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Finished this up a week ago in preparation for a game that Chicago Skirmish Wargames club is running at Little Wars this weekend.





More pics, step-by-step of the construction, comparison of two currently available Mad Max figures and 2 other vehicles here:

link

Nice work - looks like a faithful recreation. Makes me wish I had gotten into Dark Futures back in the day!

Sterling effort though!

Most of it looks pretty good but the air intake is just too big to be believable, anyone in the vehicle would just be driving totally blind.

HIIIIjack!

Sorry, but I have to. I love them Interceptors an d Mad Max and all.
Here, I´ll show you:





Totally scratchbuilt.

There needs to be more of ´em.

Cheers

filbert wrote:Nice work - looks like a faithful recreation. Makes me wish I had gotten into Dark Futures back in the day! Sterling effort though!

Thanks! If you get the post apoc bug, there's alot of figs avaialble from various makers and a number of rulesets worth looking into. We use the free set "Wastelands Meltdown" but there are others. It's also a remarkably affordable side project as figs are usually 2-5 bucks each and the vehicles are mostly cheap toy cars!

TiB wrote:Most of it looks pretty good but the air intake is just too big to be believable, anyone in the vehicle would just be driving totally blind.

Very True. The intake came out bigger than expected and well beyond realistic. However, I don't worry too much about realism when playing games influenced by Road Warrior and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.

Warflag wrote:HIIIIjack!

Sorry, but I have to. I love them Interceptors an d Mad Max and all.
Here, I´ll show you:

Spoiler:

Totally scratchbuilt.
There needs to be more of ´em.
Cheers

Looks Awesome! You really nailed every feature of the interceptor!

By scratchbuilt, do you mean that this is a mod of another car or a plascard +parts from the ground up?
If it's a mod, which toy or model did you use for the basis?

All hail to the mighty V8, stroked and bored, water injected, and supercharged!

*Technically* the car is called the Pursuit Special. Great work.

Thanks!
Very true about the official name, though in fairness that's what they call it in Mad Max. In Road Warrior (when it's been post apocified) the mechanic calls it "The last of the V8 Interceptors" .

For those interested, in addition to the link in the blog post, here's a couple of others sites about this car http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pursuit_Special
http://www.lastinterceptor.com/real.html

Well actually its a limited GT351 version of a 1973 Ford XB Falcon Hardtop

Madmax is an australian national treasure lol. Theres a madmax museum 20 minutes up the road from me. With a fewe of the original cars from the second film and the pursuit speacial from the first.

Awesome job you have done on making it.

Two days ago, I saw a vehicle that would haul that tanker. You want to get out of here? You talk to me.

Mad max in a chevy? Looks sweet though but you could use a ford falcon (like the original) or 71-73 mustang kit... still love it though

Rickfactor wrote:Two days ago, I saw a vehicle that would haul that tanker. You want to get out of here? You talk to me.

You mean something like this...





Well it's not a tractor/trailer combo, but the general idea is there. These two as well as the rest of my post apoc vehicles are going to feature in a Post-Apoc chase game at the Little Wars Convention this Saturday!

A couple more pics and before/after pics/process here:
http://chicagoskirmish.blogspot.com/2012/01/28mm-on-cheap-post-apocalyptic-vehicles.html

Well these are pretty awesome

Tang72 wrote:Mad max in a chevy? Looks sweet though but you could use a ford falcon (like the original) or 71-73 mustang kit... still love it though

Yeah, it's not ideal. I would have liked a Falcon or a Mustang, but the Camaro was the only cheap muscle car at the train shop and I was running out of time before the convention. The conversion was fun, the parts cheap and the process easy enough that If I find a cheap Mustang with the right passenger window I might make another. I just refuse to pay more than 5-8 bucks for a model that's only going to be used a couple times a year.

Glad you liked it though!

I do have a Hot Wheels Ford Falcon that will be converted into an Interceptor if I ever finish revising my small car combat rules "Red Asphalt" http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/373240.page#2901563

Very cool .. "You're hooked Max! and you know it!" 8)

You've just given me some ideas for converted Guard utility vehicles with this thread!
Really loving the look of the vehicles!

Gotta love the truck and the overall scene. You had some serious fun, I may assume?

To your question, I built it from ground up. Plasticard, miliput, snot and enthusiastic swearing. 45-50 hours... Building the General these days, you know, that orange supermachine from the seventies and eighties.
On the matter, I have seen quite a few ford GT models in appropriate size, i.E. 1:50 kind of. E-Bay? Flea market?

I like how you are using them and having some fun gaming. Mine usually end up in boxes. No gaming round here.
But it´s killing time, isn´t it.

It's beutiful

That is awesome .