Korben Dallas' Personal Cruiser

[Raul_Perez]

While waiting for the paint to cure on the Wagon Rod, I decided to do a 5th Element "what if" of Korben Dallas' own car...the one he might have driven to the spaceport after his taxi got shot to bits...

The basic body is the AMT '53 Stude with a few minor body modifications, mostly removal of the wheels and adoption of a hover craft floor pan, split right at the seam for the door sills.

In converted the interior to a two seater, I used the dash, the center console, the seats and parts of the door panels from some C6 Vette parts that I bought in a bag.

Since it's now a 2 seater, I changed the rear door line to slant up towards the rear pillar.

The "lump" on the trunk for the license plate looked kind of 5th Elementism...

The turbine-like engine for the hover system is a piece of 1/2" diameter tubing with various bits added on that will be plumbed later.

The chassis pan was made from 0.04" sheet styrene

Additional bits and pieces for the hover system will get BMF, additional wiring and detailing after the paint dries a bit more.

The body is ready to paint, but I haven't decided on a color yet. The chassis pan was sprayed with Testors Gunmetal metalizer from a rattle can, then burnished unidirectionally with a scuff pad.

Well, that's it for now...

Edited September 10, 2010 by Raul_Perez

[charlie8575]

I approve.

Charlie Larkin

[Clay]

Nice work so far Raul, as far as color, how about red and black?

[RodneyBad]

Another cool Project from the desk of Raul.

Great movie and I can't wait to see what he would personally drive

It is already looking Great..

I really dig the new door line too..

Build on..

[GOTH KUSTOMS]

Gotta admit, opend this thread and had no idea as to what I would see, well WOW, great job, looking sharp, and kewl at the same time....

[crazyjim]

Looks pretty cool, Raul. I like how you did the interior.

Who is Korben Dallas?

[Foxer]

I am Korben Dallas and I approve this message.

[crazyjim]

Hah! No you're not - I googled the name and I remember that movie.

[mredzadventure]

Very cool one of my favorite movies I'll be watching for sure

[David G.]

What a coincidence, my wife and I just watched that movie the day before yesterday! It's one of our favorites.

What you've got so far is just too cool! I can't wait to see how this develops.

"Badda Boom- big boom."

Edited September 5, 2010 by David G.

[MikeMc]

Now I know that Cranky is in your head!!!!!

gotta watch this one....will it have a matching trailer??

[Jon Cole]

Well I doubt he would want it Taxi Yellow...

[Jon Cole]

This thread is Bender's favorite

[David G.]

This thread is Bender's favorite

She's cute, but she's no Milla!

[Rob Hall]

Cool idea! Love that movie.

[pharr7226]

Great concept. I really like the interior work.

[curt raitz]

Oh-No-o-o... look what you've gone and done - a car w/o wheels

lookin' good buddy, I was wondering what your next adventure would be...

here's sumthin' to tickle your fancy...

c'ya

[Raul_Perez]

BIG BADA BOOM!!

Here's a couple of updated pics of the engine bay with some of the initial plumbing...the rest of the plumbing will have to wait until after the body gets painted.

Later,

[David G.]

If you don't mind, I think I'll borrow your super cool idea and make something like this myself. Maybe we could do a community build project.

p.s. I love the Multipass thing!

Edited September 5, 2010 by David G.

[Raul_Perez]

If you don't mind, I think I'll borrow your super cool idea and make something like this myself. Maybe we could do a community build project.

p.s. I love the Multipass thing!

Cool by me!! As far as I'm concerned...everyone can join in!!

After watching the special effects disc that came with the movie, I decided to paint it Testors Dark Bronze Metallic.

And...quicker than a used car saleman, I changed the interior color from gray to tan

More to come later...I'm busy watching the movie...

[Clay]

Great color choice Raul!! I knew you would pick a good one!!

[David G.]

Cool by me!! As far as I'm concerned...everyone can join in!!

After watching the special effects disc that came with the movie, I decided to paint it Testors Dark Bronze Metallic.

And...quicker than a used car saleman, I changed the interior color from gray to tan

More to come later...I'm busy watching the movie...

Excellent color. If the photos show it accurately, it looks to be the ideal color fot that Chrysler Turbine Car I've got on the shelf.

[charlie8575]

I like the color!

David- if that's the can I'm thinking of, yes, it's the right color for the Turbine Car.

Charlie Larkin

[Raul_Perez]

I like the color! ...

Thanks, Charlie!

Contrary to popular belief, I can build a model in less than a year!!

The interior is done, the final coat of clear has been sprayed...once the clear cures I'll give it a quick shoe-shine polish, a bit of BMF and final assembly...

That's all for today...I need to let the clear cure for a day or so before I do anything more to this one...

[Agent G]

This is way too cool.

5th E is one of my faves.

G