Big Oly Bronco Racer WIP

[Fuel Coupe]

John. I have been watching this build from the beginning and I have to say that this is by far one of the best builds going on the site by a long run. Keep it up. Great scratch building.....

[Blake Rogers]

John all i can say and this is some work of art keep it up man my favorite body style of bronco!!! wicked work bud

[Romell R]

Thx john for giving me another fix this will hold me over untill the next installment. Again I love your work and dont make me have to get you off your duff again LOL! oh and when you get a chance come by and check out my 67 chevelle Hotrod build, let me know what you think. Have a great day buddy!

Edited June 26, 2010 by Aftashox

[Jon Cole]

Before you go any further, would you mind shipping that to Revell so they can use it for a master?! Man, I'd love to have a kit of it! Keep up the good work!

[Jim Gibbons]

Wow, this is an amazing project. I, too, like the original Broncos. With Ford now offering complete body parts for the original, maybe the renewed interest in it could result in a model someday.

[Rider]

Thanks for trying to answer my question on the channel body, I completely forgot about that. I was recently woundering how this WIP was going (I luv these Bronco's).

Your really doing this truck justice in scale, make me want to attempt one myself, (like I need to start another sctrach/mod build).

Fantastic progress John, I'm really looking forward to following your progress.

[larman]

This is amazing work, what a fabulous model! -Larry

[coopdad]

Thank you everyone for the kind words.

Jon, I would love to have someone offer a Bronco kit. Really surprised that someone hasn't done one. A few years back a couple of guys photographed every angle of a stock Bronco at Fab Fords but it ended up being Tamiya's RC body. It would be awesome if they would use their research for a 1/24 kit.

More progress:

Paint on the rear end:

Front radiators:

The dash board:

Front steering (finally got pix of how the crazy thing works):

Enjoy.

[Jim Gibbons]

Beautiful work; Parnelli Jones should be sent this thread! You're going to have to try to get his autograph on a plaque when you finish this.

[Romell R]

MAN IM LOVING THIS THREAD!! um sorry got a lil excited great job keep it up. Romell

[ARTEMIS1759]

Sweet build. 1st time I saw it was in H.G. Haliki's original gone in 60 Seconds.

[coopdad]

Jim, exactly! I have a friend in SoCal that knows Parnelli and sees him occasionally. I am going to have to get it signed somehow.

I have some more photos:

Interior is basically done except for a "floormat" under the driver and seatbelts.

Body panels are painted white and will get their strange "goldish" beer can color and decals as soon as paint is completely dry.

Can finally see a light at the end of the tunnel!

John

[Fuel Coupe]

Great stuff John....

[TimKustom]

Awesome, Awesome Model right there. Best I've seen in a while!

[Dr. Cranky]

I agree with Tim, I'm loving the craftsmanship that's going into this one! Wow!

[pharr7226]

Somehow I missed this and viewed it for the first time today. Your scratch building skills are very impressive. I'm looking forward to your next update.

[Marc @ MPC Motorsports]

Somehow I missed this and viewed it for the first time today. Your scratch building skills are very impressive. I'm looking forward to your next update.

Same here!

This build has left me speechless!!!

[sjordan2]

It's a small world, John. I saw that you also live in Knoxville and did a little Googling – you're right next door to the house where we lived from 1989 to 1992. (The next one up toward Bob Gray.) I believe our street number was 1133, but that was a long time ago.

Edited July 19, 2010 by sjordan2

[coopdad]

It's a small world, John. I saw that you also live in Knoxville and did a little Googling – you're right next door to the house where we lived from 1989 to 1992. (The next one up toward Bob Gray.) I believe our street number was 1133, but that was a long time ago.

Funny! Two houses down (technically up) the street. We moved in a few years after you moved out.

Is it possible we have met at one of the model club meetings at Hobby Town?

John

[sweptline64]

wow this is amazing. when can we see more. i too wish there was a kit of this body style bronco as it is my favorite.

[Railfreak78]

I don't know how I missed this but this is simply AMAZING work! Great subject matter too!

[coopdad]

Thanks much guys.

A small update...have been painting between high temps and high humidity. That shiny gold paint doesn't hide anything... every time I use it, I find something needing fixing. Oh well.

Some more pix:

Nose is very close to being done. Still need a little touch up on the F O R D lettering but close. Still have to build this a rock guard screen to cover the center section (if I feel like building it).

Got the paint on the side body panels also but the tape pulled off a few pieces of paint in the white. Darn Darn DARN! I am going to try to fill the holes with paint hope that they will be covered with the decals. But I might have to mask of that panel and repaint. Darn!

John

Edited July 24, 2010 by coopdad

[Jim Gibbons]

Despite your paint issues, it's coming together beautifully. The weather in NY's Hudson Valley has been similarly dreadful, and I haven't been able to work on much because of it. I'm getting tired of sub-assemblies and detail brush painting!

[fastram]

Your work is fantastic, and I can't wait to see the finished model.

I wish I still had the patients to scratch build a project like that.

Keep up the good work!

[Railfreak78]

Thats a very pretty gold. I love it.