1/6 Scale James Bond Aston Martin V8 Vantage scratchbuild (complete)

[Marine Boy]

Apologies for the delay in posting. The UK weather forecasters were warning of snowfall for the last few months, so i held back. Nothing came of it and temperatures are now slowly rising. The build diary starts in the following link.

https://www.collectorfreaks.com/threads/james-bond-original-creations.20953/page-444

 

[shells075]

Amazeballs The attention to detail is mind blowing. You could probably charge a pretty penny for that. Will be interesting to see if BCS ever produce a TD Bond.
PS make Mad Max's interceptor next pls.

 

[Marine Boy]

Opening fuel filler flaps.

I bought the cello off Ebay. One less thing to make. There are functional pockets on the seat backs.

Rear armrest can be pulled out.

Fabric sunroof is electric.

The buttons ahead of the gear lever are all functional. L-R - Hazards, Rear Fog lights, interior light, Cigarette lighter fires the missiles, sunroof close, sunroof open, driving lamps. The button behind the gear lever opens the weapons panel electrically.

Top row L-R - Left laser, Right Laser, Missile armed, Missile safe.
Bottom row L-R - Head up display, Outrigger skis open, close, Rocket motor. The self destruct button is a sticker (not functional!!!)

There are opening ashtrays in each door as well as on the centre console.

Missiles deployed.

 

[Marine Boy]

The jacket came from the I Am Legend clothing set, released quite a while back. Sadly, it is flaking in places, even though i bought it new.

The left stalk is functional and operates the horn.

The light switch next to the steering wheel has 4 positions. Off - sidelights

Headlights

and front fog lights.

Reversing lamps operate, when the car is pushed backwards.

Trunk light comes on when the bootlid is open.

Head up display in operation.

Indicators come on when the steering is turned.

Laser in operation. There is one on each side.

 

[Marine Boy]

Amazeballs The attention to detail is mind blowing. You could probably charge a pretty penny for that. Will be interesting to see if BCS ever produce a TD Bond.
PS make Mad Max's interceptor next pls.

Thanks for your comment. I'm currently building the Blade Runner Spinner and the V8 Interceptor will follow that. There is minimal electronics involved and no complex mechanisms to build, so hopefully a short build time. I already have a V8 engine model to modify and i don't have to worry about a perfect paint finish either.

 

[Cagoda]

HOLY ****!!!!! I am literally mindblown at your crafting abilities! I don't even begin to understand how you're able to make that. My jaw is on the floor.

 

[FlyAndFight]

Simply one of the most amazing 1/6 scaled custom pieces I've ever seen. (soon to be surpassed by the Spinner, I'm sure...)

Amazing engineering, craftmanship and artistry, Marine Boy.

 

[Rogerbee]

Absolutely stunning!

 

[Mr.NoCredit]

The first photos look like a real car. I was thinking, “This is a toy/figure forum, why would he be posting this here?” The interior was what made me realize I was looking at a scale model… wow, absolutely incredible!!!!

 

[OneSixFix]

these pictures make you going quiet for a while.... WOW! Hat's off for this brilliant work of art! Museum worthy!

 

[j007klein]

LOVE IT!!! Wish someone would make these because it would be the center piece for my 007 collection!

 

[Marine Boy]

Thanks for all the feedback. I've added some videos, so you can see the gadgets in operation.

 

[matrix69]

Beautiful work...Looks like a shrunken down version of the real deal

 

[Chindie]

That's absolutely stunning work. Genuinely astounding.

 

[Wor-Gar]

 

[amarcord]

magic

 

[rocbolt]

Missed this final compendium thread on the first go around-

Superlatives fail, watching the progress on this was impressive as it was but the amount of detail present here is nothing short of mind blowing!