{"id":1773,"date":"2014-09-05T02:46:14","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T02:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/?p=1773"},"modified":"2014-09-05T02:46:14","modified_gmt":"2014-09-05T02:46:14","slug":"164-scale-deckards-car-custom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/?p=1773","title":{"rendered":"1:64 Scale Deckard&#8217;s Car Custom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I <a title=\"Deckard\u2019s Car\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/?p=1563\">posted already<\/a> about preparing my ERTL Blade Runner Deckard&#8217;s Car car for a custom version.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/ertl-deckard-car-side.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1565\" src=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/ertl-deckard-car-side.jpg\" alt=\"ertl-deckard-car-side\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is what the car looks like out of the box (or card). These are fairly rare these days and sell for about $25.00 and up, depending on condition.<\/p>\n<p>Now you know Deckard didn&#8217;t have a big honkin&#8217; &#8220;Blade Runner&#8221; logo on the back of his car, nor was it metallic brown.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the box cover of the recent Fujimi model kit of the car in 1:25 scale. (I have this kit and will probably do something with it this winter.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fujimi-deckards-car-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1566\" src=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fujimi-deckards-car-1.jpg\" alt=\"fujimi-deckards-car-1\" width=\"600\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fujimi-deckards-car-1.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fujimi-deckards-car-1-471x300.jpg 471w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a restored or replicated version:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/br-deckard-car-for-real-01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1781\" src=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/br-deckard-car-for-real-01-600x366.jpg\" alt=\"br-deckard-car-for-real-01\" width=\"600\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/br-deckard-car-for-real-01-600x366.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/br-deckard-car-for-real-01-491x300.jpg 491w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/br-deckard-car-for-real-01.jpg 757w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So here it is, finished.<\/p>\n<p>Beside the original ERTL car:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/my-br-deckard-car-with-original-01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1775\" src=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/my-br-deckard-car-with-original-01-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"my-br-deckard-car-with-original-01\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/my-br-deckard-car-with-original-01-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/my-br-deckard-car-with-original-01-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/my-br-deckard-car-with-original-01.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I used some of the decals from the Fujimi sheet, scaled down:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/deckard-decal-sheet.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1780\" src=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/deckard-decal-sheet.jpg\" alt=\"deckard-decal-sheet\" width=\"259\" height=\"195\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Details:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I painted the car a slightly rusty orange.<\/li>\n<li>I painted the door bumpers black.<\/li>\n<li>I cut out the thick vertical window posts.<\/li>\n<li>I printed front orange curved lights over the bumpers. Due to the shape, I had to chisel out some space in the inside bumper<\/li>\n<li>I painted the interior tan and black.<\/li>\n<li>I put decals on the dashboard.<\/li>\n<li>I painted silver detailing.<\/li>\n<li>I printed custom headlight decals.<\/li>\n<li>I printed custom decals for the 56 on the front bumper and the rear side.<\/li>\n<li>I printed custom POLICE decals for the angled front sides.<\/li>\n<li>I printed a decal for the top circle.<\/li>\n<li>I painted tail lights.<\/li>\n<li>I cut a small bit of glossy cardboard from a product package, scored it and painted it silver for the windshield guard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/my-br-deckard-car-left-01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1776\" src=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/my-br-deckard-car-left-01-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"my-br-deckard-car-left-01\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/my-br-deckard-car-left-01-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/my-br-deckard-car-left-01-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/my-br-deckard-car-left-01.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/my-br-deckard-car-rear-01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1779\" src=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/my-br-deckard-car-rear-01-600x484.jpg\" alt=\"my-br-deckard-car-rear-01\" width=\"600\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/my-br-deckard-car-rear-01-600x484.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/my-br-deckard-car-rear-01-371x300.jpg 371w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/my-br-deckard-car-rear-01.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/my-br-deckard-car-right-01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1778\" src=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/my-br-deckard-car-right-01-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"my-br-deckard-car-right-01\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/my-br-deckard-car-right-01-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/my-br-deckard-car-right-01-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/my-br-deckard-car-right-01.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/my-br-deckard-car-front-01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1777\" src=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/my-br-deckard-car-front-01-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"my-br-deckard-car-front-01\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/my-br-deckard-car-front-01-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/my-br-deckard-car-front-01-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/my-br-deckard-car-front-01.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is, supposedly, a shot of the real car taken some years back:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/deckard-winfieldshop4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1782\" src=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/deckard-winfieldshop4.jpg\" alt=\"deckard-winfieldshop4\" width=\"493\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/deckard-winfieldshop4.jpg 493w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/deckard-winfieldshop4-423x300.jpg 423w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I posted already about preparing my ERTL Blade Runner Deckard&#8217;s Car car for a custom version. This is what the car looks like out of the box (or card). These are fairly rare these days and sell for about $25.00 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/?p=1773\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1783,"href":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773\/revisions\/1783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}