geetee66 Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 This is the Heller kit. Picked it up cheap, as an antidote to the ultra-shiny lowriders I've been building recently. I began by giving everything grey primer. Then pre-shaded edges and recesses with Matt black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geetee66 Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 Then hit it with a dark brown, with spots of red and black, from rattle cans. This gave some irregular spotty patches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geetee66 Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 Then, using a toothbrush and a cocktail stick, I flicked a variety of reds, black and buff onto the brown. Before paint, I made some rust holes in the wheel arch and formed dents with files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geetee66 Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 Next, apply the table salt and let it dry. then hit it with the colour coat. Only lightly. This is an old weathered van, after all.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geetee66 Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 Also got the engine built and installed.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Very nice work! Can't wait to see more progress and the finished product! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geetee66 Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 16 minutes ago, Tom Geiger said: Very nice work! Can't wait to see more progress and the finished product! Thanks Tom I just finished rubbing the salt off under some running water. The effect will be softened in places with pastels and weathering powders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Wow! That is coming out great. I've never done the salt technique, my practices are more around pastel earth tone chalk dust. I use it both dry and in a slurry with dull laquer paint (Testors Dullcote) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Looking good so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geetee66 Posted December 18, 2019 Author Share Posted December 18, 2019 Getting the body panels into place.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geetee66 Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 Sacre bleu! some local garçons have tagged the van! Zut alors! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarheelRick Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Oh man that is going to be so cool. I could just see it chopped about three inches, with a SBF, and some really nice 17 or 18 inch wheels and tires. Would also need a killer paint job. But your version is just as sweet, love the weathering you are doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geetee66 Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 1 minute ago, TarheelRick said: Oh man that is going to be so cool. I could just see it chopped about three inches, with a SBF, and some really nice 17 or 18 inch wheels and tires. Would also need a killer paint job. But your version is just as sweet, love the weathering you are doing. You're right! just after I started weathering it, I began to wonder how it would look, done up as a 70's passion wagon. Velour interior, porthole windows, sun roof, mirrored walls, a mini-bar and a sound system. Exterior would be all flake and kandy with panels and endless lines. The corrugated body would be a complete nightmare to mask, though.. maybe fit a midship V8 and turn it into a drag-van...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geetee66 Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 Added some interior junk today and began the tricky process of getting the roof on. Not as easy as you'd imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geetee66 Posted December 26, 2019 Author Share Posted December 26, 2019 (edited) Gradual gluing around the roof join, got it on. There's a tiny gap but you can't really see it. I decided to make a bare bulb from a blob of epoxy and a bit of thin wire. (During this vans long life, the tail light broke and was met with a Gallic shrug of indifference.) Edited December 26, 2019 by geetee66 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geetee66 Posted December 26, 2019 Author Share Posted December 26, 2019 Got the wheels on. Needed to drill out the centres as the push-fit was really tight and I like to epoxy wheels on, anyway. Don't need 'em to roll. added valve stems to each wheel while I was at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geetee66 Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 Finished and under glass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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