Canada Post delivery van

[dptydawg]

I picked up a Tamyia Toyota Hiace van kit awhile back. The van is right hand drive, has tiny rear dual tires and larger front tires. I decided that the most likely use for this vehicle in Canada would be as a mail delivery truck. I built it with larger rims and tires both front and back. I had to alter the rear suspension slightly to get a level stance.
 After I got it painted I some how misplaced the rear door panel. Its large red with blue and white stripes and gone???. So I fabricated a roll up door as a replacement. Since the body was already painted I left the hinge halves on the side panels. The ribbed sides were difficult to mask cleanly and there is a bit of bleed through on the edges. The graphics are printed on plain paper and covered with packing tape then attached with 2 sided tape

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking
Carl

Edited February 2, 2016 by dptydawg

[Davewilly]

looks good..the little van gets put to good use in the model world.  I might need to pick one up sometime.

[vintagercr]

I don't think I have seen that kit before...looks good

[DumpyDan]

Well done, I use to have this kit but in a stupid moment I sold it

[peter31a]

Very cool! It does look quite appropriate as a Canada Post vehicle. Kudos!

[martinfan5]

The reason being for the smaller rear tires is so the cargo area can be completely flat and not have wheel wells taking up floor space. 

[dptydawg]

Thanks Guys for all the positive comments.

 I didn't think that it looked right with the small tires on the rear.  Those tires will not go to waste though. I think they are the perfect size to put under a snowmobile trailer. That will be a future build.

Thanks

Carl