My Projects:
C25 "Miam Pizza"
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A new project: the making of a C25 Pizza Van. When I'm in France,
I'm always surprised by the inventiveness of the French coachbuilders.
I'm specially interested in transformations of vans.
Over time, I've seen many Citroëns, converted into Pizza Vans. I want
to do something like that, although I do not have a special example.
I'll have be to creative this time, putting all my impressions into one model.
Here's a picture of a nice van (with nice people in it) somewhere in
France. I'll be using some elements from this car. I will not copy the
back end of the car, I'll want to leave the C25 in its original shape.
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I'll be starting with a 1:43 model from NZG. NZG made two versions
of the Ducato/J5/C25. I'll be using this series I. It came very cheap,
say 10 euro.
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The only difference (as far as we modellists are concerned) between a
Citroën C25, a Peugeot J5 and a Fiat Ducato is the grille. Unlike
the others, the C25 has the indicators above the headlights.
The grille can easily be turned around. Removing the Fiat logo is
another thing.
First I cut off the the 5 stripes using a sharp knife.
Next, the last remains of the Fiat-logo are removed with a special tool
(works like a saw, meant to repair tiny screws, my optician gave it to
me).
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Here's the result of changing the grille. Looks much better, don't you
think? I did the same trick with the blue model, which is not (yet) to
be transformed.
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The next phase is to dismantle the model and strip the paint off. The
hinges of the doors are removed, no need to be able to open any doors.
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18-02-2007:
Did some sawing today....
....and put some parts in place. The white beams are temporary supports
to hold the cut-off door in place, while the glue is drying.
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30-03-2007:
At last an update.
I have closed the back end of the van with some pieces of plastic
(leftovers). The doors are to be glued onto this.
On the left side of the van I've added a kitchen sink, with tiles
above. And I've made a fridge.
On the right side I'll make another cupboard (or something similar).
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Here's a view with the roof on top. In the roof I've made a skylight.
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20-04-2007:
A change of plan. I've found this picture in a brochure:
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As you can see on the picture above, the side of the car opens from the
top. So some additional sawing is necessary.
As you can see I've also added the right side of the interior. A
transparent cooled showcase will have to be added after painting the
model.
The tap is made out of some copper rod, the sink is the metal top of a
ballpoint pen.
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07-05-2007:
I've made a hatch and attached it to the roof. Than the entire body is
painted with white primer. I did that because after putting the roof
onto the body it will be difficult to spray the paint in the interior.
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Next phase is to attach the roof onto the body. The reardoors are put in
place. All gaps between the roof and the body, and between the reardoors
are filled with putty.
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19-05-2007:
Once, on vacation in France, I made a photograph of a pizza-box. After
eating the pizza, I've folded the box open, put it flat-out on the
ground, and click. Done some photoshopping as well.
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I've printed out 1:43 scale versions of this box, folded them like the
original and voilà. You can see them on the model, which was put in
primer again.
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Here's the pizza-van, sprayed in Beige Nevada. Some details are already
painted.
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Of course I need some 1:43 scale pizza's! They are not for sale, so I've
made them myself using milliput and Humbrol-paint. Don't they look appetising...?
My favorite: with fresh peppers and cheese :-)
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30-05-2007:
The oven in the van is made of a piece of plastic, with a decal. First I
have searched the web for a picture of a brick wall and of a fireplace.
In Photoshop I have combined these pictures into a real oven; added some
sootmarks. The font used for the words "Miam Pizza" happend to
be my own computer. The font is called: Staccato555 BT. All the
decals were designed by me and were printed out by Fokko (thanks again,
Fokko!!)
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Here you can see the result. On the roof I've added a chimney and two
air-vents, as well as a skylight. The showcase is made of some pieces of
transparant plastic and filled with cheese, sausages and vegetables,
made of Milliput. Some pizzaboxes are placed on the counter, the pizzas
the chef is still working on are waiting on the worktop. The pricelist
will tell you what they will cost....
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All that's missing is smoke from the chimney.....
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