empinut Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 (edited) Thought I would finish a custom crew cab bus that I started a while ago. body work was done and I painted a metallic blue/green. Found a flaw in the paint so I may re-spray. Roof panel and bumpers will be bright white. The crew cab is custom because there are no extra doors and no side gates. Not very practical, but smooths out the look. I converted the cabin to the rare walk through option so the rearseat could be accessed. This was supposed to be a quick build, but I could not leave well enough alone. The chassis pan was massaged and detailed and the front beam is a detailed unit from the revell Calf roller bus. The arms were flipped and the beam raised in the chassis to dump the stance. The wheel wells were raised for clearance. The rear beam and trailing arms were lowered. The hasegawa unit was shaved down and smoothed out to make it look more realistic, plus an extra trans unit was added to the top of the flat bottom unit. I added the top end or made the "short block" into a "long block"! I may have to open up the engine compartment door now? Wheels are wide 5 old school Rostyle sprintstar custom made from old Revell custom 56 chevy rims. Edited November 16, 2013 by empinut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Bill, there is no such thing as a quick build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 That will be sweet ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jouko Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Resin kit from Germany: http://www.scaleproduction.de/product_info.php?info=p1581_v-w--doka---crewcab--1966.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 hmm cool ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
empinut Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 Thanks Tom, Ray,Jouko and Richard. Tom, I only have 25 kits in my built/unbuilt stash, and I feel the need to finish 2 to 3 more per year. Most of the 25 are vw, no surprise. Jouka, I had that resin Doka in my "shopping cart" a few times, but decided to use kits already in my stash to make my own. I also started a Binz crew cab just to be different. If your not into body work, the resin kit is a great start. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Love this...had a 1:1 '62 for many years and stupidly let it get away. Yours is looking great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jzaaijer Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Looks promising! Can't wait to see more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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