(Another) Toyota Hiace Quick Delivery 1:24
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 4:17 pm
Hi all!!! 
My entry on this build will be this Toyota Hiace Quick Delivery van, 1:24 scale.
For a Tamiya GB, I thought this would be appropriate, a Tamiya delivery van made by Tamiya. I will not go as far as Lysus and propose myself to build it using only Tamiya products, but will be very close to that!
First, the kit.
A big box doesn't mean you'll have a lot inside; 2 big sprues, 1 clear parts sprue, the rubber tires, 2 small sheets with decals, 1 paper sheet with the boxes to be loaded on the van and the instructions. Doesn't sound a lot, but there's everything there and, checking the instructions, doesn't look like it will be a simple building.
The first sprue has all the chassis parts, wheels, front part of the body and inside details.
The second sprue contains the remaining parts of the body.
There's a few ejector pin marks, but for what I've seen, once they will not be (clearly) visible once the parts are assembled. Still, I may consider to fill these.
The clear parts are spot on, no signs of scratches or any flaw.
The rubber tires are well detailed, but, as always, there's some seam lines on the thread pattern. A little bit of sanding should do the trick.
Two small sheets of decals with loads of different decals will give you the option to finish the model in whatever way you may want.
Typical Tamiya instructions, very clear and easy to follow. However, I'll have a good look at them, as I think some of the steps might be swapped just in order to be easier for the assembling/painting process.
Finally, a small treat, a paper sheet with the boxes to be assembled and loaded into the van.
About the paint scheme, I'll be pretty much following the instructions and paint it white (Tamiya TS26 Pure White Gloss). Yep, I'll give a go at the rattle can, just to see how it goes. Or I might airbrush it with X2 White Gloss. I'll decide it later. (Yeah, I'm not planing that ahead!!!
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For the decoration, I'll go for the simple decoration that is shown on the box, with the Tamiya logos only.
As always, I have a cunning plan about the decoration that I might had later on, but I'll leave that for later on!!! 
My entry on this build will be this Toyota Hiace Quick Delivery van, 1:24 scale.
For a Tamiya GB, I thought this would be appropriate, a Tamiya delivery van made by Tamiya. I will not go as far as Lysus and propose myself to build it using only Tamiya products, but will be very close to that!
First, the kit.
A big box doesn't mean you'll have a lot inside; 2 big sprues, 1 clear parts sprue, the rubber tires, 2 small sheets with decals, 1 paper sheet with the boxes to be loaded on the van and the instructions. Doesn't sound a lot, but there's everything there and, checking the instructions, doesn't look like it will be a simple building.
The first sprue has all the chassis parts, wheels, front part of the body and inside details.
The second sprue contains the remaining parts of the body.
There's a few ejector pin marks, but for what I've seen, once they will not be (clearly) visible once the parts are assembled. Still, I may consider to fill these.
The clear parts are spot on, no signs of scratches or any flaw.
The rubber tires are well detailed, but, as always, there's some seam lines on the thread pattern. A little bit of sanding should do the trick.
Two small sheets of decals with loads of different decals will give you the option to finish the model in whatever way you may want.
Typical Tamiya instructions, very clear and easy to follow. However, I'll have a good look at them, as I think some of the steps might be swapped just in order to be easier for the assembling/painting process.
Finally, a small treat, a paper sheet with the boxes to be assembled and loaded into the van.
About the paint scheme, I'll be pretty much following the instructions and paint it white (Tamiya TS26 Pure White Gloss). Yep, I'll give a go at the rattle can, just to see how it goes. Or I might airbrush it with X2 White Gloss. I'll decide it later. (Yeah, I'm not planing that ahead!!!
)For the decoration, I'll go for the simple decoration that is shown on the box, with the Tamiya logos only.
As always, I have a cunning plan about the decoration that I might had later on, but I'll leave that for later on!!! 
After much consideration, I decided to paint the outside body each part individually and then assembled the body: in that way, if I make a mess I don't need to strip the paint from all the body, but only from that specific part. Also, I decided to attach the clear parts, mask them and paint the body with the clear parts on: I believe this way is easy to mask the windows "rubber" detail, that is already painted in flat black (XF1).
