Vette_lover2004

Update… decided to fix an issue tonight that has been bugging me about BF1… the torsion bars were parts box pieces I had, and they were equal length. This isn’t correct for Bigfoot, on any of the springer trucks. So since I had a USA-1 kit with unused ones available, I cut the other one off, cleaned up the affected areas, and glued the new ones in place. I think it looks much better, and more prototypical to the real truck.

Update… Console is sanded to a more final form, and shifter has been inletted into its home base… The driver seat is encroaching on the shifter box, but I’ll remove the seat tabs and place them where they don’t look so pushed to the center of the cab… I also corrected the radiator hinge pin issue, which will cause clearance with the hood on final assembly…as you can see in the pictures, it has quite an offset, and was causeing me to scratch my head when things were not lining up quite straight… With my mock hood, and now a removable pin for the pivot, I was able to see if the hood would now sit level with the bumper…as can be seen, it’s quite good… The bumper has also been modified, as well as the front portion of the frame, to allow the bumper to tuck in close to the hood, while still allowing the flip open to occur…anyone who has built these kits, knows the bumper is about a mile away and looks plain awful hope you guys are enjoying the build so far…the motivation for these is strong, and I hope to keep bringing cool and interesting updates…

I ended up getting one from ST Supply. LAst one they had. Also bought a Duramax engine from Iceman last night for this future build.

Another update to Bigfoot 3…not much to report on Bigfoot 1 First, the interiors center console is looking much more like one would expect…a few shots in the perspective of looking through the cab glass, rollcage in normal position…at this point I’m satisfied with its basic shape, and will now start sanding it to final form, then lay out my gauge holes, and inlet the shifter box…then start building the bracket that holds the RII box…for anyone curios what an RII box is, it’s a Remote Ignition Interrupter…you can shut the truck down remotely in case of runaway, or bodily injury is imminent. Bob claims to have developed this technology for the safety of the sport, so I’ll include it in the cab, as seen in previous photos. If anyone happens to have some good pictures of Bigfoot 1’s interior, that would be most helpful. Second, I think I’ve finalized placement of the engine and radiator in BF3…the frame places it too far forward, causing the hood to sag…

Sweet, I'll have to check that out. No, I don't do much social media.

well, from the man himself...25 it is...

Maybe it shows it differently on smart phones. On everything I submit, I get a notice in large red letters stating it needs a pproval from the moderators. I'm on a desktop currently, and I see it the same as I see it on my phone, at the moment.

I could do that, but, I would like to add to the forum with substance. I don't want to add, just to add and get off probation, if that makes sense. I have a WIP Bigfoot I'm doing, so I've largely added to that topic.

Everything I submitted was moderated. I think any PM's I sent were on hold as well

Worked on Bigfoot 3 center console some more last night. Just getting the basic shape and making sure it’s somewhat symmetrical. The large trapezoidal piece will have gauges placed in it from detail masters, little round gauge faces, #3227. I’ll mark out and drill holes to place them into, to replicate the gauges Bob had in the 1:1 truck. The shifter I’m using is from the Bigfoot 10 kit, and will have to be inset at about the front corner of the drivers seat, and an RII box will be a modified plow control box from a moebius 72 ford ranger plow truck. I’m still working on what I want to do for the console arm rest just behind the shifter. Anyone know a good source for scale wood grain decals?

If you do, best to start with the 78 Super Stone frame, and a USA-1. That will give you the basic frame and driveline and a cab and bed. The parts that will be difficult to source will be the grille and winch bumper. USA-1 in later reissues, have the fender flares and part of the rollbar with round lights. I actually used the second release Bigfoot, for the bed interior and bulkhead. Then, I just made the bedsides from the 78 fit by sanding the bulkhead sides until they sat vertical to match the cab. This gives you the somewhat correct wheelwells, and a place to mount the rollbar for the Bigfoot 3 kit. The Bigfoot 1 truck actually uses that rollbar now, with the round lights. The hardest part about this so far has been adjusting the fenders forward. I’m also using the Bigfoot 3 interior tub complete. It allows the cab to line up exactly where it needs to, and if you want to flip the hood, it has the required firewall to accomplish that, while giving the hood a place to rest while closed, that resembled the real truck. Bob has stated that Bigfoot 1 isn’t even the original truck anymore, and hasn’t been for a very long time. The truck has also gone through quite a few changes over the years, so you have a lot of options on how you want the truck to look.

I was just looking at old Perry’s resins Topkick conversion. I want to build one of these pretty badly. I actually want to buy one or convert a 1:1 truck. Know any resin guys that do the newer Topkick trucks that match the 88-98 dually beds?

just curious how long, " a while" is, per the forum guidelines? I only ask this, because I was doing business with a well established forum member, which could've been handled in a day or two. It took nearly a week due to forum moderators needing to approve my content. Am I looking at months of moderation, amount of posts? The guidelines don't cover the timeline. It says, " a while". I'm just wondering how long I'm going to be on probation.

Thanks much. As you can see, I'm not starting with an actual kit for Bigfoot 1...ebay folks want $400 for sealed kits and parts aren't much better in price. So, I'm kitbashing this one from a 78 Super Stones, the second release Bigfoot, USA-1, and some parts I got in a model car junk yard years back. The engine is from a Bigfoot 10 reissue, heads and valve covers are from a 55 Juke Box pro mod, and I of course had to correct the fenders myself. There will be some detail master engine stuff going on soon enough. Just correcting all the wrongs first. I honestly don't know why people are asking $400 for those kits. They are not that great.

Did some more work on these two tonight…worked on getting rid of the dreaded cab lean, and am building a center console for Bigfoot 3. I found a YouTube video where a morning show had a woman drive Bigfoot, as a request…Bob Chandler filled that request. During the video there are some in cab shots of the center console, shifter location, RII box, and gauges, as well as gauges on the dash. So, I’m tackling that now. The kit interior is pretty crammed, so I’m having to do the best I can with what space I have available.

Kris said he’s been having issue with his webpage. I sent him a message, telling him I was ready to order through PayPal…but waiting on the moderators or maybe Kris at this point.

Just got back into model cars, and decided I’d start with my most favorite subject matter…Monster Trucks. Especially Bigfoot. Here’s some photos I’ve taken over the course of the build. Started 3 weeks ago.

New here. Just got back into modeling and started into a first edition AMT Bigfoot monster truck kit #6712. I found out Kris Morgan is around and would like to contact him if someone could point me in the right direction