richellis Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Following a great holiday in Barbados there is a few Bajan models planned, first is a ZR bus, or as we called the Suicide buses. they come up behind you and blow a dixi horn to see if you want a lift, it’s BB$3.50 flat fare and they absolutely fly along! that’s not my photo but shows what I’m looking at building. Brought a Aoshima Hiace kit in 1:24 to make a start….. looks good but the roof is too low. After looking at it a few days I remembered a cheap Merc Sprinter van toy I got at a car boot a few years ago, chopped the roof off, but it was too long and wide so it needed a lot of hacking to get any where close to working, but it’s on, it’s rough, it will needed a stack of work but I’ve got it glued on! Just need to order a few buckets of filler and a stack of sanding equipment 🤣 Oh, and it’s red, so that will be fun to get painted white and not pink 😭 off we go….. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anteater Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Gosh, it might have been easier to scratch build the hi-top at that rate! Interested in where this one is going. 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Looks very intriguing, great job on the roof, are you cutting out that side door too or just scribing it into the roof? Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Great beginnings and a fabulous idea. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 On 8/4/2022 at 7:45 PM, richellis said: Oh, and it’s red, so that will be fun to get painted white and not pink I think the idea is to paint it yellow first. Nice work on the roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anteater Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 @richellis Have you cut the Hiace roof out underneath the hi-top? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richellis Posted August 6, 2022 Author Share Posted August 6, 2022 I’ll just scribe the side door, as I have cut the original roof out I don’t want to take any more structure out of it, plus there would be a pile of work to modify the interior tub 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richellis Posted August 8, 2022 Author Share Posted August 8, 2022 Looks a bit better in primer, not had as much work as I expected to get it here, a few more rounds of filler and sanding to get a smooth finish 👍 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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