Mr.Zombie

It has swedish plates because my main inspirations for this come from a photostream of a swedish dude: https://www.flickr.com/photos/32687125@N05/albums

I'm glad you like it friends. Bruce, the kit is in 1:24. Actually a transit. Resin of best quality, only the proportions of the car are a fair bit off. Hence the tyres on the roof, to camouflage it at least a bit... The car... Hmmm, yea, it's an odd one, here are pics of mine (4 door though) 21257903220_293757b97b_c.jpg Right on Man! Thanks, and that is the RIGHT attitude! Very cool!

Thank you very much. I'm glad you enjoy it. I don't think the numberplate is "too new", they are out of aluminium, don't rust (the only thing that rusts are the screws they are attached with, and that creates streaks), and unless you drive in salt or mud they don't really get dirty...

And the last bunch. Thanks.

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Hello there. This is my latest model. It's a Ford Taunus P3 from 1964. The kit is from Finnland, Juha Airios company Air Trax produces(d) these in resin as a transkit for Tamiya Lotus 7. But it's a strange kit as it requires just a few parts form the Lotus and a fair bit of scratchbuilding. The quality of the cast is over the top, the detal is crisp and there is alot of stuff going on, but the model tself is rather poorly executed. I suspect that Juha might have mixed up the latter model, the P5 Taunus into this kit. I changed what i could, redone a bunch of small things like the top line of the fenders, lamps, the wheelarches and so on, but the biggest mistake of the model is the roof, which is too flat, and he whle section is too far in the middle, which causes the trunk area look too long,the hood too short, position of the wheels seems wrong and so on. For a while I thought it was the lack of the front window that caused it to look "off", but as I progressed and actually glued in the windshield, I noticed where the kit is wrong. I was ready to give up, but found pics of an abandoned Ford Escort with all kinds of Junk on top, ad opted for "hiding" the areas that were not correct. This is what i ended up with. Have fun, thanks for looking.

WOOOOOOW! These are exceptional! The subject, the build, the presentation! I love it! Absolutley awesome!

Super nice! I love how your paint finish comes out, and how clean they are. And what interesting subjects! Supercool.

Wow, how clean!

Thanks Folks! Hope that I'll be able to show something next year too.

I'm a ridiculously slow builder, so it's a miracle that I was able to finish three models this year. First one was the VW bug, that kinda' sorta' counts as 2014, because most of it was done then. Nevertheless, finished after new years, so here it is: Then I managed to put together my Ford Transit that I began in January: And I finished the little Vespa from Tamiya: Not much, but it is something. It means that I have only three half finished projects, and that at least one of them will be done around January if I keep the pace... Have a good New Years folks!

It needs a dent in the rear pan, right under the bumper on the drivers side.

Can you still carefully draw/paint a very thin silver line around the Ford logo? It took me a while til I noticed, but there was something "wrong with it". Furthermore, these grilles were either with the middle stripe and a chromed frame, or all plastic in black. So either a frame around it or paint the silver stripes black. I'd go for the frame if you still can, and if it fits your documentation, it gives the car more character.

Thanks. I'm rather appy with it too.

Hello, I build myself a Vespa. I used the old Tamiya kit "Campus Friends". The motorcycle consists of 7 kit parts, and 46 I made from scratch. Originally I planned to put it in the back of my recently finished Ford Van (http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/108150-1984-ford-transit-esci-124/), but now I'm not sure. Kind of like it, and it may end up somewhere else. Thanks for looking, have a nice day. Or evening. Watever it is where you are right now. Ahoi! AM

Progress is slow. Very...

Well, I did. But I don't think they are very convincing...

Looks completley real...

I scratchbuild the wipers out of 9 pieces each. I planned to order photoetch parts, but as you can see, everything can be built from scraps and junk... And that's a wrap. It's done: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/108150-1984-ford-transit-esci-124/

And the last bunch: Thanks! Have a nice day or evening or whatever, depending on where in the world you are. Greetings from frosty Denmark!

Sorry for so many pics, but I finish only one model a year, so I also end up making 365 pictures...

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Hello, welcome to my new gallery! It's my first finished model of 2015, the kit is a 1984 Ford Transit by Esci in 1:24. Quite rare, and nowadays very pricey. I was able to get mine from Kingkit in the UK for about 1/3rd of what they go for on Ebay, and though I had in mind how it should end up even before I had bought it, I had my doubts once I opened the box. But then, chances are slim that you'll see one of these on the next modelshow unlike a VW bus. I know of only five of these built, and this is the only one built like that. The kit itself is a curbside, the chassis detail is only very rudimentary, and if you'd intend to display the bottom, you'd have to do some serious scratchmods. The interior needs work, and the body is one of the best scale car bodies I have ever seen, and if you spent some time on details (the kit is 33 years old), you'd end up with a fairly correct, very rare model of a very popular* van. *These are still holding the record for the most popular getaway vehicles for bankjobs, no kidding. I decided to super detail the kit to a certain degree. Sometimes the changes were just cosmetic, sometimes, they were necessary. My changes are as follows: - added visible bolts to the chassis - chromed all surfaces under the turnsignals and rear lights - added 4 screws to each turnsignal - added screws and modified the grille - scratch built the lenses of the front lights - added lugs and valve stems to each wheel - scratch built mudflaps - scratch built the hubcaps - modified the doorhandles - added door buttons - drilled out the exhaust - added the seat piping - built the seat posts - built the rails for the drivers seat - sculpted the floor mats - modified the shifter - built the missing window posts - added screws to the numberpaltes - added headliner - added levers for light, turnsignals, and wipers - scratch built the wipers All in all I managed to add about 182 elements if I count correctly. Here's the link to the workshop section: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/99167-1984-ford-transit-by-esci/?page=1 This is the car I was using for reference: This is the interior during the construction... I built a fire extinguisher, a jerry can, a tool box, a clipboard with a pencil, a pack of cigarettes, and a bit of junk for the cab... The toolbox: And this is all of that with the van wrapped around it:

Yea, I thought so too, and passed on one for 140, then a dude I know got a mint Hertz version for 280 bucks and was out of his mind of happiness... I guess for 100 bucks, it was a good buy, given the rarity of the model and the actual quality of it. It would be easier to pass on it if it was junk, like the Revell Mercedes W124 which only looks kind of like a Mercedes... However. I began to build the inerior, and I can't stand interiors. I added the seams around the seats, I damaged them, I built the seatposts from scratch and made rubber mats for the floor, built a toolbox...