American Graffiti 'Mels Drive-in'

[Paul]

One of my favorite films is American Graffiti, so when I found this on ebay it would have been silly of me not to have a go at it.
I started it around Christmas and it has taken me quite a while to obtain the cars, vending machine etc..., but now it is more or less finished,
apart from any figures I may come across (1.64scale), a bit of grass, a couple of trees, oh and a phone booth :smiling2:

a by mooneyes2009, on Flickr

PK2A8375 by mooneyes2009, on Flickr

PK2A8361a by mooneyes2009, on Flickr

PK2A8364 by mooneyes2009, on Flickr

PK2A8361 by mooneyes2009, on Flickr

PK2A8373 by mooneyes2009, on Flickr

PK2A8355 by mooneyes2009, on Flickr

PK2A8352 by mooneyes2009, on Flickr

PK2A8349 by mooneyes2009, on Flickr

PK2A8373a by mooneyes2009, on Flickr

[stillp]

Very nice Paul, and nice to see something a bit different. Isn't that Beetle out of scale though?
Pete

[PaulTRose]

nice

even got Milners coupe......even got the right number plate!

[Tim Marlow]

Great scene from an iconic film.....I thought the first shot was a still from the film! You need to do a dio of the Pharos ripping out the back axle of the squad car as a follow up....

[wotan]

Great dio. Very much the atmosphere of the time.

John

[Paul]

Very nice Paul, and nice to see something a bit different. Isn't that Beetle out of scale though?
Pete

Hi Pete, the Beetle is in perfect scale, the trouble is that most of the American cars at the drive-in ride very low making the VW tall,plus its a convertable.
The car that is a very dubious 1.64 is Curt Hendersons (Richard Dreyuss) Citroen 2CV which is bigger than the rest,so I,m on the lookout for a replacement.

Thankyou for your comments.

[Paul]

Great scene from an iconic film.....I thought the first shot was a still from the film! You need to do a dio of the Pharos ripping out the back axle of the squad car as a follow up....

Haha,that has already crossed my mind

[JR]

Sir that is perfection, hat off to you. :thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:

[Mr Bowcat]

Awesome, you even got the right shade of piss yellow and puke green (to quote the film) on the Ford Coupe. :tears-of-joy:

[Peter Gillson]

Brilliant dio of a brilliant film.

Peter

[Gern]

I haven't seen the film but that's beautiful.

[Guest]

Beautifully done and so full of atmosphere.

[spanner570]

Terrific build and very nice, moody lighting.
Top work!

[yak face]

Fantastic film and fantastic dio Paul , the lighting really brings it to life . Loving milners coupe but the one I always liked best was Harrison fords 55 Chevy . Great job , cheers tony

[minitnkr]

Great film for motor heads. Beautifully executed dio. PaulE