Mac's Car - making and improving the IMAI model kit
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 เม.ย. 2023
- This video follows building and modifying the IMAI model kit of Mac's Car - aka the Jet Air Car - fom the Gerry Anderson TV Series 'JOE 90'.
I did some customizing and scratchbuilding to enhance this old model kit to make it a more accurate representation of the unique vehicle (another tremendous design by Derek Meddings).
Due to the land and air configurations this was quite a complex project and unfortunately most of the work-in-progress images were lost, but the descriptions are accompanied by aniamted graphics.
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I remember having a big, battery operated one of these about 52 years ago. Loved it to bits, literally!
Serious commitment brother.
It's been a long time since I saw "JOE 90," but from what I remember, your improvements to the old IMAI kit (and the way you finished the model to display it in various modes) really captures the nostalgic look and feel of Mac's Car. Thanks for sharing this with us!
Thanks Matt (?) - these old Imai (and Bandai) kits are a nightmare but were all that were available at the time of purchase. Looking at your struggles, I think I'll leave mine in the stash (although that big TB2 looks rescueable......)!
Thanks for the feedback. I went into this with the goal of not going too far. The cabin area is not the right shape but I knew if I tackled that it would be virtually startcing from scratch.. which I was determined not to do. So given that inherent limitaion I am happy with it. I wish it had a bit more finesse, but as a whole it looks 'right', which was the goal.
I built one, straight out of the box, years ago, for a friend who does not have the patience to make kits. I did paint it for him, using the pictures from one of those beautiful Japanese Century 21 'Mooks' (Magazine Book) If you're a fan, then they are basically porn. Hundreds of incredible pictures, some of which you will have never seen before, and you can't look away (that's my excuse, and I'm sticking with it).
I made all the mechanism, springs and all (you need three hands to do this), and it did look good, though, to my eyes, the front axle assembly looked bloody awful.
Having made my friend's, I thought about making mine, decided against it, and sold it, with a load of other kits. I have my original 1960's Dinky one, plus the one released in about 1992 (a word of warning here - DO NOT open it up to see how it works: everything will fly out and feed the carpet monster if you do), and I have the Konami vending machine model, so I'm good, thanks.
Great video! Thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍
Outstanding
Thank you for watching and commenting.
Excellent!
Thank You. Not 100% accurate. But it 'feels' right
A very good re-engineeting job on this kit. And some really good ideas!
Thanks. Cheap and cheerful for sure. It actually looks quite horrendous in a lot of these pictures, but these individual close-ups are quite small - Mac's head is maybe 1/8" tall.
Nice idea with making tyres from paper , but l have seen som model makers use a hard black foam that can be cut and carved into tyres . Great model by the way 👍
Thanks for watching. The reason I went with the rolled up paper idea was to retain the perfect circle of the original wheel. I have tried cutting out circles in the past and find it incredi ly difficult. Even with sanding. And to do this 4 times.. I just thought it would not come out great if I was doing it. I know it works... but as Clint Eastwood said in one of his Dirty Harry movies, 'a man's got to know his limitations'.
Ah OK l see , but yeah the tyres you made were great anyway . It was more of an idea l saw on some other videos . I think they made then round by putting the rough cut out in a drill then sanding them to shape or using a blade , Matt
Maybe Craft Foam or some Milliput over the Kit Tires and roll it
i have 2 diecast cars one lights at the back thats the original and one made later that doesnt and 2 konami versions which are fantastic.i have a lot of konami gerry anderson models they are so damn good ..
The Konami toys/models were fantastic. Very accurate and well made. The TB2 is a beauty.
Could have used radio aerial for rear fins.
Thanks for commenting. On the real thing (original vfx model in the show) the fins are not telescopic, but are one single rod that slides back. So I wanted to match to that.
What Brand of paint and Brushes you use
Vallejo acryllic. At 17:54 i show the particular colour for the main body. I used Vallejo paints for all the rest of it too. When I started making models it was all Humbrol enamels. These became hard to find so I tried to use Tamiya acryllic, but I found them quite chalky. Vallejo paints are fantastic; Great coverage. Fast drying. Odour free. Water solluable, so easy clean up.
I will say that they do not have the durability of an enamel - so you may need to be a bit more careful when handling / playing with the model :) But I give most of my models a coat of enamal matt spray varnish (Humbrol, from a can) prior to weathering and after decaling. But you need to be a bit more careful when playing with the model :)