On a smaller scale

[mazdaboy1974]

Well This is my first work in progress on here in 1-87th so please bare with me also most of my builds are 1-off builds and i am attempting something new i am trying to build the same type of vehicle x3 but there sill be differences in each and since i am basing the Chevrolet Astro / GMC Safari off of the crudely made New-ray WV van this might make it alot easier. also any suggestions would be greatly appreciated . One if them is going to have the windows filled in so i can make it into a work van the other is going to be your standard minivan and the third (Not pictured yet) I have not decided.
But i need a pretty common vehicle that i see most every day for my layout .(Whenever i get moved and settled )
Here are the pics.


This is the start of the minivan i had put the bottom trim and the center grille separator on and the 3rd brake-light also separated the back doors.

This one is the work van i filled in the back windows with plastic from 3 1/2 floppy disks ( I am not near any hobby stores to get sheet styrene)


This is just a mock up to get me an idea on where to improve and see ho far i am getting BTW the wheels are from Malibu cars ( since i can pick up those cars at wal-mart pretty easily.) they make a great source for wheels.
As you can see i have a long way to go.

[mazdaboy1974]

Well last night/today i re scribed the door lines on the two ( For some reason i have not done much to the third one ) also scribed the sliding door track then wet sanded (alot of times b/c of the imperfections i kept finding. I am using a water based blue paint marker to help me see where i need to fix like high and low spots.

[mazdaboy1974]

Here are the prototype pics i am going by.




The cargo^
I would love to figure out on how to build a believeable rack.


The regular minivan.^

I am thinking of something like this for the 3rd one.

[ONEBADMK8]

Pretty cool. Different too. Too small for my eyes! LOL!