1997 Ford F150 V8 4x4 1/25 Scale Model Kit Build How To Assemble Paint Detail Engine Dashboard

[@richardlee1092]

Chris that looks fantastic! Love that color. It looks very much like the real thing on that turntable. Thanks for the review.

[@johngligo4049]

Very nice representation of the 1997-2003 F150 Chris! That detail is awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[@EricSheppard-g4u]

Nicely built Chris love the color amazing detailing

[@r.a.monigold9789]

A "memory build" - as perfect as you can remember. My favorite builds. Looks very nice. So your dad drove a truck to his truck driving job. Pretty cool. Thanks for sharing.

[@craigwellsjr3968]

Looks great Chris. Thanks for a couple of ideas.

[@ronroberts2453]

Beautiful build and nice tribute to your dad! Excellence presentation and review Chris!!

[@fordmuscleluis9710]

I always love that detail of this 1/25 scale Ford F150 build awesome

[@richardlee1092]

Nice job Chris! This really came out nice. Thanks for the review.

[@gustusthread2256]

My grandpa owns a 98 f150 like this kit, might have to pick it up and build it for him

[@seeds4hobbies]

wow that F150 looks GREAT! Wasn't interested in it before but after your video I might have to pick it up!

[@robcates2383]

Finished product looks AWESOME, CHRIS!

[@CycolacFan]

That came out beautifully, paint looks great.

[@ThomasSmith-fz6wq]

Nice build!

[@generac43]

Love the pepper red color. Truck looks nice. 👍

[@tygrkhat4087]

Great build Chris. The red just pops.

[@davidhinkson8856]

I recall having a diecast metal kit of this same truck in the same color back in 1997, but without the light bar in the bed. Nice to see you remembering your Dad in this way.

[@trevorupton6904]

Looks great

[@brucesmith1383]

Really nice job on the’97 Ford F-150. I really liked the red colour you used on the body of the truck!

[@charlesmcclure5994]

Great-looking build Chris love that color red you have on the truck 👍👍

[@terrybaptist795]

I just purchased the AMT repop of this kit at my local hobby shop.

[@charlesstarlin6354]

Cool ride always awesome always 😎

[@doublenickelbob]

Great video Chris keep em coming I'll keep watching

[@Rwalt61]

I built a version of this about 17 years ago and did it in blue and silver.

[@davidforte964]

My family has this same truck but a 98 in black with factory graffics . We have never seen another truck like ours, it’s a real keeper.

[@dapc777]

~that is a very nice build~you inspire me alot~your youtube channel is seen by many here when I go to Hobby Lobby and Ollies to buy models~keep it going~thanks~

[@hpiguy]

Cool, thanks!

[@dapc777]

@@hpiguy you are welcome~

[@bkmodelcars]

Lookin good

[@harpermotorsports16]

Does the 5.4L Triton V8 come with the spark plugs already snapped off in the head? 😂

[@johngligo4049]

Yeah right??! 😂

[@dblducecreations]

Gotta love that one!

[@shannonmorrow2399]

😂😂😂😂

[@ScaleModelCarBuilder]

This is the earlier 2V 5.4 where the plugs were shot out of the heads. The later 3V 5.4 has the plugs that all end up breaking. Thankfully this truck will be okay on its next tune up.

[@johngligo4049]

@@ScaleModelCarBuilder Ohh I heard about that!

[@myesenc]

Nice tribute to your dad 👍

[@larryshamlin5945]

Very nice build,love how the kit is detailed in the engine and frame.Very good color.🤩

[@maryfiltz800]

Great looking build. Thanks for sharing.

[@smooshpig]

damn that is beautiful!!!

[@martindaredare]

Fantastic work looks brilliant

[@shannonmorrow2399]

Great build as always. #r.i.pCP101

[@michaelcooke2559]

Very nice looking build. Great review of the kit. Nice tips on the assembly. I agree with you those wheel mounts are a poor design. Thanks for sharing.

[@danielkemp4801]

Very nice build, like the color combo on the interior and exterior. Keep up the great videos.

[@jackwebster4658]

Great job on the build

[@timczifrik7715]

Usually not a fan of trucks... But... you made this look so great that i actually want this kit now..!! Hahaha

[@robcates2383]

Real cool kit, Chris, that engine really neat together, lots of nice detail, that roll/light bar, looks awesome, the only thing I would do, is, put fire extinguisher on driver side bar, this kit would be great one to paint bedsides different colors, like a third of them, you see on the street!

[@p.scha7476]

It‘s an very exotic vehicle,here in germany.Most people prefer soapboxes to drive here.😂 Anyway,nice build and respect to bulid an tributetruck to your dad.

[@marygarner5249]

Really enjoy your videos Love Model's 💟👍

[@JimFlanagan4206]

If you want to replicate you dad's truck, AMT made an extended cab fleetside 4X4 in their Snap Fast Plus series. I believe the kit in this video was originally a Lindberg kit. AMT also did a regular cab shortbox 2wd kit. Revell did a regular cab longbed, an extended cab stepside, and the Lightning (regular cab stepside).

[@shannonmorrow2399]

Yeah, I have the Lindberg of this same kit, it's a very good kit, the Revell super cab flareside and the Revell long box in my stash. I also own a 2001 super cab flareside F150.

[@CamaroAmx]

My grandfather had a 97 F150 4X4 ext cab 4.6l. His was a rarer version because he had an 1 year only heavy duty option. It had an F250 radiator, F250 brake booster, and a side exit exhaust in front of the rear tire. It was designed to be a stop gap between the 92-96 F250 body style, which was still the old body style in 97 because the new body style F250 wasn’t ready until 98. I’ve never seen anther with the same option package.

[@rickjames12324]

Friend of mine had one of those it was a 1998 F250, but it was 7 lug and this body style, I think it eventually turned into the F150 7700 package

[@electricamish]

Looks awesome....I do believe the solid line over the body panels on the instructions fo rthe windows , means that the part should be outside or it would be a dotted line over the panels. those colors scream 80's

[@beltfed4624]

Mine was just destroyed before Christmas by a delivery vehicle, demolished right in my own driveway... 4.6 V8 2-valve, 200K miles and more reliable than a horse... Watching the wrecker take it was a kick in the stomach. Two-tone blue and gold.

[@mattfarahsmillionmilelexus]

This was originally a Lindberg kit, folded into the AMT line. It's a very accurate kit.

[@robertmungo5428]

This is basically known as the heritage edition! Though the two door regular cab had been all but fazed out by the late nineties you could still buy one. Most built were extended cab and four door!

[@charliebowman785]

So sweet build. Chris, will you let me know how you make the body paint to look so glossy? I mean, it looks spectacular.

[@chassegallerie2910]

Love this. Not really fan of that gen of Ford pick up, but in this configuration it's really neat.

[@bradleyj.fortner2203]

I'm not a fan of Ford cars either (Found On Road Dead). But, I did get a good deal on a 95 ranger back in Y2K or so and I drove that truck every day for 18 years and it was still going strong when I sold it. I'll never brag about their cars. But, their trucks kick ass.

[@SprueToLife]

Never liked this body style but I'll probably still get this as I love Ford. 😊

[@thomasaustin316]

😂 on the tribal thing. My sentiments exactly

[@bradleyj.fortner2203]

I don't build models. I suffer from anxiety which causes my hands to shake. But, I do enjoy watching others do it. So, I don't know a lot of the things that most of you do. If he wanted to make the bed look like it had a spray-on bed-liner, would you just use flat black paint? Or is there a way to add texture to it to make it look more realistic?

[@hpiguy]

You can just stipple thicker paints like craft paints to make it look like a bedliner. There are numerous ways to accomplish a textured finish.

[@bradleyj.fortner2203]

@@hpiguy Oh cool. I was just asking the community, I wasn't expecting a reply from the man himself. Thanks for taking the time to answer my question. 😊

[@JimFlanagan4206]

You can use really fine sand from the railroad layout section of the hobby store mixed into the paint if you want the grainy Line X style bed liner.

[@shannonmorrow2399]

On my 1:1 f150 it has the (factory) plastic bed liner. That's what that piece the fenders hang from looks like.

[@terrybaptist795]

I still have the lindberg 1997 F150 4x4 model kit that came out way before this one from amt came out.

[@RB55able]

Very nice build. I love the red and black color combo. Did you apply a clear coat to the body and box and if so what did you use this time? The gray interior looks great; exactly like the '97 Ford Expedition I had, but Ford didn't identify it as German Gray. lol😂 Thanks for sharing!

[@erasmosanchezuser]

This kit is made using the same old Lindberg injection mold.

[@eddiebrown9625]

It would have been nice if they also put like a mechanic figure in with the kit. And tools in a pack of spark plugs and a helicoil get it. Because you know those motors blew out so many spark plugs.. I done a hundred repairs on those spark plugs. Anyways great build love watching your channel..

[@CamaroAmx]

I was lucky, mine would just vibrate loose and cause a misfire. Thankfully the boots were tight enough to keep me from loosing them completely. Kept a spark plug socket and wrench in the truck for just that occasion. Never took any threads out. It had 220,000 on it when I traded it in. My grandfather had bought it new. Special ordered it. He kept it mint. Then my father got it and used it as work truck. In 5 years it went from 70,000 miles on it to 210,000 miles on it by the time I bought off him (he travelled a lot for work). By then it was trashed and rotted.

[@plasterchief9582]

I want to try and combine this one with the revell kit to make a 1/25 scale Attack beast from team knight Rider

[@therealburgerr]

What glue do you use for the models

[@Golden_Freddy_FN]

where can i buy these cars? I think they are so cool and also rich in detail.

[@theguradien]

May i ask, what type of model glue did you use for this?

[@tommynyberg2122]

Thank you for metric 2mm.

[@Mauscmkwk]

Next one you make you should make it completely rusted out

[@CamaroAmx]

They rusted out in some strange places. Mine rust out at the top of the drivers footwell. Couldn’t find out why feet were always cold. Pulled the fender well cover off and seen a rust hole in the upper foot well. Just a small rust hole. The metal around it was perfect. The front ends rotted out quick on these. So did the area around the rear wheels.

[@f62darkstar]

in all my years of building models I don't recall ever seeing an engine assemble in that many pieces....looked really "fiddly".

[@austinreed7343]

Ever done Gunpla on this channel?

[@CamaroAmx]

These were the best selling generation of the F-series ever. It also had the worst crash test ratings of any modern F-series. Watch the crash tests on these. Will make you think twice about buying one. Looks like the old Chinese car crash tests.

[@onebadbirdy]

only thing that is missing is the lift kit

[@terrybaptist795]

This almost seems to be a repop of the Lindberg 4x4 97 F150 step side model kit that came out eleven years ago.

[@hpiguy]

It's the same kit.

[@terrybaptist795]

@@hpiguy Well thats pretty nice hopefully improvment on the fitment on some of the parts since last time eleven years ago.

[@lilypondgarage2968]

One of the worst trucks ever built at least in model land there all equal for the most part

[@chris-SDI]

They do make the ext cab f150 with a step side, it’s revell 97 f150 xlt