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AMT 1994 Ford SVT Lightning Box Art.

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Initial mockup showing the fitment of the parts and some of the discrepencies of the model that don'...

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Initial mockup showing the fitment of the rear parts. It looks like along with the trim removal, som...

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Starting work on removing some of the casting marks.

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And blended on this side.

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Driver's side de-trimmed!

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XLT trim removed from this side of the cab and front fender. The front wheel arch trim has also been...

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On to the passenger bed side.

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Driver's for comparison.

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Trim removal complete.

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Mock up of the interior.

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Dash view.

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Another discrepency found. The provided steering wheel is not from a 1994 model. It is from a '93 mo...

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De-chroming some of the chromed plated parts. The model chroming process tends to lose details and s...

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Make It RC parts list.

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These axles are similar to the axles I used on the Bronco build.

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Mocked up on the Lightning. These aren't gonna be the axles I'm using for it. 1) They're not scale. ...

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You can almost hear Florida Georgia Line from here.

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Here's a bit more of a scale axle assembly. And more bits like a smaller servo, drive shaft parts, s...

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Comparison of the "1/24 scale" big axle, the model kit axle, and the new axle.

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All assembled and ready for modification to be installed. This is set up for a 3 link coil spring ca...

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An assembled comparison to the static model axle.

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Kit axle in the the truck.

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This angle depicts what the ride height should be with the kit axle and will be referenced when the ...

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Checking how the new axle looks in the truck.

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Leaf springs getting mounted and checking how the axle will sit. These are made of laser cut delrin....

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Nothing permanently mounted yet, still figuring out the geometry.

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Rectangular bras tube was cut, drilled, and shaped to form shackles for the leaf mounts.

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Shackles mounted to the springs and to the frame. Need to make some shackle mounts to have a solid a...

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Test to show the flexibility of the delrin leaf and the motion of the shackle.

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The Formula 409 trick usually works on stripping chrome from plastic parts. Generally the chrome get...

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You can see that most of the outward facing chrome is still intact. This is because there is a lacqu...

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After a fair amount of trial and error involving soaking in Formula 409 and alternatively soaking in...

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Here's the result of a few hours worth of bathing in the oven cleaner. All of the chrome is gone and...

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Leaf spring parts for the rear! These are new old stock Proline 1/24 Ambush springs.

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Parts laid out with the axle and the chassis.

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Leaf assembly in progress. The leaf solid mounts to the frame with the bracket on the right. The sha...

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"Mock up" of the assembled leaf units. A solution is needed to get the front mounts lower ...

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A solution is achieved! Front and rear! I took the front spring mounts and cut the ears off of where...

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The suspension was tacked in place and the ride height mocked up. Clearly the springs are too tall a...

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A shot of the front spring mount.

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And a shot of the rear shackle and hanger.

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Springy goodness.

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To lower the truck some more would take some chopping. I marked out the locations of the spring mou...

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And cut out the material under the spring mounts. I believe I lost over 2mm in height.

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Checking the width of the springs with the axle. The original idea was to use the axle's original co...

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Axle just set on top to get a rough idea of ride height and ponder how to mount it.

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Current ride height mock up. It's still way too high.

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Showing off the rear!

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The desired front ride height as set by the model kit suspension components.

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Here's the fabricated spring mounts for the leaf spring conversion of the Make It RC MA10 coil sprun...

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Speaking of leaf springs, I had ordered 5 more springs and hardware for future builds and they only ...

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Here you can see my fix to lower the truck even more. This is still a work in progress, but I think...

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I think I've got everything square and centered properly.

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Undercarriage shot. Still have plenty of room for details and travel.

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Some suspension travel. I started work on the front a bit, but haven't documented that yet. The cab ...