First Pics Of The F-150

Here's the first couple of pic of the next project.
This pic shows just the engine parts !!. More parts here then in my last 2 kits !!!..lol Have spent just on 2 days to get this far. Most of the parts are carring alot of extra "flash" from the molding, so ive spent many a long hour sanding off seem lines and filling with putty to get just this far. The fan alone took just over an hour to sand and get right. This is one reason i like building a Tamiya kit !!!
Trouble is i get to fussy when i build these kits....it has to be just perfect or i get pissed off with it.
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This shows the underneath parts. This is about half finished. Just getting the diff sitting in and lined up. More sanding etc....lol. Quite heavy in the molding lines, but getting there slowly.
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Last pic shows the finished seats and dash. The seat and dash are both molded in two bits and dont line up at all when glued together. Both parts have had putty added to gaps etc and sanded back out smooth.

I'm enjoying the challenge of a revell kit again. The quality is not as good as a Tamiya etc, but theres no doubting there detail. With a bit of time like im spending it SHOULD(hopefully) turn out just as good.
Updates will follow as painting and the build takes place.
Have yet to make up my mine as to how i'll build it. Probably just build it stock or lower it a bit with aftermarket wheels.
Not really the kit that IMO that will suit a real slammed look...but we well see what happens
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The quality is nothing like the ones made in japan huh? Does your cab and bed line up nicely? Mines was a little twisted. Just figure I let you know about it ahead of time. Can't wait to see the progress on this one. And yes lower it with big rims. ;)

The cab etc all seems to line up pretty well

:flash: WoW Pman u go all out on detail an hour just for the fan:frog:
I think a set of Hoppin Hydros 20s would look mighty fine on that car:alien2:

I'm sure the end product will be mighty fine as usual.

I will certainly be keeping an eye on the progress of this one. What are the plans colour wise? A fully wired engine too perhaps?;)

Totally hear you on the excessive flashing... On an old corvette gasser I had sitting around, the stuff could be pulled off in 1-2" flakes. The excess was found on almost every single part on every tree, too! I didn't have enough patience for that--it would have probably taken weeks alone to get that crap off. Methinks it will become a donor kit for various other projects running around in my head :\

Good luck on the truck!

Looks good already, can't wait to see more pics!

Wow i really admire how much work you put into your models Looks Great!:)

:jump:

That's a good idea with the cutting of the trees so you can hold the parts to paint!

Can't wait to see what magic you do with the body.

hey man youre a maniac 1 fucking hour for a lil fan :eek:

drop it
put 20eez from a dub city truck and your set

Originally posted by patate
hey man youre a maniac 1 fucking hour for a lil fan :eek:

drop it
put 20eez from a dub city truck and your set


hhhhm.....I don't think Dub City trucks are availble in NZ- Moss has been bitching about not being able to find any:p

Lookin good so far, great to see how ya go about building the revell.:)

Gonna be a nice one, P Man :ylsuper And look at that tiny little supercharger!!!

Yoohoo, we're in for another cool report here!

Originally posted by huudo
Yoohoo, we're in for another cool report here!

Wont be as many as there's so many parts to keep me busy !!:p :p

Looking good Pman, good that it at least has a supercharger, if a small one at that. I think you are the ones who get Revells bad ones, all of mine are better in mold lines etc etc to the couple of fujimis I'm making now. Even an Aoshima has more mold lines on it then my Revell Lowrider had on it. DON'T SLAM IT PMAN! Beef her up and put some fat tires in there!

i'm sure all the time you are putting in will be worth it. looking forward to seeing another awesome build by you.

Here's todays effort.
Have got a the running gear sanded, cleaned etc.....now awaiting painting. Added parts like the cross members, along with all the front and rear end which is glued and completed. The front end has taken 3-4 hours of test fitting/removing mold lines etc to get it just right....detail looking quite good. The springs are 2 piece and needed to be filed so that the spring coils lined up correctly.
I've assembled it already as all the parts need such a good sand etc its easier to remove the parts from the trees and assemble them on to the chassis as they are all painted black. It will get 3-4 light coats of black so that it is covering everything before 1-2 heavy coats. Any smaller bits will be touched up with brush.
The detail is really very very good and parts are going together well so far

Slowly getting through the rest of the parts.....the fuel tank/exhaust/firewall etc etc are getting sanded

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Originally posted by magicmanjk808
i'm sure all the time you are putting in will be worth it. looking forward to seeing another awesome build by you. Truer words have never been spoken!!!:) :) :) I might actually build mine one day based on how this one turns out for you.:)

P-man, have you decided body color? If not, consider WHITE, I saw a white f-150 lightning today, and it was amazing. find some pics of that car in white and see if you like it, looking forward to seeing it completed!:flash:

Wheres the progress Pman?!?! Get off your lazy arse and do some of it! :D J/K

It needs some daytons and subs Pman!:D

Originally posted by Lowriders4Life
Wheres the progress Pman?!?! Get off your lazy arse and do some of it! :D J/K

I haven't touched it foe a few days :eek:
Weather has been beautiful here so been outside soaking up the rays and getting things done around the place.
But stay tuned.....something will be happening soon ;)

Originally posted by primera man



Weather has been beautiful here)

you should be paiting then!
:D

Originally posted by rcmaxx


you should be paiting then!
:D

Yeah i know.....should have done the body first :(
But i'm doing it last so that i can get everything else built and painted then make up my mind on the colour and the look i'm looking for:) :)

Looks great!
May I suggest a nice deep white?:smoka:

ice pearl white with a purple pearl in the clearcoat(I know you dont like clear)

it gonna look killer in this shade of white

The stock colors for a '99 Lightning is red,black,white ,and I think they added yellow for that year.I painted mine white but I'm thinking of redoing it.I don't do many trucks but I enjoyed this one.

Originally posted by Sidewinder-03
The stock colors for a '99 Lightning is red,black,white ,and I think they added yellow for that year.I painted mine white but I'm thinking of redoing it.I don't do many trucks but I enjoyed this one.

Welcome to AF

P-man, I guess your camera broke? lol, at least give us something to look at, take pictures of the manual!:D

Originally posted by rcmaxx
P-man, I guess your camera broke? lol, at least give us something to look at, take pictures of the manual!:D

OK OK...lol......I should have something in a day or two.....quite busy at the moment with a family crisis :( :( :(

Originally posted by primera man


OK OK...lol......I should have something in a day or two.....quite busy at the moment with a family crisis :( :( :(

Sorry to hear man, take your time, we have loads of patience :rolleyes:

Give P-Man a break, I'll be posting some more new stuff in the days to follow to keep you guys busy ;)

Hope things get better for ya Pman!


:sun: :frog: :dogpile: :ylsuper :toothless :hehehe: :angel: :biggrin2:

Update at last.
Been a bit slow with the building due to other things !
Got a fair bit of the rest of the kit painted and have finished building the engine which has good detail and turned out really well. The chassis is all painted and hopefully tomorrow the completed engine and other running gear will be assembled and fitted and a few more pics added.


Engine pic
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Needs a bigger supercharger Pman. You decided how you are making it yet? I hope you went for a black exterior & equip 5 spokes like I thought of ages ago :D

Originally posted by Lowriders4Life
Needs a bigger supercharger Pman. You decided how you are making it yet? I hope you went for a black exterior & equip 5 spokes like I thought of ages ago :D

True dat....it at least needs a 6/71 bolted on top !!!....but its getting built box standand :D

The colour with be either bright red or black

STOCK!? :eek: :rolleyes: Dear dear Pman...A 6/71 sounds good though :D. I'm getting one of these soon and if I can get my hands on some of those equips i will make that idea I had, but I will probably make mine a big 4x4 with raised suspension and all that, problem is trying to find some swampmasters and some suitable wheels.:(

Hey P-Man,

Good to see some progress ;)
That engine looks very cleanly build. Maybe some drybrushing here and there on the black parts and a tip of smoke on the brighter areas? But I guess you won't be able to see anything from that once finished?
Then I wouldn't care either. :D

:smoka: like the progress that im seeing but STOCK???? it cant be all box stock???? comeon Pman you can do much better than stock:frog:

Heres a few pics of the chassis all finished apart from disc's and wheels.
Next well be the interior and body.
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Looking good so far Pman, hows it like to build? I want to know for future reference..

MmMMMmMmmm :)

:licker:

That chassis looks scrumptous P-Man!
:bandit:

Looks great. Started painting the body yet?

Very nice. :) Looks good so far.

Thug.....not yet. Hopefully in the next day or two it will be sanded and primed ready for painting.

Lowriders....The kit has been quite a surprize so far. Most parts are fitting well, its just all the molding lines etc that need to be removed which takes up so much time.

I'm still with you man! :D

Looks good so far :cool:

:) sounds promising !

looking forward in seeing what you are going to build out of it!!

Let's see your magic @work, p-man ;-)

Yeah thats what I find with most Revell or AMT models, everything fits, everything works but theres alot of mold lines, oh well at least they come with double the parts of any other maker so Revells last you awhile and you get your $35 worth :D Lets see some more pics soon! You've been making it for over your usual 2 week build time.

Lookin better evertime i visit, love the attention to detail.:cool:

UPDATE !!....YES YOU HEARD RIGHT....U-P-D-A-T-E :D :D

Well believe it or not I have a update on this kit. Not much, just the interior done now. Mix of different greys. The main color is "Haze" Grey with dark sea Grey for the seat and door trims. Rest is in matt or semi gloss black.
Progress has been slow as I'm trying to get my contest model finished by the 31st :devil:

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That looks great Pman. I've been helping a friend build his 71 Hemi Cuda and 69 Shelby GT500, so I havn' been able to do anything on my models yet. Has it been a good kit so far? fitments and things like that?

Originally posted by Lowriders4Life
That looks great Pman. I've been helping a friend build his 71 Hemi Cuda and 69 Shelby GT500, so I havn' been able to do anything on my models yet. Has it been a good kit so far? fitments and things like that?
Yeah I've been supprized so far on how will things have gone. The body has a few things to sort out which is taking up alot more time then i like.
The side skirts and rear bumper are a shocking fit. The bumper is wider then the deck :( , so alot of sanding etc is being carried out to get it to fit correctly.

contest model finished by the 31st

Why don't you just program your Kiwi bot to work on this while you finish off the contest model, that way you can have both done by the 31st :p ;)

Originally posted by daggerlee


Why don't you just program your Kiwi bot to work on this while you finish off the contest model, that way you can have both done by the 31st :p ;)

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I gave him christmas off !!

Have you painted the body yet Pman? What colour, red I suppose?

Kick ass P Man, your progress is excellent and the model is looking very sharp. Look forward to the finished pics :)

Very nice, is that brush painted?

If it is - great job! If it isn't - still great job!

Alex