BTTF diamond select DeLorean 1/15 upgrades/mods

BTTFSpencer said:

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Nope, thats one of the worst Time machines ever made. The guy who built it is a real sack of s*** and is corrupt as the night is dark.

Just use the reference of the screen used cars, you never want to reference a replica because you'd just be copying their mistakes.

Tell us what you REALLY think!

hmm oh dear

Would you say BTTFparts.com is good? Good reference photos.

BTTFSpencer said:

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It's either real accurate or phony accurate, which would you prefer?

Sorry Steveo, that Videodouche just angers me to high heaven. The guy is just a wad of lies and misinformation, and I don't want anyone to be sucked into his web of creepy "jokes" and bad hats.

Lets move on shall we?

couple of small updates to keep the thread alive

i got myself a bare metal foil scribing tool today , its used for making thin lines like around doors on model cars etc

i opened up the slats on the grille , you can see the ones closer to the screen havent been done yet




and i opened up the vents on the rear of the car, the tool works great and im glad i got it



lastly , ive wired the capacitors

just noticed the real car has way more slots in the grille...might see what i can do there

Red Capacitors have three wire leads insted of two. The ILM Photo References from BTTFParts.com are your best part 1 reference for overall layouts. Offto55.com also had some great shots of the part I car via some closer black and white images.

-Gary

BTTF3 DeLorean

this site is a big help since pt 2&3 were the same car (filmed at the same time) it's the real car from pt3 from the drive in/Indian chase

I completely understand on the scale. I forgot just HOW small those really are.

Here you go with Part II DMC References. There are from Tom Silknitter, my co-moderator at 'Parts. These are part of an image collection he purchased from Jay Ohrberg. Jay had a direct connection with Universal immediately after filming and took a whole mess of reference shots. There are of the A-Car after filming and before it went on display in the early 90's.













I hope this helps. If there is anything else you needed, please be sure to post and I'll see if there is something in the archives that will help.

-Gary

thank you , those are helpfull , ive never noticed that central hose under the crossover pipe before

do you have any other pics of the model cars you owned

Do you mean the BTTF:Ride model made by Apogee? I think all the pictures are on the site.

BTTFParts - DeLorean Time Machine • View topic - BTTF: The Ride - 1/6 Scale Delorean Model

-Gary

yeah thats the one thanks

any story behind why the wheels are not accurate?

I'm guessing they were fitted with lightbulbs for 'hovering'.


-MJ

Brody hit the nail right on the head. There were three models made by Apogee - though only two were used in filming to my knowledge. Originally both models were made with static wheels in the flight position. They were both fitted with Bulbs to simulate the hover mode.

During filming they needed to have the wheels fold into the car at the end of the footage, so they took this model - removed the lights and made the articulated wheel system. The wheels would raise and lower via a stepper motor inside the chassis. They never bothered to make DMC Hubcap style inserts for the wheels.

-Gary

steveo3002 said:

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yeah thats the one thanks

any story behind why the wheels are not accurate?

any ideas on the grille at the driver side rear on the deck , some pics look like its 2 grilles with a bendy bar between them , other pics appear to show just the upper grille

thinking maybe its a shadow making me think theres a lower one?

steveo3002 said:

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any ideas on the grille at the driver side rear on the deck , some pics look like its 2 grilles with a bendy bar between them , other pics appear to show just the upper grille

thinking maybe its a shadow making me think theres a lower one?

here is a night shot of the restored pt3 car it shows 1 grill

Part III is one grill.

Part I is two grills. I have pics of the A-Car unit in one of my Facebook Albums

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-Gary

Gary Weaver II said:

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Part III is one grill.

Part I is two grills. I have pics of the A-Car unit in one of my Facebook Albums

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-Gary

thanks for the pics now i can go back and fix/add better details to my Hot Wheels BTTF DeLorean.

Such a shame to see a movie icon just rotting away like that.

The work on the model is amazing. Wish I had the talent and patience to do that.

looks like the center box is a ammo box like these

U.S. Army 5.56mm Ammo Box .50 cal TWO PACK | eBay

can anyone help with screen used pics of the flux bands , espeicaly the front showing where the mesh is joined

thanks

Not sure it this helps... but here are a few sites that helped me....

http://www.bttfparts.com/board/viewforum.php?f=28

BTTF3 DeLorean

Rook's Tutorial Page: BYOD Time Machine: External Parts

ScreenUsed Original ‘Back To The Future’ Delorean Movie Prop Car – High Resolution Photography : The Original Prop Blog – Jason DeBord's TV and Movie Prop Memorabilia Resource

Hey Steve, I found a decent pic of the front flux band. It was taken by my friend Ken, hope this helps.

Uh.... That's not an original Part I band is it?