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slaysghosts's COMPLETED Ecto-1A

Posted: June 12th, 2012, 7:21 pm
by slaysghosts
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Here we go:
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First, I opened the model and washed everything but the chrome pieces.
Ajax
Toothbrush
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Then I wet sanded the body, washed it w/ toothpaste, & glued the fins on.
Colgate/Crest
Sandpaper (in the 1000's)
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After they were glued on, I added a filler (bondo, white putty from milliput) and sanded it down.
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All for now.....

Re: slaysghosts's Ecto-1a build

Posted: June 18th, 2012, 11:40 pm
by windycitywarrior71
Are you going to paint the body or just leave it as is ?

Re: slaysghosts's Ecto-1a build

Posted: June 18th, 2012, 11:58 pm
by slaysghosts
windycitywarrior71 wrote:Are you going to paint the body or just leave it as is ?
I'm gonna paint it.

First, I will Prime it w/ Tamiya Fine Surface Primer

Then, Paint it with Tamiya TS-26 Pure White

Re: slaysghosts's Ecto-1a build

Posted: June 22nd, 2012, 12:27 pm
by darthbuster
Looking forward to seeing more

Re: slaysghosts's Ecto-1a build

Posted: June 23rd, 2012, 3:33 pm
by slaysghosts
Update June 23 2012

After I washed all the parts I took the tubes off the parts tree and glued them together. After they were glued I filed and sanded the seems. Then I painted them:
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Red one is not done yet, but I love doing updates!

For the Light Bar I just used Tamiya Clear Red, Clear Green, Clear Blue, & Clear Yellow. Be careful when gluing the clear domes on. Remember Beverly Hills Cop 2 and the finger prints in the fish tank w/ super glue?????? Basically, if you touch the inside of the clear domes AT ALL, when you glue them on w/ super glue your finger prints will show up.
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I dry brushed, to the best of my ability, the tires:
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Prolly touch them up later....

All for now!

Re: slaysghosts's Ecto-1a build

Posted: June 23rd, 2012, 11:31 pm
by windycitywarrior71
Looks great thus far!

Re: slaysghosts's Ecto-1a build

Posted: June 24th, 2012, 7:11 am
by John Stevens 87
God damn look at that accuracy looking smooth mate ;) i'll deffo follow your paint work for the Light bars ;)

Re: slaysghosts's Ecto-1a build

Posted: June 24th, 2012, 8:04 am
by CaptCyan
Very sporting of you to share Model Car Tips with everyone else. Good start to what looks like a very detailed build. Gotta love the "Bondo".

Re: slaysghosts's Ecto-1a build

Posted: June 27th, 2012, 5:44 pm
by slaysghosts
windycitywarrior71 wrote:Looks great thus far!
John Stevens 87 wrote:God damn look at that accuracy looking smooth mate ;) i'll deffo follow your paint work for the Light bars ;)
Thanks guys!
CaptCyan wrote:Very sporting of you to share Model Car Tips with everyone else. Good start to what looks like a very detailed build. Gotta love the "Bondo".
Yeah, I figure why not have some fun & share tips along the way! I've only built a couple model cars ever.
Thanks, the Bondo idea just came to me randomly

Now on with the update!

June 27 2012:

The first guy is painted w/ Tamiya Clear Red at the top, Yellow on the edges, & a special cocktail of Clear Orange & Clear Yellow in the center. Red tube is painted w/ Red & Black. Dome has a custom decal from the set I made. Black tube is painted w/ Semi Flat Black. Chrome Freon tank has a custom decal from my set as well. Last little guy is Gloss Black & Red.
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Filled the hole where AMT wants you to put the spotlight/rear view mirror. It doesn't go on the door, it goes in front of the door in between the Windshield & Hood.
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Primed the body, ready to paint
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Re: slaysghosts's Ecto-1a build

Posted: June 27th, 2012, 7:40 pm
by darthbuster
nice detail on the roof rack!

Re: slaysghosts's Ecto-1a build

Posted: June 29th, 2012, 3:44 pm
by nick-a-tron
Looking great! Guna be an awesome build.

Re: slaysghosts's Ecto-1a build

Posted: June 30th, 2012, 3:22 pm
by elsoldao7
Awsome work so far!
Thanks a million for sharing that tips page!

Re: slaysghosts's Ecto-1a build

Posted: June 30th, 2012, 5:20 pm
by Boomerjinks
This is AWESOME.

Re: slaysghosts's Ecto-1a build

Posted: June 30th, 2012, 11:33 pm
by slaysghosts
darthbuster wrote:nice detail on the roof rack!
Thanks Darth!
nick-a-tron wrote:Looking great! Guna be an awesome build.
Thanks nick, your stuff is amazing!
elsoldao7 wrote:Awsome work so far!
Thanks a million for sharing that tips page!
Thanks to you as well man, that page I shared is the best right? I dunno how I found it, but I hope everyone else utilizes it & sees it's value like you!

All right, thanks again guys, here's the update:

June 30 Update:

Here's the White Tank from the back under the light bar
I used Matte Aluminum Bare Metal Foil for the ring, Custom decal from my set, Tamiya TS-26 Pure White, and Semi Flat Black
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This little guy is the box behind the Green Box & above the Red Tube
I used Matte Aluminum Bare Metal Foil & Tamiya Flat Black
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Ok, this next picture is too close and does NOT give a good example of how this piece (the Dash) looks in real life.
I have an AWESOME TIP that I just stumbled upon while painting the black lines on the White Tank. So I taped off the White Tank and sprayed the Black parts Semi Flat Black.....Well after the paint dried and I started pulling off the Blue Painter's Tape I noticed it looked EXACTLY like leather/vinyl.
What I have done here is cover the whole Dash in Blue Painter's Tape and then misted a couple coats of Semi Flat Black!
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Thanks for stopping by!
But mainly stay classy.

Re: slaysghosts's Ecto-1a build

Posted: July 1st, 2012, 9:19 am
by John Stevens 87
Slay AKA "Leonardo da Vinci" :boogieman: you really do put all your hard work into each peace i wish i had your accuracy.this is coming along great :)

Re: slaysghosts's Ecto-1a build

Posted: July 2nd, 2012, 10:35 pm
by darthbuster
slaysghosts wrote:
darthbuster wrote:nice detail on the roof rack!
Thanks Darth!
nick-a-tron wrote:Looking great! Guna be an awesome build.
Thanks nick, your stuff is amazing!
elsoldao7 wrote:Awsome work so far!
Thanks a million for sharing that tips page!
Thanks to you as well man, that page I shared is the best right? I dunno how I found it, but I hope everyone else utilizes it & sees it's value like you!

All right, thanks again guys, here's the update:

June 30 Update:

Here's the White Tank from the back under the light bar
I used Matte Aluminum Bare Metal Foil for the ring, Custom decal from my set, Tamiya TS-26 Pure White, and Semi Flat Black
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This little guy is the box behind the Green Box & above the Red Tube
I used Matte Aluminum Bare Metal Foil & Tamiya Flat Black
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Ok, this next picture is too close and does NOT give a good example of how this piece (the Dash) looks in real life.
I have an AWESOME TIP that I just stumbled upon while painting the black lines on the White Tank. So I taped off the White Tank and sprayed the Black parts Semi Flat Black.....Well after the paint dried and I started pulling off the Blue Painter's Tape I noticed it looked EXACTLY like leather/vinyl.
What I have done here is cover the whole Dash in Blue Painter's Tape and then misted a couple coats of Semi Flat Black!
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Thanks for stopping by!
But mainly stay classy.
I really like the chrome ring. It is so small but looks so incredibly good. The custom dash is really good. Nice technique. really nice work!!!

Re: slaysghosts's Ecto-1a build

Posted: July 4th, 2012, 12:05 am
by slaysghosts
Boomerjinks wrote:This is AWESOME.
Thanks man, I know you're a huge Ecto fan as well!
John Stevens 87 wrote:Slay AKA "Leonardo da Vinci" :boogieman: you really do put all your hard work into each peace i wish i had your accuracy.this is coming along great :)
Haha I appreciate the kind words my man!
darthbuster wrote: I really like the chrome ring. It is so small but looks so incredibly good. The custom dash is really good. Nice technique. really nice work!!!
Yeah, I got lucky on that trick, just kinda stumbled upon it. Here's some better pics, that one I posted before made it look like alligator leather or something crazy


Update July 3, 2012:
Rough start to roof rack
Green box is a little too dark green....
Chrome Bare Metal foil on rotating light
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Again, with more gadgets
Matte Aluminum Bare Metal foil on top of Green Box & on the whole box behind it.
White Tamiya on the white parts
Green Testors for Green Box
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Way better representation of Dash.
The steering wheel does NOT have that second ring. So I cut it out.
Chrome Bare Metal foil on steering wheel & Semi Flat Black
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Blue Tube
Custom cocktail of White Testors & Blue Testors
Mattel Aluminum Bare Metal foil
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Re: slaysghosts's Ecto-1a build

Posted: July 9th, 2012, 3:47 pm
by slaysghosts
July 9 Update:

So you:
Mist Prime
Mist Prime again
Prime
Wait 24 hrs
Wet Sand
Toothpaste Bath
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Mist Paint
Mist Paint again
Paint Wetcoat
Wait 24hrs
Paint Wetcoat again
Wait 4 days
-Here's where most people should be able to stop but mine didn't have a good 2nd Wetcoat
Wet Sand
Toothpaste Bath
Painted 3rd Wetcoat
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Dust Cover w/ microwave cover!
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Re: slaysghosts's Ecto-1a build

Posted: July 10th, 2012, 6:09 am
by CaptCyan
Hey Slay,

Beautiful updates! Can't wait to see what you do with the interior.

Re: slaysghosts's Ecto-1a build

Posted: July 10th, 2012, 7:19 pm
by elsoldao7
That thing is gonna be fit for a car show!

Re: slaysghosts's Ecto-1a build

Posted: July 11th, 2012, 9:18 am
by jbm2004
Are the light bars you painted movie accurate? Thanks

Re: slaysghosts's Ecto-1a build

Posted: July 11th, 2012, 2:57 pm
by slaysghosts
CaptCyan wrote:Hey Slay,

Beautiful updates! Can't wait to see what you do with the interior.
Thanks Capt!
elsoldao7 wrote:That thing is gonna be fit for a car show!
Hope so!
jbm2004 wrote:Are the light bars you painted movie accurate? Thanks
100%

Re: slaysghosts's Ecto-1a build

Posted: July 20th, 2012, 1:56 pm
by Paulbo
This is coming along great. I can't wait to see updates.

Re: slaysghosts's Ecto-1a build

Posted: July 20th, 2012, 2:00 pm
by Paulbo
Oops - I forgot to mention that I'm ticked AMT (now Polar LIghts, but keeping the kit's branding as AMT) didn't include the stretcher and proton packs. RRRrrr.

There's a guy on Starship Modeler re-building his original issue who has scratchbuilt them, plus traps and a few other goodies: http://www.starshipmodeler.net/talk/vie ... p?t=101575

Re: slaysghosts's Ecto-1a build

Posted: July 20th, 2012, 7:30 pm
by Fritz
Paulbo wrote:Oops - I forgot to mention that I'm ticked AMT (now Polar LIghts, but keeping the kit's branding as AMT) didn't include the stretcher and proton packs. RRRrrr.
I had the original kit--those things were never in it. Or at least they weren't in the one I bought in 1990 (or the PL kit in 2002)
There's a guy on Starship Modeler re-building his original issue who has scratchbuilt them, plus traps and a few other goodies: http://www.starshipmodeler.net/talk/vie ... p?t=101575
I'm pretty sure that's Darth Buster's build. If it isn't, it's somebody using the same photobucket account :lol: :

http://www.gbfans.com/community/viewtop ... 07&t=30443

Re: slaysghosts's Ecto-1a build

Posted: July 20th, 2012, 7:44 pm
by Paulbo
Yup, that's the same build.

Sorry to hijack a thread for another member's build that's already posted here.

Re: slaysghosts's Ecto-1a build

Posted: July 24th, 2012, 9:29 pm
by slaysghosts
Paulbo wrote:This is coming along great. I can't wait to see updates.
Thanks man!

Update July 24:

Taped off fins w/ Tamiya Tape, painted w/ Tamiya TS-49 Bright Red
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Remember how to spray paint!
1 light MIST coat
Wait 20mins
2nd light MIST coat
Wait 20mins
1st WET coat
Wait 24hrs.
And thats how you get clean crisp tape lines!

Re: slaysghosts's Ecto-1a build

Posted: July 25th, 2012, 7:01 am
by CaptCyan
Nice Fins ya got there. :nicejobyoudid:

Re: slaysghosts's Ecto-1a build JULY 27 Update

Posted: July 27th, 2012, 1:47 pm
by slaysghosts
Custom Decal test!

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Re: slaysghosts's Ecto-1a build JULY 27 Update

Posted: July 27th, 2012, 2:40 pm
by CaptCyan
Now those are a thing of beauty. The outside looks great.

Now, please tell me that you are going to "flock up" the interior like Darthbuster did? :wink: