Holden HX Overlander Panelvan

Also got the tail lights painted up... Tamiya clear red and clear orange on clear styrene... forgot to take pics of the procedure as it’s the first time I’m painting lenses with the airbrush and was anxious to see how it turned out...pretty nice I think...lol! I think I thinned the paint a bit too much as it took 12-15 coats to get it to where it is...:crazy:

Anywho here’s a few pics....:blink:  watcha think?

got the decals all stickered on... they turned out pretty sweet! The front fender ‘Sandman’ sticker is a little to big, but my Aussie buddy says he will do a resize and reprint for me! Sweet!


Anywho... here’s some pics of the decals... watcha think?

Mocked up a street version. :blink:..gonna haveta start thinking about RWD chassis and some more vans soon...lol  

Just another small experiment...lol...I made a bubble tailgate window! It  turned out pretty nice , it’s not flawless but it looks good from 10 feet away...lol


Anywho....here’s a few pics ....watcha think?

Did a small video in bits then edited it together....lol..first time doing vid this way so hopefully it’s okay or even good enough...

I had to revise the HQ Nose panel that I started last year, the headlight surrounds were off, and then I also got the bumper built and just started to get the details like indicator light holes in.. once I get the HQ nose where I want it I will be making a cast of it and then modding said cast to the Premier version.
The HX Premier version nose shown here, is a cast of the HX nose (off the Sandman) that has been modded! Still need to do some tidying up on it then will make a mold of it and run off some casts!

Anywho... here’s a few pics of where it’s at ... watcha think?


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Did a bunch of wet sanding, puttying, sanding, priming, sanding, puttying, sanding, priming, sanding........ :wacko::crazy:  well....you get the idea... till I basically said ‘thats it ... it’s not perfect, but perfect enough :blink:  lol... decided to lay down some paint as it’s the surest way to see any defects... once the paint cures in a couple of days, I’ll make the mold and then make a couple of casts. This way, the casts will be just like the painted pieces and will require minimum work when assembling...

Anywho, here’s a few pics...watcha think? I think it kinda looks like a HQ...

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Made some progress on the HQ Premier nose panel, but ran out of time tonight....tomorrow I’ll lay down some color and some clear. Once it cures, I’ll get a mold done and run off some casts!

Watcha think?

Here’s a coupla pics of the new castings and the new master (on the car). I also made a mold of the grill and bumper and got them casted up !

Here’s one with the grill in place !

Awesome work, well done

dv8v8 wrote:Awesome work, well done

Hey thanks mate!

im into 10th scale crawlers. thats an awesome piece of art i wouldn't want to take it on the trails.

ashb wrote:im into 10th scale crawlers. thats an awesome piece of art i wouldn't want to take it on the trails.

Hey thanks mate! Yeah, it’s not gonna see any trails...lol... the initial intention was to build a body for a trail truck but it eventually evolved into a scale model that’s RC lol!

you could cast them there would be a market for them. then you could use on them trails without wrecking a 1 off masterpiece

A Masterpiece!... thank you for sharing this work with us...