Beer Wagon for those on the wagon

[unclescott58]

Found the decals on eBay. They are offered by Firebird Designs. I've had very little interest in the past of building Tom Daniel's Beer Wagon until I saw these decals. I live on Mountain Dew (mainly diet). And have loved the stuff since it first went nationwide back in the mid-60s. So I had to do it.

Other than decals, it's a straight forward, out of the box build. Paint is Testors One Coat Lacquer #1835 Lime Green. One minor modification. One of the taillight bracket was missing from kit. Even though I bought a sealed kit. This was not big deal as I looked at the one remaining. I didn't like the flimsy design of bracket. So I cut the other side off. Cut the top of the lights, and mounted them closer in.

Fun kit. I hope you like it.

Scott

Edited May 26, 2014 by unclescott58

[The Moparian]

That is so cool. I love the throwback label design.

[cobraman]

Nice. I do the Dew too !

[Ira]

Looks Great!

[TFchronos]

Awesome build!

[slusher]

Super cool build. I really like that. I give you props on this builds..

[Brett Barrow]

Very cool, but what else would you expect from a Tom Daniel kit? Revellogram did an "RC Cola" edition back a few years ago:

[unclescott58]

Yeh, I remember the RC Cola Wagon. I believe it was done because Walmart refused to sell anything alcohol related to kids. I like RC, but when that kit was on the shelf I had no interest in it. It's my love of Mountian Dew that got me interested in building this kit.

Scott

Edited June 16, 2014 by unclescott58

[Brett Barrow]

How were the Firebird decals? I have a set of their 69 Camaro Pace Car decals on the way.

[DumpyDan]

Very cool look, where did you get the decals? If you made them would you be willing to make another set and perhaps other pop company names?

[DumpyDan]

Guess I should have read the blurb first...........DUH

[unclescott58]

How were the Firebird decals? I have a set of their 69 Camaro Pace Car decals on the way.

They are OK. I had a little trouble. The larger decals for bed floor and roof, etc., took forever to loosen from their paper backing. Some of the inks used did not react well to Micro Sol setting solution. You may notice a little blurring/smear look on the front grille decal and the barrel tops. You also need to cut around the decal very closely, since they are printed on a white decal backing film rather than clear. In general I like the decals. They are not as good as those from Keith Marks, up in Winnipeg.

Scott

Edited June 16, 2014 by unclescott58

[bondo bill]

yahoo cool dew

[PappyD340]

COOOOOOL!

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[Chris White]

very very well done

[crazyjim]

Yahoo Mountain Dew. Very nice build. I'm an RC Cola man so I built the RC version.

[unclescott58]

Never seen an RC version built Jim. Any chance you can post pictures?

Scott

[crazyjim]

Sure Scott.

[Tom Geiger]

Nice trucks! I'm more of a Coke Zero or Diet Dr Pepper kinda guy! Whenever I fill my two huge coolers with soda for our club, I have to be sure to put a 12 pack of Dew in there... otherwise I hear whining!

Has anyone taken the cab from the Beer Wagon to use on either stock light commercial or rat rod / street rod applications? I have a box I got at a show that has the tortured remains of several of these. Ah,,, so many ideas, so little time!

[unclescott58]

Thanks for photos Jim. Very nice job, as always. By the way, for Tom and others, Firebird does make the same decals for other soft drinks. And some not so soft drinks. So I hope this may inspire more people to build more Beer Wagons as something other than the Beer Wagon. It would be fun to see what others come up with.

Scott

[Danno]

Very nice!!!

[Modelbuilder Mark]

Looks cool! But, I bet you knew you would Dew it justice. (rim shot)

[unclescott58]

Looks cool! But, I bet you knew you would Dew it justice. (rim shot)

Great pun, Mark! I love it.

Scott

[mnwildpunk]

It dew look good. You did this kit dew justice. Ok I got it out my system sorry great job on this