1951 Thames Van (Revell)

G'day everyone... I dug this kit out and decided to build it but with my own spin on it. A bit of a "flimsy" model to build but still a bit of fun.
Converted to R/H drive which was easy to do. R/H door converted to "suicide" opening. In keeping with the Pie theme (Simple Simon), I printed 
my own set of decals. Rather than building it as a Gasser, I went for more the Stock look with traditional wheels and tyres.



 Changed the 2 outward swing rear doors to a one piece door.


 I cut the front guards away from body and attached to the bonnet. Hinged for full forward tilt.
 Still with a bit of "Sting" under the bonnet and scratch built exhaust system.
 
Anyway there she is. Any comments positive or negative are always welcome. Thanks for looking in.

"Jezza" 

Now that's one very cool Pie wagon.
I first though is was Peters ice cream van

Thanks guys for looking in.  Peters Icecream was establishished in N.S.W. around 1907 and progressed to Vic. & W.A.
In 1962 Peters set up a bakery in Perth and started producing their famous pies etc. With other fast food companies overtaking
the market, eg. K.F.C. , Hungry Jacks & Mc D's, Peter's stopped production of their wares in 1986. However Peters icecreams 
still remain today.

Just a little bit of trivia for you guys!.

"Jezza"

Wow Jezza, that's cool. When I was a youngster in Sydney (mid 60's) we had a local "Peters" ice cream van that was a Thames van like yours only red,and the driver actually rang a bell ! Brought back some memories and I like the trivia !

Well never knew they made Pie's
Still it's great little van.

That looks awesome. Good job. I remember building that kit years ago. Didn't get close to your detail.

Thanks to you guys for looking in and for your comments. Many a great memories from our younger years 1960's... Mr Whippy (Commer Ice cream Vans), Bread & Milk delivery trucks, even (in our suburb of Bentley WA), every week a vendor would cruise the streets in a Morris Commercial truck loaded with fruit & veg. He would sound a Klaxton horn to let the housewives know he was in the area. He would hand out small carrots to the kids in the street. Those were the days!...

Bread and Milk came in a Horse cart when I was a very young bloke
Could not go pass Mr Whippy Ice creams

Yes, a Mr Whippy ice cream van. Now there's a cool subject for a model !

I agree and so does "Mrs Jezza"... I would love to replicate a model of a Mr Whippy van, but not 
only would there be a lot of work in building the Ice-cream machinery... the 2 ice-cream lights on 
the front of the roof would be very hard to replicate?... but then again....?

That is a very cool conversion Jerry. I was expecting to see a little four banger under the hood but whoa! this puppy delivers the pies in style. You are right, both the Revell Thames and Anglia take a bit of extra love to make a nice model from. I have to learn how to do decals like you do - they add a great finishing touch.

They say great minds think alike. Re the Whippy van, I had good intentions of building one for the club beach scene several years ago. I went as far as photocopying my original Corgi Commer and adjusting the settings until I had a set of front, side and rear images in 1/25th scale. I was going to carve a wooden mould for the front clip and build the rest from flat styrene but work based travel came along and killed that idea. One day.....

I reckon golf tees would make a very good start on the ice creams and I am always on the lookout in the Red Dot/2$ type shops for cheap dolls accessories because you sometimes find that sort of thing amongst those items.

Congrats on a great little pie van!
Cheers
Alan

G'day there Alan, great to hear from you mate and thanks for your comments.  Golf Tees sounds like a great idea. Funny how if you let your imagination go, you can come up with model parts from toys & everyday household items, eg. "BIC" disposable plastic razor handles make great console centers, airscoops etc. 
Anyway hope to hear from you a bit more mate.  Take care.

Nice! The Anglia and Thames are two of my favorite subjects......along with the Henry J.

These kits have what we called a lot of "fiddly little bits" to deal with.....despite them, you did a fine job.

Many thanks for your comment my friend. I'm watching your build in progress, and impressed with the amount of
detail your putting in to it. Very nice so far...

[quote="Jezza"]I agree and so does "Mrs Jezza"... I would love to replicate a model of a Mr Whippy van, but not 
only would there be a lot of work in building the Ice-cream machinery... the 2 ice-cream lights on 
the front of the roof would be very hard to replicate?... but then again....?

Have a look at dolls house and G-scale railroad stuff online, you might come across something you could use.
hey, if they make an oil slick for putting under your 1/25 car (I've seen it!), they might make ice creams!

Oh, and if ever anyone wants stock wheels for this or an Anglia, MPC '71-2 Vega stock wheels are accurate!

Geez now thats a fast pie carter !