Volvoman Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 After a request from a fellow member( thanks Damian, damop6v8) asking if I had any more t.v or movie cars, I had to respond with this particular model of mine. Some of you may not be familiar with the british t.v.drama called Ashes to Ashes which was a follow up to the equally popular Life on Mars but without boring you all with the history of the programme, without a doubt one of the main stars was the bright red Audi Quattro that was driven by Gene Hunt whose character was played by Philip Glenister.His favourite catchphrase was to "Fire up the Quattro", hence this is the name I have placed on the base of the model. As the series is supposed to be set in 1980's London, I used an AMT streetscenes base and laid sandpaper on the base and painted it black and grey and weathered it to look like tarmac; the pavement was painted in Tamiya Buff XF57 and the wall was actually 1/24 scale brick paper for dolls houses. The pop posters were printed off the net and the street nameplate was scratcbuilt from plastic card and tubing. The car itself is the old Tamiya Audi Quattro which has been painted in actual Audi bright red spray paint bought from Halfords and relevant registration number plates were made using rub down lettering. The only drawback with the model in my opinion was the fact that the model was only offered in left hand drive whereas the t.v car was in right hand drive and I did'nt fancy cutting and filling the dashboard as these are quite rare kits to get a hold off if it had all gone wrong. I was pleased overall with the resullt that I had achieved and please feel free to add your own comments and thanks very much for looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Very nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Very nice, smooth paint job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Good job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenrat Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Sweet as. I thought about doing one of these. Laziness and apathy won as usual. Be nice to be able to build some of the cars from the original Life On Mars wouldn't it? I suppose you could build cars from the US remake (i'm still trying to erase the terrible last episode from my memory). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hgbben Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Looks outstanding. Nice scene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil-east Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 that is a fantastic build, looks really clean and the paint looks great ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyBradKeselowski Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Very nicely done, I like the diorama... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volvoman Posted August 1, 2012 Author Share Posted August 1, 2012 Thanks very much for the comments guys. Steve, I totally agree with you on saying that Gene Hunt is the man. The closest' hard copper' we had in England in the seventies was Jack Reagan from The Sweeney and I suppose the equivalent to him in the states was of course Dirty Harry Callaghan( Clint Eastwood being one of my all time favourite actors) but by the time the Eighties came around, political correctness started coming in to force and he had to tone his act down a bit. zenrat, you are right about the cars from Life on Mars, what I would give to get hold of a 1/24 MK3 Ford Cortina GXL. Can someone out there PLEASE make one??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brizio Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Haven't watched the show much (the David Bowie-esque title is what got me interested), but I do remember this. Lovely replica of the car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatManScaleDesigns Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Very nice! Really like the look of this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davewilly Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Nice looking Audi! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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