FORD BRONCO revell , slammed on white walls and chrome steelies

[rsxse240]

I might just be being nit-picky, but do you realize there's two different Bronco trucks? There is the Bronco you are building which is based on the full size F-150 chassis and the Bronco II which is based on the ranger compact truck chassis, which is what you have pictured on the first page.

Don't take that as bashing, I understand a person gets inspiration from many places. Just thought if you looked up some slammed f-150 trucks, you might find more ideas that would be more easily done on your project. That and a little more searching might show that changing front ends with later models might make your project go in a way you might not have realized it could go.

I love everything you've done so far. Keep up the great work, I'll be keeping my eyes on this one!

[dieseldawg142]

liking your body mods very much. got a nice flow to it

[Psychographic]

thnx and shucky ?? dont know that is it a build thread here or a website who sells ?

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=83967

[crazyrichard]

thnx guys

and ken i did realise my bronco looked different from the examples i posted like you can see they are not the same and even the glass in the hardtop runs up higher ..

i could not really find the right bronco .. but also didnt care much i just use stuff as inspiration ... and i'm def. not remaking the ones i posted as a example ...

but thnx fr the info !! i didnt know my version was more like the f150 chassis

and no i never take stuff as a bashing lol you can say anything

and david ooh yes i saw them a while back ... yes those are some awsome wheels indeed !!

[crazyrichard]

i hated the front end i wanted more depth so thios morning i ripped it apart

next stuff is real rough work ..

put the grille in deeper , more depth and a angry look ... reshaped the tops of the side wings all needs more work and shaping

glued this bumper on the smooth bumper i had so now i have 3 bumpers glued together lol .. the middle had a pint i sawed that of..

i want to create the shape of the hood front and grille

using old window blind plastic (hard) i made plates to glue on the back and top of the bumper

after a first file and sand job

loosly under the front , glued a piece of styrene in the front middle section

the whole front of the bumper is now bondo-ed (not in the pic) so when thats dry i can sand the shape into it

[crazyrichard]

did some more work on the front

opened up the headlight squares again and drilles oversized holes and glued on some altered lego things

the idea is to make it look like those modern projector lights

konda looks mean now and with the open square it gives a nice depth ...

smooth rear end .. taillight will be made in the rear section frenched in ..

and i just found 2 perfect lenses that fit perfect in the lego things

put the front bumper more inwards looks better and maybe later make a low roofrack and put the surfboard on painted in the cars colors

[Duntov]

Looking good so far!!!

[1930fordpickup]

Richard the Bronco II with two tone paint (green on bottom) with the fifties grill has a flat head for an engine. Well when it was made the first time it was. I do not know if this truck is still local or not.

He wanted to make it different from the rest of the mini trucks out there.

[crazyrichard]

thnx guys and i didnt know that andy .. i do like the green truck .. and the idea it has got a flathead is really cool

i also like the old ford v8 grille bar with lights .. but in a way i think it does not fot the boxy design .. i put in a grille bar like that on my model and it just wasnt the look i wanted

[slusher]

I like the front mods Richard. Real nice work...

[crazyrichard]

thnx carl

closed it on top of the grille , still very rough and made plates behind the headlights , in between those i can place a radiator .

then drilles a hole for the bonnet catcher

and glued a pin under the bonnet now it stays in place

then put a lot of work in the tips of the side wings where the corners of the hood meet teh tips of the wings .. that didnt meet up nice and i put styrene on the wings and sanded it in shape

whole car untill now , front ofg the bumper is in rough bondo for the second time now

next think of clean inner wings and make something nice as a firewall

[crazyrichard]

made some fog lights sunken in the bumper ... and just put a bit of primer on the headlights / grille and the bumper to see how it looks and if the shape is good ...

i dont have a plan .. the bumpercorners need more shape maybe try to make some wider wings and let them run into the bumper ...

[bobthehobbyguy]

Looking good. Any ideas on color yet?

[crazyrichard]

thnx bob and no not really been thinking about that , i still have so much to fabricate .. tip of the iceberg

maybe i will use these actualy of a cobra

front bumper is glued under , and loosly put a wing against it , off course that will need shaping and if i put them on make them one with the body

btw it kinda has got the range rover vibe now lol

put the last bondo on the fb and around the headlights .. tomorrow i can really sand them flat and in shape .. the corners of the bumper will run through around the corner later with styrene ...

[crazyrichard]

made some bumpercorners on the side from styrene , and sanded them in shape (no bond yet)

and sanded the rest , the line between grille and bumper needs scribing some bondo balls (lol @ the word) got in the seem

[Wonderbread Kustomz]

Richard, this is looking sweet!

[Johan020]

I like where this is going

[crazyrichard]

thnx guys ..

did some wheel arch work a few minutes ago .. used these boxy shaped edges cut out of a ford pick up ... fit perfect and syle wise fit better , the other ones made it look like a range rover .. these are cool

you can also see the depth in the headlights and the depth in the foglights i made in the bumper , took a while to get the shape and edge right .. needs more cleaning later to really make it smooth

works well , the arches really create depth in the side

also got a edge o the indide of the well , wehn i have done the rear i need to really clean it up

[bobthehobbyguy]

Like it. The sides looked too flat without them.

[Johan020]

Those arches looks killer

[Wonderbread Kustomz]

Yea that's much better

[crazyrichard]

thnx guys , just did the rear ones , now i need to sadn and shape them a bit maybe a line of bondo along the outside ..

[Dinky]

Nice job Rich

[Duntov]

Sometimes these "simple" kits yield some great results ---- just enough latitude to add some detail but not too much in the way of fussy building---

Thanks for some great photos on this one --- hope to see more soon ---

Edited April 26, 2014 by Duntov

[crazyrichard]

thnx guys