I want you to have a look at the picture above. A close look. Because that is not a DeLorean. Yeah, you saw the title, that Sideshow is releasing a 1:6 scale DeLorean, but even so; you would be forgiven for assuming the photo above was of the real car. But it is not. That is how detailed the Sideshow replica is going to be. All I can say is: "Great Scott!"
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The RPF That WasIf you're at all interested in collecting props and/or prop replicas, then you're familiar with The RPF. It's been around since 1997 and has become the largest and most well-known forum about movie/TV props and costumes. I first found them around 2000 while researching how to make proton packs and other items for a Ghostbusters fan film a friend and I were writing at the time. It was like a nerdy wonderland with the most amazing info and helpful people you could imagine. But that was 14 years ago now. And things have changed. In a big way. Back then, membership was limited. Anyone could browse the site, but you could only register during certain open periods of enrollment. I was a neophyte and still a decade away from actually replicating anything myself, so I had nothing to contribute anyway. I was happy enough just to lurk. Because, in those days, lurking at the RPF was a very rewarding experience! Here's how it would work: You have an interest in a certain prop. So you go to the site and you do a search. You're then presented with some threads. You select essentially any one of them, and you get a series of talented craftsmen and artisans with an eye for detail discussing how they replicate an item to the highest possible quality and accuracy and responding to questions from those interested in undertaking their own project. You read through the threads, see the different techniques used by different builders, see tips from others on alternate ways to achieve a particular aspect of the build. If you read that and said "Uh... yeah. That's how forums work," then you haven't been to the RPF lately. |
About the AuthorMy name is Shawn McBee and I am a replica prop fabricator and collector located in Atlanta, GA. The name "The Propsmith" is more of an aspiration than a declaration at this point, but I am a perfectionist and apply my keen eye for detail to recreating props to an exacting degree. Categories
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