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Avoid baking soda. It absorbs moisture and tends to develop a yellowish (Frank Zappa, anyone?) color over time. You can use Woodland Scenic's Winter Effects.

You can also use microballoons mixed with the resin, or with two part epoxy, and spread the mixture on the inner sides of the thinned out areas.

U.K shops won't send any paints stateside. No if, ands or buts about it. I also build 1/35 military vehicles. I wanted to order RAL and DKM paints from White Ensign Models. The company won't do it and they post an explanation about the silly EU policy regarding dangerous, environmentally unfriendly chemicals. The U.K. Postal Service will confiscate and destroy the paints. You end up SOL: soooooo, no paints, no refund. Some other countries more amenable to sending oil based and lacquer paints are Czech Republic, Russia and Ukraine. So, It's worth the trouble to check out hobby shops in those countries as sources for neat BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH which is otherwise unobtainable from vendors in the EU. As a side note, you can save a ton of mazooma ordering from Russian shops. The Ruble is tanking against the dollar which means you, the discerning customer, can save, even with shipping factored in, anywhere from 5-10 bucks on the same kit available in the States.

I did some checking around after reading your thread and discovered that SpotModel will ship Zero Paints stateside. Can't hurt to give'em a try.

A fancy-schmancy method to shotgun a beer, eh?

Watch this video. Same method as described by midnightsteele; now, you can see how to do it without redecorating yourself, your home or any small furry mammals within the immediate vicinity.

Check out this flickr page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/triborough/1797043411/ and scroll to the bottom. There are 23 albums to glom through. You should hit paydirt in at least one of them. You also might find this site of some interest: http://www.policeny.com/sitemap.html

@ Sam, the first place I checked was eBay. Unfortunately, the lights and sirens for fire trucks differ from the types used on patrol cars (NYPD types, at least). I did save the pages for future reference for when I get around to building a 60s-70s era Pumper. You're absolutely correct about the earlier GC-13000, Greg. I remember that being the case and the earlier kit is what I would've looked for if I had no alternative. Thanks for the heads up, Mike. I found the thread. Custom Squads makes a CS-SR/BR3 (NYC Vintage) Siren/Rotator package which is exactly what I need. Thanks to you all for taking the time to reply.

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I'm planning to build a NYPD RMP, circa 1970, using the AMT 1970 Ford Interceptor kit. The main problem with the kit is that it doesn't have the correct light/siren combination. I need the Federal Beacon Ray 175-H High Skirt Light and Federal Pulsator Siren as used by the NYPD from 1964-70. The Jo-Han GC-1300 1968 Plymouth Fury Police Car contains the correct parts; but, I can't see paying upwards of 75 bucks to cannibalize the kit just for those parts. So, are there any A/M companies which produce these particular items? I've searched every possible site, including evilBay, with nothing. Any help will be appreciated.

Nice job on the RMP. The 9-4 just happens to be the precinct in my neighborhood, the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn. BTW, you need to redo the RMP/PCT info on the left rear quarter. You applied it as "PCT 94".