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Post by tcoat on Oct 14, 2024 6:05:05 GMT -7
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Post by sharp on Oct 14, 2024 6:09:31 GMT -7
That is a very cool looking build! Great job on all the weathering!
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Post by lowlife on Oct 14, 2024 6:19:49 GMT -7
Excellent job, really nice weathering too !
Mel Gibson would be proud ! !
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Post by tcoat on Oct 14, 2024 6:31:28 GMT -7
Excellent job, really nice weathering too ! Mel Gibson would be proud ! ! Well he will eventually be there. Was digging through my spares bin a while ago I came across a figure I got from a flea market for $1 many years ago.  A little bit of carving off a sleeve, some foil and putty work, replace the rag with the hot gun or dog food can ...  That is a way down the road though |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2024 6:56:38 GMT -7
Very cool build and super cool subject. Definitely my holy grail kits.
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Post by tcoat on Oct 14, 2024 7:01:10 GMT -7
Well I was not done! How? Just how? did I not notice a major feature of the car was missing?  Now with exhaust! Nice and dirty with burnt sooty tips and a bit of oil blow shown by staining the sides of the car at the pipes.     And a bomb  |
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Post by stitchdup on Oct 14, 2024 7:51:46 GMT -7
Great work, especially after seeing what you started with,
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Post by Zippi on Oct 14, 2024 16:39:49 GMT -7
That's a pretty kewl build. I'm diggin it.
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Post by RetroSpectKustoms on Oct 14, 2024 18:36:49 GMT -7
Well I was not done! How? Just how? did I not notice a major feature of the car was missing? If it's any consolation, I didn't notice either! Great job saving this model, and turning out a fantastic build. Well done. Weathering is very well done.
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Post by 406 Silverado on Oct 15, 2024 3:18:24 GMT -7
This has got to be one of my favorite builds out of you Tony. I've always had a love for this car in the first place and then you do such a great job in bringing it all to life. IMO, I really like the car without the pipes but you are right.....it just wouldn't be a true Mad Max car without them.
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Post by tcoat on Oct 15, 2024 7:39:16 GMT -7
This has got to be one of my favorite builds out of you Tony. I've always had a love for this car in the first place and then you do such a great job in bringing it all to life. IMO, I really like the car without the pipes but you are right.....it just wouldn't be a true Mad Max car without them. Well... this edition is not really much Mad Max right out of the box anyway. Since it is molded based upon one of the restored cars it has all of the features from both movies but is not even close to accurate for either one. It has the missing front bumper and tanks from Road Warrior but still the full headlights and grills from the first movie. Other than Dog's jumpseat it has the full interior without roll cage of Mad Max and even the back seat is under the stowage platform. The rerelease addressed some of these issues but the main kit remains more or less the restored street legal version of the car. Would love to see a kit of the pristine car from the first movie but that will not likely ever show up. |
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Post by stitchdup on Oct 15, 2024 12:24:15 GMT -7
This has got to be one of my favorite builds out of you Tony. I've always had a love for this car in the first place and then you do such a great job in bringing it all to life. IMO, I really like the car without the pipes but you are right.....it just wouldn't be a true Mad Max car without them. Well... this edition is not really much Mad Max right out of the box anyway. Since it is molded based upon one of the restored cars it has all of the features from both movies but is not even close to accurate for either one. It has the missing front bumper and tanks from Road Warrior but still the full headlights and grills from the first movie. Other than Dog's jumpseat it has the full interior without roll cage of Mad Max and even the back seat is under the stowage platform. The rerelease addressed some of these issues but the main kit remains more or less the restored street legal version of the car. Would love to see a kit of the pristine car from the first movie but that will not likely ever show up. look for a seller called amodeller from australia on ebay. they had resin kits of the mad max cars and if you watch the money exchange rate you can get good deals. i've sometimes found ordering from them cheaper than in the uk.
edit, they are the parts box website, lots of cool parts for rods and racecars
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Post by 406 Silverado on Oct 15, 2024 13:14:36 GMT -7
Well... this edition is not really much Mad Max right out of the box anyway. Since it is molded based upon one of the restored cars it has all of the features from both movies but is not even close to accurate for either one. It has the missing front bumper and tanks from Road Warrior but still the full headlights and grills from the first movie. Other than Dog's jumpseat it has the full interior without roll cage of Mad Max and even the back seat is under the stowage platform. The rerelease addressed some of these issues but the main kit remains more or less the restored street legal version of the car. Would love to see a kit of the pristine car from the first movie but that will not likely ever show up. look for a seller called amogeller from australia on ebay. they had resin kits of the mad max cars and if you watch the money exchange rate you can get good deals. i've sometimes found ordering from them cheaper than in the uk. There is one resin kit of the pristine car and I have one. I bought it off of a fella on ebay and I can't remember who it was. I'll have to look it up and get back to you on that. Aside from being heavy, it's not a bad kit. |
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Post by poet on Oct 19, 2024 5:37:48 GMT -7
Great replica!
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Post by Deano on Oct 22, 2024 2:20:45 GMT -7
Superb build , captures the feeling 100% in my opinion.
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Post by tcoat on Oct 22, 2024 4:26:04 GMT -7
Superb build , captures the feeling 100% in my opinion. Thanks. The capturing the "feel" is a great way to phrase my goal on this. As kitted the car isn't correct for any of the movie versions so getting the right look to sort of fool the eye was the way to go. |
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Post by DeeCee on Oct 22, 2024 23:50:51 GMT -7
AWESOME work mate, you have done a great job with the weathering, and managed to get dirt and sand in every crevice imaginable, just like the real world.  |
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Post by 406 Silverado on Oct 23, 2024 2:53:06 GMT -7
Heya Tony ( tcoat), I just contacted that eBay seller and asked him if he's still offering the Interceptor. Now waiting for a reply........ |
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Post by tcoat on Oct 23, 2024 4:22:23 GMT -7
Heya Tony ( tcoat ), I just contacted that eBay seller and asked him if he's still offering the Interceptor. Now waiting for a reply........ I found a couple on EBay but at $200+++ they are way beyond my reach. |
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Post by Zippi on Oct 23, 2024 5:10:15 GMT -7
Pretty kewl looking build.
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Post by 406 Silverado on Oct 24, 2024 2:42:44 GMT -7
Heya Tony ( tcoat ), I just contacted that eBay seller and asked him if he's still offering the Interceptor. Now waiting for a reply........ I found a couple on EBay but at $200+++ they are way beyond my reach. I got mine for around $100 if I remember correctly but I recently heard from the guy yesterday on Ebay and he said that they have been discontinued which is a real bummer because they are "all that". Here's my resin kit with the Aoshima Boxing in the background   |
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Post by tcoat on Oct 24, 2024 4:02:18 GMT -7
I found a couple on EBay but at $200+++ they are way beyond my reach. I got mine for around $100 if I remember correctly but I recently heard from the guy yesterday on Ebay and he said that they have been discontinued which is a real bummer because they are "all that". Here's my resin kit with the Aoshima Boxing in the background That is the joy of being a model buyer in Canada. Your $100 kit will cost me at least $150 just to start with. By the time I pay the exuberant shipping costs from the US and any duty, taxes and brokerage fees that they randomly seem to apply that $100 kit costs me $300 or more. I did see a build online one time that used parts from a '73 Mustang kit to replace the missing sections from the Road Warrior version but even getting a RW kit now is out of reach. Who knows though since they could re release it at any point the Aoshima version could just pop up one day. |
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