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28/09/2013 8:19 am
Greenlight's '70 Dodge Charger R/T and '72 Ford Gran Torino have imminent releases...
Before anyone says anything, yes, they're both custom cars meant to depict cars from one of the Fast & Furious films (no idea which one), but they will apparently go for $20-$30 each. The Russian website Modelcarsheritage.ru has pictures of the finished products (and they usually get the pictures of whatever it is they're selling early, somehow). Surprisingly not up on Greenlight's website yet. The Charger looks a million times better than the mockup they have up on 3000toys.com and the Torino looks nicely finished. Only one view of each car, but worth taking a look and, due to the price, I look forward to these arriving in the US!
28/09/2013 9:12 am
A good alternative to my GL Jeeps and Fords - I'll be sure to get them! Thanks!
28/09/2013 9:28 am
[PICS] To save you looking for them, here they are
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The Torino looks nice just as it is, and the Charger is really crisp and "meaty", but I wonder how much trouble it would be to remove that monstrosity from the bonnet (hood) and tidy it up? Maybe more trouble than it's worth! Will they also issue a stock version?
Graeme.M. Ogg
London U.K.
28/09/2013 9:53 am
28/09/2013 9:54 am
I do not mind the thing coming out of the hood of the Charger by the way lol !
28/09/2013 1:18 pm
Wasn't the Charger in the first F&F movie? I seem to recall a hellacious wheelstand it did!
29/09/2013 10:58 am
Randy, the Gran Torino, I believe was "modified for the movie".
See picture here...
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_190365-Ford-Gran-Torino-1972.html
To answer Graeme's question, they've done another Fast and Furious-series Charger without the blown engine in 1/64 and used the same casting for their 1/64 version of the one shown here. So maybe they're planning a two-fer with this one?
29/09/2013 1:59 pm
John-William, Thanks for the link. I have never seen the movie so it was...........
nice to see the actual car. The 1:1 version looks better then the model but, I understand why Greenlight made it the way they did. Its the headlight treatment that really looks bad on the 1:43 model. Maybe in person it will look better or I will get one and just add some bare metal foil and fix it lol ! Thanks Again, RANDY
29/09/2013 6:22 pm
An alternative, if you want to recreate the movie car, would be simulated wire mesh.
I can think of a couple ways to do that...
1. Buy a black handkerchief, cut out screens just a bit smaller than the actual size, and then stretch them. This works terrific for covering over certain old Lionel diesel louvers once they replaced wire mesh with plastic-molded louvers. Really, any black fabric will work, but a cheap black handkerchief makes more sense than asking your wife or girlfriend if you can use her black stockings to cut pieces out of for your model car...
2. Black thatching on transparent decals, which would by far be the most realistic method, but also REALLY fragile. You'd have to have some kind of spray-on acrylic hardening agent, because while doing it by hand might be more exact, I can see you ripping a bunch of decals in the process before getting it right.
3. If you're good with sewing thread and gluing it together, well...there's that...