Finally have all the models here in the US; sorting, numbering, repairing ... gonna take awhile.
I have discovered that the background card for #120 (FYEO Mercedes on cliff) wasn't trimmed properly; hate to obtain a second model just for that; anyone have a spare?
BTW, if anyone is looking for spare models, I'm going to have some. A few plinths as well. But any tops would be damaged.
I have started the new 'Knit Your Own Titanic' part works and after a few mistakes I am now looking for another part one which came with the extra ball of steel wool.
Very good so far but those funnels were a real pain.
I am really impressed with the different skills it teaches you and I will certainly be able to go on and knit just about any vehicle I choose.
Looking forward to part 53 the crochet propellers.
The figures are hard plastic, not vinyl like most of the JBCC figures. Entering ‘1.50 figures’ or ‘O gauge figures’ in eBay’s search box usually finds a good selection of them.
They appear to be bigger than the JBCC figures, but if the JBCC 1.43 scale is to be believed, 1.50 scale figures should be just about right.
Some of those same figures are being sold in the US alongside the Plastruct racks as architectural model accessories. They're available in 1/2 (roughly G Scale), 1/4 (O-S) and 1/8 (HO) scale, and sold in bundles of just male or just female, all standing, none seated. I've seen them under the name WeeScapes from SCP as well as others (the castings themselves are coming from Vietnam and are clearly being distributed by a variety of companies).
In model railroading, O-S is considered 1/48th scale, pretty close to the 1/43rd "standard" for die-casts.
Noting this only because builders might also want to consider searching for "figure" in combination with "architectural," "1/48," "model railroad," etc.
I have started the new 'Knit Your Own Titanic' part works and after a few mistakes I am now looking for another part one which came with the extra ball of steel wool.
Very good so far but those funnels were a real pain.
I am really impressed with the different skills it teaches you and I will certainly be able to go on and knit just about any vehicle I choose.
Looking forward to part 53 the crochet propellers.
Keep on Knitting -{
Just a heads up, Nick, in case you didn't catch it: the kit builds the original OR movie version. Sadly, I realized this too late and now my hull doesn't match my decks ... but isn't that always the way?
I have started the new 'Knit Your Own Titanic' part works and after a few mistakes I am now looking for another part one which came with the extra ball of steel wool.
Very good so far but those funnels were a real pain.
I am really impressed with the different skills it teaches you and I will certainly be able to go on and knit just about any vehicle I choose.
Looking forward to part 53 the crochet propellers.
Keep on Knitting -{
The great thing about the 'Knit Your Own Titanic' is that if you float the finished model in the bath, not only does it sink convincingly but it also ends up looking like an exact model of the rusting hulk on the seabed! Of course, the only problem is that if you do that, the lights don't work very well any more.
I have discovered that the background card for #120 (FYEO Mercedes on cliff) wasn't trimmed properly; hate to obtain a second model just for that; anyone have a spare?
Is the background card too big or too small? - If you can describe the problem, the rest of us can check to see if it's a fault with all of the cards on this particular model.
BTW I'm sure folks in the UK would be interested in buying spare cars etc but it would probably need to be a private deal/swap rather than eBay. We get crucified over here by UK Customs import duties if we try to buy anything from the US worth more than £15GBP.
I have discovered that the background card for #120 (FYEO Mercedes on cliff) wasn't trimmed properly; hate to obtain a second model just for that; anyone have a spare?
Is the background card too big or too small? - If you can describe the problem, the rest of us can check to see if it's a fault with all of the cards on this particular model.
BTW I'm sure folks in the UK would be interested in buying spare cars etc but it would probably need to be a private deal/swap rather than eBay. We get crucified over here by UK Customs import duties if we try to buy anything from the US worth more than £15GBP.
See if I can describe this in a way that makes sense: the short section of the background is trimmed about 1/4" short ... it was cut right at the first "0" in "007" and doesn't reach the corner of the case.
To that end, anyone have an extra Z3 background as well? Have one where the case got so smashed it sliced through the background.
As for spares, I would eBay them really only as a last resort. What with the damaged cases they'd be a tough sell and there are too many to list, ship, etc. individually. No, I'd prefer to work out trades with people doing Code 3s, upgrading a particular model, and so on (with a couple of exceptions, the models themselves are fine).
I have discovered that the background card for #120 (FYEO Mercedes on cliff) wasn't trimmed properly; hate to obtain a second model just for that; anyone have a spare?
Is the background card too big or too small? - If you can describe the problem, the rest of us can check to see if it's a fault with all of the cards on this particular model.
BTW I'm sure folks in the UK would be interested in buying spare cars etc but it would probably need to be a private deal/swap rather than eBay. We get crucified over here by UK Customs import duties if we try to buy anything from the US worth more than £15GBP.
See if I can describe this in a way that makes sense: the short section of the background is trimmed about 1/4" short ... it was cut right at the first "0" in "007" and doesn't reach the corner of the case.
To that end, anyone have an extra Z3 background as well? Have one where the case got so smashed it sliced through the background.
As for spares, I would eBay them really only as a last resort. What with the damaged cases they'd be a tough sell and there are too many to list, ship, etc. individually. No, I'd prefer to work out trades with people doing Code 3s, upgrading a particular model, and so on (with a couple of exceptions, the models themselves are fine).
This is a great idea which MCF and I have discussed previously . I suggest we list all we have
And see what is of use to each other and maybe swaps can be achieved . I have a spare Mercedes background for starters
Back with some new ideas : in preparation , this Mercedes. I need to paint the guy and put some barrels...
A lot a very good code 3 theses weeks .... waiting for other good one.
Regards.
Back with some new ideas : in preparation , this Mercedes. I need to paint the guy and put some barrels...
A lot a very good code 3 theses weeks .... waiting for other good one.
Regards.
Hi DDenis
Great work on that Code 3. I liked your use of the cloning tool to mask out the car from the background. Copying the barrels and building up the tent. It reminded me of the one i did ages ago for the GT. It would be something to see a long display featuring the entire line up of those cars. No doubt someone will do that at some point. Keep them coming D. Once again, Great work {[]
Hi Tony,
Thanks for your comments. In fact, your background is much better than the original one. I already print it a few years ago now.
I am looking for the display with the 7 cars, but I am looking for the Porsche and the Ferrari and I haven't find them yet (at a 'normal price'...)
As soon I can have them, I will make a 'huge ' code 3 diorama... I have some ideas to make a self-made box...
Cheers.
I am looking for the Porsche and the Ferrari and I haven't find them yet (at a 'normal price'...)
You don't have to buy a BBR model to get a yellow F355 Berlinetta. Detail Cars made one which can be found quite cheap. Hefty shipping on this one but just as an example: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111004630394
Hi Rainer,
Thanks for the links... I will try to have the Porsche. I already have the hellow Ferrari F355. I am looking for the black 360 modena.
Cheers
Here's some news for a future Code 3. Remember the Volvos in OP that were used as East Bloc-of-some-kind staff cars? Well, you'd probably assume there weren't any in the GDR in real life. In which case, you'd be wrong. They actually had them. It's not immediate, but the Volvo 264TE by Matrix Scale Models (similar to Neo; the old owner of Neo founded it) should be out relatively soon (along with Erich Honecker's Citroen CX). You should be able to make a pretty good diorama out of that. It has the blue light found on the real 264TE's that's missing on the movie cars, but the GDR's flag is there, as was mocked up on the film cars.
Here's what I'm convinced would have been a JBCC car released by Ixo...
Not THAT difficult to imagine adding a few dents and changing the livery to get the OHMSS Escort.
Yet another one that Fabbri/Emoss had in the bag and could have released as part of the JBCC. This particular car would have sold very well on the secondary market too - the real wide-arch car is a very popular classic in the UK and Europe right now and is worth a great deal of money compared to other contemporary Fords. Vanguards made a couple of sought after 'Mexico' versions in green and red which routinely sell for £30 plus on eBay, so there's no reason why a movie connected JBCC model wouldn't have done well too.
This wasn't in the picture, so I assumed you meant the yellow one. On IMCDB the car looks more dark blue than black but whatever colour, a dark 360 is not found easily, that's true. I have not even found a handbuilt one in either black or dark blue.
The 911 in DAD actually was a 993 Turbo, or at least made to look like one. It has the turbo front bumper, rear spoiler and wider arches. It also appears to have turbo written on the wheel centre cap.
I don't know much about Porsche, so looked up the info on IMCDB. The guys seem to know their Porsche stuff and are quite sure it was not a turbo, but a Carrera 4:
I dont think this is a Turbo S.
No Turbo S fog lights/airducts.
And I dont think there are any Air scoops in rear fenders, just body damages.
Rear wing also looks wrong.
Neither car has Turbo front valence, so despite Turbo-ish rear arches and wing and the sills and front snow plough, I think 95+ Carrera 4 for white sidelights is safest.
Here's what I'm convinced would have been a JBCC car released by Ixo...
Not THAT difficult to imagine adding a few dents and changing the livery to get the OHMSS Escort.
Yet another one that Fabbri/Emoss had in the bag and could have released as part of the JBCC. This particular car would have sold very well on the secondary market too - the real wide-arch car is a very popular classic in the UK and Europe right now and is worth a great deal of money compared to other contemporary Fords. Vanguards made a couple of sought after 'Mexico' versions in green and red which routinely sell for £30 plus on eBay, so there's no reason why a movie connected JBCC model wouldn't have done well too.
The only problem with this Escort is that there are a few problems ...
First, the cars in OHMSS didn't have the flared arches. Ford didn't expect to get them returned in pristine condition, so only narrow Escorts were used in the chase and not the RS racing version.
Second (and more important to me), the car is RHD, the OHMSS Escorts were all LHD, so I am not convinced that this would have been a future JBCC issue.
Most Mk 1 Escorts available in 1/43 are RHD but Minichamps and Trofeu did release some narrow LHD versions too. These would be more adequate for code 3's but are quite expensive now.
What I find interesting is that all Escorts have Austrian (specifically: "S" = Salzburg) numberplates. Salzburg, due to its location in the middle of Austria and close to the German boarder, was the location of most car importers and distributors, so I assume that all the Escorts were supplied by Ford Austria. Filming of the ice race was in Switzerland, why didn't Ford Switzerland or directly Ford in Cologne provide the cars for the film? Very strange ... ?:)
Here's what I'm convinced would have been a JBCC car released by Ixo...
Not THAT difficult to imagine adding a few dents and changing the livery to get the OHMSS Escort.
Yet another one that Fabbri/Emoss had in the bag and could have released as part of the JBCC. This particular car would have sold very well on the secondary market too - the real wide-arch car is a very popular classic in the UK and Europe right now and is worth a great deal of money compared to other contemporary Fords. Vanguards made a couple of sought after 'Mexico' versions in green and red which routinely sell for £30 plus on eBay, so there's no reason why a movie connected JBCC model wouldn't have done well too.
The only problem with this Escort is that there are a few problems ...
First, the cars in OHMSS didn't have the flared arches. Ford didn't expect to get them returned in pristine condition, so only narrow Escorts were used in the chase and not the RS racing version.
Second (and more important to me), the car is RHD, the OHMSS Escorts were all LHD, so I am not convinced that this would have been a future JBCC issue.
Most Mk 1 Escorts available in 1/43 are RHD but Minichamps and Trofeu did release some narrow LHD versions too. These would be more adequate for code 3's but are quite expensive now.
What I find interesting is that all Escorts have Austrian (specifically: "S" = Salzburg) numberplates. Salzburg, due to its location in the middle of Austria and close to the German boarder, was the location of most car importers and distributors, so I assume that all the Escorts were supplied by Ford Austria. Filming of the ice race was in Switzerland, why didn't Ford Switzerland or directly Ford in Cologne provide the cars for the film? Very strange ... ?:)
I kind of assumed that Ixo would have used the 'multiple part mould' system that was discussed about the time of the release of the FYEO 450 SEL Merc - replacing the sides of the Escort mould with standard arch sculpts. That would mean they could produce the more usual shape (including UK RS 2000, Mexico etc) and OHMSS Escort alongside the wide arch rally variations. I would have thought having a LHD interior would have been worth the trouble too considering it was a popular rallying choice for non-UK drivers as well back in the 70's.
Vanguards obviously made the Mexico and RS 2000 but they have a stupid habit only producing a limited number for a short time when they could be selling many, many more. IMHO Ixo could still tap into that particular market with this model if they alter it accordingly.
When I was code3-ing the Cararama Corsair into the OHMSS version I was initially chuffed to see an international code 'S' plate on the back of it thinking it was 'Switzerland'. How appropriate would that have been? It was only when I looked it up online I found it was 'Sweden'. Oh well.
I kind of assumed that Ixo would have used the 'multiple part mould' system that was discussed about the time of the release of the FYEO 450 SEL Merc - replacing the sides of the Escort mould with standard arch sculpts. That would mean they could produce the more usual shape (including UK RS 2000, Mexico etc) and OHMSS Escort alongside the wide arch rally variations.
Correct.
I would have thought having a LHD interior would have been worth the trouble too considering it was a popular rallying choice for non-UK drivers as well back in the 70's.
I think the interior is actually a non-issue. Look at how fast they whipped one up for the Mercedes-Benz 220 (W115) while literally making a LHD version for the Polish Kultowe Auta PRL-u partwork simultaneously.
The 911 in DAD actually was a 993 Turbo, or at least made to look like one. It has the turbo front bumper, rear spoiler and wider arches. It also appears to have turbo written on the wheel centre cap.
I don't know much about Porsche, so looked up the info on IMCDB. The guys seem to know their Porsche stuff and are quite sure it was not a turbo, but a Carrera 4:
I dont think this is a Turbo S.
No Turbo S fog lights/airducts.
And I dont think there are any Air scoops in rear fenders, just body damages.
Rear wing also looks wrong.
Neither car has Turbo front valence, so despite Turbo-ish rear arches and wing and the sills and front snow plough, I think 95+ Carrera 4 for white sidelights is safest.
I don't think they are right. The car in the film does indeed appear to have a Turbo / Carrera 4S (the widebody Carrera 4) front grille, but they have stuck some kind of weird covering over the front bumper hiding it, I assume because of accident damage - the car used may well have been a write off. You can see from the edge however that it is the three air intake bumper from the Turbo / Carrera 4S rather than the long oval intake from the other 993 models. Secondly, the car is a widebody, which means Turbo / Carrera 4S (the GT2 was also widebody but looks entirely different, with riveted on wheelarch extensions). The rear wing appears to be from a Turbo. So, I would say that this is a Turbo, Carrera 4S with Turbo body, or some kind of modified 911 made to look like one of these two. I do know a bit about this subject as one of my friends is a Porsche specialist mechanic / used sales dealer and I have looked at / been in many of the cars that have passed through his hands, and driven a couple of them, including a 993 Carrera (which looks just like the Carrera 4 that the IMCDB people think the DAD car is) and a 993 Turbo (which looks exactly like the car in the DAD photo). The 993 Turbo is still super fast by today's standards, even though is was a 1996 model , so I was pretty pleased to get a 10 mile drive in that one. Colonel Moon had good taste!
The car in the film does indeed appear to have a Turbo / Carrera 4S (the widebody Carrera 4) front grille, but they have stuck some kind of weird covering over the front bumper hiding it, I assume because of accident damage - the car used may well have been a write off.
I think the front covering might be a cold air 'blind' used in winter weather on some cars, but looking at the movie still (below) it looks like there is vertical buckling/crumpling in the bodywork behind the door (which isn't closed), and no glass to the rear of the car, so it does look suspiciously like a tidied up rear-end damaged write-off.
......in fact, if you look closely, the interior has been stripped out of the car - there's no seats or trim!
The car in the film does indeed appear to have a Turbo / Carrera 4S (the widebody Carrera 4) front grille, but they have stuck some kind of weird covering over the front bumper hiding it, I assume because of accident damage - the car used may well have been a write off.
I think the front covering might be a cold air 'blind' used in winter weather on some cars, but looking at the movie still (below) it looks like there is vertical buckling/crumpling in the bodywork behind the door (which isn't closed), and no glass to the rear of the car, so it does look suspiciously like a tidied up rear-end damaged write-off.
......in fact, if you look closely, the interior has been stripped out of the car - there's no seats or trim!
I completely agree. So I guess the question is, what's the most accurate model car to use, and from appearance alone, the answer would seem to be the silver Schuco or Minichamps 993 Turbo in silver. At present there don't seem to be any silver ones on eBay, though I have the Schuco one, bought many moons ago, and it's a really nice model.
The car in the film does indeed appear to have a Turbo / Carrera 4S (the widebody Carrera 4) front grille, but they have stuck some kind of weird covering over the front bumper hiding it, I assume because of accident damage - the car used may well have been a write off.
I think the front covering might be a cold air 'blind' used in winter weather on some cars, but looking at the movie still (below) it looks like there is vertical buckling/crumpling in the bodywork behind the door (which isn't closed), and no glass to the rear of the car, so it does look suspiciously like a tidied up rear-end damaged write-off.
......in fact, if you look closely, the interior has been stripped out of the car - there's no seats or trim!
I completely agree. So I guess the question is, what's the most accurate model car to use, and from appearance alone, the answer would seem to be the silver Schuco or Minichamps 993 Turbo in silver. At present there don't seem to be any silver ones on eBay, though I have the Schuco one, bought many moons ago, and it's a really nice model.
That seems to be a key question when looking at the standard JBCC models or Code3 creations in depth - when several vehicles are used to portray just one on screen and they don't match, which do you assume is correct? Or if the vehicle has a split second appearance like the Porsche, do you model what you actually see, or what you assume the movie-makers wanted to suggest to you? For instance, when I researched the LD Vantage and went through footage frame by frame, you could see that the missing 'ripped off' front tyre was back on the car when it flew through the air after hitting the ramp! So should the JBCC Vantage on the ramp actually have a tyre on the front n/s if it's to be 100% movie accurate?
In terms of the DAD Porsche, and going by what the movie still pic appears to show, an accurate model would be damaged with no rear glass or interior, which would be faintly ridiculous when it was obviously intended to be seen as a perfect example. I tend to think in some cases you have to take a guess at what the producers were trying to do and come up with the nearest compromise.
In terms of the DAD Porsche, and going by what the movie still pic appears to show, an accurate model would be damaged with no rear glass or interior, which would be faintly ridiculous when it was obviously intended to be seen as a perfect example.
I'm just doing this to promote some alteration to the model itself, but what if Colonel Moon bought the thing in pieces and was rebuilding it in North Korea? Would kind of explain how the cars got there in the first place, actually.
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........Apart from 'Would you sign up for a Knit Your Own Aircraft Carrier series?'
Seriously, it will be interesting to hear what's on the questionnaire.
USS Nit itz !!!
I have discovered that the background card for #120 (FYEO Mercedes on cliff) wasn't trimmed properly; hate to obtain a second model just for that; anyone have a spare?
BTW, if anyone is looking for spare models, I'm going to have some. A few plinths as well. But any tops would be damaged.
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Very good so far but those funnels were a real pain.
I am really impressed with the different skills it teaches you and I will certainly be able to go on and knit just about any vehicle I choose.
Looking forward to part 53 the crochet propellers.
Keep on Knitting -{
Some of those same figures are being sold in the US alongside the Plastruct racks as architectural model accessories. They're available in 1/2 (roughly G Scale), 1/4 (O-S) and 1/8 (HO) scale, and sold in bundles of just male or just female, all standing, none seated. I've seen them under the name WeeScapes from SCP as well as others (the castings themselves are coming from Vietnam and are clearly being distributed by a variety of companies).
In model railroading, O-S is considered 1/48th scale, pretty close to the 1/43rd "standard" for die-casts.
Noting this only because builders might also want to consider searching for "figure" in combination with "architectural," "1/48," "model railroad," etc.
Just a heads up, Nick, in case you didn't catch it: the kit builds the original OR movie version. Sadly, I realized this too late and now my hull doesn't match my decks ... but isn't that always the way?
The great thing about the 'Knit Your Own Titanic' is that if you float the finished model in the bath, not only does it sink convincingly but it also ends up looking like an exact model of the rusting hulk on the seabed! Of course, the only problem is that if you do that, the lights don't work very well any more.
Is the background card too big or too small? - If you can describe the problem, the rest of us can check to see if it's a fault with all of the cards on this particular model.
BTW I'm sure folks in the UK would be interested in buying spare cars etc but it would probably need to be a private deal/swap rather than eBay. We get crucified over here by UK Customs import duties if we try to buy anything from the US worth more than £15GBP.
"Knit" ... "stitches" ... very funny. 8-)
See if I can describe this in a way that makes sense: the short section of the background is trimmed about 1/4" short ... it was cut right at the first "0" in "007" and doesn't reach the corner of the case.
To that end, anyone have an extra Z3 background as well? Have one where the case got so smashed it sliced through the background.
As for spares, I would eBay them really only as a last resort. What with the damaged cases they'd be a tough sell and there are too many to list, ship, etc. individually. No, I'd prefer to work out trades with people doing Code 3s, upgrading a particular model, and so on (with a couple of exceptions, the models themselves are fine).
This is a great idea which MCF and I have discussed previously . I suggest we list all we have
And see what is of use to each other and maybe swaps can be achieved . I have a spare Mercedes background for starters
Back with some new ideas : in preparation , this Mercedes. I need to paint the guy and put some barrels...
A lot a very good code 3 theses weeks .... waiting for other good one.
Regards.
Hi DDenis
Great work on that Code 3. I liked your use of the cloning tool to mask out the car from the background. Copying the barrels and building up the tent. It reminded me of the one i did ages ago for the GT. It would be something to see a long display featuring the entire line up of those cars. No doubt someone will do that at some point. Keep them coming D. Once again, Great work {[]
Thanks for your comments. In fact, your background is much better than the original one. I already print it a few years ago now.
I am looking for the display with the 7 cars, but I am looking for the Porsche and the Ferrari and I haven't find them yet (at a 'normal price'...)
As soon I can have them, I will make a 'huge ' code 3 diorama... I have some ideas to make a self-made box...
Cheers.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111004630394
And a silver 993 turbo from Yat Ming (DAD car was a non-turbo 993 but IMHO close enough):
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/140939943593
Thanks for the links... I will try to have the Porsche. I already have the hellow Ferrari F355. I am looking for the black 360 modena.
Cheers
1) The 911 in DAD actually was a 993 Turbo, or at least made to look like one. It has the turbo front bumper, rear spoiler and wider arches. It also appears to have turbo written on the wheel centre cap. You can see all of this here : https://www.google.com/search?q=die+another+day+porsche+911&hl=en&rlz=1C1CHFX_en-gbJE483JE483&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=GgNcUe7uGYGSO_CNgcAJ&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=899#imgrc=wmahGKFjqQFqHM%3A%3BLjMg_QWUgtyIhM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.imcdb.org%252Fi004324.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.imcdb.org%252Fvehicle_4324-Porsche-911-Turbo-993-1997.html%3B959%3B402
2) The black SL shown in the DAD diorama a few posts back is an SL65 Black Series, which was not launched until 2009. For a model of the SL500 as shown in DAD try this : http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WELLY-1-43-Diecast-Mercedes-Benz-SL500-Black-Colour-/261131618177?pt=UK_ToysGames_DiecastVehicles_DiecastVehicles_JN&hash=item3ccca84781
3) The new backdrop for the GT40 shows a 997 Turbo in the background, which is two generations newer than the 993 Turbo in the film. Here's the image you want (but it obviously needs reversing). https://www.google.com/search?q=993+turbo&rlz=1C1CHFX_en-gbJE483JE483&aq=f&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=YwRcUbCwOsSOO-_6gcgJ&biw=1280&bih=899&sei=ZQRcUeeVIsPF0QXw4IC4DQ#imgrc=og1PsiCbb9aj8M%3A%3BbkTebZe8t1qRzM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.autowallpaper.de%252FWallpaper%252Fimages%252FPorsche%252Fporsche-911%252F911-turbo%252F911-turbo-993.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.autowallpaper.de%252FWallpaper%252FPorsche%252F911-Turbo%252F911-Turbo.htm%3B1551%3B974
I hope this is of some assistance, happy collecting!
Not THAT difficult to imagine adding a few dents and changing the livery to get the OHMSS Escort.
Yet another one that Fabbri/Emoss had in the bag and could have released as part of the JBCC. This particular car would have sold very well on the secondary market too - the real wide-arch car is a very popular classic in the UK and Europe right now and is worth a great deal of money compared to other contemporary Fords. Vanguards made a couple of sought after 'Mexico' versions in green and red which routinely sell for £30 plus on eBay, so there's no reason why a movie connected JBCC model wouldn't have done well too.
I don't know much about Porsche, so looked up the info on IMCDB. The guys seem to know their Porsche stuff and are quite sure it was not a turbo, but a Carrera 4:
The only problem with this Escort is that there are a few problems ...
First, the cars in OHMSS didn't have the flared arches. Ford didn't expect to get them returned in pristine condition, so only narrow Escorts were used in the chase and not the RS racing version.
Second (and more important to me), the car is RHD, the OHMSS Escorts were all LHD, so I am not convinced that this would have been a future JBCC issue.
Most Mk 1 Escorts available in 1/43 are RHD but Minichamps and Trofeu did release some narrow LHD versions too. These would be more adequate for code 3's but are quite expensive now.
What I find interesting is that all Escorts have Austrian (specifically: "S" = Salzburg) numberplates. Salzburg, due to its location in the middle of Austria and close to the German boarder, was the location of most car importers and distributors, so I assume that all the Escorts were supplied by Ford Austria. Filming of the ice race was in Switzerland, why didn't Ford Switzerland or directly Ford in Cologne provide the cars for the film? Very strange ... ?:)
I kind of assumed that Ixo would have used the 'multiple part mould' system that was discussed about the time of the release of the FYEO 450 SEL Merc - replacing the sides of the Escort mould with standard arch sculpts. That would mean they could produce the more usual shape (including UK RS 2000, Mexico etc) and OHMSS Escort alongside the wide arch rally variations. I would have thought having a LHD interior would have been worth the trouble too considering it was a popular rallying choice for non-UK drivers as well back in the 70's.
Vanguards obviously made the Mexico and RS 2000 but they have a stupid habit only producing a limited number for a short time when they could be selling many, many more. IMHO Ixo could still tap into that particular market with this model if they alter it accordingly.
When I was code3-ing the Cararama Corsair into the OHMSS version I was initially chuffed to see an international code 'S' plate on the back of it thinking it was 'Switzerland'. How appropriate would that have been? It was only when I looked it up online I found it was 'Sweden'. Oh well.
Correct.
I think the interior is actually a non-issue. Look at how fast they whipped one up for the Mercedes-Benz 220 (W115) while literally making a LHD version for the Polish Kultowe Auta PRL-u partwork simultaneously.
I don't think they are right. The car in the film does indeed appear to have a Turbo / Carrera 4S (the widebody Carrera 4) front grille, but they have stuck some kind of weird covering over the front bumper hiding it, I assume because of accident damage - the car used may well have been a write off. You can see from the edge however that it is the three air intake bumper from the Turbo / Carrera 4S rather than the long oval intake from the other 993 models. Secondly, the car is a widebody, which means Turbo / Carrera 4S (the GT2 was also widebody but looks entirely different, with riveted on wheelarch extensions). The rear wing appears to be from a Turbo. So, I would say that this is a Turbo, Carrera 4S with Turbo body, or some kind of modified 911 made to look like one of these two. I do know a bit about this subject as one of my friends is a Porsche specialist mechanic / used sales dealer and I have looked at / been in many of the cars that have passed through his hands, and driven a couple of them, including a 993 Carrera (which looks just like the Carrera 4 that the IMCDB people think the DAD car is) and a 993 Turbo (which looks exactly like the car in the DAD photo). The 993 Turbo is still super fast by today's standards, even though is was a 1996 model , so I was pretty pleased to get a 10 mile drive in that one. Colonel Moon had good taste!
I think the front covering might be a cold air 'blind' used in winter weather on some cars, but looking at the movie still (below) it looks like there is vertical buckling/crumpling in the bodywork behind the door (which isn't closed), and no glass to the rear of the car, so it does look suspiciously like a tidied up rear-end damaged write-off.
......in fact, if you look closely, the interior has been stripped out of the car - there's no seats or trim!
I completely agree. So I guess the question is, what's the most accurate model car to use, and from appearance alone, the answer would seem to be the silver Schuco or Minichamps 993 Turbo in silver. At present there don't seem to be any silver ones on eBay, though I have the Schuco one, bought many moons ago, and it's a really nice model.
That seems to be a key question when looking at the standard JBCC models or Code3 creations in depth - when several vehicles are used to portray just one on screen and they don't match, which do you assume is correct? Or if the vehicle has a split second appearance like the Porsche, do you model what you actually see, or what you assume the movie-makers wanted to suggest to you? For instance, when I researched the LD Vantage and went through footage frame by frame, you could see that the missing 'ripped off' front tyre was back on the car when it flew through the air after hitting the ramp! So should the JBCC Vantage on the ramp actually have a tyre on the front n/s if it's to be 100% movie accurate?
In terms of the DAD Porsche, and going by what the movie still pic appears to show, an accurate model would be damaged with no rear glass or interior, which would be faintly ridiculous when it was obviously intended to be seen as a perfect example. I tend to think in some cases you have to take a guess at what the producers were trying to do and come up with the nearest compromise.
Blu-ray : revealing the things the director thought you would never notice
I'm just doing this to promote some alteration to the model itself, but what if Colonel Moon bought the thing in pieces and was rebuilding it in North Korea? Would kind of explain how the cars got there in the first place, actually.