martinfan5 Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Very cool, nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chirps Posted November 9, 2022 Author Share Posted November 9, 2022 7 hours ago, martinfan5 said: Very cool, nice work Thanks for the comments! Highly appreciated... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koellefornia Kid Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Very well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chirps Posted November 9, 2022 Author Share Posted November 9, 2022 3 hours ago, Koellefornia Kid said: Very well done! Thank you for the comments - your builds are quite impressive!! I'm actually working on the 1955 ford panel now and contemplating whether to do it as a 4x4 or a slammed truck. Decisions, decisions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutzie Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Great looking build! Welcome to the group. Looking forward to seeing your next project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill lanfear Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Nice work on this overall, just enough wear! I am also looking forward to seeing more of your work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chirps Posted November 14, 2022 Author Share Posted November 14, 2022 On 11/13/2022 at 8:26 AM, Dutzie said: Great looking build! Welcome to the group. Looking forward to seeing your next project. Thanks for the comment! I'm a slow builder, but there's a few different things in the works! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chirps Posted November 14, 2022 Author Share Posted November 14, 2022 18 hours ago, bill lanfear said: Nice work on this overall, just enough wear! I am also looking forward to seeing more of your work. Thank you Bill! I have lots of ideas, just limited time and skill; hopefully I'll knock out a couple this winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael F Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Very cool overlander van, Steve ! The wheels, the roofrack and the frontbumper with the winch - great !! I like cars fully equipped with needfull stuff for long journeys. I´ve put some stuff on my Land Rover for a tour from London to Capetown... www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/160039-revell-land-rover/#comment-2374935 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chirps Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 16 hours ago, Michael F said: Very cool overlander van, Steve ! The wheels, the roofrack and the frontbumper with the winch - great !! I like cars fully equipped with needfull stuff for long journeys. I´ve put some stuff on my Land Rover for a tour from London to Capetown... www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/160039-revell-land-rover/#comment-2374935 Thank you so much for your kind words Michael! Your LR is amazing! That's the kind of work I aspire to do. Your weathering is spot on and the rack contents are outstanding. It looks like it's ready for whatever journey throws at it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLHCAHZ Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 Very Nice and realistic build. I agree with the others that it looks genuinely real, the tires are spot in. Very nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chirps Posted November 17, 2022 Author Share Posted November 17, 2022 8 hours ago, FLHCAHZ said: Very Nice and realistic build. I agree with the others that it looks genuinely real, the tires are spot in. Very nice work. Thanks for the comment - it's much appreciated! I highly recommend Fireball for the tires. Much better than 99% of the kit tires out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarheelRick Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 (edited) Well, you beat me to it. I have been collecting very much the same kits and some other pieces to build one similar. Just hope when I get to mine it will look as good as yours. You did some excellent work on this build. Edited November 18, 2022 by TarheelRick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chirps Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 11 hours ago, TarheelRick said: Well, you beat me to it. I have been collecting very much the same kits and some other pieces to build one similar. Just hope when I get to mine it will look as good as yours. You did some excellent work on this build. Thanks for the comment! This one had been rattling around in my head for a while and it was just time to get it done. I had the original (mpc?) 4x4 version of this van as a kid but they are as rare as hen's teeth now and stratospherically expensive. One would think the conversion would be easy, but the pickups seem to be much narrower for some reason. Good luck with yours and I look forward to seeing it when it's done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maindrian Pace Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 Coolest build I've ever seen of that kit, original, clean, and well executed. Didn't know that R/C parts like that existed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chirps Posted November 20, 2022 Author Share Posted November 20, 2022 8 hours ago, Maindrian Pace said: Coolest build I've ever seen of that kit, original, clean, and well executed. Didn't know that R/C parts like that existed. Thanks for the comment. I didn’t know either until they showed up as “suggested for you” on Amazon. It certainly helped move the build along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echo Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 I like van models. I've seen a few real 4X4 vans and your model looks really nice, I'm sure the conversion to a 4X4 was a lot of work, it looks like it was made that way out of the box so the model is very successful, the Fireball tires look good too as does all of his stuff and add a so much to the van. Great work on your part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chirps Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 16 hours ago, echo said: I like van models. I've seen a few real 4X4 vans and your model looks really nice, I'm sure the conversion to a 4X4 was a lot of work, it looks like it was made that way out of the box so the model is very successful, the Fireball tires look good too as does all of his stuff and add a so much to the van. Great work on your part. Thank you so much for your comments! As is always the case, it seemed like it would be easy at the outset, but once I got into it, there was quite a bit of modification needed. Nothing is ever simple!! I know that MPC/Amt? made a 4x4 version of this van back in the 80's but they're rare and prohibitively expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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