Are there any model out there of the ford F-150? if so what scale and who makes it?
curtis
AMT & Revell both make one or more models.
there are promo’s too…they did not change much from year to year so they can pas for just about any year
awsome, thanks guys.
if all goes well with the model i’ll do what i had planed on the real thing.
Tamiya also makes a 1/10 remote control car for the SVT version for the lightning around those years. I am thinking back in 97 or 98. To go even further back they even had a stadium racer version of the F-150, but that’s like late 80s to early early 90s.
http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/item.php?product-id=58222
you can still find it in RC shops or ebay.
well i got a kit close to my real truck (amt '93 f-150 xlt) but now the question is how do i go about lifting the kit’s suspension and where do i get mudder’s for it? and how can i replicate a 2500 pound winch for the front bumber?
On ebay I just won a Revell 2000 Ford F150 Harley Davidson pickup. Comes with a trailer and a Harley Davidson motorcycle.
American Satco made a set of TSL Super Swampers that are super nice. Your best bet for finding them is Ebay or get and Aoshima kit that has them from Hobby Lobby. They fit large wheels and will not work with any AMT wheel I’ve seen. Is your F-250 a straight axle ? You will have some problems finding a correct front axle, 4x4 kits are few and far between.
Let me know what kind of setup you have and how much lift you want and maybe I can point you in the right dierction.
Lifting that kit is easy. Just scale it out in inches, and then get the appropriate thickness of sheet plastic.
Scale Auto actually had a small tut in light commercial on these very kits back in the day, but I don’t remember the issue. Anyway it goes something like this.
After finding the scale thickness of sheet you need, use a pin vice and drill bit of the right diameter and drill all the way through the mounting holes for the suspension. Then cut and sand to shape the sheet plastic to the right dimensions needed, and glue into place over the mounting holes. After a day or two of drytime for the glue(your judgement), use the same drill bit and drill from the backside. You now have a lift, you can use stock suspension pieces, and the suspension parts will fit perfectly, because the holes are in the exact location and the exact same size as the original molded in mounting holes.
Now if my description is a bit confusing, let me know, and I’ll grab a scrap kit around here, and add a quick lift to part of it. Unless you are looking for a BIG lift, in which case… the best way to go might be working suspension, as it’s only a couple of added simple steps and an omission of a couple of steps to make it working leaf spring suspension.
made perfect sence to me man. i fond a set of offroaders on an old datsun i had and will use thouse, this is going to be a scale version of what i want to do to my real truck (2wd xlt with extended cab) so i know what it’ll look like and i can make changes on the model before i start doing the real deal.