Chuck Most Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 (edited) I'm pretty sure I'm not alone when I say I hate doing perfect, glossy black paint jobs. That's why I have several Knight 2000s, a couple of 1966 Batmobiles, and the 1995 Bill Elliot Thunderbat stock car in various stages of non-finished. But I can do a reasonable so-so gloss black paint job, so that's what we have here. It could still stand a polish when the clear fully cures but here it is for now. Base kit is an original '92 AMT/Ertl F150 short bed, with a spare set of buckets and a center console from a Lightning parts kit It also has a parts box floor shifter for the transmission, now a six speed manual. It was lowered and treated to a NASCAR Thunderbird front suspension. The wheels and tires came from Welly and they do a reasonably good job of showing off the Pegasus drilled rotors. Under the hood is a 2014 Ford 5.0, fitted with a supercharger from Iceman Collections. The conical open element air filter also came from Iceman. The same NASCAR T-Bird that coughed up it's front suspension also donated it's electric fan. I had to do quite a bit of fiddling to get the engine to sit where I wanted it- for whatever reason these kit's have either too much engine setback or a firewall that protrudes too far forward. Perhaps a tad of both. I wanted to show off the supercharger. I also tried a blue-to-purple fade effect on the cam covers, to match the Nite graphics. Speaking of- those were the entire reason I had to do a black paint job on this one. They came from Ray's Decals (he shows up here from time to time as @echoxrayniner) and they were well worth the price and wait time... they had to come to the US from The Netherlands given the hellscape that is the combined horror of US customs and the USPS. They're nicely rendered and lay down beautifully. And the sheet comes with a few extra goodies such as F250 and F350 fender badges, Power Stroke markings, and stripes to do two Nites. In addition to the paint, the body also had it's rub strips removed and the forward fuel door filled in, and was relieved of it's molded fender badges (naturally replaced with the badges supplied on the decal sheet). They're molded on one big clear carrier so you'll need to cut each individual graphic, but the carrier absolutely vanished against the paint so it's no deal breaker if your hands arent' so steady. Now if you'll excuse me... I need to get around to another gloss black paint job, because with these Nite decals I also ordered his '79 GMC Caballero Diablo set... Edited October 16, 2021 by Chuck Most 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan White Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Sweet! Love the look and the paint is amazing! You are right that his decals do lay down very nicely. Got any interior or undercarriage pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 That turned out great. The cold air box is a nice touch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Looks great I like the colored stripe on the side. Very nice engine detail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plowboy Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 That is a sharp looking F-150 Chuck! Paint, wheels and stance are on the money! The '92-'96 F-150s are my favorite! Ironically, I don't have one on the shelf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy grumpy Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 the sheen of black gives it the " don't mess with me " look. Beautiful build good job sir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972coronet Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Astounding work , Chuck ! Great job with the conversion to the newer 5.0 Coyote ( some day I'll convert my 1:1 2004 CVPI to that engine ) . I don't believe that I've ever seen - much less heard of - a Nite edition F-150... and I worked in the parts department of a Ford dealership from 1996-2001 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 7 minutes ago, 1972coronet said: Astounding work , Chuck ! Great job with the conversion to the newer 5.0 Coyote ( some day I'll convert my 1:1 2004 CVPI to that engine ) . I don't believe that I've ever seen - much less heard of - a Nite edition F-150... and I worked in the parts department of a Ford dealership from 1996-2001 . They were only sold in '91 and '92. The painting company I worked for back then painted the largest Ford truck dealer in the province every summer alternating between outside one year and inside the next for 6 or 7 years. They had a couple on the lot back then but even when new, they were very rare. The package could also be had on the full size Bronco but that was super rare. I've never seen one of those. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Beautiful Ford truck Chuck! Great stance, wheels and excellent paint! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koellefornia Kid Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Nice! Cool wheels and stance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransAmMike Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Very cool looking Ford!! Great job Chuck👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972coronet Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 16 hours ago, Can-Con said: They were only sold in '91 and '92. Around the time of the front clip restylling , no ? It's quite possible that the two local dealerships had them back then ( Board Ford in Whittier , and Burch Ford in La Habra --both sadly gone now ) . Both were performance-oriented dealerships , so it wouldn't surprise me to discover that they had at least one in-stock at one time or another . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
av405 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Beautiful truck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Oh yeah....that's a looker for sure. Your right about painting black but that black is killer dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Nice work Chuck. I liked that trim package. I purchased a new 1990. Before this cool package was out. For once is was not a day late and a dollar short, I was early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 Super nice Ford PU! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robberbaron Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 Very nice, I remember these well from back in day. I seem to recall seeing quite a few in my area, so I never realized they weren't common everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattilacken Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Great build! Looks very good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hct728(Bob) Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Looks great in that unique stripe, a perfect fit too! Wheels and stance are just right, neat job fitting it all. What paint are you using, gotta do a glossy black myself very soon, the last part of a three-tone job and I don’t want to mess it up (again)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris chabre Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 lowered OBS fords are about as perfect as they come. nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatz4u Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Very well done.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominik Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 well done! Sweet low truck with perfect wheels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted October 29, 2021 Author Share Posted October 29, 2021 On 10/18/2021 at 8:33 AM, hct728(Bob) said: Looks great in that unique stripe, a perfect fit too! Wheels and stance are just right, neat job fitting it all. What paint are you using, gotta do a glossy black myself very soon, the last part of a three-tone job and I don’t want to mess it up (again)! That's actually the Revell acrylic spray can stuff- gloss black followed by gloss clear. Actually pretty good stuff for spray cans. Not quite Tamiya level but so close it's a tad unsettling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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