BTTF diamond select DeLorean 1/15 upgrades/mods

steveo3002 · Jun 23, 2011

BTTF diamond select DeLorean 1/15 upgrades pics fixed

some of you may have seen my pics on teks thread , rather than continure to confuse folk and clutter his thread im going to start my own

i was pleased when i saw diamond select had a large 1/15 bttf II delorean , and while its a nice toy its got plenty of room to improve things

i plan to detail and scratch build a few parts to make it a better display piece

heres a run down of whats been done so far , and thanks to SPENCER for the ref pics and advice so far :thumbsup

made some floor mats and carpeted the flooring

new switch made from a lump of lexan

started cutting the chassis , i may light this or put something green in there

started to remove the molded on wiring , ive sinse taken it all off so i can add real wire

the bumper on the model is wrong and has a curve , its where they copied a damaged real dmc when making it

here you can see ive cut off the bent piece and have made a new bit to bond on , theres also my new grille for the rear deck

steveo3002 · Jun 23, 2011

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bit more progress on the dash , made a clock and radio and added some wires

seperated the headlamps and thinned down its surround, and made new vents from thinner plastic

epoxied over the headlamp opening so that only one lamp will light like in the movie

made a new rear deck as the toys one has molded on stuff

took a screen grab here ..so i can make the tow bar thats in the bumper

a few scratch built items im working on

new hoses for the vents

steveo3002 · Jun 23, 2011

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and heres another project i have in the works ...a real hover car lol

i found a anti gravity platform online..its a magnet base and you use a magent in the item you want to hover , ive sinse found a 1/32 aoshima that fits the magnet better
, but heres a couple of pics for fun

ignore the wire...it looks like its holding the car up , its not it really does hover

Jedifyfe · Jun 23, 2011

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Why'd you start another thread?

Just kidding.

I look forward to more progress!

tek2graphics · Jun 23, 2011

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Hey Steveo, i love your scratch built pieces!
Also, you mention that you "made new vents from thinner plastic." Do you have pics? The one shown above looks like the original. :confused
On mine, I decided to keep the original outer vent, thinned it down, & will create the inner vents out of styrene because they are way off.

You can see the correct spacing on the original here:

Out of town for a few days, but will post my pics on Mon. :cool

steveo3002 · Jun 23, 2011

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hmm that is the new piece ..theyre much thinner (0.7mm) if you compare the side pieces , but yeah the cut is wrong , its the thinnest cut u could make

steveo3002 · Jun 24, 2011

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this mornings efforts

BTTFSpencer · Jun 24, 2011

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Great work!

steveo3002 · Jun 25, 2011

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ive been thinking ..the tyres (tires for you americans ) look rather poor on it , any ideas on better ones ?

im going to ask in the local r/c model shop if they have something that looks nicer

tek2graphics · Jun 27, 2011

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I would scuff them up to make them look used. :wacko

steveo3002 · Jun 28, 2011

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yeh i was going to scuff them , shame theres no sidewall letters molded on

ive busted off those vents , im going to make another set with a thinner gap lol

compucrap · Jun 28, 2011

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steveo3002 · Jun 28, 2011

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its a smaller one on the hover base , about 1/32 scale

steveo3002 · Jun 28, 2011

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door locks lol...just working on the key now

orange hose..still needs more painting

vents with a thinner gap

not sure what these are called ..the go near the red caps

BTTFSpencer · Jun 29, 2011

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Dude your work is SENSATIONAL!!!!

I LOVE the parts in the last photo, we in the BTTF Hobby call them the "Hockey pucks"

Absolutely awesome, how did you add the grooves on the orange tube?

steveo3002 · Jun 29, 2011

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the orange tube is some automotive wire then i took some 0.25 jewelry wire and wrapped it around where its needed and coated it in super glue

do you like my delorean badge on the tool box lol

tek2graphics · Jun 29, 2011

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VERY nice!!!!! :thumbsup

srspicer · Jun 29, 2011

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Another nice Delorean mod! A two-fer!

Scott

steveo3002 · Jul 2, 2011

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right todays efforts are scratch made oil seperator tanks , spencer i spoke with you about these ..what do you think ? any problems?

trimmed the ends off the towing bar now

BTTFSpencer · Jul 2, 2011

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Steve,

The Oil Separators look great! I wouldn't have made that hole in the middle though, it should be level with the lower one. And you might want to fill in a few more seams and give it a wetsand before you paint.

The corrugated black pipe should be replaced with a smooth one on the crossover tube.

Nice work so far, Keep it up!

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