W-409 Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 This Chevy Van was built from Revell's recent re-issue of Monogram's old kit. The kit was okay, though there was pretty much Mold flash and other cleanup to do. My plan was to build Chevy Van with '70s style but at the end I decided not to install some equipment like Side Pipes or other stuff like that. The build started when I bought those Turbine Wheels from a friend who cast them in resin. Very nice quality, so I had to install them somewhere. I thought this would be great body for them, so I fitted them on kit's tires. Body and chassis were painted Metallic Red from spray can. Then I clear coated them and body got some polishing. Chassis went together well, and I decided to keep that stance too that came when assembling chassis with kit parts. Interior was fairly simple, it was built with box stock parts, I only added seat belts and some painted details. Some BMF on the body and final assembly, which went well. If you have any questions, ask me and I'll try to answer. All kinds of comments are welcome.
Scuderia Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 That's a really cool lookin' van, the wheels really give it a bit of attitude but it's still clean and classy. Nice job!
crazyjim Posted July 18, 2013 Posted July 18, 2013 Kinda on the high side, but I sure like the SHINY :)
Danno Posted July 21, 2013 Posted July 21, 2013 Nice build, and you are right . . . the wheels are perfect on that van.
W-409 Posted July 24, 2013 Author Posted July 24, 2013 Thanks guys for the kind comments! I appreciate them a lot. I really like how this one turned out, too. Except polishing, it was a lot of fun to build, but I've never liked polishing and this body had lots of smooth surfaces to polish. But it turned out okay.
zenrat Posted July 26, 2013 Posted July 26, 2013 Good job Niko. The chrome (or would it be stainless)trim looks good.
tomsheehy Posted July 27, 2013 Posted July 27, 2013 I can hear Sammy Johns singing in the background...
Guest Posted July 27, 2013 Posted July 27, 2013 (edited) Nice van, tho I would have preferred Cragars on it. Edited July 27, 2013 by midnightprowler
W-409 Posted July 28, 2013 Author Posted July 28, 2013 Thanks guys! Yeah Cragars would have been nice also, especially the 5 spoke ones. But those aren't bad either I think, or actually, I even like them. Gotta check the Sammy Johns out, never heard of him.
crowe-t Posted August 13, 2013 Posted August 13, 2013 NIke, Your van looks great! In fact it reminds me of a '76 Chevy van a friend had years ago. He had the same wheels but it was green metallic.
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