1978 Ford Pick-Up SuperTrucK

[Tinky]

Hi All,

Finished this build yesterday. It is the Firestone SuperStones kit from AMT which I bought on my birthday a few months ago (making it a two-year streak of buying a new kit on my birthday). Overall this was a fairly good kit to put together and was enjoyable yet challenging. The body was painted with Testor's and Sharpie (for the black trim).

Here is the list of modifications:

- Custom Front Push Bumper made from sprue and cardboard. The kit's push bar was incorporated and the built-in fog lights were relocated to the center from the sides. Cotton twine was used to make the rope wrapped around the bumper. A front receiver hitch was made by leaving excess sprue on the main support.

- A lift kit was added by placing 1/2 centimeter long sprue in between the leaf springs and axle in the rear (similar to the WrexploratioN I recently built) and approx. 1-1/2 centimeter long sprue in between the upper A-Arm and axle in the front (with the complete removal of the stock coil springs). Twine was used to cage the axles into the custom suspension.

- Tires were taken from an old toy along with its axles and used on this build as the stock tires looked too small with the lift kit on.

- A large, singular rear mud flap was made from cardboard and coloured with Crayola pencil crayon. The rear hitch receiver was added thanks to a piece of sprue. Sprue is wonderful...

- Custom Box Cap made from sprue and cardboard. The kit's fog light covers were added to the front of the roof rack to make fog lights. 

- Lastly, a canoe was scratch-built out of cardboard and Scotch tape.

 

On to the pictures:

 

Box Art:

 

 

Thanks all for looking and hope you like it!

 

 

[Tinky]

In addition, here are some side-by-side photos with the WreXploration. Surprisingly the Ford is considerably higher even though they have the same amount of lift (1/2 centimeter), which could be caused from tire height and naturally sitting higher (possibly?).

 

And an updated multi-poster:

 

Last of all, I took these photos while I was making room to store the SuperTruck. This is my collection of models starting from when I came back to the hobby in March 2014, marking 2 years worth of work:

 

That is all for now. Thank you everyone for all of your support and comments through the years!

[Maindrian Pace]

Tough looking truck, Tink. I'm noticing a trend here in fortified go-anywhere pickups.

[vintagercr]

Sits nice and high

[Tinky]

Tough looking truck, Tink. I'm noticing a trend here in fortified go-anywhere pickups.

Thanks! That is pretty much what I am going for here, glad you picked up on it. Got one more truck to do in this field, a Datsun 4x4 pick-up, although it won't be as heavily modified as the Ford and GMC (hopefully) as trying to make the mods look decent are really taking a toll on me (the scratch-building seems to never end...), I am thinking of just doing a simple body lift and adding a toolbox for the Datsun (and using the stock tires).  Glad you enjoy it!

 

Sits nice and high

Thank you! I am really happy with the ride height as well, being just right and not too tall that it looks like it will wobble over standing and not too short where the tires will rub the fenders. It actually looks like the way a lot of these Fords are set-up in 1:1, with a nice lift and big tires.  Glad you like it!