Holden HX Overlander Panelvan

Been up to no good...lol....but now I'm finally back on the Sandman...!

Woot!.....back in the zone on the Sandman....I think I gots me mojo back...!

Finally painted the tailgate...also painted the tailgate struts...but forgot to take some pics...got to let the clear coat cure for a couple of days before I can handle the tailgate to install...
Tomorrow night when I get home, I'll get some work done on the windscreen...

Anywho... A few pics..

Hey guys...yep...another :update:



Tailgates are in...lol! Just couldn't wait...lol! Upper gate struts and lower gate cables as well...not sure if I will be putting a glass in the upper gate ...will have to think on it some more...lol ! Gonna try to get some work done on the front windscreen now...

Anywho...some pics....!

Building curved windshields is a real biatch...! But getting there slowly but surely...ain't gonna be pretty though...still need to do the top frame finisher thingy as well as the sides...will see if I can get this done tonight...luckily the Sandman comes with the frame blacked out , so will do that as well a general black border around the windshield itself...

Strips are in....

Also made the GTS horn switch...lol!

Will tape off the windshield and leave about 2mm from the strip exposed then lay down some black paint tomorrow...that should give the effect of a border around the windscreen....I hope...lol!

Anywho...some pics!

Okay...update time...lol


Taped off and painted

And another update! lol...on a roll here....

Watcha think? I'm probably gonna do it over...lol...forgot that the clear would 'craze' with the Bondene .... Will have to pick up some canopy glue and rebuild it later on....you can see where I glued the strips at the edges...:mad: well....live and learn....ha! I'm gonna use the zots to attach it....

Anywho some pics.....

Re-installed the remote hood opener (works like the 1:1 lol) still dialing in the EPA for it and the pulley system...gonna need to re-assemble the V8 top as well...

Watcha think? Lol...!

Thought this one was done great work on it.

allan wrote:Thought this one was done  great work on it.

Hey thanks Allan ! Still got a bit to do on it...had to put a hold on it the last few months..so never really completed it... Gonna try to get her done with this go...lol! Working on the rear bumpers again...I had the apartment painted Christmas week...so everything was in a rush and I seemed to have lost one of the rear bumpers...gonna make a mold of the one I do have and just cast a couple of pieces of it!
Still need to make door handles, door mirror, taillight lenses and front indicator lenses, carpet the front floor and install the front interior, finish the v8 top and detail the engine bay....I'm sure I'm forgetting something...lol!

Good to see you back at this one mate, that hood popper is slick, as for the running motor... just off the charts man,
this is just an insane build. !!

DeeCee wrote:Good to see you back at this one mate, that hood popper is slick, as for the running motor... just off the charts man,
this is just an insane build. !!

Thanks mate! Messed about with some molding and casting last night!


Made a mold of the nose panel...came out pretty good...but I cracked the stone shield on the original...easy fix though... I think I see a HX station wagon and Ute on the horizon...lol... And definitely a one Tonner ...lol!







This is the first cast...came out nice! The discoloration is from the modeling clay use to stabilize the piece.the next ones will be bright white...
The grille and the bumper fits nicely!

Nice one.  Good to see you back at this build.

mgy125 wrote:Nice one.  Good to see you back at this build.

Thanks mate!

Made another cast from the mold...this one is much cleaner...trimmed and sanded it up...it's being held together with zots...lol will probably try to paint it tomorrow...

Some pics ..watcha think.....

Jezz bad luck with the nose ,bet the air went blue new one looks good yep ute and tray top will look cool.

allan wrote:Jezz bad luck with the nose ,bet the air went blue  new one looks good yep ute and tray top will look cool.

Lol..thanks Allan ! Got it repaired...but will have to touch it up with some paint....lol...kinda like you will do with the 1:1 anyway...lol!

Been working on replicating the grille, so I can have a complete front clip ...lol...
Prepped the grille for the silicone mold then I chickened out...lol! I felt that the way it was built, it will definitely get damaged while extracting it from the cured silicone...so started to build another grille that will be easier to mold so that there isn't any damage....almost done with it...just need to do the center piece now. Man...I'm not looking forward to cutting up and gluing them tiny pieces...lol...

Some pics of where it's at...

Here's another small update..!

Made some progress on the center portion of the grille....but made it blank...:...lol
This way, i will mold the blank and run off a few casts of it, then I can build a few versions of the different grilles, then mold those as well... I believe that the 1:1 cars HJ-HX all had the same outer frame with various grilles on the inner portion...lol...will see how it goes...







Also thinking of making another cast of the nose panel then re-do the light section like this...if it looks good enough I will mold it as well...lol





Yeah ...I just went over the deep end...lol...!

I think the blank grill mold will be a good thing, and i see a Tonner  next,,, but LOW..

SUPERB work mate.

Yes HQ-HJ-HX-HZ looks close but there is very small change in the bonnets, the two ridges on the side of the bonnet are different so is the front panel of the grill, you need to look close at how high it sits & with the HQ is does not go back to the panel under the windscreen, with the single headlights are used in base model and Kingswood the twin were used in the Premier and Statesman. Oh the three vents in the fender are from the Monaro range.
The van is look good so far.

DeeCee wrote:I think the blank grill mold will be a good thing, and i see a Tonner  next,,, but LOW..

SUPERB work mate.  

Hey thanks DeeCee! Yeah...gonna do the Tonner next...lol...only because it's basically a cab....lol. If it goes quickly enough...I'm thinking I'll make 2. The second one I'll cut up along the fender lines an cut out the doors and build the door jambs and get the door fitted out to match... And depending on how that goes, I can mold and cast the pieces so putting it together will be quicker.... Which means when I'm ready to do the ute and wagon, I will already have the front pieces so will be just building the rear...lol....I hope...lol.


Oh yeah...and they will be street versions...so low yup.....lol!

allan wrote:Yes HQ-HJ-HX-HZ  looks close but there is very small change in the bonnets, the two ridges on the side of the bonnet are different so is the front panel of the grill, you need to look close at how high it sits & with the HQ is does not go back to the panel under the windscreen, with the single headlights are used in base model and Kingswood the twin were used in the Premier and Statesman. Oh the three vents in the fender are from the Monaro range.
The van is look good so far.

Hey thanks Allan !
Yep... Been taking notes an collecting pics....the differences are subtle to those who aerent familiar, but when I look at them now...they really are major differences...been thinking about converting the cast nose panel to HQ, but it seems like an entirely different shape now...! Will probably gave a go at converting it, but i may eventually gave to scratch build it....still trying to get the relevant pics to help determine the shapes...the front of the fenders are different, the bonnet and cowl panel is different, different bumper , different grille different head light and headlight location....lol....yeah...may just go ahead and build it from scratch....lol!

Some small updates... Been messing around with some on-road tires again.....so I decided to start working on a scratch built chassis soon!

Back at it again...lol...


Some shiny stuff....



Made a mess of it....



Then made it shiny again...lol!