HotRodaSaurus Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Just watched "The Giant Gila Monster" You know the kind of film where teenage Hot Rodders save the world from some horrific menace. What I do like about these films though is the way we see hot rods just as they really were, straight out of the pages of those little page magazines and not a Rat Rod in sight. Just as the Giant lizard is about to munch up everybody he stamps on a few nice models/promo's, sorry I don't know the makers, then the hero drives his nitro glycerine loaded 32 into the monster. What a waste of a decent deuce kit as car and lizard are blown to bits. The world is safe yet again Cheers, J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledsel Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I remember seeing all those promos in that movie. There was a scene in the 70's Superman movie where I saw the Revell 32 Roadster sitting on the side of the road along with a few Vettes and a Jag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledsel Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Some from the Gila monster.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knarf Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Just watched "The Giant Gila Monster" You know the kind of film where teenage Hot Rodders save the world from some horrific menace. What I do like about these films though is the way we see hot rods just as they really were, straight out of the pages of those little page magazines and not a Rat Rod in sight. Just as the Giant lizard is about to munch up everybody he stamps on a few nice models/promo's, sorry I don't know the makers, then the hero drives his nitro glycerine loaded 32 into the monster. What a waste of a decent deuce kit as car and lizard are blown to bits. The world is safe yet again Cheers, J. i've seen that movie. or at least i remember the part with the 32 and the nitro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBcritter Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Here's the original thread: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotRodaSaurus Posted December 30, 2015 Author Share Posted December 30, 2015 Here's the original thread: Nice to know there is still some interest. Just love monsters stamping on things. Anyone know if Godzilla wrecked a few promo's ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 In one of the Rockford's Files episodes, one of the baddies is working on an AMT '68 Mustang kit in his motel room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 These models were used in Skyfall: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 1989 Gotham City. Lot's of Otaki/Doyusha/Revellogram 1/12 stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 The Fifth Element Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Bartrop Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 (edited) If you wan't model cars in movies as model cars, there's the 1953 movie Niagara, where Marilyn Monroe's psycho husband, played by Joseph Cotten, unwinds by assembling a model kit. Edited December 31, 2015 by Richard Bartrop fixed typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumpyDan Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 This was great, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGL Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 (edited) I'm diggin this thread, thanks. Edited December 31, 2015 by MGL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotRodaSaurus Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 These models were used in Skyfall: Looks a bit better than that magazine piece by piece issue 1/8th kit. What scale is that one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotRodaSaurus Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 Thunderbirds had some neat futuristic stuff in the puppet shows. Cant seem to find any images of what I am after though most were emergency service vehicles, police cars, ambulances, taxi's and limousines. A lot of those got trashed by earthquakes and other calamities. Correct me if I am wrong but Rolls Royce approved the use of their trademarks on Lady Penelope's FAB 1 Rolls Royce. We seem to see models destroyed though probably due to filming budgets in these old B movies, hence the use in the Gila monster film. There must be some more out there, how about Attack of the 50ft Woman(original)? Sorry cant find any screenshots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reegs Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 A discussion re: The Giant Gila Monster (technically, The Giant Beaded Lizard):http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/2787/THE-GIANT-GILA-MONSTER-review?page=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBcritter Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 (edited) Thunderbirds had some neat futuristic stuff in the puppet shows. Cant seem to find any images of what I am after though most were emergency service vehicles, police cars, ambulances, taxi's and limousines. A lot of those got trashed by earthquakes and other calamities. Sorry cant find any screenshots Quite a few here; looks like they used some Jo-Han promos or kits as well as Monogram '58 T-birds in various guises, plus an AMT or Monogram '36 Ford, and even the Silhouette: http://www.imcdb.org/movie_57790-Thunderbirds.html Note a couple cars are misidentified; check the descriptions... Edited December 31, 2015 by ChrisBcritter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike999 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 A discussion re: The Giant Gila Monster (technically, The Giant Beaded Lizard):http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/2787/THE-GIANT-GILA-MONSTER-review?page=1 Thanks for that! Great discussion. Somewhere, maybe on this board, somebody once said that the PMC Ford station wagon promo in "GGM" was the only unwarped one they had ever seen.Speaking of warped...I must have seen the MST3K version of "GGM" 10 times and it still cracks me up. "And the Lord said DIE, children, DIE..."I'm pretty sure Kim Jong-Un has a copy of "GGM." And uses that song to torture North Korean political prisoners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotRodaSaurus Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 I have to say though this was actually the second time I have seen this film, I thought I had not, I am actually more a Godzilla fan (Toho production) when it comes to monsters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 (edited) Looks a bit better than that magazine piece by piece issue 1/8th kit. What scale is that one? 1:3 Three were made by computer printing them.One was blown up in the film, one was kept by the company, who made them, one was sold at auction for over £100,000. Ironically, the real car that was used as a reference to computer print the models did not fare well. It looks like it's not too uncommon among DB5 owners to think their cars were made by Q. Edited December 31, 2015 by Junkman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotRodaSaurus Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 Thanks for that! Great discussion. Somewhere, maybe on this board, somebody once said that the PMC Ford station wagon promo in "GGM" was the only unwarped one they had ever seen.Speaking of warped...I must have seen the MST3K version of "GGM" 10 times and it still cracks me up. "And the Lord said DIE, children, DIE..."I'm pretty sure Kim Jong-Un has a copy of "GGM." And uses that song to torture North Korean political prisoners.Guess there was a lot of that "lets make Hot Rodders look like good kids really' type of thing. Yes that song is excruciatingly bad, its up there with Teddy Bear, the CB radio weepy. I guess Polio was a big thing in the 50s, an older friend suffered from it but it didn't stop him from being a bad ass type. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maindrian Pace Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Wow, that's one expensive collision. Might even be more than Rowan Atkinson's McLaren F1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Yep, models in movies (cars airplanes, ships and tanks) are as common as dirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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