This little fun van will take you to funkytown in no time!

Now boasting a nice metallic blue paintwork, some smooth deep dished rims, a decent stereo system and nice and clean interior with some aluminium and chrome accents, it's THE vannest of all minivans .

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I think it's not only me who has these tons of semi-finished kits laying around in boxes, in pieces around the room...

Well, I started this kit about one big year ago, but never had the courage to finish it, not because it's so hard, but because I just didn't feel like finishing it .

I thought it would look ordinary, quite in the shadow of my other racecars.
But, au contraire, it turned out to be a great , nice, and most of all funky little model!:tongue: :bananasmi :bananasmi

With some modelifications, like the homemade rims, I tried different techniques (thanks to Laurent for those :bigthumb: )
The rims are supposed to be deep dishy rims, with those (I don't know what you call them, but those pins that hold the quick-release bolts on. They were quite popular in our part of the world some time ago in the tuning scene, and I thought what the hell, it's a try-out model...

I think it turned out pretty well, only thing is that they have been painted gunmetal from the paint brush...

So the car is the Honda S-mx lowdown from Tamiya, painted Telefonica Blue over matt black to give it that deep blu-ish shine , and compounded (first time ! :iceslolan )

some other mods were the exhaist system, and some detail painting in and under it .

Pretty much box stock.
Oh, and I forgot to add the licence plates... :bloated:
Tell me what you think!

Olivier

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:feedback: :D :jump3:

Expect some nice finished projects from me soon !

Olivier

Original model but it's not my favorite model. :biggrin2:
Great paintjob. :bigthumb:

Nice job! Looks very sporty! What are the center of the rims from? :smile:

Shiney! The rims look cool! :D

That's a nice model!

The centre of the rims are originally from the Tamiya Alfa GTV , and I used GTI 1800 's technique with the styrene to make it wider.
Then I filled the nutholed with putty, and put on a screw and a fastener like in the BTCC.

Thanks for comments!

Olivier

Very cool model!! :) It's got a lot of character. :bigthumb: Would be cool if you added some interior junk to make it look 'lived in.' :icon16: :sunglasse

yeah, make a folder with papers or stuff in them.

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A nice basic version of this kit. Well done!

Scott

Nice Van!! I got this on the SAME color!!

Did you make it steer-able?? The first picture looks like it is.
I got this model too and Tamiya make this model non-steerable.

Great work.:bigthumb:

thats some great shit dude!

Hi,
very well done......i very like the rims.....un large déport sympathique.....
Magnifique...
Laurent:wink: :biggrin2: :biggrin2:

i built this model and was going to buy real one but didn't. anyhow looks good. mine is in the mist of a rebuild and some mods.

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Nicely done.
I don't like the rims though.

You've done a terrific job with a unique and interesting subject!! 2:bigthumb: :bigthumb: up!:smile:

Very nice job, nice and off the wall subject, youve done it proud :bigthumb:

Always want to see what one of these looked like with a few mods.

Very cool! :bigthumb:

Simple yet nice. :bigthumb:

lol love it because its different, great job on the funky van.

Major :)