Quaternary: Consisting of four parts.
In my younger days, back in the early 80's, (how long ago that seems!) the film Mad Max hit the cinemas and I instantly fell in love with the revved-up, super-charged, NO2 injected craziness of it all!
A couple of years later, the first film was followed up with Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior.
In both these films the main car depicted in them, in various guises, was the Ford Falcon.
In the first film, we see 3 versions of the same car:
Well, a few months ago, while trawling the internet, I found all four versions of this car as downloadable paper models. So, I downloaded the lot and headed straight over to the printers.
As you have probably worked out by now, this is what this thread is all about: The making of all four versions.
So, let's start with the first one on the list:
The Big Bopper
This car was driven by Roop & Charlie in the first film. This car was also the one that had the most accidents and was written off early in the film after smashing through a caravan at about 80mph while chasing the Knight Rider.
The model template consists of 5 pages. 3 for the car itself and 2 for the display base included in the kit. The model is relatively simple, but well detailed.
I started with the body shell first. I removed all the supplied tabs where the body panels fit together. This kept the body work nice and smooth without steps. I edge glued and back tabbed these joins instead. I then used various sized dowels to shape the car body into its correct form.
Next up: the rear end and bumper...
Then on to the windscreen, bonnet and front bumper/scoop....
The four wheel arch extensions were a bit fiddly and required some accurate gluing.... Also, lining up the coloured texture took some patience!
Next, I cut up the parts for the wheels. I used various sized hole punches to get everything nice and round.
I used various round objects as formers when gluing the rings and discs of the wheels together.
And just for Zathros: The good ole circle template helped in keeping everything true!
Due to the limitations of uploading, I will see you in the next post......
In my younger days, back in the early 80's, (how long ago that seems!) the film Mad Max hit the cinemas and I instantly fell in love with the revved-up, super-charged, NO2 injected craziness of it all!
A couple of years later, the first film was followed up with Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior.
In both these films the main car depicted in them, in various guises, was the Ford Falcon.
In the first film, we see 3 versions of the same car:
- The Big Bopper
- The Interceptor
- The Super-charged black Interceptor Pursuit Special.
Well, a few months ago, while trawling the internet, I found all four versions of this car as downloadable paper models. So, I downloaded the lot and headed straight over to the printers.
As you have probably worked out by now, this is what this thread is all about: The making of all four versions.
So, let's start with the first one on the list:
The Big Bopper
This car was driven by Roop & Charlie in the first film. This car was also the one that had the most accidents and was written off early in the film after smashing through a caravan at about 80mph while chasing the Knight Rider.
The model template consists of 5 pages. 3 for the car itself and 2 for the display base included in the kit. The model is relatively simple, but well detailed.
I started with the body shell first. I removed all the supplied tabs where the body panels fit together. This kept the body work nice and smooth without steps. I edge glued and back tabbed these joins instead. I then used various sized dowels to shape the car body into its correct form.
Next up: the rear end and bumper...
Then on to the windscreen, bonnet and front bumper/scoop....
The four wheel arch extensions were a bit fiddly and required some accurate gluing.... Also, lining up the coloured texture took some patience!
Next, I cut up the parts for the wheels. I used various sized hole punches to get everything nice and round.
I used various round objects as formers when gluing the rings and discs of the wheels together.
And just for Zathros: The good ole circle template helped in keeping everything true!
Due to the limitations of uploading, I will see you in the next post......
