Does anyone make a kit of Max’s V-8 Interceptor from those movies? I suppose I could kitbash a Ford Falcon kit, but my skills aren’t that up to par yet. So are there any kits of that particular car?
the Mad Max Interceptor kas been kitted by Aoshima,
that kit is apparently out of production now but u mite be able
2 source one.
there r some pricey resin versions out, but 4 $120 USD,
i’d b looking at some scratchbuilt mods 2 a Revell or AMT
Mustang kit instead… just my [2c] there, tho…
HTH,
frosty[:)]
If I recall correctly there were 2 versions of the kit out:
One was all plastic and the other had a wite metal engine and maybe some aditional goodies.
But don’t rely on this ol’ brain of mine too much.
HTH.
P.S.: There are curently 2 kits up for grabs on eBay…
Martacus,
The kit was released as a standard MM2/RW vehicle, no lower nose, semi-stripped interior (still had carpet and doorpanels), cutout tail/trunk with fuel tanks. One version available had a standard chromed plastic blower, the other did have a diecast blower. I don’t know about any other goodies, but I was only able to get the Standard kit. Detail is really very good, it looks like a Ford product in general layout and an Aussie Falcon in particular. No under hood detail, but has a can of dog food!
A/FX Resin had a conversion kit to turn the RW version into the Mad Max version (front valence, trunk and all). I heard rumors over the net, which are subject to much scepticism, that tha Aoshima kit would be redone as the first movie version, but I have not seen this come to pass.
The resin models I have seen are close, but most are not really too good in my opinion.
To scratch your own, you could use the Revellogram 1970 Torinos, redo a lot of body sculpting, shorten the tail/trunk some, add an AMT reissue 71-73 Mustang Mach 1 NACA scooped hood, a little styrene, lots of patience, and get to a good Interceptor. Or find the Ao kit on Ebay or at a store that couldn’t sell them off (what’en da heck isdis thang?!?).
As a resource,
has pretty much everything you could hope for as far as info. And remember, the cars were totally stock, publicly available rides in Australia when the movie was made, so Google’ing the web and images will net you lots and lots of pics of the stock cars and the parts that went into them (like the nosepiece, blower and scoop,blower switch, etc).
Good luck.
Tom
Thanks. You’re right, it is the version as it appeared in the original movie I’m looking to build. I’d just rather see it that way than as the stripped-down shadow of itself that it appeared as in the sequel (appropriate as that may be, given the driver). Something to keep in mind in the future.
And yes, I did know all the “souped-up” police cars were all just stock with body mods. It brings a smile to my face just thinking about it.[:D]
Martacus-I personally love the nasty version in MM2 and hope to build it some day (along with a million other projects). Loved MM1 and MM2 hated the last-but I have to say the driving stunts in the first movie set the standard for car chases-they blew “Bullit” away!!!
Its an Australian Ford Falcon. So scratching it from an American model may be a little difficult?
Chris in Japan
This might help you out…
http://www.scaleautomag.com/sca/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=24363
Hi Chris from Japan,
Yeah, it would be difficult, but not hopeless. The Aussie cars are very similar to the US versions, and in many cases, it looks as if the tooling for some of the chassis is the same or shared (we were doen, ship it to them). So it is doable. I found a site, don’t have it handy now, where a guy in Japan made an Interceptor from the giant Doyusha Mach 1. It looks as if the only thing he used with minimal mods was the hood. Now thats a lotta work.
Best,
Tom
http://www.federationmodels.com/model_kits/comet/
scroll down and you’ll find both versions and the original blue/yellow/red interceptor
Martacus, Monsters in Motion has a number of Mad Max items including the cars. I believe they are at monstersinmotion.com
Best of luck,
Dave