The A-Team Van

[iceracer1]

Hello guys I'm making this model for someone else which gave me the order to make it for his brother.

The kit is not the best one but 'll try to make the best.

Here is the kit:







First I removed the chrome, because all these parts need to be paitned black.



Than I started with the body. I sanded all moldlines away and scribed out the panellines.









I also did some work on the engine. This engine is not visible anymore after completing the model, so I do'nt add more detail on it.



I also started on the chassis. I glued all parts on it and painted it flat black.



The wheelfenders are also glued on the body. The fittment was very good, especially for an AMT shitkit.









And a dryfit













Now the body was sanded, it needs a layer of primer. After that I sprayed 3 layers of TS-14 black on it.







The engine is now finished.







Meanwhile I added the decals on the body and clearcoated it. Now I have to wait and mask of the body to paint the roof red and the body gun metal.

Kris.

[coolan]

Do they have the vw t5?

[The Modeler]

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



This is mine



Good lucky!

[Fabbri_Guy]

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]

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.







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









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 but I think the result looks good.





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]

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.









Now I can go further with the interior and chassis.

Kris.

[tuned.by.twenty]

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

[iceracer1]

So finally digged up this thread

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.









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.









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

Kris.

[blwnrtr93]

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

[Rye 21]

Originally Posted by blwnrtr93

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]

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]

Last week I spent my time on the bodywork.

First I polished the body, and waxed it.

After that I added all the lights and windows. For some lights I made glasses because AMT is too lazy to make themself.

I also added the mirrors and spoilers.



















The body is now on the chassis. The fitment was very crappy, so I had to remove the radiator. :roll:

Kris.

[blubaja]

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]

Hahaha. Kick ass. Now we just need Airwolf