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My mind is off in wild directions again.   This time, I'm taking a 59 Cadillac ambulance and turning it into a VIP space shuttle craft.   I call it the Space Caddy.

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I've enclosed the front wheel well and added some detail coming from the front bumper.

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The left rear door had to be sealed/eliminated to make room for the seating.

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The holes for the roof lights that I'm not using were being a pain, so I just added decorative strips over them.

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I am restructuring the interior with added seats and the rear section will be closed off for luggage.

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The steel roles from the AMT flatbed trailer are going to be repurposed as lift off pods/parking pads.

I have plans of mating this to pieces from the AMT Star Trek Enterprise.   The way that my brain works, who knows what will be the result?   I'll also be covering this on my Modeling Hermit YouTube channel, for those that want to follow along.

It will no where no Caddy has gone before.

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I have paint on the body. My first paint idea was to be fairly mild, and then I thought to go wild, but decided to hit in the middle. The interior has been separated into sections. The front is for the pilot who pushes buttons for control and has several control pods, and a security person with his own machinery. The rear is just for luggage. The center is for passengers with seating designed for their importance. I did give them a drink dispenser, and for the more important passengers, a little console to set their drinks on. They also get the better chairs. I'm just about ready for the "space stuff" so keep watching.

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 Very cool idea Douglas. Is that Tamiya light pearl red on the body? I will be following along as you progress. I am interested in the “space stuff”, as one day, I would like to try this type of build.

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PXL_20241006_053755252.thumb.jpg.6aa11d0afef69f58d1e9dc818ff78318.jpgI have it completed and it sits here as at a space port.

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I'm just using a phone for the pictures, so they're not very good, but at least you can get an idea of what it  looks like.

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I had big plans for this, with some outrageous accents, but it just needed to be built with class.

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I was having trouble designing a chassis, so I broke into my stash of junk pieces.

 

Thanks to those who watched and lent support for this.   It is my hope that You've been inspired to step out of the box and try something unusual.

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