PAINTER'S VAN

[the goon]

Hello out there,

Thought I'd post a pic of a project I built back in 2000; the Revell race van that I turned into a house painter's work truck. Built curbside, I blacked out the windows, added the roof rack supports out of Evergreen strip, made the ladder from basswood strip, painted the grill/bumpers/mirrors white, and weathered the vehicle with washes/dry brushing/pastels. Lettering was done with some old dry rub transfers. The full size truck was parked outside of our house for 2 weeks while our house was being painted. Sorry about the poor quality of the picture; the model was destroyed in a California scymic episode (earthquake ) several years ago, so I took a photo from Model Cars Magazine that was taken at the 2000 Lower Left Coast contest. Thanks for looking,

Mark

[Joker]

Cool project and base.

[the goon]

Joker,

Thanks. I try to do something different for the base on my projects. It's a page from an old yellow pages. Guess I should have put this in the light duty section .

Mark

[Joker]

Too bad the build was lost...

Here in VA we've had slight tremors but nothing major.

I work in the Tele/Data field and these type of workhorses

hold a special meaning to me.Some are just holders for fast

food garbage and old receipts .

[the goon]

Over the years I've had projects I'd wish DID fall off the shelf , but this wasn't one of them.

Mark

Edited October 18, 2013 by the goon

[slusher]

Very nice build and awsume weathering....

[the goon]

Very nice build and awsume weathering....

Thanks, as I've said before, weathering has always been my favorite part of modeling (nothing stays new for ever).

Mark

Edited October 18, 2013 by the goon

[Dominik]

cool. are existing more pictures?

[the goon]

Dominik,

Sorry there are no more pictures; I never took any after I finished the build, and there was only one picture in the magazine that I have a copy of Glad you like

Mark

[Tom Geiger]

^{Great build and in my favorite category! Sorry to hear it's no longer with us. I'm sure you could build another one, and even make it better next time.}

[the goon]

Tom,

Thanks. Been thinkin' about another one, with a full interior (paint can, tarps, etc), but there's so many other projects that keep poppin' in my head that I can't seem to start another one.

Mark