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For this car my initial goal was to use prop car from "Soldat", where it played in two roles - as an Army lymousine, and as Police patrol car. Unused colors were reds and yellows, or some pastel tones, and I opted for dark red for it. But, in the animatic, there should be another car, similar in size, but with functioning doors. I focused my attention to the new car, and devised a new approach in construction for this one. I made the car from "Soldat" from styrofoam, but it required a lot of work... I'd know better, nowadays. But, back then, I wanted to avoid sanding and grinding, and well, styrofoam dust alltogether. Moreover, I thought back then, It'd be easier to make functional doors from thin plastic pieces. Here's how:












New method of construction, that is essentially combining ready-made plastic parts, proved much more difficult than I've anticipated. Plastic parts of that size are hard to cut manually, yet only some of them could have been cut with power tools. At the end, it could've been simpler, for I've realised that I don't need functional doors, after all. I'm pleased with the final assembly, though it was kinda hard to do. Then comes painting. I decided for the "khaki" color, to match smaller scale similar car, original toy from that era, that should have played together in one shot.











The car from "Soldat"



Blue-yellow streamliner









This car wasn't neccesary at all. But I had all the parts layed out in front of me, it just called for it. And it was a simple task, by that point I've learned how to simplify the process. This is how I imagined for the "khaki" car to be easy to make.