69428scj wrote:Here's the thing about the Ecto, there's three different versions of the car; the movie, the the back lot and restored. There are many issues with any car being being truly "screen accurate". There are labels that we don't know what they said, a black box on the back of the rack that nobody is sure exactly what it is, the true dimensions of the front light bar brackets and its placement among other issues like rack equipment location inside of it. My car is an amalgamation of all three with sprinkling of discreet personal touches. Will I change some of the features eventually to get as close to what we see in the movies? Yes, but for right now I'm content with the appearance of my car.
I'm so sorry... I didn't mean to offend or cause any kind of disruption. When I'm building my models I try to make them as movie accurate as possible. I think your Ecto is completely awesome. I can't imagine the work that went into it. And I totally understand the problem with some details like the labels. You can never really read any of them in the movie so you could put anything on those labels and as long as they are the same general shape and size they work! However, when you're talking about something that can be seen rather clearly in the movie it kidna stands out. Now I don't know what you mean about the 3 different versions... Isn't the backlot Ecto the same one that was used in the movie? Sure it's been sitting there for a long time and has been sun bleached and paint faded etc, but even the backlot version you can see was painted because the paint is peeling off the support rods and the motor....
And in the screen caps from the movie itself you can clearly see that the motor and its mounts are white/gray...
So I know I'm not imagining things... But I also know how when you get into a project and see the finish line, you can miss things that might just make or break an accurate piece. I'm sure you are happy with the way it looks and I know with my OCD it would be eating away at me in the back of my head until I finally did something about it. I truly didn't mean to offend or belittle your Ecto in anyway... just the opposite... I think your version is probably the best I've seen and can't wait to see how you're going to address the back if you haven't already. I'm currently working on my model and have a good idea of the back so far from what I've gathered from the movie and the backlot pics.
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