Drake69 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Finally getting around to messing with this one. Been wanting to do a custom van since my snap together model days of the 70's. I love these vans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaguar man 21 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Very cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunkypeanutbutter Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 How cooperative were those decals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drake69 Posted February 14, 2015 Author Share Posted February 14, 2015 (edited) How cooperative were those decals? Let me put it to you this way... I didn't even risk them. I IMMEDIATELY coated them with Liquid Decal Film and let them dry overnight. In the morning I took Deer Park mountain spring water, got it to boiling, let it cool down to lukewarm, then transferred to a clean Tupperware bowl. Next, I coated the area lightly with Micro Set and then soaked the decal in the warm water. After all this foolishness, the decal STILL wouldn't let go of the paper easily. I had to moisten the decal and my fingers five/six times to generate enough slide to move the decal off the paper. But once I had it sliding it went on like a glove. Of course it took a bit of slight adjusting with warm wet fingers, but I got it to behave and go on like it was supposed to. Then I put on a slight topcoat of Micro Set to smooth it all out. I will finish it later with a coat of Future polish to seal it on. Now, people will say that it was because of the LDF that it was so stubborn. If I hadn't used THAT it might have gone on easier. And it MIGHT have fractured into a thousand baby decal pieces like every other AMT/Round 2 decal I've tried to work with.... had I not used LDF. Believe me, I'd rather have an LDF-coated decal give me grief coming off of paper than ruin a beautiful billboard mural because the manufacturer made the sheets too thin to touch. Edited February 14, 2015 by Drake69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drake69 Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 More pix... Here is an example of a poorly placed decal... (will be made evident here soon!! ) And a decal borrowed from Dirty Donny... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drake69 Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 Better shot of side profile.... And a shot of the undercarriage work.... Captains chairs in place along with dashboard... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drake69 Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 Ok... here's where I got creative. Wheels/tires came from a Jeep CJ-7 kit I had that I had to cannibalize because the cat got ahold of it, and ended up with five wheels to work with. I decided to make up a tire carrier on the secondary back door of the van and place a license plate inside like they sometimes do here in Virginia, and now the decal error is evident... Ohh well... I might not use the other decal I have left over, and just keep it for some other model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drake69 Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 Almost done... still adding things and touching up some areas.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drake69 Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 Done! Pix in Under Glass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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