Well the Chicago Police Cars aren't of the correct era. These are one generation later than the ones in the movie. But they work! I opened them up and put an officer in each and dual strobes on top. I also added a little detail to the outside in the way of aged hub caps and license plates.
The Blues Mobile was opened up and Jake and Elwood were added! Its the Corgi model.
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Boom boom boom boom.....very nice!!
It's got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it's got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas.
Would be cool to see it coming out of a JC Penney.
Didn't they have rollers on the black and white car?
It's got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it's got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas.
It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses....
Nice job! Makes me hungry for two pieces of dry white toast, four fried chickens and a Coke............
It's got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it's got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas.
It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses....
Hit it!
Would be cool to see it coming out of a JC Penney.
Hmmmm..... I could have done that! Put up a building front with it coming out and the cops behind. Oh well. Maybe it will morph into that in the future!
Greenlight is coming out with one in September I think in the wave with the Family Truckster. 1:43.
Aaannd you just had to get a bit of your ARR equipment in the pick to make me jealous lol.
It's got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it's got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas.
I just get out of the joint and my own brother picks me up in an ex cop car.
Very good scene. A lot of fun.
Speaking of Belushi, anybody thought about doing an Animal House scene?
Neat.
I love the Rays Music exchange that someone did a few years back...What a classic movie...
To make this scene really true to the movie, half those police cars need to be upside down! 
Speaking to the Animal House scene, I saw a post a while back with some fraternity guys on someone's layout (someone hand painted greek letters on their sweaters!) and I know i've seen a model "deathmobile" before. Maybe my next layout will have a fraternity house as a tribute to my college years 
Greenlight is coming out with one in September I think in the wave with the Family Truckster. 1:43.
Aaannd you just had to get a bit of your ARR equipment in the pick to make me jealous lol.
Oh I know and I'm getting it!
As for doing an Animal House scene... I use to have a 1:18 scale "Death Mobile" but it think its buried up in the attic. A miniature version would definately make my layout barring the pricing being too high! Thats what I love about the American Truckster, it'll be around the $17 mark which is perfect! I want an Ecto 1 but anything over $50 is just hard to justify as that is a nice railcar!
Sounds like You are on a mission from God?
Really nice job.
To make this scene really true to the movie, half those police cars need to be upside down!
Speaking to the Animal House scene, I saw a post a while back with some fraternity guys on someone's layout (someone hand painted greek letters on their sweaters!) and I know i've seen a model "deathmobile" before. Maybe my next layout will have a fraternity house as a tribute to my college years
You could have way too much fun with that . . . 
To make this scene really true to the movie, half those police cars need to be upside down!
...or Carrie Fisher with a shoulder fired rocket launcher. And the bricks come tumbling down...
Looks great! The green light models look like they will be good, now says available in November.
Im going to put the blues brothers on my layout. The prison at the start of the movie is in Joliet which is the theme of my layout. I have already built one of the prison towers which needs more work.
Looks great! The green light models look like they will be good, now says available in November.
Im going to put the blues brothers on my layout. The prison at the start of the movie is in Joliet which is the theme of my layout. I have already built one of the prison towers which needs more work.
Yeah if you got the Greenlight models of the actual Dodge cars used in the movie it would be really cool! They have them, but I got a good deal on these from a forum member in the For Sale section and just used them to do the scene.
I was gonna put Carrie Fisher in Honest... I ran out of gas! I--I had a flat tire! I didn't have enough money for cab fare! My tux didn't come back from the cleaners! An old friend came in from out of town! Someone stole my car! There was an earthquake! A terrible flood! Locusts! IT WASN'T MY FAULT, I SWEAR TO GOD!!!
Where's car 55?
I agree too many of the cop cars are upright.
Alot of talent is gone from this movie sadley .. John Candy, Ray Charles ,James Brown,Donald Dunn,Cab Calloway,John Belushi..
One of my all time favorite movies that I have watched countless times and still love watching it. It never seems to get old to me.
Zett - Would be perfect for your layout.
Art
Excellent. Love the creativity.
Be great to see a close up of the boys in their car.
Sounds like You are on a mission from God?
The Penguin.
Cool!
Alot of talent is gone from this movie sadley .. John Candy, Ray Charles ,James Brown,Donald Dunn,Cab Calloway,John Belushi..
True. I met Booker T. Jones a while back and he was pretty shaken up by Duck Dunn's death. Some of the talent from the sequel is gone, too -- Wilson Pickett, Billy Preston, Junior Wells, Clarence Clemons, Bo Diddley, Lou Rawls, Grover Washington Jr., Isaac Hayes...
Very good scene. A lot of fun.
Speaking of Belushi, anybody thought about doing an Animal House scene?
Everyone could wear togas! You definitelyne a Lincoln forthe Death Mobile.
Don
Alot of talent is gone from this movie sadley .. John Candy, Ray Charles ,James Brown,Donald Dunn,Cab Calloway,John Belushi..
True. I met Booker T. Jones a while back and he was pretty shaken up by Duck Dunn's death. Some of the talent from the sequel is gone, too -- Wilson Pickett, Billy Preston, Junior Wells, Clarence Clemons, Bo Diddley, Lou Rawls, Grover Washington Jr., Isaac Hayes...
We have lost a lot of great stars the last few years. Lots of them I have been watching and listening to for many, many years, since we were all young, me and them. Kind of like losing folks you have grown up with. Many left way too soon.
ILLINOIS 79
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Land of Lincoln
Illinois Nazis.. Phhhtt !
I hate Illinois Nazis.
They got S.C.M.O.D.S.....
Would be cool to see it coming out of a JC Penney.
That was an abandoned mall that they pimped up with storefronts. The late Dixie Square Mall in Harvey,Illinois. Here is a link on the mall.
That was an abandoned mall that they pimped up with storefronts. The late Dixie Square Mall in Harvey,Illinois. Here is a link on the mall.
Thanks for that. Very interesting. With all the mannequins, merchandise, ("The new Oldsmobiles are in early this year"!)signs, etc. that I remember seeing in the movie, the producers must have spent quite a bit to spiff it up. (Nowhere near as much as they must have on cop cars, of course). 
Just caught the movie again............. so much of a re-run classic it's like an El train:
Jake: "How often does the train come by?"
Elwood: "So often you won't notice."
"Where's the Cadillac?"
"I traded it for a microphone."
"Okay. I can see that."
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