Has anyone thought of 'Cars of the Stars', in plastic?

[McColm]

Hi Guys,
I must admit that I am a fan of American Muscle cars. Having grown up watching cop shows on the telly during the 1970s and 1980s.
This got me thinking as most of the cars that starred in the TV shows and films are in diecast, in various scales and prices.
But what about plastic or resin?
I know that you can get the Lincoln Futura in 1/24 as I've got one minus a wheel in my stash. Most Whiffers use this and turn it into the Batmobile.
If a list could be made up of model, TV or film, out of production or available.

The Saint, TV show. Hasegawa 1/24 Jaguar XJS. These can be found on eBay from time to time. Painted white, would need to search for the black saint decal.
Spender , TV show. Ford Sapphire. No kit available but by combining the Ford Taurus (four door saloon) and the Ford Sierra XR4i (three door hatchback).

[zenrat]

There are usually TV/Film builds going on car modelling forums.
Usually american cars due to the problem of getting Australian or British ones.
In fact, the special build theme  for next years Ballarat NNL is Top Gear Challenge.  I'm looking for an FJ40 Land Cruiser to build Hammond's car from the Bolivia run.

[McColm]

They had an R/C display of trucks, tanks and vans at the RAF Hendon Model Show 2014, which was great as our stand was next door.
Maybe a Ford Capri painted gloss red with a familiar white stripe, blanking out the rear windows.
Lincoln Futura painted pink  FAB1.
Austin FX4 the new Bond car.
Got the Range Rover Jessa from Top Gear or a Doormobile.

[Mossie]

There's a good handful of re-releases around at the moment, most of them through Round2 Models who have the AMT, MPC and Polar Lights brands.
http://www.round2models.com/

Ones I can think of:
Ghostbusters Ecto 1
Batmobile
BatBoat
Batcycle
Dukes of Hazard, General Lee, Daisy Dukes car, Sheriff Rosco's Police car
Scooby Doo Mystery Machine
Back to the Future DeLorean
Christine Plymouth Fury
Monkeemobile
Green Hornet Black Beauty

Revell have a Starsky and Hutch Torino due out.

[McColm]

Thanks for the list.

[zenrat]

Didn't know about the Revell Torino.
Love that car.

[scooter]

The Saint, TV show. Hasegawa 1/24 Jaguar XJS. These can be found on eBay from time to time. Painted white, would need to search for the black saint decal.

Or some clear decal film and a printer

[McColm]

Great idea,
I'll try that out on my other builds.

[Mossie]

Almost forgot, Aoshima do K.I.T.T. and I think they do a K.A.R.R. boxing as well.
Pretty sure AMT did an A-Team GMC van at one time.
Aston Martins DB.5's of course, Airfix did a 1/32 kit and I'm sure there have been Japanese kits in 1/24

[PR19_Kit]

Aston Martins DB.5's of course, Airfix did a 1/32 kit and I'm sure there have been Japanese kits in 1/24

I think Airfix did a 1/24 kit of the 007 DB5 as well, as it existed as an MPC boxing too.

[The Wooksta!]

The Airfix DB5 was recut as a DB6 - longer wheelbase.  The one they had out recently - ie within the last ten years or so - is a repop of the Doyusha kit.

Jaguar XJS.  The Saint was the 1960s series with Roger Moore as Simon Templar and he drove a Volvo.  Ian Ogilvy was the title character is the 1970's revival The Return of the Saint and his XJS never had any logos on it.  It was just plain white.  Hasegawa do a whole family of XJS kits.

Tamiya do a Jaguar mk II (Morse, The Sweeney or the white one that goes over a cliff in every ITC series ever made!), a Lotus 7 (The Prisoner - 60s series), and Aston Martin DBS (Casino Royale, Quantum of Salace)

Monogram and Airfix did a Lotus Esprit Turbo (Spy Who Loved Me, For Your Eyes Only)

There's a 24th Japanese kit (Doyusha?) of the Ford Capri mk 1 which I'll be doing as Reegan's car from the Doctor Who story "The Ambassadors of Death"

There's a hideously pricey resin conversion in 24th to do the 1969 Aston Martin DBS (On her Majesty's Secret Service, The Persuaders)

Revell do a nice rally Mini which is good as a basis for the Minis from The Italian Job, whilst the Monogram Aston Martin DB4 can be converted to a soft top as Croker's car.  I think Tamiya do the Lamborgini that Beckerman is killed in, whilst there's various E Type soft tops as the ones the Mafia destroy.

[McColm]

The list is growing.

[Mossie]

I think Revell do the both Steve McQueen's Mustang and the Dodge Charger he chases in Bullitt.  They're not branded as such, but the Mustang kit even has a San Fran street scene on the box.

[The Wooksta!]

I've always had a hankering to do Bond's Mustang from Diamonds are Forever.  Think Monogram do that one too.

[PR19_Kit]

Tamiya do a 1/24 Mini too, I see it often in our nearest Hobbycraft.