Fallout Chryslus Highwayman

       

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Original Kit:
SnapFast Slammers "Street Fury"
Made By:
AMT/Ertl (kit #30007)
Scale:
1/25
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Chryslus Highwayman from Fallout
Chryslus Highwayman interior Chryslus Highwayman grille detail Chryslus Highwayman right flank Chryslus Highwayman trunk right side Chryslus Highwayman trunk left side Chryslus Highwayman rear

 
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When looking for base kit to turn into the Chryslus Highwayman from the game Fallout, I didn't have to look too far: AMT/Ertl's SnapFast Slammer Street Fury was a near-perfect candidate with its exaggerated fins, custom door lines, and blower. The designers at Interplay didn't just use Plymouth as their inspiration, though, with the vertical A pillars and bumpers that looked at least partially inspired by Chevrolet's 1957 series and that monstrous grille that looked like every 1950s American design indulgence rolled into one.

Changing the roof was - well, not easy, per se, but straightforward in concept. I cut off the Plymouth roof at the beltline, and replaced it with one pulled from an AMT '57 Bel Air body I found on eBay. A little flexing and a lot of micro adjustments between glue tacks were required to everything to match up, then it was glued in place permanently and filled to blend the lower window surrounds into the pillars. The window sills were made from some thin strip styrene, and wider strip styrene was used to make the trim ribs in the backs of the fins. Finally, the trunk lid was removed along the seam.

The rear bumper was a parts box '57 Chevy piece I had in my parts box, with the fin extensions cut off and the body notched out to fit. The front end uses the top few bars and headlights from Street Fury and the lower grille and bumper from another '57 Chevy (I mentioned in my Dirty Dancing model that it was my first successful attempt at a tri-five Chevy...there are a *lot* of '57 parts in my spare bin). The grille teeth are modified from the custom grille found in AMT's '69 Chevelle, and the requisite "V" is scratch built.

The interior is the leftover bucket from my Redline 7000 build, a '59 Galaxie steering wheel, and a parts box dashboard. The bucket had to be narrowed and the dash needed to be extended, but for the most part everything fit together surprisingly well. The toughest part was getting it to fit around the rear wheel wells, which were both huge and too tall to accommodate the Street Fury's extreme stance (corrected to "stock" by drilling new holes closer to the floor pan). A great deal of test fitting and cutting had to be done before everything fit.

A few other details were pulled from my parts box as well, including the headlights, wheels, and air cleaner. The side pipes were cut from aluminum tube, glued directly to the chassis since this kit had essentially not engine or exhaust detail. The windshield, wing windows, and rear window were scratch built from clear plastic, clear for the forward glass and tinted for the rear.

The main body was painted Tamiya TS-30 Silver Leaf with top done in TS-38 Gunmetal. I used Silver Leaf in part because the color had always given me trouble, and since this was going to be heavily weathered it wouldn't be a problem on this build...so of course, it turned out the smoothest I've ever gotten. The interior was done in TS-69 Linoleum Deck Brown and satin black, and the trim both inside and out was done wit ha combination of Bare Metal Foil, paint, and a chrome Gundam Marker. Everything was then given a heavy application of Vallejo's Streaking Grime and Rainmarks, supplemented with Tamiya's weathering effects and a few dabs of paint and a light mist of Dullcote.

The final detail I needed to address was the trunk. Early on, the Highwayman sported a pair of high-capacity fuel tanks à la The Road Warrior but these were replaced with an indistinct bunch of pixels. Some have interpreted this as part of a futuristic engine, others as a collection of survivalist equipment. I chose the latter, and filled it with a bunch of stuff that seemed appropriate: a scratch built crate, a Jerry can, some crates of oil, a duffel bag, a backpack, a couple of rolls, some tools, a length of chain, and a few miscellaneous bits of plastic and wood to fill in the gaps and make it look more full.

 

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