I have another up-date for that Dodge Monaco police car from Hazzard County. It is also the last one, as the car is finished.
First, a quick how-to: using gutar strings as whip aentennas.
It is something I learned from an old book I got from the hobby shop on how to make/detail scale emergency vehicles, and it's cheep too.
Here's the main component of this project: the gutar string (I used the Fender brand because it was the cheepest I could find. I think used gutar strings would work too) Also needed (not pictured): a good pair of wire cutters, a dress-maker's pin with a round plastic head, a #61 drill bit and pin vise, and thick superglue.
DEFINATELY WEAR SAFETY GLASSES FOR THIS
The original kit aentenna is optional, but if avalable, recommended to use as a height gague.
First, cut a piece of gutar string a little longer than what will be needed, and then drill a #61 size hole in the pin's hed, perpendicular to the pin itself.
Test fit the gutar string, and then place the pin into a clamp. Place a drop of Superglue into the hole, and Insert the gutar string. Let the superglue dry. (see photo above)
Drill a # 61 hole into the side of the car where you want the aentenna to be attached.
Take two hevy clamps, and clamp both the pin's shaft, and the gutar string. This will prevent the sharp pin shaft (or the equally sharp gutar string) from turning into un-guided missles [Where the safety glasses come into play] Cut the pin shaft about 1/4-inch from the plastic hed.
Color the hed silver, and use thick Super Glue to attach the hed into the #61 hole drilled earlier. Hold vertical untill the glue is dry.
This methood can also be used in many other applications for different types of aentennas. Here, I also replaced the (equally flimsy) plastic aentenna from the kit with some of the extra gutar string cut off from the first one.
This methood can be done in many different scales, and can replicate different types of aentennas. For an aentenna with a spring base, simply cut a piece from one of the gutar strings that is wound with some sort of wire, and remove the excess wire untill you have the right length needed for a spring. This methood can also be adapted to fit the aentenna on almost any surface a real whip aentenna could be placed (i.e. on the bumper, or on the trunk lid)
Now, for the photos of the car in it's finished stage.
Here's the rear/ passenger side view. You can see the finished aentenas, as well as more police lights on the rear seats (I should have wired those. They are more visible than I thought)
Here's the front/ driver's side view. I panted the side running lights silver with a Sharpie, and then painted them in red and orange with the appropriate Tamiya clear colors.
As with Pine Hill Engine 2 (the M-35 fire truck) if you want some more photos, just ask.
Now, for anyone who was wondering about that A-TEAM like arsenal that the kit provided, but I didn't include, here are some photos for your enjoyment.
The weopns overview. M-16 (top) Ruger Mini-14 (middle) Pump-action shotgun (bottom) Tompson SMG (right) and the revolver (very bottom)
That's about it from me. If I find another kit that would fit into this build, I'll post it here again. (I'm sure I'll find something. I can't stop scratch-building now) I can't wait to see everyone's completed builds.