av405 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 (edited) About 4 years ago, I attended the Model Kit Collector's Expo show and swap meet in Buena Park, CA. I bought an old Lindberg Crown Victoria that had been built up by the show's founder, Bob Keller (RIP). The model was sold to me by his daughter, Edith. We got to talking and I told her that I would restore her father's model. Bob had already done an excellent job building an accurate representation of a 1995 Crown Victoria of the Orange County, CA Sheriff's Department. But years of neglect had led to parts going missing and blemishes on the body. Long story short, I finally restored the build. I cleaned up the body and applied a black wash to the panel lines and wheel covers. I added missing Ford decals to the grill, trunk, and one of the wheels. I replaced the stock bumper with a scratch-built Go Rhino bar that OCSD used at the time. I added antennas and finished the build off with an OCSD-spec light bar from Dave Panek. The last photo is from the day I bought the model. Edited December 4, 2019 by av405 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivesuns Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 I think you did a great job. I particularly like all the radio detail in the interior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalper Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Looks great.. nice work on fixing up this build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter31a Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Great job bringing that old police car back to life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator52 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Terrific! Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Nice restoration! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
av405 Posted December 5, 2019 Author Share Posted December 5, 2019 Thank you all for the compliments! I really enjoyed doing this. I sent the pictures to Edith as soon as I finished it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Man, that’s a fantastic rework!! May I ask where you found the ford decals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Excellent work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classicgas Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Nicely done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
av405 Posted December 7, 2019 Author Share Posted December 7, 2019 Thank you all for the compliments. 12 hours ago, slusher said: Man, that’s a fantastic rework!! May I ask where you found the ford decals? They are from the Lindberg Crown Victoria kit. I've built some of these kits in the past, so I had a few extra Ford ovals laying around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.