2010 Dodge Charger R/T

Yep!  Exactly correct!  A detective's car in Boston, MA most likely had the 3.5 unless it was a patrol car pulled from the street.

Coming along nicely.  All the RTs and police package cars came with the 5.7.  The SRT8 came with the 6.1 an the SXTs came with the 3.5 6 cyl

The Story

McNally arrives at the Comet Diner, a dining establishment built into an old trolley car that serve breakfast, lunch and dinner all day and he takes a booth up front by the windows.  A short while later, Attorney Charlotte Rothmann aka Charlie arrives and she sits across from McNally and asks, "What's good?"  Charlie always asks that question when she joins the Boston PI for breakfast.  He asks her if she gave out any of his business cards lately and she says yes, to a Shawn Whittaker who was to ask him to investigate a traffic accident.  McNally replies that Shawn was murdered the night before.

The Build

I washed the Charger this afternoon in prep for primer and paint.

McNally will return...

The Story

The Coroner opens the body bag and McNally looks at the face of the victim and he says he doesn't recognize him.  Lt. Det. Troy says that he had his business card in his wallet.  Maybe he got the business card from Attorney Charlotte Rothmann and he never got to contact McNally?  McNally will ask her when he meets her for breakfast at the Comet Diner later in the morning.  The Coroner zips up the bag and his assistant moves the body to the Coroner's Van for loading.

The victim is Shawn Whittaker from Alston, MA and he was reporting to Fenway Park for work helping with the cleanup.  Why he was killed is now a complete mystery to the Police and they were just starting the investigation.  McNally will ask Charlie about the business card that was found on the victim and Det. Darvell would be in charge of the investigation from this point on since Lt. Det. Troy has to get back to the Precinct for the Commander's Meeting. 

The Build

At this point, the Hemi engine is complete.  My guess is that the car would be a 3.5 Ltr. V6 powered car, but this kit has a 5.7 Ltr. Hemi.  I've been painting other necessary parts including the chassis.  The chassis will need to be painted with overspray.

McNally will return...

The Story

Lt. Det. Troy pulls out his cellphone and he calls McNally and asks that he come down to the parking lot near Fenway Park to identify the corpse.  Det. Darvell walks over to update the Lieutenant and he sees McNally's card in Shawn Whittaker's wallet and asks if Lt. Det. Troy had called him.  Adam is getting upset with Det. Darvell's poor attitude towards McNally and tells him he should show more gratitude towards someone who has helped solve a few cases when Darvell couldn't.  Darvell says that McNally has messed up a few cases which is not the truth and then Adam yells at him and he apologizes and he waddles away from the Lieutenant looking for more clues and he doesn't find any.  A short while later and McNally arrives on the scene and he is ushered in.

The Build

One of the things I don't like about this kit and it varients is the transmission and the engine are two different items and they are mounted in the chassis that way.  I added a piece of .020 inch thick styrene between the two and glued them together and place them in the chassis.   A perfect fit!

McNally will return...

The Story

Lt. Det. Troy drives out to the parking lot across from Fenway Park and he gets out of the car and he suspects that there are plenty of detectives, the coroner and her assistant, the Crime Scene truck and crew.  He hears a siren coming and he sees Det. Steven Darvell racing to a stop and getting out of his Detectives Car with his 32 ounce coffee travel mug, taking a drink out of it and then throwing the travel mug back into his car.  No wonder this guy is a slob!  One of the night detectives comes over with a wallet and hands it to the Lieutenant.  Lt. Det. Troy looks through it and he finds a drivers license, $32 in cash, two credit and one ATM card and a business card for someone he knows...McNally, Boston PI

The Build

I assembled the engine, transmission and painted a few other parts.  Once I clean out the paint booth, I will start painting some of these parts with spray cans.

McNally will return...

Thanks John and Tom!

keavdog

Box says 2006.  

I never noticed that until now!  Thanks John!

Ilove the color choice for this build.  I think that I may have two of these in my stash, the one you're building an a police version.  I still like the body styling of this model year than the new body styling.  Eagerly awaiting your next posting.

TJS

Cool Mike.  Box says 2006.  I built that kit as a miniature version of my 1:1 09.