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Yep, he's one of my favorites, as well. I don't think anyone at that time could've been a better choice as Will Darnell!

Those white cars later got red resprays, as the various cars which potrayed Christine were smashed into bits. I can't remebmer how many were used, but a few actually survived filming, including a manual-transmission model they called 'Bad Christine' because the stunt drivers would forget to depress the clutch when they started it, causing the car to lurch forward. The startled drivers would shout "Bad Christine!", and the name stuck. I've heard John Carpenter added the assebly line sequence to hint that Christine was different from the other cars, even though in the book it's implied that it was the 'evil' of Roland LeBay who controlled the car. I do like the assembly line scene though. Yeah, I'm not sure why she 'bit' the inspector, but "Cigar Dude" WAS asking for it! Yes, Dave- not only were the books 'kill scenes' a bit more dramatic, but the parts where King describes Christine's damage healing itself is pretty creepy too- much of that is hidden in the movie, except for the scene in Darnell's garage. Oh- Did anyone else notice how the headlights were smashed- then as Christine started rebuilding herself, they came on, even though a later shot shows them still smashed, and a shot after THAT shows them undamaged, but not turned on?

Tamiya is the best spray can paint available anywhere, from anyone. Adheres well, lays down smooth, and doesn't take sixty years to dry. I love the stuff!

Good point...

Mine will be a full-on Kustom sled.

I don't see anything TOO untoward going on... I look at it, and I see a Hudson. I really don't understand how anyone can possibly expect any model kit, even one engineered with today's technology, can be 100% accurate and true to the 1:1 in every way. Hasn't happened yet, doesn't happen now, probably never will happen until we've developed some type of Star-Trek-like miniature replicator technology. Am I absolutely, positively, 100% confident that this kit is totally accurate? Nope. And I don't care. No kit is perfect. The rest of the kit looks up to snuff, and besides, I haven't seen the Hudson built up yet, so I really don't want to judge any inaccuracies it may have until everything is painted, detailed, and assembled. I've cracked open a few kits and thought "Man, that looks terrible", only to be proven wrong once the model was done.

In the book- Christine was a red and white 4-door 1958 Plymouth Fury. Now, in real life, there was no such thing- all '58 Furies were white and gold 2-door hardtops. King has confessed that Christine was kind of written in fits and starts over the years, and he chose to make Christine a 'Fury' because he liked the name. King is an author first, and a car historian a distant second! In "The Mist", there's a character who drives a "4-door International Scout". But I guess such things are okay in a fictional story! I really don't care for how Mr.Darnell 'gets it' in the movie when compared to the book. In the movie, he gets inside the burned hulk of Christine (after she's dispatched Reperton and his buddies...AND after Darnell BURNED HIS HAND on her door handle!), and gets crushed against the steering wheel by the power seat. In the book, he's sitting in his living room watching A Christmas Carol, and Christine smashes though his picture window and mows him down as he tries to retreat upstairs. Yeah, that might be a bit harder to choreograph, but which would be more exciting to watch? I'd really like to see sombody do a movie of King's "From A Buick 8". THAT book creeped me out- I thought it was way better than Christine, but I guess it would be more of a thriller than a full-blown horror movie. And a '54 Buick is a bit more scary looking than a '58 Fury, if you ask me!

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I was wondering that- the kit was tooled in the early '80's, so I doubted it would have a coilpack setup.

Very nice! I wish Round 2 would reissue this kit, even though the one I'd build wouldn't look this cool.

I'll pay you a thousand bucks for it! (The kit, not the camera batteries.)

If I had to pick just one? Bullet nose Stude. There. I said it!

It is sick, twisted, totally insane and COMPLETELY uncalled for. Or, to cut right to the chase... I LOVE IT!

Looks like it's going to suck, big time. I'm not surprised- most films with cars playing prominent roles do suck big time. I can stomach "Christine", because I love seeing a big finned Mopar t-bone a first-gen Camaro, and you get to see a pre-Baywatch Alexandra Paul, but that movie would have been way, WAY better had it stuck closer to the book (which wasn't even one of Stephen King's finer efforts, if I may be so blunt...)

I know it's a 2.5 4-cylinder, but aside from that I'm not sure. I can't tell if it's supposed to be a gas or diesel engine. I don't see a distributor on it, but I don't see an injector pump, either! Can anyone shed some light on this?

I love the R/C Charger, and how could I not dig the VW Beetle pickup? Very nice work.

I've never built it box-stock, but I have used the chassis a few times for other Mopar pro-streeters. It's a pretty good kit.

Very cool- the only time I've seen this kit was in a Monroe shocks sweepstakes magazine ad from the late '70's! Like Nessie, I'd heard of it but never seen it... until now!

Looks to be a late '50's Transtar. Other than the nose, it was identical to the earlier R-series trucks.

Heck, some people refuse to reconize anything but a '49-'51 Merc as a custom. Or is that "Kustom"? Oh, drats...

We've been patient enough, Dan! We've waited long enough! (Insert stirring, life-shattering speech about something here) Now let's trample some hobby shop door greeters!!!!

At the risk of being vauge- basically I used a cigarette lighter and some pressure. I suppose a tutorial might be in order!

Who do I have to maim/kill/or otherwise inconvenience to get my hands on one?

I started this during the summer, let it sit for several months, and finished it over the course of the last two evenings. Basically it's a wrecked old Scout II with its engine removed. The body's not too rusty, but the driveline and seats are gone, but hey, it might be a cool off road project for somebody. I'm fairly happy with how it turned out, even though I did miss a few mold lines on the body. I also didn't bother to reshape the incorrect grille, as the collision damage obsures its 'less-than-perfectness' to a degree.

I'm with you all the way on that one! Very nice job on this! This kit is on my own wish list, even if it is the 'wrong' scale for me! Can't wait to see this in that diorama!