Well, well, look what the cat dragged in...
Sorry for shelving this project for so long time, I have been busy with other stuff so many times that I thouhgt that this project needs a clear table, and not a rushed job. Still, it has been far too long since I took myself to it, and even though I have ordered some parts for the model here and there while the poject was on shelf, I have not really gotten into it again.
The first parts to add are the lightbars. I got some RC police car lights from Ebay, and even thought they werer for 1/12-1/15 scale models, I thought to try them on the Ecto.
I trimmed the white plastic off from the bottom of one light system, as the bottom is not accurate enough.
It was then tried on top of the chassis, and seems a legit fit. The wiring shown on there is for the electronics. The police light systems have leds inside, with some other elctronics. Haven't tried them on yet...
I still need to add more blue plastic to the bottom of the light bar, as well as paint the middle metallic. Luckily I remember that I saved some blue lens material for the Proton Pack Power Cell. Might want to dig that up.
I then went and made a crude roof rac form cardboard, just to size it out. I DO have a nice, A4 sized 3mm thick black plastic sheet waiting, a lucky find next to road in the sping time.
Now, how about it, is the roorack proper sized? To me, it look good, but would like more info.
That is all I have to affer for now, but hopefully it wetted your appetite, and gave you somethign. I will keep this on my workbench, for the spring, and try to get it finished, outwards, at the least, for the upcoming Model Expo in Finland. Three months or so to go, might make it, might not..
A BIG thank you to Capn Cyan for mailing me parts and asking about this project!
Cheers, Ville