Just finished this one today. It’s a 1973 Ford Falcon GT coupe. They were only produced in Austrailia. Been real diligent with it. One of my favorite cars. It’s the Aoshima 1/24 version. A great kit with good detail but the interior detail is off. I wanted to replicate the car as it was in the movie before Max tore the front end off. I found a good site with interior pics for aftermarket additions. Most interior and trunk details are scratchbuilt and aftermarket. This was my first car so getting the effects right was a challenge. The dust/dirt effects were primarily airbrushed with some Tamiya weather powders. Overall, I’m pleased with the results for a first timer. Let me know what you think. Thanks…
Andy
Here are some of the extra goodies. Kit only came with spare and gas cans
Added some hoses to the supercharger. Painted with MM metalizer
I recently saw this kit at Hobby Lobby and contemplated buying it. Mind you, I don’t build cars either, but this one looks cool and I love the Mad Max Movies. I personally think The Road Warrior was the best of the lot. Do you have the website link(s) to the interior detail photos?
Mate thats an Awsome effort !!! I’m doing an interceptor at the moment for a client NOT MY CUP OF TEA !!! but I take the good with the bad .
The model is pretty much scratchbuilt I’m baseing the build on the Biantie 1/18th scale Diecast Ford XB Coupe and am replicating the car as it was shown in the first of the MAX movies before he decided to trash it!
all the nose ,spoilers and wings are machined from solid brass take a look at the link to some pictures of the project to the point I have it to at the moment.
I just got my latest issue of Auto Restorer magazine that has an article about a company in Seattle, WA. named Mad Max Cars. Those folks build full sized ( 1:1 scale ) replica’s of the Mad Max Interceptor. They hunt for usable cars in Austrailia, import them and modify them for customers–to order. The magazine site is www.autorestorermagazine.com . This latest issue is not on the site yet, but it will be. This magazine is a subscription-only mag and has no advertizements, so if anyone is interested in 1;1 scale restorations, this is the place. I am a subscriber ONLY. Not connected with them in anyother way. This latest issue is really close to my heart because the cover photo is of a restored 1970 Dodge Dart Swinger 340. That’s the car I bought brand new whien I got back from 'Nam in Nov. 1969. Mine was Midas Gold and had the 4-Speed trans while THIS one has an automatic trans and is painted–Panther Pink. [yuck][yuck]
GREAT WORK! I’m no car modeler but I’d love a crack at one of those! I’ve been a fan of the Interceptor for 26 years, and my sister wants a 1:1… Hey, why not get the old Airfix 1:24th scale gyrocopter, do a full conversion, and add it to the diorama?
The original, fully restored about twenty years ago, is now in the National Motor Museum, Birdwood, South Australia (or so I’ve been told). What it had under the hood was a tightly-kept secret for many years but the word is out now. If she sounds like she has grunt, she should – the mill is said to be around 680 cubic inches, and the line in the first movie about “600 horsepower, through the wheels” was probably a considerable underestimate. For a long time she was easily the most powerful road-worthy car in Australia, though I think that record has now passed on.
I have (somewhere) the 1986 issue of Australian Street Machine Magazine covering the rebuild, which was done by two brothers, Mario and Tony Romeo, whom I’m sure were the folks to whom my family sold out house in 1984. I’ve often wondered if any bits of the Interceptor were worked on in the shed my dad and I built…!
