THIN BLUE LINE GROUP BUILD **CLOSED**

THIS GROUP BUILD IS NOW

CLOSED!

Thank you to all who participated.

WIP on the M-1117. haven't decided on a paint scheme and probably won't finish it until after Nationals. thinking NATO 3 or 4 color, wither deserty with dark brown, sand, black, and really yellowish samd OR urban black dark gray light gray. could do the big block pattern like on the british berlin bde chieftain of the late 60s (?)

How about posting some WIP pics?

It's pretty much done. If I don't get NCPD decals in by September, then consider the build finished, at least in terms of the GB. I'm trying to acquire other kits as well so I'm trying to balance my budget between buying kits, trying to get some sold or traded then selling those, and trying to save money at the same time.

thanks. working on an M-1117 . almost ready to prime but haven't decided on a paint scheme.

Looks great Wayne, a very creative and imaginative build. Well done.

Cheers

Tony

I'm thinking about possibly getting this: www.hobbylinc.com/.../acy1643.htm. If it's in stock that is.

dragon BRDM-2/ATGM kit. base coat is light grey with black suspension. that was masked with silly putty. it looked like it was attacked by giant leeches. applied the blue. it was tamiya acrylic so i didn't thin it enough and had to unclog the airbrush. 3 coats later it was done and i started removing the leeches and scrapping some raised edges. black was freehand. it's hard to not have a pattern when doing this. long range vision was toast for 30 minutes after i was done. next was looking up arab words and making signs. glued them to superthin styrene and white glued to vehicle. since they are not painted on, the crew can remove the signs and join the other side easily. weathered with pastels. didn't want to overdo it, just knock down the sheen and blend the signs a bit.

had an issue with the paint vs dulcoat. these are the TAKE 2 recovery pictures

I'm still interested in this GB Greg. It's definitely piqued my interest, I just can't see myself getting a car done in time for the deadline with all my other projects.

And yet, I find myself examining police car kits.

Cheers

Tony

I managed to get the interior started over the weekend:

interior was basecoated with Tamiya Field Blue and then hit with ACRYL gloss coat

afterwards, the floor was painted with PS Grimy black w/Semi-gloos cargo tie downs

I picked up Revell's new FORD EXPEDITION POLICE SSV kit last night. Here's a quick run down on what's in the kit:

• same kit from 1997, with different chrome wheels
• new chrome grill w/molded in grill lights
• lightbar is from the 2004 Chevy Impala cruiser kit
• new sprue containing: 2 gear bags, 2 prisoner partitions, pushbar w/siren speaker(?), (mediocre) laptop, and camera (or radar?)
• smoked rear windows and clear windshield
• sprues molded in black

I will be building this as a Columbus PD what if black & white unit - CPD units are in white only.

Here are the sprues

working on the M-1117. will do an optional 2 tone or 3 tone desert camo pattern. also the BRDM-2 is primed and will be a syrian police vehicle. this one will be trying a new silly putty camo technique. will post pics later.

note for page 1. i was going to build either M-706 or M-1119. what is pictured is the M-706.

Here are some more pics.

I need to add radiator hoses.

She is a little dirty after a hard day on the job.

Last one.  I built this as a "what if" of Adam 12.

Thanks fer lookin.  Like I said, I had fun buildin this.    Dan

Got-er-done.  She is finished.  I'm happy how this turned out.  It's not perfect, but Ok in my book.  Here are some pics fer ya.  I hope ya enjoy them.  I had a lot of fun building this and thanks Greg fer lettin me participate in this build.

I'll post some more.  I'm not sure how many pics I can post at one time.  Dan

It's mostly finished.  All I have to do is add some dust or dirt to it to make it look like it just came off duty before it's cleaned up.  I should have some pics up tonight.  Dan

Thanks Greg.  I'll bring it to the store Friday night.  Dan

Dan: the Fury's looking great!  Looking forward to seeing it in person.

Well, I got 'er painted.  I painted the White on last Thursday morning and got the Black sprayed Saturday.   Here are a couple of pics fer ya.

Tonight I got the BMF finished.  I also painted the door handles with silver instead of using BMF.   I also got the marker lights painted.  I do have to dry brush the silver over the lights and Fury name on the front fenders.

Thanks fer lookin.  Dan

Thanks, Dan, I appreciate the kind words.  I'm looking forward to seeing the Plymouth.

Nice Greg.  Looks great.  I really like how you did the head lights and tail lights.  They look real.

I got the Black and White painted on the 68 Plymouth.  I got the White painted last Thursday morning and the Black this afternoon.  I'll let it dry a few days and then polish it to get rid of the small amount of dust that settled on it after painting.  Bummer.  I like building this car.  This is the first Cop car that I've ever built.  I'll post some pics up later when I take them. 

Dan

Well, I'm calling this one complete...finally!  I still have a few decals (license plate, roof/car munbers) to add.  So here it is...warts and all.

The completed interior with radar unit and PR-24  

the front end showing grill and pushbar - I added 1/2-round (.080) to simulate the rubber pads

the lightbar....it came from the Lindberg Charger kit

the completed Impala....left side

the rear right hand side

The COTA emblem decal is home-made and the other police decals are from Chimneyville's generic blue police sheet.

Hope you all like and as always...comments welcome and encouraged.

p.s. thisis my second completed model for this year!

I managed to get some work done on my Impala....

the grille and headlight assembly

the installed taillights

work continues....comments welcome.

Thanks Greg.  I have to touch up the front part of the exhaust and then that will be done.  Dan

Looks great, Dan....love that undercarriage weathering.

I don't know what happened to the pics in my first post but here are some of the progress that I've made so far.

The chassis is done.

The interior is coming long.

The engine is installed.

MikeyBugs95

Nice interior work. How'd you make the handheld mic?

Thanks, Mikey. yours is coming along nicely.

I made the radio mic from a part on the Revell Chevy Caprice radio stack. I still need to add the PTT button and then paint the whole thing.

Nice interior work. How'd you make the handheld mic?

I have some pictures.

I'm almost finished with the model. I'm probably going to add some trim to the windows if possible, then I'm going to attach the spotlights, and finally I'm going to try to get some Nassau County Police custom decals and apply them.