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Thanks David and Mike! Today has been one of those "can Honey do" days. Can Honey do this? Can Honey do that? I've been busy most of the day and now that I have the time, I can't pickup the sandpaper. Maybe tomorrow...

The Build My newest project is one that I have designated a model year for...2010. There is no model year on the box and for all I know, this is a 2006 model. This has been in the stash for quite a while and I am building it for a Facebook site group build. I am using the Testors/Lincoln Mint Dodge Charger and my paint will be Dupli-Color Forest Green Pearl with a grey interior. I plan on adding some Police bits and pieces to the mix and a change of wheels from the Dodge Charger Police Car kit. I am including a McNally, Boston PI story called "For A Day". The Story It is around 1 AM in the morning and the young man drives his car slowly in a parking lot just across the street from Fenway Park in search for a parking spot close the baseball institution. Suddenly a car backs out of a space and the two cars collide creating minimal damage to either car. The young man gets out of his car to inspect the damage as the owner of the other car gets out of his and he is very angry. They both look at where the two cars hit each other and the owner of the second car reaches into his jacket and pulls a Walther PPK 9mm pistol and shoots the young man. The young man falls to the pavement dead and the man gets into his car and drives away. At 5 AM, Lt. Det. Adam Troy gets up from bed and he goes into the shower to start his day. After he showers and towels off, his wife Natalie knocks on the door and presents his cellphone to his. Dispatch reports a body was found in a parking lot next to Fenway Park and night detectives are responding. Lt. Troy has Dispatch call Det. Darvell to respond to the scene. McNally will return...

This looks really good, John! Excellent work!

It has been a while since I have actually worked on the '71 Roadrunner. I have been trying to decide if I should strip the lousy paint job or sand it. Tonight I chose to sand it. After sanding, I gave the body a bath and it looks 100% better! Tomorrow, I sand the hood so it will match the body and then wash it. Then, when everything is dry, I will repaint the body and hood. More Roadrunner to come...

Looks great Mike! I've built 2 Revells and 1 AMT over the years.

Thank you Bill and Larry!

Thank you Larry!

Thanks Joe! I find that Yodel was a different sort of model manufacturer. Probably more interested in battery powered models than anything else. Accuracy wasn't a big thing for them and the size...probably closer to 1/22 scale than 1/24 as it says on the box. This thing is huge!

Thank you Anton! Good luck with your version of the Impala!

Thank you Carl and Tony! Tony, go for it! I find that these 1/24 scale kits are easy for detailing. You'll probably enjoy it!

Exellent build John! I have built so many of these over the years including the different Shelby versions.

I was schooled in the correct spelling of Fred's name...Dryer. Fred Dryer.

I got the wheels and tires assembled, but I'll have to trim the rear wire axle since it is too long. I made a backer for the front bench seat and I detailed a lot of the chrome with a black wash by Tamiya and the parking lights where detailed by using an orange Sharpie. Hunter will return...

Thank you Chaz!

Thank you Jim!

Thank you David!

Thank you Philippe, David, Ron and Christopher!

Thanks Joe and Bob! Joe, the "motorized" system is an electrical motor and battery driving a gear mounted to an axle. A design that is definitely showing its age when you consider the new systems consists of servos and power packs. The chassis is a battery powered self propelled unit and I will not be using that feature. I opted to fill in all the holes for switches and electrical componants with sheet styrene and fill the short rear axle with styrene tube. Hunter will return...

Thank you Daniel, Robert, Bob and Dominik!

Thank you Scott, Dominik and Bob!

Thanks Bill and Jerry! There has been many versions of the Monaco from the Hunter TV series and I choose the hero car from the fifth season for my build. This was the neatest looking and cleanest car that Hunter had driven.

My new project is the Dodge Monaco driven by Rick Hunter, an LAPD Detective Sergeant. Hunter was broadcast on NBC TV Network and starred Fred Dwyer and ran for 7 seasons with several reunion movies. I am using the Yodel American Police San Diego County Plymouth Fury that I can easily swap over to a Dodge Monaco. The body is already molded in green plastic, but the model will be painted with Tamiya TS-43 Racing Green with Tamiya TS-65 Pearl Clear and Tamiya AS-15 Tan interior. The Monaco is listed as a 1977-1978 model and I believe that there are very, very few differences between the two years and this is also the pinnacle of badge engineering. Hunter will return...

The Story McNally and Lt. Det. Troy stop at Boston Sports Cars Ltd. and inquire about a rental that may have been returned and there was an orange Charger that had two bullet holes in the C Pillar of the car Det. Darvell's Glock. McNally searches the trunk and he finds a Colt .45 wrapped in a dark blue jacket in the spare tire well. Both are packaged as evidence in bags supplied by Lt. Det. Troy who writes out a receipt for the car and then he calls BPD for a tow truck to take the vehicle down to Forensics. That night, they stop at Carla Trenton's house to question her and her boyfriend Donny Bishell about the Charger and the Colt .45 they found with Donny's fingerprints on the gun and Carla announcing her plans for a long vacation with her ex's money. Donny tries to fight his way out of the arrest and McNally shoots his in the chest with his Smith & Wesson Model 500 .50 cal handgun after Donny tries to kill McNally with a broken wine bottle. Carla gives up a name that surprises everyone...State District Attorney Anthony Balling! His hatred of McNally had pushed him over the edge and he tried to have McNally killed without anyone knowing that he wanted McNally dead. The following night, armed with search and arrest warrants, the Massachusetts State Police arrest Balling who pleads innocent to Conspiracy to Commit Murder and McNally watched Balling in handcuffs be placed in a State Police Cruiser and taken to jail. McNally returned the Impala SS to Vic, got his Charger out of Police Impound, told off Caitlyn and started to rebuild his reputation. The Build I have finished my '96 Impala SS and it is posted in Under Glass. Thanks to all who have viewed and commneted on my WIP.

The Story McNally and Lt. Det. Troy stop at Boston Sports Cars Ltd. and inquire about a rental that may have been returned and there was an orange Charger that had two bullet holes in the C Pillar of the car Det. Darvell's Glock. McNally searches the trunk and he finds a Colt .45 wrapped in a dark blue jacket in the spare tire well. Both are packaged as evidence in bags supplied by Lt. Det. Troy who writes out a receipt for the car and then he calls BPD for a tow truck to take the vehicle down to Forensics. That night, they stop at Carla Trenton's house to question her and her boyfriend Donny Bishell about the Charger and the Colt .45 they found with Donny's fingerprints on the gun and Carla announcing her plans for a long vacation with her ex's money. Donny tries to fight his way out of the arrest and McNally shoots his in the chest with his Smith & Wesson Model 500 .50 cal handgun after Donny tries to kill McNally with a broken wine bottle. Carla gives up a name that surprises everyone...State District Attorney Anthony Balling! His hatred of McNally had pushed him over the edge and he tried to have McNally killed without anyone knowing that he wanted McNally dead. The following night, armed with search and arrest warrants, the Massachusetts State Police arrest Balling who pleads innocent to Conspiracy to Commit Murder and McNally watched Balling in handcuffs be placed in a State Police Cruiser and taken to jail. McNally returned the Impala SS to Vic, got his Charger out of Police Impound, told off Caitlyn and started to rebuild his reputation. The Build I have finished my '96 Impala SS. Thanks to all who have viewed and commneted on my WIP.

Thanks Mark and Billy! I have finished my Regal T-Type and it is posted in under glass. I wuld like to thank all those who have viewed and have commented on my WIP.