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[Dr. Cranky]

Billy, as soon as mine arrives I will share some pictures.

[Dr. Cranky]

The copies have arrived, so it's time to start in on the fun. Stay tuned in for some pictures.

I might also do a video.

[Dr. Cranky]

Here's a little unveiling video of both VANTASTIC and the 76 Gremlin and all that comes in the box. Enjoy:

[Dr. Cranky]

For folks who want more of Dirty Donny's are or might want to contact him, you can do so here;

http://www.dirtydonnyart.blogspot.com/

[Erik Smith]

The White Elephant in Spokane just got their shipment of Round2 kits today - I was there for the unveiling and picked up Dirty Donny's Van.

Pics, sprue by sprue.

Body - man, that plastic is thin where the sunroof cutout is - looks good though - not a lot of clean up:




Chrome - looks good - stock hub caps included:





Parts:

[Erik Smith]

Continuing...

Custom Parts:



Steel wheels, seats (were people really that skinny back in the 70s? Man, the Gremlin seats are narrow too):



SBC? Auto transmission:



Frame (both frame and interior are very flat, no warp at all on mine):

[Erik Smith]

And finally...



You still have the option of removing the entire roof:




So, not bad. I was not a van fan in my earlier building so I never purchased any variants of this kit, but one thing I noticed is there are no door panels for the interior. Interesting, but par for the era, I guess.

Edited by Erik Smith, 12 January 2012 - 01:15 PM.

[Joe Handley]

Loks like they've cleaned the tooling up some, and I kinda dig the extras too. Still kinda wish they could have left the A-Team specific body parts and wheels in it too though.

[Edsel-Dan]

Seats look like those in the A-Team kit.
I know those in my Recuse kit, & Penski set are not
the ones pictured here

[Joe Handley]

They were in the Candy Van IIRC, I think they were a mid-later 70's issue addition.

[Edsel-Dan]

Yea
Which ever of those Custom's was first is likely when the standard seat was lost
The A-Team had 3 like those shown with the arm-rests, and one for the B.A. figure to sit in without them.
I have 2 original A-Team kits. One I bought & started New, one I got at a yardsale for about $1.oo.
It is almost a Glue-bomb, but still good for parts.

I do see the 4 Rotator/flasher bases on the chrome tree. So why not offer the caps for police or Fire/Rescue options??

[1972coronet]

Thanks much for the pics of the kit's contents , Erik !
It's reassuring to see the stock steel wheels / hubcaps combo ; but I'm wondering about its tyres ...

Kudos to Round2 for re-re-re-re-releasing this kit and for restoring the red and ambre lights !

[Erik Smith]

Thanks much for the pics of the kit's contents , Erik !
It's reassuring to see the stock steel wheels / hubcaps combo ; but I'm wondering about its tyres ...

Kudos to Round2 for re-re-re-re-releasing this kit and for restoring the red and ambre lights !

Tires are the old Good Year Polyglas hollow tires.

[Dr. Cranky]

Thanks for showing the pictures . . . mine arrived a couple of days ago and I am looking forward to building it. It's got some body flash and a few issues with the chassis, but nothing major.

The extra parts ARE nice.

[Casey]

Semi-related question...

Why did AMT label this kit as the "KANDY-VAN" on the box art:




...yet have "Candy Van" on the decals?

[Rob Hall]

Good question..don't know if I ever noticed the difference..I didn't use the decals when I built mine as a kid 30+ years ago..

[Dr. Cranky]

Like the song. The Kandy Man can . . . 70's hit, maybe, I'm not sure.

Those are some very cool graphics though.

[Eshaver]

Erik, to answer you're question on "Aftermarket seats" being skinny, well some were anyway. Chevrolet had the tightest cab of all the vans anyway. In order to make the seats swivel, you had to remove the armrests as the fold down arms interfered with the door panels . Most customers chose to buy the Leatherete door pulls or do some sort of chain . Others simply took the fold down arm rests off the seats in order to utilize the G M arm rests . Ed Shaver

[1972coronet]

Tires are the old Good Year Polyglas hollow tires.

WHEW ! I was concerned that the horrid two-piece AMT tyres were reissued as well (HA!) . Those generic , hollow GoodYear Polyglas tyres (G70-15 , iirc ...) are amongst my favourites , as they can be utilised in multiple applications , albeit incorrect on many as well .

Thanks again , Erik !

[Joe Handley]

Bought mine tonight, a customer and I were geeking out over it and the Gremlin