1:6 ECTO for 12" figures

Equipment Ectomobiles
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HELLO guys, as some may know, i began customizing 12" figures of ghostbusters, so one day i decided i was going to make a 1:6 ecto so they can go and catch some ghosts… The first thing was to find a base… so afther researching a lot, i went to the wonderfull world of ebay and found this:

By spv11, shot with FinePix S7000 at 2009-01-15

as it arrived i noticed it was similar to the Ecto, but had it´s differences and challenges… for instance, the doors didn´t open, the front was completely different-- had no roof, and the side red wings weren´t present-.-- so a LOT of work had to be done…

By spv11, shot with FinePix S7000 at 2009-01-15

So here is a litle bid of the process i had to go through…ofcourse i got some help… but this baby was remodeled from scratch

I had to reinforce the base so it could hold the roof and roof rack

By spv11, shot with BlackBerry 8100 Series at 2009-02-27

Some metal sticks to hold the roof

By spv11, shot with BlackBerry 8100 Series at 2009-02-27

making the roof with epoxy and sanding it a bit

By spv11, shot with BlackBerry 8100 Series at 2009-02-27

By spv11, shot with BlackBerry 8100 Series at 2009-02-27

Now making the front of my ECTO

By spv11, shot with BlackBerry 8100 Series at 2009-02-27

Oh my god when i got to this point… i just couldn´t recognize the car anymore… i hoped it to end up looking jus as close to the original as possible

By spv11, shot with BlackBerry 8100 Series at 2009-02-27

Bumper sculpted and added

By spv11, shot with BlackBerry 8100 Series at 2009-02-27

the back door…

By spv11, shot with BlackBerry 8100 Series at 2009-02-27

OK so it´s kind of late, will continue tomorrow with more pics so stay tooned… we´ll be right back afther a few words of our sponsors! :slight_smile:

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HAHA that is way too freaking cool man!!! that is awesome!!! will you be selling it when your done?

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“Everybody can relax, I found the car! Needs some suspension work and shocks. Brakes, brake pads, lining, steering box, transmission, rear-end…”

Looking good :cool:

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That’s great!

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Hahaha, thanks guys , indeed it needed a huge lot of work and man hours… some more updates:

By spv11, shot with BlackBerry 8100 Series at 2009-02-27

Getting in shape for the rear end of the car

By spv11, shot with BlackBerry 8100 Series at 2009-02-27

By spv11, shot with BlackBerry 8100 Series at 2009-02-27

tell me what you think

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It looks a lot like the one posted in a video recently, but looks good.

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Beautiful work . I’m looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

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I laughed so much at this.

I have no idea why.

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Looking great so far!

One thing though, I don’t think it’s wide enough. I dunno, maybe I’m just seeing it wrong in it’s current state.

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because it’s essentially Winston meets Too Wong Fuu?

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Its not long enough if anything. A 1/6 Scale Ecto-1 needs to be 3 and a half feet long.. and probably 15 inches wide.

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The size comparison is alot like the kenner figures to that ecto. All this one needs is a chair on top and a grappling hook.

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By spv11, shot with BlackBerry 8100 Series at 2009-02-27

AND THEN…

By spv11, shot with FinePix S7000 at 2009-02-20

lets run some red lights

By spv11, shot with FinePix S7000 at 2009-02-19

By spv11 at 2009-02-20

By spv11, shot with FinePix S7000 at 2009-02-20

I know it’s NOT the proper scale like AJ stated. . . , but it’s huge as it is.. The back doors don open so it can only fit 2 ghostbusters. The cool thing is that the sirens work, and the lights work as well.

Here is a litle video i did about it, hope you like it.

SAl

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At first I thought this was a really dumb project, and looked incredibly silly.

And now… it’s beautiful.

Edit: I still refuse to believe that right-side tank is green.

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That pic with Pete hanging out the window is great!

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That is AMAZING!

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Wow. What an amazing job! Looks awesome

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i like this one better

By spv11 at 2009-02-20

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Hehehehehe… thanks i guess… and yes, the tank IS green, at least in the ecto that is touring , the pics are in the reference section.

SAl

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Holy frickin fins Batman!

Caz, that’s just mind blowing. Incredible job.