Bigfoot 50th aniversary build

[Mattilacken]

So I had little to do at work so i needed some thing to keep me ocupied, which led me to bring a un started kit and do the basic clean upp. I ended up with a Bigfoot since it have been floating in my head for years and i just got hold of a second kit with decals for a good price so then i could do some thing else out of this one. I found out that they have their 50'th aniversary this year and i just liked how that body looked so here goes, my Bigfoot ‘50th anniversary edition where they have the late '70s ford F350 body style on the newer stadium trucks. 

So far I have taken the body from the older Bigfoot, which I presume is the same found in the Firestone kit, please correct me if I am wrong. I have removed firewall, inner fenders and rear cab wall as well as I glued the hood to the body. Seems to fit ok. I have also tried to weighten the tires. I also made a set of headers to look more like the modern headers.

O and yes.. I know its a ford.. but its one of the best looking fords, and not much is ford to be honest 

The livery

Edited June 12 by Mattilacken

[OldNYJim]

I’ll be watching this!  I’m going to Bigfoot ‘perform’ next month and I’ve been planning a build of my own…can’t wait to see more progress!

[Mattilacken]

Made some progress. Made chassis changes to resemble the later style stadium trucks.

[Sledsel]

My favorite Bigfoot!!! This will be cool.

Be sure to open up the windshield at the top. AMT messed this up. Here is a reference pic.

[Mattilacken]

[Mattilacken]

20 hours ago, Sledsel said:

My favorite Bigfoot!!! This will be cool.

Be sure to open up the windshield at the top. AMT messed this up. Here is a reference pic.

Thanks man! I have seen it in a tread before, but forgot about it 🙂 so thanks! I have now corrected it. Believe it looks way better now. 

Edited November 15 by Mattilacken

[Sledsel]

11 hours ago, Mattilacken said:

Thanks man! I have seen it in a tread before, but forgot about it 🙂 so thanks! I have now corrected it. Believe it looks way better now. 

I agree... She's lookin' good

 

[Mattilacken]

[OldNYJim]

Coming along nicely!!!

A bunch of reference pics that I took that may or may not be helpful:

https://public.fotki.com/NewYorkSpeedShop/11-cars/car-shows/bigfoot-50th-annive/

Edited Wednesday at 03:24 AM by OldNYJim

[Mattilacken]

2 hours ago, OldNYJim said:

Coming along nicely!!!

A bunch of reference pics that I took tha may or may not be helpful:

https://public.fotki.com/NewYorkSpeedShop/11-cars/car-shows/bigfoot-50th-annive/

Thanks for those pics! Always nice to see some bad ass trucks!

[Mattilacken]

I did cut 4 other tires to transplant the ”outer” side of the tire and cut the inner to make a tire that have the same wheel diameter, which these don’t.. 

Edited Tuesday at 08:25 AM by Mattilacken

[meechum68]

That's looking awesome man! 

[MurfTwice]

Nice looking build so far. I built one like this but not with the 50th paint scheme. 

[Mattilacken]

It’s blue! And some parts are gold. Was hard to put thin coats of gold, it was TS21 decanted so I had an issue but it will be ok.

[Mattilacken]

[Mattilacken]

Some decals.. not exactly as the 1:1 but good enough for me! Would like to have the numbers but I won’t paint them.

 

[Mattilacken]

I started on the engine… and it’s a plastic blob.. and from 1992.. so some thing had to be done.

[Mattilacken]

I remember that my daughter got a kit for doing nail art recently.. and in there I found gold tape which is thin enough to try doing the numbers. So here we go..