DEALS WHEELS GASSER VAN NEW PICS 01-29-10

[fredmellini]

OK........I am a huge VIKING fan and this game is got me so stressed out I. The back and forth scoring and VIKING fumbles I got to keep busy. So I just started hacking this together while my mongooses are drying after laying down several coats of clear.

Deals Wheels Van kit for the basis of the build. I then cut the front inner fenders from the Deal Wheels 57 Chevy and glued them to the inside of the Van inner fenders. I then used the front leaf springs, straight axle, front wheels and rims. I then used the rear wheels, rims and axle also from the 57 chevy kit. I then used the motor from the 1/18 scale Hot Wheels diecast VW Drag bus. I then used the giant blower from the 57 chevy kit. Rear Exhaust is also from the revell diecast Drag bus. Just a start, but I think it will be a keeper. I will have to block in the new front wheel wells from the 57 chevy, clean it up and make it more flowing...........and the game just went into overtime!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Gonna be W-I-L-D Fred... Just your usual!

[customcruiserroy]

Now, no worries! Saints won! Man that was a tight game!!!

Have a great evening!

RSS

[flounder]

Crazy sick. I love it!

[modelcitizen]

Another WILD ONE Fred !!!

Too Bad About the Vik's .

The only Klown I know, brave enough to lay down several coats of clear on a mongoose, let alone more than one ! I bet it really pi$$e$ 'em off if you get it in their eyes !

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D



"Paulie"

[barten]

FRED you are on a KILLER WILD streak! ! ! This one is just perfect! ! ! ! ! ! ! Great JOB!

GB
barten

[Honest Charlie]

Cool idea Fred.

Kinda reminds me of this 3D one......

[TheMadModeler]

Fred... That is one WILD Gasser..
Charlie I love the 3D art Gaser...

BiLL..
PS.. I'm heart broken over my Vikings...

[models4life]

This one is really out of the park........LOOKS GREAT.

[donculley]

Thats gonna look great when it done..then again, don't your builds always come out great ?

My wife is a big Vikings fan too...it wasn't a good night at our house .I kept telling her they did better than my Dolphins, but that didn't help !

[sakke]

I think it looks better as a gasser! Great work!

[barten]

Charlie. . . . too cool for words! ! ! ! Would be a fun challenge to build!

Gb
barten

[chromecop]

Great work so far!Can't wait to see this one finished!

[ira]

[glow=red,2,300]GREAT START!!![/glow]

[Brandon]

Very cool... Just hang the front springs from the stock VW chassis on long shackles to get them as high as you want...
I'm glad you are doing this, I had already pulled my unbuilt '57 and built van out and was eyeballing everything. Now I don't have to build it to see what it would look like.

[fredmellini]

I took heed to Brandon's suggestion and removed the 57 front inner wheel wells and suspension. I then drilled two holes in the bottom of the front chassis floor of the VAN to correspond with the pins on the leaf springs. I then made some small shackles out of sheet plastic for the rear of the front shackles. Glued everything up and it is now nice and sturdy and very clean looking..........Thank you Brandon!!!! ;D ;D

I found some different rear wheels in the parts box and they appear to be from a formula one kit?? They are hard plastic with a large/wide rubber band in the center of the tread?....they have Schuco embossed on the sidewalls. I scraped off the lettering and will sand the sides and add dry-transfer white lettering later.

I threw on some testor's one coat Ice Blue metallic on the VAN body. I am really liking this version better than where I was going originally. ;D

[andrewk]

Looking much better. Can't wait to see the motor in it with that stance.

[rocketeer]

What a kick! Love the tailpipes! Don't forget to tilt the front wheels in at the bottom, for that classic cartoony look!

www.hubgarage.com/mygarage/thugbug/vehicles/33591/photos/1228833

[jimm]

thats gonna be badass

[Brandon]

You are rockin' and rollin' with these! Lookin' good!!! Love the color, and glad to be of some help.. now hang a shock off of the van's axle hole to the front axle and call it done.

[ramone]

Absolutely killer Fred!!!!!!

[nightstalker]

Can"t wait to see this one finished. I haven't even cracked mine open yet.

But Fred, that engine is from the HotWheels 1/18 Drag Bus.

[fredmellini]

OK....in between the Bad Medicine rebuild and working on this......and the good thing is I can paint these while at work!!! Well, as the Art Director I paint things all day!!!! ;D ;D ;D So I paint them and set them aside to dry and at the end of the day I take them home and then I can build!!!

Anyways----- I got the chassis painted, dry-brushed the front springs silver, detailed painted the 1/18 hot wheels drag bus engine, got the rear wheels painted flat black, still have to paint the rims..and started to throw some decals on the body.

[101564]

Man!...that's turning out great!..Ilike this version much better than the original!...gives it more of a Zinger feel!!!!!
cool stuff!...Mike

[flounder]

Go, Man Go. Very Cool!

[fredmellini]

Got the body decaled, and the little driver guy painted up along with the engine ready to go in.

[snakeplissken81]

That's freakin' awesome.

[Wardster]

Fred, you crazy man! This is turning out to be one of my favorites of your builds! (And I've always loved your builds, in general!) is that a KISS version of the VW Van, on a shelf?!