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Post by superba on Dec 15, 2006 22:40:15 GMT 1
The only two I don't have already mastered are the 62 Imperial and 62 Plymouth Wagon. Should be no trouble modifing existing castings I have produced.
I have about twenty photos of an operating Getty Gas Station (Flying A Service) that is close to where I work in Conn., I am going to try to make a Flying A gas station diorama to simulate the intersection scene depicted above.
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stanhas87
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Post by stanhas87 on May 5, 2007 23:17:09 GMT 1
Dear All:
After I saw this movie several times,I can say impressed with the amount of vehicles that are shown or appear on it.
I am not a great Bruce Willis fan,but his last entry on the Die Hard series (Die Hard with a Vengeance) is laden with all types of vehicles.
On the very beginning,a MTA bus goes across,suggesting a RTS type;on the store explosion at the beggining of the movie,a pre 1979 Lincoln 4-door can be seen (and nothing happens to it) among several other cars which are clogging the streets of Manhattan.
When Willis is in Harlem,a Grumman NYPD Stepvan takes him to his destination;as Samuel L.Jackon approaches him,a Cadillac Convertible from the 1970's is parked at the street and as things make a turn for the worst,both board a Dodge Diplomat Taxi to the Police Station.
Later,Willis drive a square body (the ones made up to 1990;that seems to be a 1988/1989 model year) Caprice Taxi thru the park,he cuts in front of a bus (Grumman Metro,I believe;red and White);scrapes close to a Mack Truck,follows a Square Bodied (with the box at the rear) Ford Ambulance and again there are many shots of the streets of New York. Then there is the scene at the Subway,and I heard how they did the derailment scene (that rail car had a 454 ci Chevy Engine in it while it was coming out off the track).After the derailment,fire engines show up (I still can not tell which,but a Pierce seems quite probable among them).
On the script,14 dump trucks were stolen. These are not your usual Pets,Macks,Kenworth,Chevy or Ford,but Autocar Dump trucks (first time I ever saw this brand on a movie) and they show up after the Subway blow up and later on as the movie progresses.
The Subway explosion was made to distract the atention of the Police;the Station is close to the Wall Street,and the perpretrator tells the Cops that a school in Manhattan has a bomb;this way,while the Police is looking at the Schools,Wall strret's gold are just unguarded from them The 'robbery' of the Gold also bring interesting equipment,one of which is capable of cutting wals with a rolling-type blade.Then,the bobcats and bulldozers take over.Alas,even a flatbed carrying a Military Tank is seen!!
When is announced that there is a bomb on a local school,all kinds of Police Equipment is seen,including a Couple of generations of Caprices (1977-1990 and 1991-1996),a Special Stepvan (I believe that belongs to the Bomb Squad),Dodge Diplomats,a unmarked Suburban,a Police Bus (dibs on the RTS for that one;the scene shows only the front door) and a Mack with a Box Van body.
Willis and Jackson need a ride,so they hot-wire...........a Yugo!! How that was not fast enough,they cut in front of a Mercedes 450 sedan (which will be destroyed later on),and take it from the driver (Police Emergency).They spot this dump truck (which is a Mack B series) and is tought that this had something to with the Gold Robbery (but the Autocar Dump Truck drivers were the culprits).So,the truck is stopped,the driver is rendered innocent,and a long ride thru a tunnel begins,which is flooded by the bad guys and Willis manages to escape,is seen by Jacson and both are chased by a Dodge Ram pick up were again a miriad of cars are shown (including this red Chevy Cavalier),they shoot at each other,the Mercedes overturns,and the Ram drivers are shot dead.
Then,the scene at this Ocean Freighter with Containers;where the Gold is supposed to be.It was not;Bruce and Jackson get to it,get captured,and the Ship blows,but they escape.
The final scene is supposed to be in Canada,where a battle involving Helicopters (including a Bell Jet Ranger) occurs and the Bad Guy is killed;before that,White,Peterbilt trucks (which are pushing trailers that contain the Gold) are also seen.The final scene brings a couple of the final generation Caprices.
When I first saw it,I mostly saw or paid attention to the Autocars;but subsequent views made me pay attention to the rest of the Vehicles which show up at this movie.Alas,even the subway train seem something than been retired already;I do not know.I just finished seeing it again,and some more details came to me.Despite the fact I do not care about Bruce,I will get this movie for it is what I like:a flick with lots of equipment in it.I just hope the new one (Die Hard IV) has this many.
Oh yes,both Bruce and Jackson rode a bycicle at this movie.
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Post by Alan on May 7, 2007 13:28:16 GMT 1
Hey Chester, That is a cool site with plenty of car junkies as well. My favorite chase scene from Ronin featuring the BMW M5 & Peugeot 406 although Bullitt is a favorite too. Marlon I found out a little bit of trivia about that one: During the chase scene, it looked as if Robert DeNiro was actually driving the 406, when in fact he was behind a fake steering wheel. The car was a right-hand-drive version with the stunt driver in the "driving seat".
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