Brian Austin

Background info on the Canadian FP-7 locos used in the filming of the movie. https://cinetrains.wordpress.com/tag/silver-streak/

Driving along a highway just south of Boston, I saw a regular small sedan of some sort off the right-hand shoulder missing a front wheel. Then up the road a little I spotted a wheel against the left-hand barrier, missing a car. That must've been one scary ride.

It's kind of a shame someone didn't do a train set tie in with this movie at the time. HO Amroad locos would have been a hoot! ?

What kits are there of the earlier version, without the flares and wings and such?

Steeleye Span - Alison Gross

Barry Dransfield - The Werewolf (1972 cover of song by Michael Hurley)

Banthrico does appear to have done a diecast promo/coin bank/toy Tucker. That may have been the source for the metal model mounted on the ashtray/cigarette holder posted earlier.

It appears photoshopped, as I hinted in my comment above. I think someone copied the car in the image I posted and edited it into a two-door body, which never existed. They then dropped the modified image into the race action scene.

In the early 1900s some manufacturers offered gasoline-electric trucks. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89053821666&seq=321&q1="gasoline-electric"

I meant in terms of sharing pictures of shows and such, when we tend to take hundreds of pictures.

Interesting.

There's a fun scene in one of the Men In Black films where the title characters' car rides the ceiling of a tunnel in New York City to avoid traffic. (Filmed using 1/8 scale miniature set. Several Monogram car kits are evident in the stalled traffic background plate.)

How about some vintage ashtrays/cigarette holders? Car itself is around 8" long. https://www.ebay.com/itm/185745133278 https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/boxes/decorative-boxes/1948-tucker-automobile-promotional-cigarette-box-ashtray/id-f_5758923/ https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/tucker-maroon-ashtray

Compare this image with the "action" shot a few replies up...

There's something wrong with the #12 in that picture. ?

MPC was purchased by General Mills in the 1970s, along with Lionel Corp. Both brands were often marketed together. From Wikipedia: "In the late 1970s, General Mills created a separate identity for its toy and hobby arm, CPG Products Corporation. During this time, MPC kits were marketed as part of CPG's Fundimensions Division. General Mills's ownership lasted until 1985 when it sold off its hobby companies. ..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_Products_Corporation Is there no MPC branding on the Firebird kit?

On the other hand, posting several dozen pictures in at a time here can seem a bit overwhelming. ?

I recommend muting the audio...

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I heard this on a local radio bluegrass program the other night. "Love Shack" by the Cleverlys

It's been pointed out in the past that all the manufacturers have passed on the JoHan tooling.

FWIW, the kit represents an ambulance built by the coachbuilder Miller-Meteor. They only built on the Cadillac commercial chassis in this era. They did not use other manufacturer's chassis. No Buick, no Chevrolet. People have kitbashed the Ectomobile kits with the Revell '59 Cadillacs. This would give you an engine and drivetrain detail. Note though that the Cadillac passenger cars had coil spring rear suspension while the Commercial Chassis employed leaf springs. The Polar Lights kit does have a stock rear bumper, but note that parts do not swap between the two kits.

3-D printing is also useful for making investment-cast parts in brass. The printed master melts like wax in the mold.

This kit is a modified reissue of the Ectomobile. If they have retooled the interior bucket, then yes it will be very attractive to us who want a stock ambulance/hearse. The old interior bucket had too much Ecto-gear molded in it to make one considering just making a new one from scratch. Superior-bodied versions have been offered in resin.

To me neither the AMT or the PL kit looks "right", but then again, this 1:1 ambulance doesn't quite look right either. The hearse pictured below appears to have softer contours on the rear quarters. (It should be noted the ambulance has been "restored", and includes elements considered inauthentic to the car such as those silly horns.)