NitroJunky Posted June 15, 2010 Posted June 15, 2010 A few years ago i bought an Aoshima Mad Max Interceptor. After sitting in the "To Do" pile i decided that the front end needed to be smashed up just like the film car was at the start of the film. After hours of screen printing DVD to try and get stills of the car and a few sketches i just about ready to start cutting the bodyshell and making various scratch built parts. Once i was happy with the bodyshell it was painted stating black. I then started to apply the weathering/worn look with various shades of browns, a little white and a few coats of a dirty wash. The whole shell was then give 2 coats of matt lacquer. I have also started to make the interior look like that of the film car as the interior in the kit in incorrect for the MM2 Interceptor.
puddingwrestler Posted June 15, 2010 Posted June 15, 2010 You know if you watch Mad Max carefully (the original one, NOT Mad Max II aka The Roadwarrior), you NEVER see the left hand side of the interceptor. The producer took the just finished car for a spin the day before filming and scraped that side up badly driving far to close to a curbful of dustbins... No time to fix it, so they had to film that way. Of course, they did fix it up for the second film, but the car was meant to look beaten up by then so it probably would not matter. In the first film, it's just been built and is shiny factory painted.
RodneyBad Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 Looking really good nice weather and front end rework.
KENNEDYJR Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 Great job on that one. Did you run into any building issues with the kit itself?
Terror Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 Very nice work.I love that movie.(There has been to much bloodshed already.Just walk away.End the horror and just walk away.)
David G. Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 It looks just the way I remember it from the movie! "Whoa mate, is that a V-8?" What kind of car did they use for the movie, was it an Aussie Maverick?
NitroJunky Posted June 17, 2010 Author Posted June 17, 2010 Great job on that one. Did you run into any building issues with the kit itself? Thanks for the comments. I dont think i ran into issues when building the kit, it was a while ago tbh. The only thing i dont like about the kit is that "bathtub" style chassis. If you look at it side on, mainly from the NS there is a horrible square section under the bonnet and just does not look right. I did build one of these kits before and attempted to make the bonnet and doors open for greater detail as i had seen one on mad max models. I also tried to modify the engine bay to drop in a V8 motor but the whole thing failed and went in the scrap bin. Its now an ideal candidate for the wrecked interceptor in MM2
rustybill1960 Posted June 19, 2010 Posted June 19, 2010 Yes, very nice work indeed! Thank You for sharing later Russ
mind-9 Posted June 20, 2010 Posted June 20, 2010 Great i love the front what you did with it. When i saw this car i start toi look around on ebay and geus what i just bought it also from Aoshima they say that is the best intreceptor model. i will keep following this post
NitroJunky Posted June 21, 2010 Author Posted June 21, 2010 (edited) Great i love the front what you did with it. When i saw this car i start toi look around on ebay and geus what i just bought it also from Aoshima they say that is the best intreceptor model. i will keep following this post I also have a 1.25th version of this in resin made by forbin planet. Its the version of the MM1 car from the first film. Its an older kit and and not the best for the money i paid for it ( around £60 at the time) but i do believe that the company have redone the kit and its much more improved kit. As the MM2 car then imo the Aoshima kit is the best. Theres 2 versions of it. The one i used and another one with a diffrent box- Its has a picture of the car coming down the road whe being chased by the dogs of war. It comes with a metal blower and a metal dog. It sometimes appears on ebay but goes for alot more than the normal aoshima model. I never made any scale plans when building this car i just sketched out what i wanted it to look like. The radiator is just a peice of plasti card with lines scored on it and painted matt black with weathering. The wings have been given the beaten look by warming the plastic up to distort it. When the nose cone is removed there is a peice of the chassis underneath that needs the middle cutting to look like a bumper reinforcer and then the nose cone supports need to be scratch built. The interior is not finished in mine yet, to busy with dragster atm lol I will take a few shots of the car with the body off for you. I intend to make a base for the car to sit on at some point, I am considering making a part of the fuel depot. I have around 100 1/24th truck tyres that are spare so i may cut these up to look like the depot walls. Edited June 21, 2010 by NitroJunky
mind-9 Posted June 22, 2010 Posted June 22, 2010 A couple of shots with the body lifted Thanks for the photo's now i know what to suspect hihi. when i got the car i alsdo want to put a real engine in it and make the bonnet and doors open. i saw there's a lot of rverence on the net. keep following this tut see you and let you now when i will start.
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