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[stewart]

Love the work so far. It looks so realistic. I am building a van too and you gave me a very good idea for doing door hinges.
STewart

[Danno]

Still looking good!

[Foxer]

Love the work so far. It looks so realistic. I am building a van too and you gave me a very good idea for doing door hinges.
STewart

Thanks for the encouraging comments, everyone.

Stewart, I saw your van and it's looking interesting. You have non-sliding side doors too I see. Nice.

[stewart]

Thanks foxer. The only thing is, I am not using them. I am in the painful process of trying to fill them in enough so they don't ghost.

[Foxer]

Thanks foxer. The only thing is, I am not using them. I am in the painful process of trying to fill them in enough so they don't ghost.

Is it the filed down sliding tracks that wants to ghost or are you filling the door lines?

Edit: Oops.. I went to thread with your van and answered my own question. I had same troubles with the filled in sunroof. O got lazy and used one part body filler and paid the price. It took half a dozen putty coatings and some good coatings of sandable primer. I'm still worried the lines will show up at a later date.

Edited by Foxer, 15 March 2011 - 06:52 AM.

[Foxer]

I'm trying to get something halfway presentable for the Display Only table at MassCar this weekend but still playing with options. Here's a trial hubcap made from an aluminum press together button that was filed thinner and a plastic disk and decals added. I just sprayed some aluminum paint on for uniform color. This may be close enough.

I'm just not sure I want to cover up Ryan's gorgeous 8-lug wheels (not in the photo .. still waiting for them)! Maybe the story is that soon after the photos I have were taken some Massachusetts potholes popped the caps off.

Edited by Foxer, 15 March 2011 - 12:10 PM.

[stewart]

Those are beautiful wheels and hubcaps. Can't believe how good the decals look on it. Could you maybe have hubcaps on 2 or 3 wheels and 1 or 2 popped off?
STewart

[Randy D]

Oh Man, that hubcap looks sweeeet!!

Randy

[Tony T]

The hubcap looks great! I'd think you could leave at least one cap off...those things were notorious for leaving the rim, at least the ones I've seen around here...we grow potholes big here, too!

[Foxer]

Thanks on hubcap compliments.

The 1:1 van has hubcaps on front but both rear wheels are cap less. That's why I needed the 8 lug rims.

[RodneyBad]

Ditto, Great looking Hubcaps.

Back door decals look great, but do we have a pics of the 1:1 back doors to check your placement
of the stickers??

[Foxer]

Back door decals look great, but do we have a pics of the 1:1 back doors to check your placement
of the stickers??

OMG! I looked back and there's no real photo of the rear. So, here ...




bah ... the doors are on the previous page .. better add them there.

Edited by Foxer, 15 March 2011 - 04:35 PM.

[RyanSilva]

I would use the caps on the front :)I didnt make the dustcap on the fronts anyways so it means less scratch work for you (if you wanted that detail anyways)

Decals look wonderful Mike!

[skmodelcars]

This is quite the project! Your work on the details is outstanding!!!!

[RodneyBad]

OMG! I looked back and there's no real photo of the rear. So, here ...

bah ... the doors are on the previous page .. better add them there.

Just helping to keep it Real-istic
One does look a bit off on placement
Got a GMC Emblem for it next?

[Foxer]

Got a GMC Emblem for it next?

I made a mold of the GMC off the front grill I want to use on back. Made a decal of the 1:1 also as backup.

[ajulia]

Hello there Mike! Wow youve certainly nailed this project as a replica!! Looks awesome all the way to this point and the look of the hub caps are pretty good as well. I was going to mention the lids off of convient store coffe cups (the round bumbs) but looks like you're all good now!!
Keep on with the keepin on!!

[Foxer]

Everything's ready to hit the road to MassCar. I just got Ryan Silva's 8 lug wheels Yesterday so it was a mad rush to get mounted. There was a problem fitting to the tires I had so only the rear's are barely attached. This is a shot of the rims with no clean up. The minimal flash came off just from handling. These are beautiful wheels!


Here's the mock up as it will appear at MassCar tomorrow.

Edited by Foxer, 19 March 2011 - 04:59 AM.

[Custom Mike]

Mike, this is just so cool, I know you've got a ways to go, but you could stop here and it would look great!

[Michigan Madman]

Those hubcaps look cool... but I expected that, because EVERYTHING on this van is turning out cool!