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FORD BRONCO revell , slammed on white walls and chrome steelies


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I might just be being nit-picky, but do you realize there's two different Bronco trucks? There is the Bronco you are building which is based on the full size F-150 chassis and the Bronco II which is based on the ranger compact truck chassis, which is what you have pictured on the first page.

Don't take that as bashing, I understand a person gets inspiration from many places. Just thought if you looked up some slammed f-150 trucks, you might find more ideas that would be more easily done on your project. That and a little more searching might show that changing front ends with later models might make your project go in a way you might not have realized it could go.

I love everything you've done so far. Keep up the great work, I'll be keeping my eyes on this one!

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thnx guys

and ken i did realise my bronco looked different from the examples i posted like you can see they are not the same and even the glass in the hardtop runs up higher ..

i could not really find the right bronco .. but also didnt care much i just use stuff as inspiration ... and i'm def. not remaking the ones i posted as a example ...

but thnx fr the info !! i didnt know my version was more like the f150 chassis

and no i never take stuff as a bashing :) lol you can say anything :)

and david ooh yes i saw them a while back ... yes those are some awsome wheels indeed !!

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i hated the front end i wanted more depth so thios morning i ripped it apart

next stuff is real rough work ..

put the grille in deeper , more depth and a angry look ... reshaped the tops of the side wings all needs more work and shaping

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glued this bumper on the smooth bumper i had so now i have 3 bumpers glued together lol .. the middle had a pint i sawed that of..

i want to create the shape of the hood front and grille

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using old window blind plastic (hard) i made plates to glue on the back and top of the bumper

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after a first file and sand job

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loosly under the front , glued a piece of styrene in the front middle section

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the whole front of the bumper is now bondo-ed (not in the pic) so when thats dry i can sand the shape into it

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did some more work on the front

opened up the headlight squares again and drilles oversized holes and glued on some altered lego things :)

the idea is to make it look like those modern projector lights

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konda looks mean now and with the open square it gives a nice depth ...

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smooth rear end .. taillight will be made in the rear section frenched in ..

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and i just found 2 perfect lenses that fit perfect in the lego things

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put the front bumper more inwards looks better and maybe later make a low roofrack and put the surfboard on painted in the cars colors

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thnx guys and i didnt know that andy .. i do like the green truck .. and the idea it has got a flathead is really cool :)

i also like the old ford v8 grille bar with lights .. but in a way i think it does not fot the boxy design .. i put in a grille bar like that on my model and it just wasnt the look i wanted

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thnx carl :)

closed it on top of the grille , still very rough and made plates behind the headlights , in between those i can place a radiator .

then drilles a hole for the bonnet catcher

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and glued a pin under the bonnet now it stays in place

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then put a lot of work in the tips of the side wings where the corners of the hood meet teh tips of the wings .. that didnt meet up nice and i put styrene on the wings and sanded it in shape

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whole car untill now , front ofg the bumper is in rough bondo for the second time now

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next think of clean inner wings and make something nice as a firewall

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made some fog lights sunken in the bumper ... and just put a bit of primer on the headlights / grille and the bumper to see how it looks and if the shape is good ...

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i dont have a plan .. the bumpercorners need more shape maybe try to make some wider wings and let them run into the bumper ...

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thnx bob and no not really been thinking about that , i still have so much to fabricate .. tip of the iceberg :)

maybe i will use these actualy of a cobra

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front bumper is glued under , and loosly put a wing against it , off course that will need shaping and if i put them on make them one with the body

btw it kinda has got the range rover vibe now lol

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put the last bondo on the fb and around the headlights .. tomorrow i can really sand them flat and in shape .. the corners of the bumper will run through around the corner later with styrene ...

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thnx guys ..

did some wheel arch work a few minutes ago .. used these boxy shaped edges cut out of a ford pick up ... fit perfect and syle wise fit better , the other ones made it look like a range rover .. these are cool

you can also see the depth in the headlights and the depth in the foglights i made in the bumper , took a while to get the shape and edge right .. needs more cleaning later to really make it smooth

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works well , the arches really create depth in the side

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also got a edge o the indide of the well , wehn i have done the rear i need to really clean it up

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Sometimes these "simple" kits yield some great results ---- just enough latitude to add some detail but not too much in the way of fussy building---

Thanks for some great photos on this one --- hope to see more soon ---

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