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From 1995 Ford Bronco “"The Bronco"” — documented by JonFoster.

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1995 Ford Bronco - AMT 1994 Ford SVT Lightning Box Art. 1995 Ford Bronco - Initial mockup showing the fitment of the parts and some of the discrepencies of the model that don't belong in relation to the 1:1 truck.… 1995 Ford Bronco - Initial mockup showing the fitment of the rear parts. It looks like along with the trim removal, some body work needs to be done to fix tha… 1995 Ford Bronco - Starting work on removing some of the casting marks. 1995 Ford Bronco - And blended on this side. 1995 Ford Bronco - Driver's side de-trimmed! 1995 Ford Bronco - XLT trim removed from this side of the cab and front fender. The front wheel arch trim has also been removed. 1995 Ford Bronco - On to the passenger bed side. 1995 Ford Bronco - Driver's for comparison. 1995 Ford Bronco - Trim removal complete. 1995 Ford Bronco - Mock up of the interior. 1995 Ford Bronco - Dash view. 1995 Ford Bronco - Another discrepency found. The provided steering wheel is not from a 1994 model. It is from a '93 model year. Beginning in 1994, Ford insta… 1995 Ford Bronco - De-chroming some of the chromed plated parts. The model chroming process tends to lose details and striping it away allows for better overa… 1995 Ford Bronco - Make It RC parts list. 1995 Ford Bronco - These axles are similar to the axles I used on the Bronco build. 1995 Ford Bronco - Mocked up on the Lightning. These aren't gonna be the axles I'm using for it. 1) They're not scale. 2) They are geared for torque not for s… 1995 Ford Bronco - You can almost hear Florida Georgia Line from here. 1995 Ford Bronco - Here's a bit more of a scale axle assembly. And more bits like a smaller servo, drive shaft parts, suspension parts, etc. 1995 Ford Bronco - Comparison of the "1/24 scale" big axle, the model kit axle, and the new axle. 1995 Ford Bronco - All assembled and ready for modification to be installed. This is set up for a 3 link coil spring car. As the maker hasn't made any for a l… 1995 Ford Bronco - An assembled comparison to the static model axle. 1995 Ford Bronco - Kit axle in the the truck. 1995 Ford Bronco - This angle depicts what the ride height should be with the kit axle and will be referenced when the live axle is installed. 1995 Ford Bronco - Checking how the new axle looks in the truck. 1995 Ford Bronco - Leaf springs getting mounted and checking how the axle will sit. These are made of laser cut delrin. 1995 Ford Bronco - Nothing permanently mounted yet, still figuring out the geometry. 1995 Ford Bronco - Rectangular bras tube was cut, drilled, and shaped to form shackles for the leaf mounts. 1995 Ford Bronco - Shackles mounted to the springs and to the frame. Need to make some shackle mounts to have a solid and fluid connection to the frame. Going… 1995 Ford Bronco - Test to show the flexibility of the delrin leaf and the motion of the shackle. 1995 Ford Bronco - The Formula 409 trick usually works on stripping chrome from plastic parts. Generally the chrome gets dissolved easily on many model kits.… 1995 Ford Bronco - You can see that most of the outward facing chrome is still intact. This is because there is a lacquer that is applied to the plastic that… 1995 Ford Bronco - After a fair amount of trial and error involving soaking in Formula 409 and alternatively soaking in straight bleach as suggested by a fell… 1995 Ford Bronco - Here's the result of a few hours worth of bathing in the oven cleaner. All of the chrome is gone and nearly all but some stubborn spots of… 1995 Ford Bronco - Leaf spring parts for the rear! These are new old stock Proline 1/24 Ambush springs. 1995 Ford Bronco - Parts laid out with the axle and the chassis. 1995 Ford Bronco - Leaf assembly in progress. The leaf solid mounts to the frame with the bracket on the right. The shackle on the left also mounts directly t… 1995 Ford Bronco - "Mock up" of the assembled leaf units. A solution is needed to get the front mounts lower and the rear shackles mounted. 1995 Ford Bronco - A solution is achieved! Front and rear! I took the front spring mounts and cut the ears off of where the spring bolts through. I then flipp… 1995 Ford Bronco - The suspension was tacked in place and the ride height mocked up. Clearly the springs are too tall and it needs to be lowered. I was going… 1995 Ford Bronco - A shot of the front spring mount. 1995 Ford Bronco - And a shot of the rear shackle and hanger. 1995 Ford Bronco - Springy goodness. 1995 Ford Bronco - To lower the truck some more would take some chopping. I marked out the locations of the spring mounts at their centers. Then I removed the… 1995 Ford Bronco - And cut out the material under the spring mounts. I believe I lost over 2mm in height. 1995 Ford Bronco - Checking the width of the springs with the axle. The original idea was to use the axle's original coil spring mounts to mount the leaves to… 1995 Ford Bronco - Axle just set on top to get a rough idea of ride height and ponder how to mount it. 1995 Ford Bronco - Current ride height mock up. It's still way too high. 1995 Ford Bronco - Showing off the rear! 1995 Ford Bronco - The desired front ride height as set by the model kit suspension components. 1995 Ford Bronco - Here's the fabricated spring mounts for the leaf spring conversion of the Make It RC MA10 coil sprung axle. These mounts were drilled and t… 1995 Ford Bronco - Speaking of leaf springs, I had ordered 5 more springs and hardware for future builds and they only sent me this. I should be receiving the… 1995 Ford Bronco - Here you can see my fix to lower the truck even more. This is still a work in progress, but I think this helps prototype the shackle flip I… 1995 Ford Bronco - I think I've got everything square and centered properly. 1995 Ford Bronco - Undercarriage shot. Still have plenty of room for details and travel. 1995 Ford Bronco - Some suspension travel. I started work on the front a bit, but haven't documented that yet. The cab isn't quite secure to the chassis eithe…Video