StanGlover Posted November 10, 2020 Posted November 10, 2020 Here is my ‘82 custom Dodge Van! It’s the re-released “Bad Company” kit from MPC, with my own mix on the decals. The black flaming horse decals came from the MPC Pinto Pony Express re-issue, and the sunset flaming horse came from the recent release AMT ‘66 Mustang coupe kit. I thought the wizard decals in the kit looked goofy so I swapped in those horse flame decals. I think they look like they belong together! I painted the body in Tamiya X-12 Gold Leaf, and the interior in XF-7 flat red, with Future on the seats, dash and walls. This was my first time using Future floor polish and I am definitely a convert! The body paint really pops with three thin coats of future. FYI, it’s now called “Pledge Revive It Floor Gloss Original” - it took me a while to find the current name and I had to order it from Amazon. The interior is mostly box stock, but I added a simple mini fridge and 32” flat screen tv that I modeled up in CAD and had my brother 3D print for me. The TV wall mount is just a cut piece of scrap sprue. Overall this kit went together pretty well, but it took some finessing to get the interior tub and chassis to seat properly in the body. The large glass roof panel is definitely supposed to be glued in from the inside, but it then won’t fit with the cab partition panel in place. I left it removable and just set it in from the outside. I wanted to use the chrome side exit exhaust pipes, but there doesn’t seem to be a way to actually attach them to the body or frame without doing custom fab. I didn’t realize this until final assembly so I won’t bother adding an exhaust. This kit’s eye candy is up top anyway, no one is ever going to look underneath! I probably should have left the engine out too since you can’t really see it. This is definitely the wildest looking kit I’ve ever done, and I had a blast doing it. I grew up well after the custom van scene died out, but it definitely needs to make a comeback!
Claude Thibodeau Posted November 10, 2020 Posted November 10, 2020 Hi Zack! Wow, talk about going back in time... The partitions behind the seats, mimicking glass bottles, just got me back sitting in my 64 Econoline. That was so typical of the era. Thanks for the memories! Bravo. CT
espo Posted November 11, 2020 Posted November 11, 2020 Great looking "Sin Bin". I like the way you did the decals better than the box art showed.
BeakDoc Posted November 22, 2020 Posted November 22, 2020 As the kids say nowadays, “that’s siiiiiick.” Truly awesome van build. Been wanting to pick one of these up for a while now. This may have just pushed me over the edge.
Spottedlaurel Posted December 1, 2020 Posted December 1, 2020 That looks great! I really like your take on it.
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