Lindberg 40 ford vs AMT 40 Ford Model Kits 1/25 Scale

[@modelcarvideos5829]

Sorry about the accidental music insertion @ 16:18 - 16:30! Lol I'm definitely not perfect!!😄😄

[@the_lost_navigator]

Only if ya tell us what it was (I shazam'd it but got an 'Argh!') ;)

[@garrycowan4747]

Carl Stannard, sound Rolling stone,,, but,,,

[@MarkBatsonHobbydude007]

Great comparison Matt! I have some of both kits as well. I've not opened the Lindberg myself. Great to know how it matches up. Thanks!!

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[@memorylanemodelcars]

This Lindberg was 2 perhaps 3 different Brands. The Dodge L700 was old IMC kit. Layer released as Lindberg. The trailer I don't. Know 40 Ford was Lindberg tooling origonal

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[@christesta7553]

Matt another great video. Having two parts kits I did combine everything from the AMT chassis and drive train into the Lindberg kit. The fit was really good and no one knows the difference.

[@modelcarvideos5829]

Very cool!!

[@yukimikasaki9705]

I know of AMT's 1974 '40 Ford Sedan Delivery Model Kit!

[@markhar9ld650]

I believe it was originally a palmer kit

[@diecast_MikeEspo]

Very cool comparison .Cool kits .

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[@garyslentzii2796]

I've heard my dad rambled on about his 40 Ford so much and how he just loved that car. I know it wasn't new when he bought, he had a guy put a first gen hemi in it. The good old days huh!

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[@michaelhintzmikesminiature1812]

Nice comparison video. I've never had the Lindberg in my stash. Thanks for sharing

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[@modelcarswithglen.]

I remember building that 40 Ford back in the mid 60s,,,no lie, that's not something you can forget,,, so believe me when I say that is a very old kit,, the sedan delivery too ,,and by the way I have to use my brother's phone to watch the videos and comment,, he's Don and he doesn't build models,, I'm Glen and have hundred's of built models and over a hundred kits soooo, just letting you know,,, love your channel buddy

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Thanks Glen!!

[@thenut9701]

Good video Matt. Thanx

[@modelcarvideos5829]

Thanks !!

[@richardlee1092]

No worries Matt not boring! It was fun to see exchange of bodies and how they fit. One of your followers commented on the 34 Ford Lindbergh pick-up being close to the amt , I seem to recall they acquired the molds that were amt and produced it under the Lindbergh name, with some modifications such as the custom wheels. Then when round2 acquired Lindbergh molds they re-issued it as AMT and brought back some original parts. But the chrome reverse wheels included on the kit were not in the original issue. They had a finned dome shape wheel cover for the custom version. I built the original kit back in the 60s and still have the box. Caps are evident on cover shot. Great video.

[@modelcarvideos5829]

Very cool info!! Thanks

[@modelcarvideos5829]

Very cool info!! Thanks

[@williamvanparys6858]

When I was a teen I built the AMT/ertl 1939/40 ford model kit (I still have it I think) as I recall it was an excellent build... My painting skills sucked back then however!!!

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[@johnmurray9991]

Very cool comparison!!

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[@rileyhogan8248]

I am fairly certain that the 40s are the same. I have built both of them, the Lindbergh came in the box you showcased and the amt came from the box in the thumbnail. They both have some very simmilliar parts, though I have not tried to interchange parts.

[@modelcarvideos5829]

Cool!

[@yukimikasaki9705]

That kit was fairly easy to assemble.

[@SmallADVentures1973]

Great comparison! I thought I remembered reading a comparison in Scale Auto Enthusiast magazine (in the 90's maybe? I can't remember, it may had been more recent) comparing the 3 1:25 kits (AMT, Lindberg, and Revell/Monogram's then brand new '40 Ford Coupe kits), I could've sworn they said the Lindberg was slightly undersized compared to the other 2, but it certainly doesn't look it here 🤔 I'd love to see you do a 3 kit comparison with that one you mentioned in a future video. My dad has several Lindberg 40 Ford kits where he always snags that exact kit with truck and trailer every time Ollie's has them and has offered one to me a few times, with all the cool 40 Ford build videos coming from some of my favorite KZbin channels recently (that means yours too 😉) with the GB going on I've bought the AMT 40 Sedan Delivery (at Hobby Lobby with 40% off no less 🤪), have a few "in my cart" while thinking about it on ebay, and have dug out a couple "survivors"/rebuilders that I'd bought off ebay a few years ago (I've always loved '40 Fords) 🤦‍♂️😆 Anyways I didn't mean to ramble on, great video, my friend, looking forward to seeing them as you build them 😊✌

[@modelcarvideos5829]

Very cool!!! Thanks

[@scottmckinley752]

It’s interesting to see the differences here. I picked the Revell 40 Ford coupe for the group build and I can see many differences there also, all of which basically get you to the same car built just different work to be done along the way. Really cool, thanks for the video.

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[@russellwilliams825]

I built that cabover Dodge. It is a bear but I got it done. You should put yours on your schedule to complete.

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[@pizzamanmodels9989]

Thanks Matt. Always informative videos. Keep well

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[@HGSolberg]

The Lindberg kit you were looking at on Scalemates, the text on the box actually says "MOLDED IN HI-GLOSS PLASTIC, NO PAINTING NECESSARY," so I'm guessing the car pictured on the box isn't painted at all.

[@SmallADVentures1973]

I actually called my dad about those Lindberg 40 Ford kits that I had mentioned that he has after watching and commenting, then drove a half hour (each way) to go get 1 and a half of them, lol 😆 I think my dad and I are going to do a "buddy build" with the Lindberg kit in a few weeks too after he also watched this video (he always watches your channel but doesn't have a KZbin or Gmail account) 😊✌

[@modelcarvideos5829]

Very cool!!

[@alanq64]

I've got the same kit sitting on my shelf. You hear war stories about them. That's the reason I haven't built it yet.

[@modelcarvideos5829]

Yeah I know!

[@Miguel-HobbiWerks]

Interesting to see the comparisons. Thanks for doing this video.

[@modelcarvideos5829]

Thanks Miguel!!

[@bigcharliesmodelgarage296]

Nice comparison. Thanks for sharing.

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[@keithsmodelsandrcs6593]

Cool looking old fords can do so much with them, 👍

[@modelcarvideos5829]

Yes you can!!

[@garyparker2969]

Cool Video Matt, Have a Blessed Week.

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Thanks Gary!!

[@garyparker2969]

You're Welcome

[@SpeedKing49]

Some of the Lindberg kits are very similar to AMT, for example the '34 Ford pickup, '40 Ford Coupe

[@garagepunkfan]

The AMT 34 Ford tooling was actually left at AMT/MPC alums George Toteff's Tool & Die shop in the late 70's for repair and was never reclaimed, along with some IMC/Testors tools (including the L-700 Dodge, The Little Red Wagon, and the Mustang II Show Car). George Toteff later bought the Lindberg company and utilized the tooling in their early 1990's revival. The 40 ford originated as a Palmer tool, BTW. Palmer was well known for "cribbing" (reverse engineering on tracer mills) tooling from other manufacturers kits.

[@bobby7987]

​@@garagepunkfan the lindberg 34 pickup is definitely the original AMT kit. I've heard the story about the 40 ford being a Palmer kit, but I can only find a 1/32 Palmer 40 ford. I've never seen a 1/25th Palmer 40 ford.

[@scotth9881]

You should definitely build that truck.

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[@michaelcooke2559]

Interesting look at how two companies looked at the same car. I really want to get that Dodge truck someday. I would like to build a version for my collection.

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[@MrModelworx]

I've always wondered if those two kits were the same.... The 34 truck kit as we know was originally an AMT kit then a Lindberg and now an AMT again. Interesting vid. Oh and yes that Dodge truck is a challenging build not impossible just challenging. And the front axle needs to be raised as it looks like a customer truck if you build it out of the box.

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[@krazi77]

I got a 40 ford from a garage sale many many years ago that was already built. it was missing the hood and the engine. a few years later I built a lindberg 40 ford and it was an exact match. so I'm guessing one was a retooling of the other. I've always wanted to do a comparison like you did here, and the similarities are too close to be coincidence.

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[@davidchin350]

Nice kit comparison Matt.

[@modelcarvideos5829]

Thanks for the support David!!

[@TheLukaCeeChannel]

Very Interesting. I took my 40 out of that Lindberg kit and parted it all out to other 40 kits that were missing parts. I even gave the chassis to "Another" You Tuber in the 40 Build off. 😉

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[@drppr76]

The Revellogram version of the 40 Ford is pretty different than amt or lindberg- the fenders are all separate pieces and IIRC the chassis is also two separate pieces - if you're planning to be build a post WWll modified like I did the revell is the way to go

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[@donaldswink6259]

On your car calendar I thought I had seen the 40 Ford in a three and one kit.

[@modelcarvideos5829]

Nope

[@douglasmodelgaragesvideo]

Please review the Revell 40 Ford, its very detailed maybe more than the amt or Lindberg

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[@davidwhitney1171]

This was originally the AMT 40 Ford Coupe which briefly was licensed to Lindbergh for production- the kits are the same. Ditto the AMT/Lindbergh/AMT again 34 Ford. Any pickup. Any differences between the two kits are production kinks only. Lindbergh production quality was always sub-par compared with AMT. The 40 Ford Sedan Delivery was issued some years after the Coupe(1969 Sedan Delivery, 1960 for the Coupe), so AMT made some improvements in detail and fit quality over time..

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[@davidwhitney1171]

@@modelcarvideos5829 Hi. Thank you for your thumbs 👍 on my comment, it was a little garbled regarding the 34 Ford pickup- but you obviously get my meaning. Actually the '40 and '34 Ford kits have been reissued, specifically, by Round 2. I'm not sure what the relationship is between Round 2 and AMT at this point- the 40 Sedan Delivery as part of the "Coca-Cola" series, and the 34 pickup as well as the 40 Coupe in their original 1960s box art. Anyway love the video!...

[@1superstar64]

You should also compare the amt diamond in the rough kit, if I recall has optional broken glass and dented fenders for the distressed 40 ford coupe.

[@Scale_Model_Mayhem]

It was the sedan

[@1superstar64]

Yeah, my bad you are correct that kit was the sedan.

[@davidparsleyscustomscaleemerge]

Nice video, the only major difference i seen was it looks like the hood on the AMT comes to more of a point, than the Lindberg does.

[@modelcarvideos5829]

I'll look at them again to see. Thanks David!!

[@fredsmith5731]

I bought mine from Ollie's years ago for 15 dollars the old car I cut the rear fender off of it cuz the floorboard was the formed so I removed one of the floorboards then whether the outside body to make it look old still have the car but don't know what happened to the truck in the trailer

[@mikeschumann7832]

I wish the model manufacturers would mold these kits in 3differnt color's black,gray, and white for those of us that are not that crazy about painting

[@Crewsy]

Manufacturers used to offer colors but for the most part went back to white or grey because that’s what the customers preferred.

[@howardharaway2259]

I wish i could find models like this at Ollies ! The best find I got for $10. is the AMT 2005 Crysler 300C . BORING ! I am transforming it into a 2-door Pro-stock drag car. Lots of work !

[@modelcarvideos5829]

Very cool!!

[@tracynelson9345]

I built the Lindberg Dodge tractor,trailer and 40 Ford coupe,I thought it was a great kit(s),the tractor doors are a nightmare,but thats the only issue I had

[@modelcarvideos5829]

Cool!!

[@valdore5939]

My first Lindberg was the 37 Cord. It was also my last. To anyone who has successfully built it. Congratulations. You're officially a better modeler than me. You'd think a multi piece body would mean better detail.... Better everything! Nope. It just means overly finicky, and under detailed. Its the type of kit your grandmother would buy you for Christmas, when you superficially asked for anything but the Lindberg 37 Cord. *sigh* I think I may have mentioned over on Luka Cee's channel, that the Lindberg Cord is the only kits that's ever beaten me. Beaten me so hard, that's its still sitting in its box half done, making fun of me, and calling me a pansy. Cool comparo. The AMT 40 Ford S/D was an ok kit for me. Even with its mold lines being cliff faces, that took days to sand, and fill. Sand, and fill. That being said. It did look cool in a nice purple/green/blue nail polish flip flop. Nearly went Katie Womprat on me. Nearly.... lol

[@modelcarvideos5829]

Lol!!!

[@wall-e3313]

The Cord might have been from old Pyro tooling from the early 60's like the '48 Lincoln Continental that Lindberg also sold. I knew that going into it, but wanted to see if I could 'conquer' one anyway. The engine is a really bad joke. I'm thinking about resin casting one from molds made from combining Ford V8's from more modern kits. But I might make a casting from a Monogram Continental if I can get one for a decent price. Regarding the multi-piece body, i think they were always for lower tooling and packaging costs, not for better detail. Late 50's Revell and 80's Italeri kits weren't too bad, but I almost tried to turn my mid 60's IMC 48 Ford into an airplane kit. To see if it could fly, anyway. Didn't care if it failed.

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[@tomcline5631]

I'd like to get a Tudor sedan or acoupe and make a bootleggers car with all the tanks and valves they built into them!

[@tomcline5631]

Hah!! We got rained out Saturday and I went to the hobby shop,and bought the AMT 40 Ford gasser!! It's a Tudor sedan! Bootlegger's car here I come!!!

[@Bob0sModelFabWorx]

Scalemates is NOT a definative resource. It's a great tool to work with, sure. But the information is NOT always complete and added by the users. (I have a kit in my hands that is NOT listed on Scalemates for example). Also, the term new tool could also me some parts of the kit or the whole kit. To verify you work you might have to dig deeper. I've found that "flash" does NOT mean an old kit. I've seen new kits that have more flash than this here '40 Ford. I have a Tamiya kit that is reissued from the early 80s and it has almost NO flash. So think of flash as a form of quality control of the company. Very good video too!! An awesome resource.

[@stephenmilberry7796]

Getting info on models on Scalemates is like getting your news from the National Enquirer. Sometimes it right but don't believe it until you have confirmation from more sources.

[@modelcarvideos5829]

I'm definitely seeing that!!

[@lancerevell5979]

Much like Wiki, a good resource for general info, but not valid in court. SOP for any site that allows editing by the general public.

[@wall-e3313]

I've noticed that several kits I've bought as Lindberg's (64 Plymouth, 64 Dodge, 61 Chevy) are now sold as AMT's with different box art. Do you know if these are from the same or similar tooling? To contrast, the Ford Mustang and Cougar concept cars (all ex-IMC tooling) were also released by Lindberg, but not by AMT, at least to my knowledge.

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[@malcolmbolton1473]

I remember a buddy buying that Lindberg '40 ford kit back in the mid 90's,it was the first time I'd heard of Lindberg models,he was a pretty impatient builder at the best of times but I remember the quality of the styrene/plastic of that kit being quite poor,could be quite brittle?,he broke a couple of major parts & we ended up trying to build some kind of rat rod out of it in the end,eventually it just got scrapped & thrown out or lost?,I bought an AMT '40 ford kit around the same time which I still have,the AMT is a far superior kit by comparison in my books,cheers

[@modelcarvideos5829]

Cool!!

[@mgman6000]

Back in the 60s when I was building model cars I always bought AMT kits I bough a Lindbergh kit once and never care for the quality. I won a first place award at a local hobby shop with a 36 Ford AMT kit that i put 62 Chrysler headlights horizontally and upholstered the interior detailed the engine cut the doors and painted it Candy Pagan Gold this was in 62 and I was 16

[@malcolmbolton1473]

Recently bought & built the Lindberg '61 Chevy Imala kit,went together fine with no real issues with the plastic/styrene or quality really,much later 2000's release as opposed to that 90's '40 ford kit?

[@modelcarvideos5829]

Cool!!

[@mikeschumann7832]

Do you ever kit bash?

[@modelcarvideos5829]

Not really.

[@jamesmaroon6161]

Hey Matt. Kind of off subject. I was wondering about how to sand a brand new paint job that I just put on my 68 Dart that I am putting together. What type of sand paper would you use for runs and bubbles in the paint? On the 40 Ford, I know you are going to put it back together stock which is great. Will you put it on the shelf with the truck and trailer? Great video as always thanks again Matt. Have a great week

[@modelcarvideos5829]

If I have to sand a painted body I would use 1000 & 1500 and wet sand it.

[@Crewsy]

What is just behind the left door of the sedan delivery body? Looks like the fuel cap.

[@modelcarvideos5829]

I think it is.

[@Crewsy]

@@modelcarvideos5829 Doesn’t make sense with the fuel tank location on the chassis. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@modelcarvideos5829]

I'll take a closer look tomorrow and let you know.

[@robertmann7277]

I'm building the sedan delivery as a tribute build and I thought you had said you had made a video of it, and I wanted to view it and maybe glean some ideas off of it - if you did make a video of it, I can't find it to save my life- HELP!!! (if you can)

[@modelcarvideos5829]

I'm in the process of building it but won't load the videos until January. Sorry

[@rayrussell6258]

I'm more interested in actual building of kits than going through box openings and such, especially since I would never mix kits anyway. But I guess maybe some people do that. Would appreciate you saying up front there will be no assembly in the video, and then we can decide to stay or move on. Not saying this video was entirely uninteresting, it just wasn't what I came to see. Lol, I didn't mind the musical "fade-out" ..... if you hadn't pinned your message above, I wouldn't have known. Your build videos that I've watched have all been great.

[@level5565]

Is the Lindberg kit new or old? And what is the kit number?

[@modelcarvideos5829]

I'm in Atlanta at a show. I'll check when I get home.

[@stephenmilberry7796]

This 40 kit was originally a Palmer kit from the early '70s that was never released. Palmer copied it from the AMT kit but if you had an AMT coupe to compare the two you can see the differences, most notable the roof, which is quite has quite a different silhouette compared to the AMT. Palmer also copied a couple other kits at the time, early '70s, from MPC, the '72/74 Challenger and the early '70s corvette. They were released under the "PSM" label but the '40 Ford was never released. It was never released until Lindberg acquired the molds in the '90s. So, yes, it's a very old tool. Don't believe everything you read on Scalemates.

[@modelcarvideos5829]

Thanks for the info!!

[@thebadguy1977]

God I love nerds like you. And I mean that with genuine respect. I watched this whole video to see the history of the Lindberg 40 ford. So I thank you for the information. I'm addicted to model kit history!

[@rubenacosta4815]

Is original IMC model Kits old Molds

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[@goratgo1970]

@@modelcarvideos5829 Yup, that Dodge truck was IMC like your fav. ford kit. Would be great if someone would do up the Tommy Ivo transport rear part in resin, etc. with decals for it. Not only be a good use for it, but look good in display cabinet.

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[@twylsz_8608]

What brand of paint do you use ?

[@modelcarvideos5829]

Testors, mcw,

[@johnkloss2830]

The car wasn't to bad to build

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[@rayfig57]

The kid I had it was all gray it wasn't white and I didn't build the truck the coupe came out okay Balada flash a whole lot of Flash

[@jrashley5308]

It's the same kit, I've built both

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[@maxbrandt6]

Lindberg has decent car kits but their aircraft kits are....very old and lacking, stick with their car kits because they do have interesting subjects like the Ford Cougar II and the Chrysler Atlantic.

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[@lancerevell5979]

I sometimes enjoy building their aircraft kits that I had in my youth decades ago. All kit manufacturers have their prizes and their stinkers, even those like Tamiya.