English Jules

Nice looking Monaco, the foil on the rear lights was cool.

ah nice pics. I ordered a AMT 70's Ford off UK ebay, and a low price for what they normally sell for on UK one, £20. I have a B/W HH boxing, which i was doing as a undercover car, but its misplaced in my work room somewhere lol. Must find it! Im using oneof the 5 Lindberg Chargers i got as a test kit for items im making like roof lining mounted radar and camera, flashing light items, other interior bits like different centre consoles etc Some nice cop car builds on here by you guys.

Yeah that can be a problem for Revell, do a SUV, add some police items i guess from other kits, or close enough for someone who is not a cop fan, add some stickers/decals and put it out as a police vehicle.. What comes in this boxing? i tried google but didnt find any pics or info. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400729046293?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

is this thread still carrying on?

ah ok. thanks

I know he wasnt some months ago but his website said he was back up and running in May. I guess will have to make some taxi decals for 90's Caprice and Crown Vic. will be worth doing

me too, still made?

This is one of the sheets from a couple of tweaks ago, its still work in progress, example i noticed the red CPR wasnt quite right, not over 50% so that has been changed. Its been tried on the Revell 05 Impala, and the sheet will soon come to me, to be used and made sure ok for a couple of Chargers, like with the diff bonnet and boot lid word variations. I will also see what they look like against some SUVs i have. MTU

For the NYPD Charger im making with our decals, i am doing this van as a robbery van, on the car park infront of the liquer store and sidewalk. Going to have yellow police tape, money, gun etc and a few bullet holes in the drivers door. The van is coming along, Lots of pics as i went along. I should have the van completed in a few days http://s955.photobucket.com/user/mrcooljules/library/AMT%20Dodge%20Van?sort=3&page=1

interesting. :-)

I always wondered why i could never find a after market one, its taking some trial and error but hopefully getting better with each attempt. There is a nice slight tyre bulge on the tyre footprint that we will be trying to replicate Will look further into the Revel Expedition kit, i usually have a quick look online before it arrives then pop it on my shelf, then when i am about to build something i go mad looking up good real images etc. As said there are a few taxi parts on ebay, meters, small signs and roof lights. I contacted Jbot in Canada a month ago now, no reply on his taxi external decals. Taxis were just something i wanted to build for myself, for the small dioramas A modern taxi meter. There is no more flag to push down. It's all electronic. I got this photo from eBay, yea you can buy taxi meters there. One ad even gave the measurements. And here it is on the dashboard of my Dodge Caravan taxi. Nothing more than a piece of Evergreen, painted black, with that photo above scaled down and glued to it. It's mounted on a short piece of wire on the back so that it floats above the dash as if on a mount. I have that kit, as the Cop version, never found a real one used though. I once found a pic online, showing one parked next to a fire hydrant (is that what called in US?) so the FD smashed the rear windows and put the hose through....thats what i plan using mine for :-) Thats the problem with the later CV, only in die-cast although never had my hands on one as i dont do die-cast and they are pretty expensive over here, if a resin body was made i guess it would have to be made to fit the Lindberg CV, although i need to check if the floor pan is the same, trouble is that interior would be all wrong. Cheapest i have seen the die-cast CVs over here is over $40 each.

Yeah looked at thousands of pics and know what you mean, CHP is a common one i see people make but leave on the strip. The Lindberg Box art on most of them show it not fitted. I was told, no idea if its true, but i doubt it, is that the jumping all over CV one they did doors with no strips.

Thanks for the feedback, interesting about the use of etch, there is a Cz company famous for etch stuff, Eduard. They do other peoples etch work, so it is something to look in the future maybe. Loose items like handcuffs, briefcase, sheriff hats etc we are looking at doing, we made a list of what we thought would go down well, sort of thing you find on the back seat or in the boot. I asked a S.C police fan website to get me pics of the inside of the boot of the Charger, to see if i can make a boot once the part is cut off, and a one piece resin insert of say stop sticks, fire ex, etc etc. I have made many of the Lindberg Crown Vic, and Revell Caprice (and the Impalla SS tweaked to a Caprice). I know they are old kits and not used any more but i thought maybe there would still be a interest in resin parts for those 2 still. I made a St Louis FD Tahoe SUV based on real images, the Chimneyville decals were poor but the main problem was, the kit, not surprising didnt come with any radio equipment etc So again want to do some general stuff for SUVs like the Revell Ford Expedition snap tite kits Yeah i have seen the Magnum in police use, but i have not seen the kit or looked into it yet, it was a kit i was hoping to get in a month or so when i could afford it, then look at the police package one, and compare the differences.... I hadnt thought there would be a huge demand for it but if it is falls within the kit not being correct for a cop car, i myself would change it, so yeah could run some masters off. I need to do a CV (with brown front bumper) and a Caprice as taxis, to be on the street were i am having a couple of cop cars, and scratch building a subway enterance, sidewalk and adult book store front

looks top notch, i too noticed the differences on the earlier one to the Lindberg CV, its something i had planned to do at some point. I also wish they had made the door strips a add on part, rather than moulded on. I would love to see more pics of this build, a lot of my Chimneyville decals are for this older CV like a NY transit car im doing

I think he just lazy, not really into the subject. I had planned on doing a MU vehicle SUV, and scratch building a horse box, i looked at lots of real pics, caught my eye as being different, same as with doing a ASPCA car, outside a tall block of flats, with a car stuck on exterior piping or aircon box, a figure holding a alligator lol Our decal sheet will have a option for the 05 Impala, Revell kit (i bought a couple but no decals that were correct for it). The pre production decals have been fitted to a kit body, the quality looks good (not seen the for myself as my friend lives down south so only on the pics he sent e, hes the decal producing guy, and im the resin master maker) but we noticed, that on 6 totally different Impala pics (same year, not the later facelift version) 5 had POLICE that is written on the front fender as you call it, was just about into the wheel and tyre level, BUT the 6th one, the E at the end of the word came almost to (on a clock face), to 12o'clock-centre of the tyre-further along and spread out differently. Same at the rear of the long blue stripe, followed a pattern of size for the Pct etc, but a couple differed. Its interesting looking at so any Impala's, Chargers etc and seeing little variations, dents, scrapes etc, some quite hefty door or rear wing dents and still in service. With the Charger, for the 06 to 11 kit version i looked at many different interiors, it was9 times out of 10 the same basic layout hanging down from the roof lining electronics, radar, camera and a flashing light unit, the shape varied a little between makes of the equipment but just about the same size and placing. Hopefullly the resin will be a 1 piece insert instead of the kit roof lining part inc the centre long box of electronics and the larger fitted inerior light in the the centre. Hoping to include 2 small decals for the resin radar and camera units. THe drivers sun visor will have a note book held on with elastic bands. The only problem im struggling with is clear pics of the rear parcel shelf lights at the moment. Those items will be in one pack, and im working on 4 different centre consoles, for the Charger, or at least a couple, but def at least 4 for the Impala, what you get (or more truth you dont get) isnt much at all, and a big let down and while i wouldnt think the Impala kit was as a big seller as the Lindberg Charger, im guessing people bought them and still not built them yet. Then its onto the 75 onwards Fury, then when the Monaco came out a couple of years later, wheels, 18 hold hub caps, tyres in resin, to replace the awful AMT kits. Fury single piece grill, and maybe even the 75 single round headlight. Again basic but detailed radio and P/A units, clip board and flex little light etc. Better rear mounted parcel shelf lights again. A couple of different steering wheels seemed to have been available. But as i said before, often images online i find are replicas or bits of this and that for the equipent, so we want to get it correct. Shift column changer and part that leaves the dash board looking at improving. There has to be a cut off point due to cost, so i doubt people would want a totally new interior tub, with new inner door details that look better than the kits flat parts. Thinking most people want the outside to look good, and around the centre radio equipent etc and not other things. Im working on a Fury NYPD with the AMT Monaco at the moment so that is the car im using for measurements and the look/feel of the items. Being a mainly military modeller (the dreaded 3 M's lol) resin update sets fix the kit parts that are inaccurate etc or wrong sized parts, but as i have measured in the Charger, the scale sizes are not correct, so its more a case of make resin parts that have the feel and still look good, instead of being totally accurate in scale, off a couple of mm here and there, yet look good.

Found the thread i started just over a week ago. I found lots of errors on the sheet, even for allowing the small differences in size, style over so many vehicles. I got a full refund off ebay, much to the sellers abuse. He also said NEVER had anyone complained in the hundreds he had sold. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=90494&hl=

That is NOT our decal, its what i recieved about 10 days ago from the US via ebay (i did mention it, and show the on my NYPD Charger build, where i also said the build is on hold until i could find correct decals.........andi when i couldnt decided to do something about it) Thought it would be that, only thing i could think of.

Yeah but some mistakes are totally stupid like this on a decal sheet i bought from the US 2 weeks ago, nothing else fitted and was so bad.... I have looked at many hundreds of pics of real Chargers, inc 11pct ones made for movies that included the pillar mounted spot lights. We are (there is 2 of us) working on the decal sheet at the moment, the first test sheet has been done, and applied to a impala, the quality is great but just a case of tweaking various sizes. Resin items we want out in Autumn, or as you call fall (could never understand why lol) Im in consultation with someone from NY who knows a huge amount, has images, and long history with the NYPD so hes overlooking the decals. Hopefully i will have to fit on my Charger within a couple of weeks to show you all on here. Ah, i found a bad error with the Lindberg CHarger, the offset and angle of the 5 thick spoke wheels are too flat, the studded centre should be further in....i was planning on using that but now gone to the black wheels.

Thanks, yeah i know about Jeff and policecarmodels, had stuff off him over the years. Getting 18 holes just right on the chrome caps isnt easy, People had suggested a small round decal for those but working on getting the holes right. One of the problems i came across as that a lot of images online of cop cars, either classic or newer, are just replicas, so nothing is really right, like someone who made a 78 Monaco painted and marked up as a NYPD, i guess most people wouldnt know, but those that would are real fans, hence need to get things right, no half hearted measures. Are car modellers that do a bit extra use etch? i know us mainly military modellers do, but i wouldnt think there would be a lot of demand for that in car modelling world, ok for flat badges, say side indicator light fittings but trouble with etch it often looks flatter and 2d compared to the items its meant to replace. Hopefully have some resin upgrades that are acc ready by the end of the autumn, esp for the Lindberg Charger first, like the roof lining replacement part with added larger round light and radar, camera etc facing forward. And by making one already for the NYPD car im making, i know the scale isnt perfect on the kit for the height from the dash top to the roof liner :-)

After finding nothing but poor decals, bad spelling and other complaints, im working with someone to do a NYPD sheet, even poss including ASPCA and everything else. I will be using them on my Charger etc Im also looking at doing basic interior roof lining radar, camera and flashing light, which are connected to the plastic box unit that is mounted, just ahead of the larger round light that is also fitted. Also at least 4 different centre consoles, various other things inc parcel shelf mounted light units. These are just modern car items, along side the 18 hole Fury etc chrome caps and other old cop car items working on. Just wondered if anyone is mad on them like i am

I used to get a lot of thick Cop car books sent over, and surface was great as i got 2 genuine CHiPs show kids sleeping bags, really thick and weighed a lot, not like a modern sythnetic sleeping bag. I used to get lots of CHiPs toys but airmail only meant something costing me 5 to 10$s would be the same or often more in shipping alone. I was gutted as i saw so many great things i wanted but just out of my reach due to the cost. I didnt have anyone in the US who i could get them sent too, and then forwarded onto me when there were a good few. One thing that did annoy me, often i saw US ONLY bidders, so i would ask the seller if i could bid, as i collected them, most said yeah fine but some just wouldnt shift. I know when i send stuff to makes in the US, in a evelope or even a kit, shipping was much less then to be sent over to me. I had envelope arrive last week, it was $8.99 cost on the envelope, i was pretty shocked, as the same time i sent some guy in California some plane decals from my stash for free and i paid about $1.90 max easy.

looks good. I started building the engine, not for the car but for fun, just to learn a little on a area i dont usually do. I looked at the same time, real images as i went along, then noticed a couple of errors that were different so i stopped. I wasnt sure if the kit was wrong, or a slight diff engine version used, i know extra cooling, batt and electric ratings. Love your build, stage by stage im learning new things, esp as im not a car builder normally

ah thanks, when i heard the term fender bender, i always thought it mean bumpers damaged....good to know though :-)

i still have the orig formula, had bottle for years, im just about out now so looking in UK for the new name, tweaked liquid. I had used the origonal formula bottles for 14 years as its that good, on UK people sell them for eq of $40 or more!

Im lost for words....removed all the decals now, so will have to be another state car if i can find a all white car too.