'74 Dodge Tradesman Custom Van--A Mural-Painted Tribute For My Son

[grodudulle77]

Very nice paint job, awesome look !! ??

[misterNNL]

We modelers don't very often get an opportunity to directly tie  our family to our hobby. What a great thing to do! Thanks for sharing this with us.

[Mike Slapattack]

On 8/27/2019 at 3:46 PM, Greg Pugh said:

I found a guy on Facebook that was doing these insanely awesome airbrushed murals on model cars. Knowing that I would never be able to achieve these results no matter how good of a painter I thought I might be, but wanting one of these creations in my collection, I reached out to him and he agreed to do one for me. I did all of the body work and had the body in primer when I shipped it off to him in Germany. I gave him full artistic freedom to paint it however he pleased. Opening the box upon it's return, I had no idea what my van would have painted on it. Unbeknownst to me, he had been watching my son's 2018/2019 football season via my Facebook posts. The Seaside Seagulls had an amazing year and made it to the State Championships! Needless to say, I was blown away! So what was to be a mural-painted build for me became a tribute build for my son. After I received the painted body, I did everything else you see here. My son absolutely LOVED it and that is him on the side #5!

 

This is amazing! I've been looking to learn how to do this with an airbrush. Really! Does the artist have a website where I can see some of his work?

[Jon Cole]

I've seen these photos before. Something that well done, one doesn't forget. What a fantastic tribute!