Hey Mike,
One Possibility would be buying the DVD or video of if? Dont know if you have thought of this buy it might be somthing to consider if you cant find the pic's you want
C.C.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
I do have the movie on DVD but there are no pics of the truck on the disc or the case. There are some in the movie that would work if I could get them in the computer and print them but I do not know if this is possible.
I have never used You Tube, how does it work/how do I get there? Thanks just the same for the thoughts. Mike
Here's a model of the truck. Maybe this will help? (click to enlarge)
The film made use of three Kenworth W900A short-frame semi trucks in which Jerry Reed's character "Snowman" can be seen driving, each equipped with 38" sleepers. Two units were 1974 models, as evidenced by standard silver Kenworth emblems on the truck grille, and one unit was a 1973 model, as evidenced by the gold-painted Kenworth emblem on the truck's grille signifying Kenworth's 50 years in business. The paint code for each truck was coffee brown with gold trim, and the 48-foot mural trailer used was manufactured by Hobbs Trailers in Texas with a Thermo King refrigeration unit.
pcarrell wrote: Here's a model of the truck. Maybe this will help? (click to enlarge)The film made use of three Kenworth W900A short-frame semi trucks in which Jerry Reed's character "Snowman" can be seen driving, each equipped with 38" sleepers. Two units were 1974 models, as evidenced by standard silver Kenworth emblems on the truck grille, and one unit was a 1973 model, as evidenced by the gold-painted Kenworth emblem on the truck's grille signifying Kenworth's 50 years in business. The paint code for each truck was coffee brown with gold trim, and the 48-foot mural trailer used was manufactured by Hobbs Trailers in Texas with a Thermo King refrigeration unit.
ok...so where can he get a model of that set up you got there....chuck
cwclark wrote: pcarrell wrote: Here's a model of the truck. Maybe this will help? (click to enlarge)The film made use of three Kenworth W900A short-frame semi trucks in which Jerry Reed's character "Snowman" can be seen driving, each equipped with 38" sleepers. Two units were 1974 models, as evidenced by standard silver Kenworth emblems on the truck grille, and one unit was a 1973 model, as evidenced by the gold-painted Kenworth emblem on the truck's grille signifying Kenworth's 50 years in business. The paint code for each truck was coffee brown with gold trim, and the 48-foot mural trailer used was manufactured by Hobbs Trailers in Texas with a Thermo King refrigeration unit.ok...so where can he get a model of that set up you got there....chuck
Technically, it's not for sale, but you can contact them and see if they'd do another right here: http://www.talloncc.com/tcccoll.html . It's 1/64 scale.
pcarrell wrote:
A guy that paints his truck like this would go to a minister's funeral dressed in feathers!
I don't think it'd be hard to model the Bandit truck and car set, but it will be a problem modeling the sheriff's car. It's a 1977 Chev Malibu or Pontiac LeMans, and I haven't seen a model of that type of car anywhere. Also, the car had a Federal twin Beacon Ray roof rack with two blue Federal model 14 beacons. I'm not sure if you'll be able to find lights like that in HO scale.
The other alternative is to model the sheriff's car with the roof torn off and the driver's side door missing. Then you don't have to worry about the lights or having the correct Chev/Pontiac roofline.
Here is a link to the T/A: http://www.reelridesvip.com/
Jim
Any of Sheriff Justice's cars are going to be a tough to replicate. They were all Pontiacs, first the LeMans, then the downsized Bonnevilles and HO Pontiacs (other than the Trans Ams) are hard to come by.
The car in the first movie was equipped with a Federal Visibar with blue domes (which actually would have been illegal for a Texas police car in the 1970s). Beacon Ray is Federal's brand name for their rotary beacons. The base, domes and some of the other components are the same as the Federal Beacon Ray Model 14 but on the Visibar they share a common motor to reduce current drain. The second movie brought a different light bar with twin Dietz 211s with red domes and some lollipop lights. The car in the third movie has what looks to be a Mars light bar with multicolor domes.
I think I would let one of the CMW Impalas stand in for the Pontiac. Busch has an accessory set with a twin-dome light bar. A little gold paint and you're pretty close.
Of course, perhaps you'll luck out and Reel Rides will make a replica of one of Sheriff Justice's cars. Visit the website at the link shown in an earlier post and make your wishes known. You definitely won't be the only one who has asked for the car.
bcawthon wrote:The car in the first movie was equipped with a Federal Visibar with blue domes. The base, domes and some of the other components are the same as the Federal Beacon Ray Model 14 but on the Visibar they share a common motor to reduce current drain.
Thanks for describing the lights in more detail. I'm not much into lights. I'm more of a siren fanatic. Most of the siren sounds that were dubbed in for the 1977 movie soundtrack were a recording of a mid-1960s Federal PA20 electronic siren running in 'manual' mode. This sound was used in TV shows and movies throughout the 1970s, including shows like 'Emergency' and 'Adam-12'. A PA20 in operating condition would be a very rare find nowadays. Production of the PA20 ended in 1966.
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_1291-Pontiac-LeMans-1977.htmlIt's definately a Pontiac Le Mans 4 door sedan. A GM 73-77 A body, so if you can find an Olds Cutlass, Buick Century or a Chevrolet Malibu, they'd be close. Unfortunately there's not any models of them availabale as far as I know. Here's a Busch Plymouth Fury. It's similar in shape to the Lemans.http://walthers.com/exec/productinfo/189-46654You could probably modify it with a few styrene body modification details.
Or you could go with Bandit II and go with the Pontiac Bonneville.
There's a 1978 Cherovlet Impala by Classic Metal Works.
http://walthers.com/exec/productinfo/221-30170
As for the trailer. The picture posted is close enough to a side view that you could clean up the image enough to make a decal out of it with a laser printer/color copier.
aloco wrote:I don't think it'd be hard to model the Bandit truck and car set, but it will be a problem modeling the sheriff's car. It's a 1977 Chev Malibu or Pontiac LeMans, and I haven't seen a model of that type of car anywhere. Also, the car had a Federal twin Beacon Ray roof rack with two blue Federal model 14 beacons. I'm not sure if you'll be able to find lights like that in HO scale.The other alternative is to model the sheriff's car with the roof torn off and the driver's side door missing. Then you don't have to worry about the lights or having the correct Chev/Pontiac roofline.
...Running on that mount Eagle backwards and down!....
That was a great movie for it's time.
Now that I have run the actual Mt Eagle.... it's a wee hill lol the danger lies in the weather, you dont know what you will get until you get halfway up or down.
I remember the PA-20. We went from a Federal Model 66 to the Director with a CP25 speaker. In fact we actually had both for a couple of years until the noise laws came in in the early 1970s. The Model 66 was actually better for intersections, but you could just leave the Director on during a run (imagine driving at high speed, trying to keep your dispatcher updated on a hand-held mike and keep the siren going all at the same time). Later, we switched to the PA-20A with a CP100 speaker on a Visibar with dual red domes.
Of course, nothing cleared traffic like a "Q" or a Super Chief!