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Revell 1/16th Chevy Custom Van Movin' Out WIP *DONE*
Greetings all!
One from the 'Made a lousy job of building it the first time around so let's se if I can do better this time' list.
Sadly my wishes and skills were not within a bloody country mile of each other back then.
Though I think i've closed the gap to a few hundred yards since then.
To the kit now, all this and more pics are on the website WIP log:
http://www.ianlawrencemodels.com/wipmovinout.html
To cut what will be a long story as short as possible...
Here's the kit I managed to get off weevilbay almost 10 years ago.
An oldie for sure but a goodie methinks.
All the bits are there and completely untouched which is always a bonus. I won't bore you with all the sprue shots, those are all on the WIP log,
but this has a pretty decent interior with a western theme. I intend to detail out to the best of my ability and build on what's there.
And what's in there screams 1970's...
The reel to reel tape deck.
I will replace that with a 3D printed one.
The built in black and white TV and plenty of diamond pattern Naugahyde vynil on the walls.
Right then, the start of the build...
The frame/chassis parts cleaned up with the steps and holes it shouldn't have, patched and filled as required.
Frame with steering/suspension stuff all assembled by the numbers and glued to the floor plate.
A decent coat of gunship grey...
Mucho black wash and neutral grey drybrushing later gets this...
Firewall, supplied piping and brake lines all on.
Granted that this is most likely never going to get seen once the model is done but it's a decent paintwork excercise so all good.
Same will be true for the engine, speaking of which and a by the numbers assembly again with only the supplied parts.
The assembled and cleaned up small block V8 and transmission.
Dark orange, metallic grey and silver where needed, dark dirt wash and a bit of drybrushing got the basis done.
The rest of the detail bits got thrown at it, the supplied ingnition wiring also.
Sides of the floor plate given a lick of silver, some aluminium foil tape for carpet divider strips laid on.
Flocking time of a sort! Red leather painted in the areas to get the slightly fuzzy stuff.
Used embossing powder for the carpet, much raw and thinneed PVA got slapped on in sveral layers to get the ruffled/70's shagplie effect as near as I could manage.
That will do. Radiator, piping, engine, drive shaft and fuel tank installed.
Now to turn my attention to the meat of the matter, the interior stuff.
The engine cover part. Vallejo red leather base, drybrushed up with light brown, desert yellow, then the same in two layers with some white added.
A coat of satin varnish for the genuine 70's Naugahyde vynil look.
The tray/storage bin gone over with the left over desert yellow/white mix.
Drinks tray done in insignia white.
Now since this is a 70's van, we have a reel to reel tape deck but always in need of an 8 Track player so
some 3D printing got one installed in the dash.
And a dry fitted cassette end.
Of course we need some driving music and can't go wrong with some Pink Floyd, The Doobie Brothers and Boston.
3D printed cores, a bit of paint and some DIY waterslide decals.
And what road trip happens without soda?
Like the tapes, 3D printed cores, paint and decals.
Dry fit looksee and methinks I kinda like what I see so it's a start.
That'll do it for now, more to come at some point.
One from the 'Made a lousy job of building it the first time around so let's se if I can do better this time' list.
Sadly my wishes and skills were not within a bloody country mile of each other back then.
Though I think i've closed the gap to a few hundred yards since then.
To the kit now, all this and more pics are on the website WIP log:
http://www.ianlawrencemodels.com/wipmovinout.html
To cut what will be a long story as short as possible...
Here's the kit I managed to get off weevilbay almost 10 years ago.
An oldie for sure but a goodie methinks.
All the bits are there and completely untouched which is always a bonus. I won't bore you with all the sprue shots, those are all on the WIP log,
but this has a pretty decent interior with a western theme. I intend to detail out to the best of my ability and build on what's there.
And what's in there screams 1970's...
The reel to reel tape deck.
I will replace that with a 3D printed one.
The built in black and white TV and plenty of diamond pattern Naugahyde vynil on the walls.
Right then, the start of the build...
The frame/chassis parts cleaned up with the steps and holes it shouldn't have, patched and filled as required.
Frame with steering/suspension stuff all assembled by the numbers and glued to the floor plate.
A decent coat of gunship grey...
Mucho black wash and neutral grey drybrushing later gets this...
Firewall, supplied piping and brake lines all on.
Granted that this is most likely never going to get seen once the model is done but it's a decent paintwork excercise so all good.
Same will be true for the engine, speaking of which and a by the numbers assembly again with only the supplied parts.
The assembled and cleaned up small block V8 and transmission.
Dark orange, metallic grey and silver where needed, dark dirt wash and a bit of drybrushing got the basis done.
The rest of the detail bits got thrown at it, the supplied ingnition wiring also.
Sides of the floor plate given a lick of silver, some aluminium foil tape for carpet divider strips laid on.
Flocking time of a sort! Red leather painted in the areas to get the slightly fuzzy stuff.
Used embossing powder for the carpet, much raw and thinneed PVA got slapped on in sveral layers to get the ruffled/70's shagplie effect as near as I could manage.
That will do. Radiator, piping, engine, drive shaft and fuel tank installed.
Now to turn my attention to the meat of the matter, the interior stuff.
The engine cover part. Vallejo red leather base, drybrushed up with light brown, desert yellow, then the same in two layers with some white added.
A coat of satin varnish for the genuine 70's Naugahyde vynil look.
The tray/storage bin gone over with the left over desert yellow/white mix.
Drinks tray done in insignia white.
Now since this is a 70's van, we have a reel to reel tape deck but always in need of an 8 Track player so
some 3D printing got one installed in the dash.
And a dry fitted cassette end.
Of course we need some driving music and can't go wrong with some Pink Floyd, The Doobie Brothers and Boston.
3D printed cores, a bit of paint and some DIY waterslide decals.
And what road trip happens without soda?
Like the tapes, 3D printed cores, paint and decals.
Dry fit looksee and methinks I kinda like what I see so it's a start.
That'll do it for now, more to come at some point.
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Re: Revell 1/16th Chevy Custom Van Movin' Out
That brings back a lot of memories, modeling and otherwise. Crazy how many more tools, techniques and materials we have today versus when this kit first came out. Love the soda cans and 8 track cartridges, and you nailed the Naugahyde. Looking forward to seeing more.
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ILModels wrote:Greetings all!
One from the 'Made a lousy job of building it the first time around so let's se if I can do better this time' list.
Sadly my wishes and skills were not within a bloody country mile of each other back then.
Though I think i've closed the gap to a few hundred yards since then. . . .
- Well if ANYONE would get Olympic Gold it'd be that "Ian" fella - and (to clarify) that sure as heck ain't ME!
Breathtaking detail, skills and finish mate.
- Well if ANYONE would get Olympic Gold it'd be that "Ian" fella - and (to clarify) that sure as heck ain't ME!
ILModels wrote: . . . Of course we need some driving music and can't go wrong with some Pink Floyd, The Doobie Brothers and Boston.
3D printed cores, a bit of paint and some DIY waterslide decals . . .
- Hell yeah !!!!
- (* ever fancied doing one of those "Starsky & Hutch" striped tomato's? *)
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I thank ya! It is indeed crazy how much more is available out there and how much more can be done. I just know that without some items, I could never got it looking a sharp as it does with my failing eyesight and fine motor skills so all goodoverspray wrote:That brings back a lot of memories, modeling and otherwise. Crazy how many more tools, techniques and materials we have today versus when this kit first came out. Love the soda cans and 8 track cartridges, and you nailed the Naugahyde. Looking forward to seeing more.
I thank ye kindly Brother Spike!Heavy Metal Spike wrote:Breathtaking detail, skills and finish mate.
Not recently but that could change(* ever fancied doing one of those "Starsky & Hutch" striped tomato's? *)
Well things going on and update page posted:
http://www.ianlawrencemodels.com/wipmovinout3.html
It has all you have already seen and some stuff not shown above...so i'll now show that below.
Made a start on the reel to reel tape deck, and by making a start, i mean making it go away.
Now I had an idea for a long while about this so time to see if that idea has any merit. Out with the polygon punching program and 12 meshes run up to make this.
Idea being to use a tiny motor and gearbox the make the reels turn. Prototype print done and assembled.
Unfortunately the gearbox has a top end of 60 RPM. When transferred to the reels, that makes it about 4 RPM.
Way too slow so higher rev unit on the way at this time of keyboard pounding.
Overall looks way better than the stock part so winning so far
The printed unit is held in by four 1.5 X 3mm screws which don't look too far out of place scale wise so good enough for me.
More to come some time or another.
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Cool lil kit and I love the upgrades you're doing to the details. Anxious to see completed results. You're doing a really fantastic job so far.
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As with all your stuff, this is insane! (in a good way)
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8-tracks and a Tab - groovy (awesome detail and scratch work)
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Mike, Trev and Dale, I thank ye most kindly!
Still plodding on and the reel to reel is pretty much a done thing.
Pics!!
To keep it short and sweet, parts printed proper, some paint, decals, a couple of SMD LEDs and a bit of faffing about get's this.
Test fit looks good.
Housing all painted up with stock drink bottles painted and fitted.
A sliver of 5thou" styrene painted and placed for the tape through the heads look.
Whole thing assembled and decals added to the reels.
And powered up, all running off 3 volts.
Video of it doing it's thing on Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-U1wM6dk2Q
Another part down, several to go.
Still plodding on and the reel to reel is pretty much a done thing.
Pics!!
To keep it short and sweet, parts printed proper, some paint, decals, a couple of SMD LEDs and a bit of faffing about get's this.
Test fit looks good.
Housing all painted up with stock drink bottles painted and fitted.
A sliver of 5thou" styrene painted and placed for the tape through the heads look.
Whole thing assembled and decals added to the reels.
And powered up, all running off 3 volts.
Video of it doing it's thing on Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-U1wM6dk2Q
Another part down, several to go.
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If the vans a rockin'...
Just subscribed to your YouTube channel. Love your in progress work.
Just subscribed to your YouTube channel. Love your in progress work.
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Niiice…
It's not that I think stupidity should be punishable by death.
I just think we should take the warning labels off of everything and let the problem take care of itself.
I just think we should take the warning labels off of everything and let the problem take care of itself.
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I can honestly say that in all my years on the Clubhouse, I have never seen anyone else that has the combination of talents and lunacy that you have mate.
Unbelievable, and SO brilliant
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Unbelievable, and SO brilliant
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I think that sums things up nicely.Heavy Metal Spike wrote:I can honestly say that in all my years on the Clubhouse, I have never seen anyone else that has the combination of talents and lunacy that you have mate.
Unbelievable, and SO brilliant
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Many thanks all! It's muchly apprecated
Touched in the head I grant you but my point remains
*sniff* That's the nicest thing anyones ever said about me in years..I am touched mate...Heavy Metal Spike wrote:I can honestly say that in all my years on the Clubhouse, I have never seen anyone else that has the combination of talents and lunacy that you have mate.
Touched in the head I grant you but my point remains
Most kind Brother SpikeUnbelievable, and SO brilliant .
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Hiya gang!
Just a little update as such. All you have seen in the latest bit plus a wee bit more, all on the latest update page.
http://www.ianlawrencemodels.com/wipmovinout4.html
Slightly abridged version in pics and minimal waffle as follows...
No decals for the dash but some image searching and laser printed decal doo-dads got that sorted.
A little bit of paintwork, two tiny styrene chips for the AC sliders, fitted the cassette end in to the 8 Track player and calling the dash a done deal.
On to the seats. Orange brown base, mucho light brown and white drybrushing on the cushion areas.
The rest of the seats got a Flory Models rust wash duly stippled on for that 70's patterned vynil look.
A goodly coat of matt varnish to the cushion parts, satin for the rest.
Seats and engine cover installed proper.
Stock material and parts for the seat belts sorted.
Steering wheel/column sorted and in place.
That's all for now.
Later you lot!
Just a little update as such. All you have seen in the latest bit plus a wee bit more, all on the latest update page.
http://www.ianlawrencemodels.com/wipmovinout4.html
Slightly abridged version in pics and minimal waffle as follows...
No decals for the dash but some image searching and laser printed decal doo-dads got that sorted.
A little bit of paintwork, two tiny styrene chips for the AC sliders, fitted the cassette end in to the 8 Track player and calling the dash a done deal.
On to the seats. Orange brown base, mucho light brown and white drybrushing on the cushion areas.
The rest of the seats got a Flory Models rust wash duly stippled on for that 70's patterned vynil look.
A goodly coat of matt varnish to the cushion parts, satin for the rest.
Seats and engine cover installed proper.
Stock material and parts for the seat belts sorted.
Steering wheel/column sorted and in place.
That's all for now.
Later you lot!
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All I can say is WOW!
So much detail. So precisely done.
So realistic.
This has been a complete joy to watch unfold so far.
So much detail. So precisely done.
So realistic.
This has been a complete joy to watch unfold so far.
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Damn
Paraphrasing (there's a good word for a Wednesday) Trev's observation - reading/viewing Ian's updates (here AND via his website links) is SO uplifting.
Every addition is like watching an episode of a much-loved TV show, or the next movie release from your favourite franchise.
Usually you have to meet, or at least SEE & HEAR people for charisma to come through, but Ian's posts manage to radiate that through words & pictures.
Ever-adaptive modelling skills, inventiveness, perseverance, high-quality photography . . . all topped-off with a sense-of-humour . . . damn - we should have him preserved in a museum
So - no pressure regarding your next update Ian
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Damn
Paraphrasing (there's a good word for a Wednesday) Trev's observation - reading/viewing Ian's updates (here AND via his website links) is SO uplifting.
Every addition is like watching an episode of a much-loved TV show, or the next movie release from your favourite franchise.
Usually you have to meet, or at least SEE & HEAR people for charisma to come through, but Ian's posts manage to radiate that through words & pictures.
Ever-adaptive modelling skills, inventiveness, perseverance, high-quality photography . . . all topped-off with a sense-of-humour . . . damn - we should have him preserved in a museum
So - no pressure regarding your next update Ian
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Trev, I thank ya and quite enjoying the build meself which makes a nice change.
Brother Spike, thanks for the kind words mate. One does ones best to inform and entertain
Oh no pressure at all...
Cheers muchly Dale!
Well not much to speak of but one little matter attended to. The side door part is just a single lump that one assumes
you can just remove to view the interior like it shows on the side of the box.
Well the prob here is that the upright exhaust stack is attached to the said side part.
A bit of a ponder and a good look at later showed that said stack gets in the way of the door hinging like a real one would so decided on a slight cheat.
A bit of slicing about later got the door separated. A couple of tiny neodymium magnets and a couple of steel pin heads got thrown in to the mix,
along with some styrene and Aves.
Door closed.
Door open.
Not brilliant but not too shabby either so going with it.
Getting the job done by fair means or foul, foul if that's what it takes and it usually does
More later!
Brother Spike, thanks for the kind words mate. One does ones best to inform and entertain
Oh no pressure at all...
Cheers muchly Dale!
Well not much to speak of but one little matter attended to. The side door part is just a single lump that one assumes
you can just remove to view the interior like it shows on the side of the box.
Well the prob here is that the upright exhaust stack is attached to the said side part.
A bit of a ponder and a good look at later showed that said stack gets in the way of the door hinging like a real one would so decided on a slight cheat.
A bit of slicing about later got the door separated. A couple of tiny neodymium magnets and a couple of steel pin heads got thrown in to the mix,
along with some styrene and Aves.
Door closed.
Door open.
Not brilliant but not too shabby either so going with it.
Getting the job done by fair means or foul, foul if that's what it takes and it usually does
More later!
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ILModels wrote: . . . Well not much to speak of but one little matter attended to. The side door part is just a single lump that one assumes you can just remove to view the interior like it shows on the side of the box . . . Well the prob here is that the upright exhaust stack is attached to the said side part.
A bit of a ponder and a good look at later showed that said stack gets in the way of the door hinging like a real one would . . .
Nice fix.
But colour me confused (it's a shade of chartreuse) - does that mean the original model wasn't accurate OR did the real vehicles have sliding doors? (or something else best known to operators of "ye olde magic 8-ball"?)
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I don't think this was ever a real vehicle to be honest with ya mate, at least i've never seen one exactly like that done. I'm just doing what feels right and may fit the bill.
Or as right as humanly possible given what one has to work with.
It does for me so that'll do
Or as right as humanly possible given what one has to work with.
It does for me so that'll do
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