The A-Team Van

iceracer1

07-07-2009, 05:56 AM

coolan

07-07-2009, 07:20 AM

Do they have the vw t5?

R11Furia

07-07-2009, 07:36 AM

Caution when ensambled the body and the chassis. Is very hard.

And look, the A team gmc have three colours, black under the red stripe, anfd grey over the red stripe

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1152/1420525559_ecc9ccb605_o.jpg

This is mine :naughty:

http://fotos.subefotos.com/03a68df9fff930ceb18f4b87294f4b74o.jpg

Good lucky!

Fabbri_Guy

07-08-2009, 03:09 PM

Very nice kit. I might have to go out and add this to my collection. I lilke how much potential this kit has. I dont collect van models but this kits is worthy. Nice build so far guy. Keep up the good work.

iceracer1

07-16-2009, 01:20 PM

Yeah finally I can go back modelling :)

A while ago, I clearcoated the body before the decals. After the decals were placed I added another clearcoat to seal the decals.

After 2,5 week I picked it up.... that was today :)

First I started to mask of the body.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/gun_metal_001_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/gun_metal_002_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/gun_metal_003_%28Medium%29.jpg

Than I added 3 layers of TS- Gun Metal, and after the final coat I removed the masking tape before the paint was dry.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/gun_metal_004_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/gun_metal_005_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/gun_metal_006_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/gun_metal_007_%28Medium%29.jpg

There is a level difference between the layers of course, but this will be sanded away when all the paintwork is done.

I also started on the wheels a while ago. First I painted them black, and than I painted the red trims and white letters on the tyres by hand. It's not good for your eyes this shitwork :D but I think the result looks good.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/gun_metal_008_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/gun_metal_009_%28Medium%29.jpg

Now I have to find a red paint which looks like the red striping. It's hard to find a color like that, but I hope the difference will be not to big.

Kris.

iceracer1

07-23-2009, 04:57 PM

So another update on the A-team van.

I masked of the body several times to test some different kind of red paints. The best result was with white primer and Italian Red. There is of course a difference between the decal and the red paint, but overal i'm pretty satisfied. And most important, the guy i'm making this model for, doesn't care about this.

With that fact, I clearcoated the body after sanding all the moldings from masking away.

3 coats of Mr. Super Clear where enough for me. After a week i'll polish it.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/blanke_lak_001_%28Medium%29~4.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/blanke_lak_002_%28Medium%29~4.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/blanke_lak_003_%28Medium%29~4.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/blanke_lak_004_%28Medium%29~3.jpg

Now I can go further with the interior and chassis.

Kris.

tuned.by.twenty

07-23-2009, 05:51 PM

It looks great Kris! I can't wait to see it when it's polished.

iceracer1

08-27-2009, 12:56 PM

So finally digged up this thread :D

Last time I spent my time on the body.

This time it was time for the chassis and interior.

Most parts were already painted for the chassis, but before installing I had to paint some more parts.

I didn't do anything spectacular but only wheatered the chassis when it was done. The engineroom is only painted for pics because you won't see anything from it after completing the model.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/chassis___interieur_001_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/chassis___interieur_002_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/chassis___interieur_003_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/chassis___interieur_004_%28Medium%29.jpg

Move on to the interior. First I had to mask the whole chassis to paint the floor in primer grey. The whole interior needed to me grey, so it was easy using only primer grey :) All other parts are also painted grey after some puttywork.
Some small details were painted and the interior was completed.

In the movie/serie are these guys destroying everything so they get very dirt every day, so the interior won't be brandnew I think. So I made some dirt and wheatering on the interior also.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/chassis___interieur_006_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/chassis___interieur_007_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/chassis___interieur_008_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/chassis___interieur_009_%28Medium%29.jpg

Now the chassis and interior are done... I can go further with the body :wink: :D

Kris.

blwnrtr93

08-28-2009, 05:21 AM

is that a chevy bow-tie on the steering wheel of a gmc van?

Rye 21

08-28-2009, 01:08 PM

is that a chevy bow-tie on the steering wheel of a gmc van?

haha good pick up.... Wouldnt suprise me if the real van was the same way.

The kit looks great, I love it!

stevenoble

08-29-2009, 04:28 PM

Gotta love the A-Team van...!!!! I watched the series avidly when I was a kid. Nice work so far. The paint job is excellent, look forward to seeing this progress further.

iceracer1

09-06-2009, 09:48 AM

blubaja

09-06-2009, 10:25 AM

Hello my 1980's childhood!! Where is B.A.? You are gonna make up the Mr. T figure right? lol, everything looks greaaaaaaaaat man!

five&dime

10-05-2009, 08:55 PM

Hahaha. Kick ass. Now we just need Airwolf

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