[Mordiganne]

Once the van arrived the first thing I did was give it a once over to check the dimensions visually. Once I was sure it would satisfy my two customizing requirements I set about ripping the van apart. Once I got it separated I was able to get the halves apart without cutting any of the wires. I was considering keeping the electronics at first, but as I went along I kept discarding every idea that necessitated keeping them until it finally got to point where taking all that shit out was the way to go.

From there I set to work on the top and bottom separately. The balsa wood above the winch is removable but screwed in currently. I wanted to be able to get into the van's interior easily so I started adding more magnets so I could pull it apart whenever I wanted. And then I realized the two halves stay together just fine on their own. So I could do that without using up more magnets. I also needed to be able to get to the lights (more on them below):

I had pics of the plate and tow hook partly extended but doesn't look like it saved and I'm not photoshopping it together again right now.


Interior roof & detailed pics






Once I got the insides mostly set, I saw a pic of Punisher riding a motorcycle out from inside of the van. Obviously that's completely ridiculous, but I liked the idea of carrying a motorcycle inside the van. So I'd checked if I had a bike that would fit, and hot damn I did! So I added that in as a feature. Eventually I'll make a ramp for loading.





I'm going to skip a bunch of the other "I did this too and it sucked" details and move onto the lights. I saw a youtube video by 70humbler that has some light features that I thought were a neat idea. So I copped that and set about adding lights to the van. There's interior and headlights. I can't think of a good way to add rear lights...yet.




Continued...