thnx zyko




its a bit smoother again

shaved the doorhandles (need bondo)
shaved the surround of the skylight in the roof , i will keep that open and place the glass in the open position , nice extra detail when done
shaved the rain gutters above the doors and redid the panellines ...

the holes in the door need to be closed those where for mirror brackets

i could make the green one i posted i have that grille .. but i wont i dont like the look of that old ford grille , everything is boxy on the body and imo the grille is too round



sanded off the taillights and reshaped it so the bodyline just runs trhough from sides into the tailgate ...i will make custm tails below the tailgate







closed up the mirror holes ....



i could make it a slammed woody ? with real wood on the side !

YEeees, Do a woody Great work so far. You could scratchbuild a new grille that looks like the older one, but with square headlights? Minitruckers love front end conversions, so anything goes

yes i know well i just have to see what i can come up with .. i do want it to be recognisable as a bronco .. but .. we will se what i can make of that grille ..

i cut out the whole front and side bars ....the whole engine bay will become clean / smooth and show



put 2 pieces or round styrene in the stock grille fits perfect so its all square and straight .. now the front splash pan earea needs to be exactly as low as the sides and rear so when its dropped its the same hight all around ...
i will change more style wise but this is just the basic set up



hood fits nice ...

dechromed the stock grille so i can modufy the headlights and i will use this grille , i want it to remain a bronco (sort of)



made a plate on the grille that sits level between the round bar and grille .. that will be further developed later



met de motorkap , lijkt rechts niet zo aan te sluiten maar dat valt reuze mee , als de grlle af is en op zijn plek zit .. word alles geschuurd zodat alles perfect past en aansluit

hood on need to tweak that a tiny bit ..

i have been busy this morring

filled the lights with styrene



dechromed the front bumper (kit bumper) and glued it under the front



then roughly filed the sides in shape



did a first coat of bondo on the lights , when thats flat i can see what i can come up with



funny normal way is to fit the splash pan and then put the bumper on that , i did that the other way round and fitted the front bumper and put the splash pan on that .. right shape and smooth .. filled the bumperholes





all very rough plastic welded the sides to have material to file in shape







i dont have the right wheels but these discs are perfect in size so i can use them for mock up .. 27 mm discs so wheel and tyre should be around 26 mm total diameter





now i have to see what i can come up with for headlights and put more shape in the rest .. i have a blanc canvas now

Bugatti Royal rims ? WILD

yes they are but only to use for mockup .. that diameter is perfect !!

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

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