EM-50 From Stripes who has built one?

[drusselmeyer]

Scratch built or the paper model from the anniversary DVD, it doesn't matter. Anyone?

 

[Duncanator]

Oh ya. The Urban Assault Vehicle. Based on GMC motorhome, I believe.

Haven't seen one, but it sounds like a great subject!

 

[19narvik40]

I can't find anything about a papermodel coming with the 35th anniversary edition but I did find a free papermodel at StarCarz KoolWheelz Paper Models

Just scroll down a little bit past 3/4s, downloads as a PDF.

 

[drusselmeyer]

It was the paperwork that came with the DVD. It is just printed, but it could be copied to better material before building.

 

[drusselmeyer]

I have toyed with the idea( no pun intended) of starting a large model with one of these:

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So far, it is just an idea.

 

[Analyzer]

Another option might be to start with the "Hess" version. I have one of these from when I was a kid and it's been on my list to try converting it. You can find them for a decent price, especially if you are not concerned about "mint" condition

This is not mine, but here are some pics

It's just a tad over 11" long, a little under 5" tall (to the top of the A/C units; 4" to the roof) and right at 4" wide (not counting the mirrors) whihc supposedly makes it around 1/25 scale.

 

[drusselmeyer]

Nice! What scale is this?

 

[Analyzer]

Nice! What scale is this?

I had just finished editing my post to include that but didn't realize you beat me to the question . Supposedly it is pretty close to 1/25 scale. Here it is next to a 1/25 scale car

 

[Analyzer]

I looked some up on EBAY. Again, if you don;t care about the box/collector mint condition value, I have seen them as low as $13

 

[drusselmeyer]

From the store:

Hess 1980 Training Van – Jackie's Toy Store

jackiestoystore.com

From twitter:

 

[drusselmeyer]

I think the 1980 style is obviously different from the 1970's version, but not significant enough to dismiss it.

 

[drusselmeyer]

35 years later… the EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicle still impresses

When people raise their eyebrows after learning our RV is 44 years old, we ask them if they have seen the movie Stripes. You can see them looking back in their minds eye to the recollect movie and…

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[ZeroSum]

I had just finished editing my post to include that but didn't realize you beat me to the question . Supposedly it is pretty close to 1/25 scale. Here it is next to a 1/25 scale car
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The GMC was made in two lengths: 23 and 26 feet. I don't know which version they used in the movie but we could assume that model in the photo is the 23ft version. The General Lee is 17.3ft

 

[drusselmeyer]

The problem with commercial miniatures is the fact they tend to be built like studio scale, that is; whatever is convenient to make. The GMC is probably more like 1/27 to 1/29 rather than a standard 1/25. Looking at the size of the wheels, the GL looks like its car wheels are larger than the GMC truck wheels. We know that can't be right.

 

[ak47shooter]

Here’s my attempt at building the EM-50. I used the Hess van as the base and scratch built all the details.

 

[Analyzer]

I love it!

I really should get around to doing this

 

[PHArchivist]

Cool!