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Nice build.

I got this in the mail today. Pretty happy been after one for awhile to add to the van kit collection.

Very neat and tidy.

Looks the goods mate, what colour are you planning on painting it?

Tamiya cars and bikes go together very easily, well engineered and miles ahead of Revell, AMT etc. The only downside is that Tamiya make the most boring subjects(well in my eyes anyway). I don't want to build a F1 or BTCC car, I'd rather build a Chev van, Willys Gasser or 40 Ford coupe. Tamiyas bikes are well engineered to and I've build a couple and as everyone else has said, minimum mould lines, super detail and great fit.

All good Bob, There's no kit as such, mine was built from a resin body that a mate of mine cast. Hopefully they'll be some other resin ones available soon. They're panel vans, I've had heaps of discussion over the years about them with vanners from the U.S a minority call them sedan deliveries and refuse to accept them but the majority think they're cool as, love them and relate them to Mad Max's van. Glad you liked the Majestic Vanners site mate, there's a few of our vans featured in the current issue of Rolling Heavy magazine over there in the US.

Got a MPC Vette Van for $14.95......cost me $25 to ship it here.

Spot on Phil. Thanks mate.

As far as 1/25 scale I paid $85 for this plus around $25-30 to get it sent out from the states.

Some of my vans.

They're different kits. Differences in the bodies are a few comparing the MPC Sorcerer van to the Vanton/Phantom. MPC: Has larger Econoline badges on sides better detailed/nicer door handles separate side door Different fuel filler location to Phantom Different indicators There's several other differences to and the more you looked the more you'd find I think, the Sorcerer also runs funny shaped side windows. Looking at the two side by side I think the MPC body is nicer, seems to be crisper, nicer details and separate side door is a nice feature. Cheers Rob

Thanks guys for the positive comments.

Love the vans!! Cant wait to see this bad boy progress!

And two trucks I built that make pretty cool pics.

Here's a Holden van I built years ago.

Here's what comes to mind straight away.

Very cool indeed, awesome scratch building mate.

I was hoping to that it'd be an earlier issue than what we got in the Dirty Donny kit, I guess we'll just have to wait and see what they throw in the box........

Very cool build.

The paint looks a mile deep, loving watching this progress.

Why? He's seen it and commented on the body in another thread.

Great looking build, I have a bit of a soft spot for VW's.

Glad they made it Hal., looking forward to seeing your build up's of them when you get around to them mate. Cheers Rob

Very true Lyle, Ford didn't make them like this, the '32 sedan delivery they made was based in the tudor body and ran tudor length doors. (Making it a tudor delivery? ) These bodies run a front door the same length as a sedan, not a tudor, giving them a more useful and in proportion look for a sedan delivery. After all they were supposed to be a commercial vehicle so you'd think more cargo space would be important. Most other years ran a shorter sedan length door so this is a '32 Ford sedan delivery body if Ford had've built one with sedan length doors. Yes it's a phantom, but it looks like the one the factory should've made, had they have made a "proper" sedan delivery. Cheers Rob

Drag it out Roger and get into it!!! The decals are off a Revell Chevy Citation low rider kit.