Here's a closer look at Jim Groeneweg's spectacular vintage moving van built from one of Sylvan Scale Products' 1957 H63 Mack resin truck tractor kit and an old Revell 35' moving van. The resin cab is mounted on a Kibri chassis with front wheels from an Athearn Mack and modified rear wheels from the Sylvan kit so it will roll. Also from Kibri, the battery boxes and a modified dash; airhorns and spot light are Athearn items. Scratchbuilt items include quarter fenders, exhaust stack, front bumper from Plastruct C channel, rear wheel "baby moons" cut from a set of Boley rear wheels and added onto the hub. All chrome is BareMetalFoil. The trailer is the old Revell 35' Moving van with A-Line spoke wheels and Boley tires (slightly lower profile for better fit) and tailight housings added. Decals still applied well for their age, colours are BASF base/clear fleet blue and '67 Ford Aqua blue for the upper. Also featured in Photo Gallery 414.

Posted July 19, 2010