Budget Marty McFly - Nike Air Force 1s repaint?

I've wanted to put together a nice '85 Mcfly costume for a few years now, and decided to go for it this Halloween.

I've been checking eBay for all the major parts. So far my only successful purchase is a paisley bandana for the jacket sleeve turn ups.

I want to spend as little as possible on this, but can realistically expect it to cost at least £60 .


The shoes are normally one of the big expenditures, If I found a nice substitute for £30 I might spend that, but so far nothing close enough.

So I decided to go second hand, and for whatever reason there are lots of white air force 1s on eBay for under £10



The sole is too thick and it has perforated leather panels and swoosh, but unless eBay turns up anything better in my size (UK12) they'll have to do.



As for the other parts, I've got a couple of different denim jackets on the way, which I'll stitch together, and I'll just have to camp out eBay until a passable orange vest shows up.

I have the blank replicas for the mags

I found the same shoes for my McFly costume

seancoleman said:

I found the same shoes for my McFly costume

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Thanks, those look good, I think I'll grab a pair.

Did you do anything special with the paint? I don't want to spend £10+ on special leather paints if acrylic will do.

In other news I bought some black braces for £3 and after looking at the Magnoli replica, I've bought a new grey denim jacket, that I intend to sew bits of my blue denim shirt on to.

I just used a red permanent marker actually
I wasn't going for 100% accurate

seancoleman said:

I just used a red permanent marker actually
I wasn't going for 100% accurate

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Good to know. I might do that to start with and just upgrade, if and when something better comes along.

I'm watching a few pairs of trainers on eBay, still hoping to get something under £10 .