Darthsideous - Ecto-1a build

I'm working on a build of the Ecto-1a and have decided to super detail the model. I've had this kit for 23 yrs, and about 20 yrs ago had sprayed the body badly (drip marks) on it. I looked at it again about 15 yrs ago and noticed some sort of bacteria or fungus was growing in the paint. Well I decided to strip off the paint and re-attempt the kit.

As I said I plan to super detail this model so I I decided to make 1/25 scale ghostbusters from my trusty spare parts tub. Here's what i came up with so far.

Ray and Peter:
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Better shot of Ray:
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Egon and Winston:
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Figures placed in the roughed tub of the car with some old reading material from the first movie just to check the idea. You'll also notice that I upgraded the computer keyboard as well:

Peter and Winston:

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Egon and Ray:
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Next i decided to make some ghost traps for our heros. Four ghost traps created from scratch:
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg5 ... an/224.jpg

Of course they can't have ghost traps and not proton packs. Four Proton Packs created from Scratch:
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg5 ... an/166.jpg

Detail of the Dashboard:
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg5 ... an/164.jpg

Next i decided I needed something to place the Proton Packs on. So here's the Proton Pack Stretcher scratch built:
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg5 ... an/167.jpg

Placed on the stretcher - Proton packs on the stretcher:
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg5 ... an/169.jpg

Check your links.

Either they are set to private or they don't work at all.

Thanks knightdriver2001, yep I see that. It's weird the album is set to public. I'll have to fix this tonight from home when I have more time.

Thanks again for letting me know about the problem. I should have it corrected tonight.

Looking forward to this. I have this kit still in the box and have been wanting to build it for a long time. Just haven't been sure how much detail I want to invest and add to it.

WOW, That's really nice!

Perfect detailing on such small parts.

Great job so far. can't wait to see more of this.

I don't know how much they might help, but here's my pics of my Ecto's from years back. I did much the same with the detailing in the back and on the roof rack.

Ecto Gallery

Well, I’ve managed to plug away and get some more done. I wasn’t happy with the detailing of the side doors and rear door so I decided to cut them off and replace them with new doors. Still have to figure out what doors would be best. I have a few scrap cars in the tub so we’ll see what I can find. In the meantime I have flocked the entire carpeted area and painted the car cell phone, and rear mud matt, as well as, the rear area of the car interior.

http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/...Hitman/210.jpg

After that I applied some additional decals to the interior. I even got some text from the movie (the part where Egon is looking up Vigo on the computer) and applied the decal to the screen

http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/...Hitman/219.jpg
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You’ll notice that I added some tube support pillars. I am still working on the interior and am constantly moving the tub in and out of the body to test fit thing so I have temporarily placed these in to prevent the figures from being damaged.

I glued in the figures, and the gurney. Peter was looking a little plain so I created a bag of Stay Puft marshmallows for him. I scratched the marshmallows & bag by chopping up plastic bits and using some plastic. The image is something I found online.
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/...Hitman/433.jpg
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I also painted up some MT-500 radios from the parts tub as well. Here they are:
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/...n/P1010295.jpg

I’m really having fun with this. I’ll keep plugging away hopefully I’ll have something more to show soon.

08/01/2012
Added some detail to the ghost traps, by adding a foot pedals and cables. I also created a1/25 Giga meter, and started work on a 1/25 Slime thrower
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/...295-edited.jpg
I’m almost done the interior.
In the pictures you’ll see I have added a cab separator, and seatbelts. I have also done some work to the figures.
I was looking at the figures and decided that they needed more Ghostbuster detail. So I added elbow pads, belt gizmo thingy’s, and the leg hoses
I also added 1/25 Ecto goggles for Ray and a PKE meter for Egon.
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/...17-cropped.jpg
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I decided to test fit the tub into the repop body to see how it would look
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That’s it for now

Thanks to everyone who's taken the time to view and comment on this thread!

Well a lot of work done, and still a ton more to do. here's the pic of some more progress.

http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/...n/P1010326.jpg

enjoy