Merkur XR4Ti Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 (edited) From the MPC kit with a resin hood from Motor City Casters. Because this old MPC kit isn't that detailed, and for better fit, I built this as a curbside and glued the hood shut. Tamiya Chrome Yellow and Black. I used the '71 Mustang kit; the grille insert is a '73 that's included in the '71 kit. Edited July 25, 2019 by Merkur XR4Ti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 The ONLY Eleanor in my book!!!! Nice work....on my build list too. Only suggestion is base model wheels. Modelhaus made them...but don't know of anyone making them now. Any more pics?? PS the flat hood is also in the old JoHan funny car kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantrix Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Hmm. I'm thinking you mispelled the word "shut". This looks real good. Not a bad homage to the real movie car. The lack of matching wheels used on the movie car, must have given you fits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merkur XR4Ti Posted July 25, 2019 Author Share Posted July 25, 2019 (edited) Oh geez! My typo ran afoul of the sensors! LOL! I'll fix that. Yes, I didn't have base wheels available to me and in the interest of actually getting this thing done I went with the kit wheels. If I encounter the proper wheels I will swap them out. Technically the tires should be white-lettered as well, but as I didn't have any white acrylic on hand I went without as well. I also need to add the proper license plates. Building an old MPC kit with it's 'close enough' fit issues was quite a shock after years of building more modern kits. Edited July 25, 2019 by Merkur XR4Ti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamach1 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Very nice work. Motor City has the wheels also as do some of the older AMT kits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragmodels44 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Came out nice! That was the best Eleanor, but I’m partial to Mustangs anyway.If you decide to swap the wheels, you could also use White wall tires which were on the second Eleanor he stole at the car wash. Here’s my smashed up version that I did some years back. Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, dragmodels44 said: Came out nice! That was the best Eleanor, but I’m partial to Mustangs anyway.If you decide to swap the wheels, you could also use White wall tires which were on the second Eleanor he stole at the car wash. Here’s my smashed up version that I did some years back. Great job! I saw that car back in the day when HB was dragging it across the country to promote the film. On a open small trailer I had to go up and touch it. Forward to the year 2015 and the same car is in the Peterson......my buddy had to keep a guard busy so I could touch it again!!! Nice BTW Edited July 25, 2019 by Dave Van Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragmodels44 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Cool story and thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBcritter Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 7 hours ago, Merkur XR4Ti said: I also need to add the proper license plates. Here you go: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger74 Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Its a very nice replica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Really nice build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plashdaddy Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 16 hours ago, dragmodels44 said: Came out nice! That was the best Eleanor, but I’m partial to Mustangs anyway.If you decide to swap the wheels, you could also use White wall tires which were on the second Eleanor he stole at the car wash. Here’s my smashed up version that I did some years back. Great job! Love it! Is that lettering done by hand or a decal? It looks great! I love this movie so much, I’ve got a 73 Mustang ready to go! ps. this is on my wall ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragmodels44 Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragmodels44 Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Thanks! It’s a decal I had gotten from someone years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Tuttle Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Nice interpretation of the genuine, real Eleanor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merkur XR4Ti Posted July 26, 2019 Author Share Posted July 26, 2019 (edited) 16 hours ago, ChrisBcritter said: Here you go: Thank you! Awesome. I'll get those on her this weekend. And I just found a resin set of the correct wheels on ebay done by missing link, so I'll be adding those to her too. Edited July 26, 2019 by Merkur XR4Ti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewetwo Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plashdaddy Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 On 26/07/2019 at 11:05 PM, Merkur XR4Ti said: Thank you! Awesome. I'll get those on her this weekend. And I just found a resin set of the correct wheels on ebay done by missing link, so I'll be adding those to her too. Any chance of a link to those resin wheels? I need a set for mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michelle Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencer1984 Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Looks good, nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamach1 Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 14 hours ago, Plashdaddy said: Any chance of a link to those resin wheels? I need a set for mine! Contact the seller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMBENNA Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 looks great, nice job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plashdaddy Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 6 hours ago, vamach1 said: Contact the seller. Thank you, I did try that, but he appears to be sold out at the moment, I’ll zap him an email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plashdaddy Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Thanks again for the heads up on the rims, ordered 30th July, arrived here in Australia today, they look great, great service! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Lombardo Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Very nicely done..... super clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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