so there is gigantic wire somewhere in the 
AMT Factory and what happens is there's a machine   that would measure this to length and then drop a 
blade and cut them off on the ends and then this   would all be dropped into your model kit ready to 
go the one thing about this is there is a burr on   the ends of the metal axles and that's from that 
blade coming down and chopping it so if you've   got a metal axle kit and you go and try to push 
this straight into a wheel you're pushing that   Burr down the hole of the wheel and because it's 
all rough it really can score the inside of that   hole in the wheel and you can all also get your 
wheels on crooked and a bunch of other problems   so what you want to do is you want to take a 
metal file and just file the end as you turn this   and make it more like a sort of like a rounded 
ball or even like a little Point almost like   sharpening a pencil and not not that pointed 
though you know what I mean a dull curve and by   doing that you get rid of the Burr and then when 
you push this into that plastic wheel it'll go   in nice and straight and guide it all the way 
down the hole without the Burr being an issue   so that's what I want to say about those I might 
make a video showing you how they do that in the   future so I'll just remove these tires and just 
show you the one now these have that web in the   center so you're going to have to take your hobby 
blade and carefully cut out the web so that this   will go through the actual wheel there's a nice 
Firestone lettering right across there and it's   got that pie crust Edge on there again and then it 
also has some more details about the tire here you   know which would be what would be on the real tire 
and then there you've got your tread as well on   there which is a nice tread and I do believe these 
tires have been in all the AMT kits the big rigs   going all the way back to the first ones again 
really nice the tire is quite solid in this one   so a little bit of warm water will make it pliable 
to add on to the wheels without actually breaking   the wheels so anyway here we go let's put this 
back and that is our look at our Firestone Wheels this week's video of the IMC big rig tanker 
trailer I mentioned that I was actually missing   one of the rear wheels well James my good friend 
good buddy 10-4 good buddy he actually had one of   the wheels the wheel backs and the wheel inserts 
in his collection as well as two extra tires so   now I can actually finish up big rig tank or 
trailer without having to look for The Wheels   on the Internet or anything else so isn't that 
good news well I hope you enjoyed my review of   the Ford c900 cab that I got from my good friend 
James and it should be the perfect vehicle to haul   my big rig tanker trailer from last week and 
again you can even see it right there a nice   Ford c-series cab so if you built this model in 
the past let us know and I want to know if you   actually did convert it to a 58 to 60 dual or quad 
headlight job which would be really really cool to   see so until next time everybody remember to keep 
the rubber on the road and happy model building!

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