Finished: F-150 Lightning

Ah yes the long awaited Black Pearl F-150 Lightning! To my memory, this project took me somewhere near a month to do, about a week of it waiting for the Equip 19" rims to come in. Typical build, since I've done this kit 5 times before. The body is a bitch to spray because of it being in two parts, and then having to match the darkness on each. Not much
customization made. Sprayed with undercoat of testors metallic Silver, and then top coat of testors "black pearl", and finished off with some fancy equip 19" wheels from hlj. Valve covers and intake painted in testors "blue angel blue", which was the color I originally intended for this model. Realistic rust added around the engine and underside. I hope you guys like it.

Everything laid out to be assembled
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Checking the stance it should have
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Here you can see some of the rust I added to the various underparts.
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Interior Shot. Light gray/ Gunship gray
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Another interior shot of the gauges
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Clear shot of the engine in position and the valve covers and intake
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Sittin on the 19"ers and the front clip and wheels added
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Another shot with the exhaust and a closeup of the front. Too many seams..
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Ready for the show!
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Ass shot :)
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I thought you sent this kit to PMan...

I had plans to do that same truck quite similar but You did a cool job beating me to it!:cool:

It may have taken a month to build but the end results are great.Nice job.P.S Did you get my PM?

Lookin good man! Lookin very good!

I'm gonna build a fully stock one soon, but I prefer the previous gerneration of F-150 to the new ones :D

If you want pics of the engine bay and such, go to this site: www.nloc.net

Very good lightning forum for both generations.

Yeah I sent the same kit to PMAn about 2 weeks ago.

Midnight Racer - I got your pM just now.

nice i got the same kit.
but how can u fit the 19" onto the rev:confused:

How did I fit the wheels on the rear axle? You can see in this pic that I chopped off 1/8" from each side of the axle, then I glued on the little plastic stubs that come with the wheels.




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For the front spindles, I used some epoxy putty to hold them on.

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thanks for your help!:D

Darn :( there goes my plains of using my Equip 19" rims i just got on this kit...lol

Nice to see some pics of it...i can see what i've let myself in for now :D

Nice looking job....the wheels set it off real good

LOL. Sorry Pman! I originally wanted to use these rims, but they were out of stock.

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Originally posted by TheSyndicate
LOL. Sorry Pman! I originally wanted to use these rims, but they were out of stock.

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I've been waiting 2 months for mine :mad: :mad:

thats bad ass
i wish mine looked that good

Looks very phat! What is the difference in the normal F150 and F150 kits?

The Lightning is a special version of the F150 made by Ford's SVT (Special vehicles team). It is a 385HP regular cab, short bed, flareside (stepside) truck with a intercooled supercharged 5.4L engine (the revell box says 4.6L, which is wrong), with 18" 5-spoke svt wheels and ground effects. Beefier suspension and special accents here and there to set it off. To record, it's is the fastest production truck on the planet.


:D I'm such a fan of it.

habe u ever seen that van that has 800 horses
its on Grand Turismo 2
it looks ugly but it is fast

The Renault Escape F1.

Very nice F-150! :cool:
Although I'm absolutely not specialised in American Trucks, I wondered what happened to the rear lights. Did I missed the point or haven't you done them yet. :confused:

Anyway, nice build!

looks great. one complaint though, you put rust onto a new vehicle that everything else is in cherry condition. Rust doesn't go well with a perfect truck :D

LOL :p

Originally posted by TheSyndicate
The Renault Escape F1. LOL... you mixed it up... It's the Espace F1. ;)