ridinframe Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 So it all started with me seeing a mail truck and using a cricut cutting machine to cut the side outline into some plastic sheet.. once done I realized it was gonna be pretty difficult with what I had but while looking through photos of mail trucks I came across pictures of the studebaker zip van and thought they looked pretty cool.. back to the cricut machine and I cut the outline to the zip van out.. this one’s gonna be ALOT more fun to build and less of a headache.. Anyone wondering I use for sale signs and plastic sheets and just stack it if I need thicker pieces.. it’s hard to get styrene sheets where I live and a forsale sign is a dollar.. lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattilacken Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Really cool! Any full scratch project is really cool and ambitious! Will be following! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Great project....it would be the perfect vehicle to be laser cut!!! I made a bunch of Lil Yeller before AMT re-popped! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridinframe Posted March 19, 2022 Author Share Posted March 19, 2022 30 minutes ago, Dave Van said: Great project....it would be the perfect vehicle to be laser cut!!! I made a bunch of Lil Yeller before AMT re-popped! Oh yeah just some curves but mostly a lot of straight angles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridinframe Posted March 19, 2022 Author Share Posted March 19, 2022 This is just coming together so easy. Back floor is in and the beginnings of the front are starting.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridinframe Posted March 19, 2022 Author Share Posted March 19, 2022 Floor and start of the dash is in.. this thing has been so much fun, everything is going together like a puzzle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 3 hours ago, Dave Van said: Great project....it would be the perfect vehicle to be laser cut!!! I made a bunch of Lil Yeller before AMT re-popped! Still got one of those patiently waiting it’s turn to get built 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridinframe Posted March 20, 2022 Author Share Posted March 20, 2022 Started adding the outside details.. just have to figure out a chassis and motor wise what I’m going to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterNNL Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 1 hour ago, ridinframe said: Started adding the outside details.. just have to figure out a chassis and motor wise what I’m going to do. Looks like .025" sheet to me. Very well planned and executed from here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridinframe Posted March 21, 2022 Author Share Posted March 21, 2022 Added a little more trim/body lines to the side and tossed in a bomber seat I made years ago and put wheel tubs in the back.. thinking of going with a weathered paint job with bigger style wheels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Really nice work.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Cool project and coming along nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Great Idea. This is coming out nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekcirb13 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Very interesting build, Josh. Can you please explain what a "cricut cutting machine" is for this uneducated modeler? Thanks much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne00 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 1 hour ago, rekcirb13 said: Can you please explain what a "cricut cutting machine" is for this uneducated modeler? Thanks much. https://cricut.com/en_us?sscid=31k6_r2o67&utm_campaign=2951323&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_source=shareasale.com& I know Hobby Lobby has them. 😁Rog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridinframe Posted March 28, 2022 Author Share Posted March 28, 2022 On 3/24/2022 at 7:19 PM, wayne00 said: https://cricut.com/en_us?sscid=31k6_r2o67&utm_campaign=2951323&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_source=shareasale.com& I know Hobby Lobby has them. 😁Rog I knew they were great for vinyl cutting for stickers or cutting stencils but I’ve come to realized that it’s a “tool” with endless possibilities.. I take a blue print or side and top views of what I want, figure out the 1:1 scale measurements and scale those down to 1:25 scale in an app on my phone and click make it. It won’t cut completely through the plastic but it will score it so the piece can be popped out with little clean up… I’m building a chassis now for this kit and we’ll see where that takes me.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridinframe Posted March 31, 2022 Author Share Posted March 31, 2022 Wheels came in today.. gonna paint them an off white, they should look nice with weathered paint on the van.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 This is really coming together. Nice looking work. Love those wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragcarz Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 This is so COOL, I love what your doing here. Great scratch building! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekcirb13 Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Thank you, guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekcirb13 Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Hi Roger, Thanks for getting back to me. For some reason, the link didn't work. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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