English Jules

cool. im doing same sort of thing to the HH 70's Ford i have been working on for a while, slight dent and scrape. I built the Johan kit some years ago as LAPD, then found out they never used it. I would love to dig it out and strip the paint off

thanks, good to know. I will get one at a later date if i have some spare cash but not hurry to get one. The 5 Lindberg cop Chargers i got from the US last week are at customs over here, i forgot which cop decal scheme it is, but its very rare i use kit decals. I cant wait to get my hands on them at look close up at the plastic. In the near future i want some Bill Bozo decals when i can afford them to use on them.

AMT 2010 Camaro. hope to get one soon if it is, anyone built it? ta http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111334390131?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

AMT 2010 Camaro ta http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111334390131?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

ok great, ta for the reply

thanks, will give it a try. started using BMF so will try the thin masking tape way

Either with this NYPD car (and couple of yellow cabs other side of the stree) or a EMS maybe and some figures

Only pic i could find of a Crown Vic (i know is a couple of years too late car). You can see what colour i have used but hopefully you guys can tell me. decal sheet says Testors/GM blue but thats no use to me. want to make a vignette like this. ta

look excellent. I owned and drove a lot of late 79's Toyotas, loved them, great mechanics, simple and really fun to drive. Wish it was one of those though :-)

The black rubber seal and thin chrome trim on a car body, dead straight i know i can mask with tape but its curved ones. Esp where there is no slight engraved part or little line you can see Any tips would be great, its a weak point of my modelling. thanks guys

I do know about the AMT ambulance having a totally wrong chrome front end. (and never being used as a ambulance too). Im thinking of having in a crash scene-head on damage maybe into a wall or something so i can hide the front end :-)

Thanks for the link, very useful pics...i had totally forgot about that website! I sanded off the poor areas of tan, and decanted some paint and used the airbrush. Looks much better, got to gloss and redo the black thin strips around the glass etc. I went through my stash, picked up 5 kits and sprayed primer on the bodies (the Tahoe has tamiya red, 4 nice thin coats sprayed on). Having these models for well over 10 years untouched, and having many more of the cars i thought a few nice steady builds out of the box, apart from little things like antennas etc I am thinking of putting a Caprice from Florida PD that i have on a Chimneyville decal sheet, on a base next to the FHP.

thanks, at the moment i have sanded some areas of the tan, i wasnt too happy with it, so will redo some small areas. Going to decant the car spray can and then use my airbrush. I have 5 Lindberg cop Chargers on the way now, should be here in a week or 2. Be a while before i can buy some newer decals for that car etc, so will have to see if my old Chimmneyville decals can be used on some. Still not showing up the pics :-(

Ok that seemed to work. At the moment i am filling and sanding the holes in a Revell Caprice, and another Crown Vic that had them cut out. WOuld love to see the pics as i could only find one of a FHP Crown Vic

thanks, i cant see the pics, will try again in a bit. I did another long post, with pics and is not shown...bah. I know the kit was a 97 only, And the other had a relective panel between the lights and license plate lower in bumber. Thats all i really know. I wasnt happy with the tan paint job, not used to car spray cans. I have rubbed down a few areas, so i need to mask and do again. I might try to decant and use my airbrush. Lets see if i can put some more pics up.....

I used the yellowish STATE TROOPER FOR THE FHP car from that sheet above

I fancy doing a NYPD car, next to a ambulance (i have the AMT Emergency kit-and i know it was never a real ambulance). I like to make small 2 or 3 vehicle car scenes. Even a fire car, maybe Caprice (got plenty of those too!) I do have the AMT/Matchbox Pumper so maybe i could build that too. I know they moulded the side mirrors wrong, so technically could not open the doors. I liked the Maplewood car that i have decals for a you can see, so i looked online to get real pics to help me, but every pic i found showed the car graphics were a red colour NOT blue.....

Thanks guys. Yeah i noticed the error with the decal sheet, white instead of gold, another problem being it shows a decal on the centre of the boot, but not which hand it is, not a problem i just looked online. The decals broke up instanty...nightmare. I had 2 sheets, both from same place, same time so had to go onto the second sheet. I looked through the pile of decal sheets to find a gold (well i got yellow...its better than white lol) STATE TROOPER and used this. I had wanted to do NAssau County Impala and found a stupid error on that sheet too. At this very min, im super detailing the light bar, cut off the 2 plugs and made a small frame to stand it on, then will add the wire into the car down the side. I fancy a black and white, so might do a LAPD, it will save me from having to remove the front door strips. BY chance last night, i found a place that had 5 of the Lindberg Chargers at half price (last 5). So ordered those...should be here in around a week/10 days.

Yeah came with it, i doubt its totally acc though. Just going to add a drop of colour to some buttons. Tidying up the main dash also. Should be a very thin strip of wood panel

I never knew there was a truck section on this forum, otherwise i would have used it. Anyway here is my first ever truck, i started it in Jan and wanted to superdetail the whole thing, fix errors etc. Looked at hundreds of real pics. Its on hold for a couple of weeks until i can get some replacement little rivets fitted. its going to be on a long base, on a street, where the truck and trailer has been pulled over by a 79 CHP Monaco (AMT but detailed) and maybe a 2nd car, LAPD, LASD..not sure. 700pics, sorry its on facebook album. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153733311825571.1073741879.857305570&type=3

Thanks guys. I had bought a huge amount of decal sheets, Crown Vics, Revell Caprice etc well over 10 years ago.....but didnt build them as i didnt have a airbrush and compressor. I got one a couple of years ago and now been doing a few from my stash. I have on the way from the US as i write lots of those American Diorama polish and sheriff figures, as well as a couple of truck and civillian figures. I had spent 2 years trying to local over here the Linberg cop Charger with no luck anywhere...so end of last week i got intouch with the imorter and here is his reply. ___________ Hi Jules I am sorry to say we have not imported these kits due to lack of interest, I think your best option is to have a look at the autoworld website to have them shipped over from the USA. Many thanks Simon ________________ I want 6 or 8 for myself. :-) Also soon the Revell 5.0 Mustang, couple of the cop SUV's and i must got a lot of newer updated decal sheets, Bill Bozo etc. I have nothing really thats recent. This FHP Crown Vic, i could only find one old pic online, showing a light bar car (all the other pics were the later model Vic). Im not going to down on interior detail like i often do-like seat belts etc. Just the basic trim detail and a little colour on the cop console Anyway here is a facebook link to a NYPD 2 car street scene i did last year, 500 pics. Had been waiting to get some of the A/D standing cop figures so i could complete it https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152595644290571.969435.857305570&type=3 Here is a couple more of the FHP car. I ran out of Tamiya black last night, so off to the LMS (LHS) to pick some up in 30 min

Hey guys, been a while since on here, not done a car for ages thats why. Anyway i started doing the Revell 2005 Impala (then a 2nd) and once all painted noticed problems with the Chimneyville decals i have for Nassau County. So that builds on hold for now. I wanted to carry on whiile in the mood for something not military so picked up this kit from the Shelf. I had spent the last week going through lots of kits, huge amount of decal sheets, light bars etc. So bad i couldnt decide for a day, then to change my mind after, so for this build i jut narrowed it down to a quick simple body shell, no need to remove the front doors plastic trim. Same with the paint colour.... Anyway here is is so far. Going to spend time now seeing what i have missed on this forum since my last visit-i guess almost a year or so.

Nice. Hope to get a few Lindberg Charger kits sent over in a month or so. Cant wait.

cool thanks

nice gearboxes, smooth reving. i had as i said the 77 lifback, then i had a few gen 2, 79-81 (the one before the triangle pop up light ones). nice rides.