AMT Ecto 1A lighted

JMar

Well-Known Member

• May 13, 2013

• #1

I built this guy back in November. I had been focusing on Starships pretty much exclusively and was looking for a change.

I used the Paragrafix Photo Etch detail set and a flasher board of my own design.

I also added a couple of fiber optics to light the C.B. and other device on the dash board.

I also documented the build on my youtube channel: Jason's Workbench: Ecto 1A SFMA Spotlight Update 2 - YouTube

 

JMar

Well-Known Member

• May 13, 2013

• #2

Here's some detail pics from the build up.

 

Mike J.

Master Member

• May 13, 2013

• #3

That's brilliant! Great job!

 

Eric Ardros

Sr Member

• May 13, 2013

• #4

Oh wow, man! I recall seeing that build last time I was over at your place, but didn't realize that sucker actually lit up. That's freakin' awesome! You did a helluva job on detailing and lighting that kit. Too kewl, buddy

 

Randy13

Sr Member

• May 13, 2013

• #5

I really like this build a lot! I love the weathering and the dirty windshield.

 

Ineffable13

New Member

• May 13, 2013

• #6

I remember seeing the car in both movies and thinking that it was just freaking awesome. Your detailing and weathering is top notch. Now you just need some unlicensed nuclear accelerators to put in it. ;-)

 

trnswrp10

Member

• May 13, 2013

• #7

This is wicked cool!!

 

PeteVenkman

Well-Known Member

• May 13, 2013

• #8

Excellent! Stellar work on the weathering and lighting. It looks great all dirtied up like that!

 

JMar

Well-Known Member

• Jul 9, 2015

• #9

I wasn't satisfied with my old youtube channel so I scrapped it and made another one.

I've recut my old videos and made them shorter and topic specific.

Here's a link to the Ecto 1A build up playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqAkfB4RzBvIJSmAPgPk-03UaslFdOMDr

 

JMar

Well-Known Member

• Jul 30, 2015

• #10

To go along with the build log video series here's a link to the build log photo library: https://goo.gl/photos/VqwHEBdgtBitzX67A

 

alienbuilder

Well-Known Member

• Jul 30, 2015

• #11

absolutely awesome!

 

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blakeh1

Sr Member

• Jul 30, 2015

• #12

Wow, very convincing lighting effects and great weathering. Almost looks like a real life-sized car in many of those pictures and given the right background it could probably easily pass for real. Lights aren't overwhelmingly bright and seem to be perfect for it's scale

 

JMar

Well-Known Member

• Jul 31, 2015

• #13

Thanks blakeh1 I have a bit of an obsession with keeping lighting in scale on my builds.

 

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kruleworld

Well-Known Member

• Aug 3, 2015

• #14

nicely done, the lights add a whole dimension to the vehicle. although the weathering looks a bit too dark.