2017 Ford Raptor

[Joe Handley]

My club has a group project where we all have to build Make and Take 2017 Ford Raptors and I kinda procrastinated on mine but do have it to where I should be able to start laying paint if it warms back up any.

 Was going to try and set it up like a hopper style Lowrider model since I was planning on building it like the Vaugh Gittin Jr Fun Haver F150 that was set up like a prerunner but had bags instead of coils and have it be able to motor up and down, but the motor that I could barely get to fit wasn’t powerful enough to get it to raise off the deck, so it’s going to Keep this as it’s default stance instead.

 I trimmed the front bumper along the lines of how the Colorado and Canyon ZR2 bumpers are shaped and scratch build a bed bar and spare tire mount for the Fireball Model Works KMC wheel and Goodyear tire set I’m also going to use on it.

 

Edited December 2, 2024 by Joe Handley

[slusher]

I have not seen you around Joe, glad to see you building again!

[Joe Handley]

Thanks, was busy playing g with the R/Cs over the summer and spent part of September in the hospital and 1/2 of the month sick……..plus I have been procrastinating on this build that needs to be done by next Saturday🤦🏻

[Joe Handley]

The Raptor is now mostly in paint, just need to take care of the interior, paint the beadlock rings on the wheels, then assemble it!

[Joe Handley]

Waiting on the semi gloss black I have on the wheel faces to dry and the exterior will be done. May need to play around with with that bed bar a bit more as it doesn’t want to sit square. Otherwise, it’s just down to researching what the interior looks like and painting that!

Kinda wanted it to look like something that Ranger from Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum Mysteries series would have in his RangeMan fleet, think I’m pulling that off!

Edited December 8, 2024 by Joe Handley

[slusher]

Looks great Joe, real nice wheels friend!

[Joe Handley]

I should add that my Dad is building one two, though he went further with his scratch building as well as some kit bashing with a couple different monster truck kits. The two trucks are going to be polar opposites of each other and have considerably different attitudes than the box stock snapper kit has.

[Joe Handley]

Lighting isn’t great, but here’s Dad’s and my Raptors on the table at the club Christmas party. I’ll try and get better pics in light tomorrow.

[Joe Handley]

Here’s a couple more pics of our builds from the contest table.

 

I am also very proud to say that Dad’s build won the contest this year too!

One thing I did find both a bit funny and totally appropriate was the downloaded song in my 200’s head unit that came up shortly after we left the restaurant the party was at.

 

[slusher]

That’s great!

[Joe Handley]

Ok, finally got the pics taken and posted in the Finished Truck Builds part of the forum!