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Well for the longest time the had a green belt going around the car...Get it? Greenbelt? HA!! *rimshot* Zoli that's really sharp, you oughta march it over to the department and tell them to replace those Impalas with it.

Ya never know Donald maybe they thought they had award winning build until they got there and found out they were entirely outclassed by the other entries...or perhaps as Terry pointed out they're just jerks. I think you've seen by being around here the vast majority of model car guys are locked away in building areas far too long, ignored by their wives and children, and are fairly...desperate...to make contact with any other males of their species who share the same passion they do...

Oh I think I can speculate how...but regardless is there a future of baggies of Dodge logos for $5? Cause while JWTBM (the NASCAR decal place) has a sheet for the Charger/300M, I can't see paying $8-$14 just for that sheet to have not have to constantly cannibalize the next set of decals for the missing logo.

So what you're saying is...one of these And one of these? I personally have been thinking long and hard about doing one of those PA Magnums as well...

I know you weren't, I was just echoing my enthusiasm for that choice. Also the one that Zoli points out as those body side moldings aren't on every car either, and it's a heck of a lot nicer to not have to sand/grind them off (ala the Lindberg Crown Vic kits). Although it should be interesting to see how many people getting to that point of building a 200+ part kit get to the "screw it" stage and we wind up with a bunch of Chargers who's door moldings look like the car is either mad or shockingly sad...

The photos I've found of '06/'07 the chassis has a silverish-bronze color to it. So far Testor's Jet Exhaust is the closest thing I've found to replicate it. The cars on the tilt-able racks are '09 and newer body style...but I certainly have stolen them for reference when that kit finally lolly-gags it's way out of Revell's tooling lair. And you can never go wrong with British Racing Green...

Taking out the rear inner door handles pretty much went away with the mandatory installation of child safety looks. Turn 'em on and that disconnects the inside door handles without ever having to take apart the door panels. I for one am glad the holes are presented in the fashion (or lack thereof), as not every agency uses a cage, or spotlights, etc. Also the roof holes are too far back for certain agency specific applications as well.

I agree with Tom. How can you ever possibly expect to drop, and have magically vanish a critical suspension part, or perhaps even a exceptionally visually integral part of the engine with everything safely in a tackle box? It really bad when you yell "Nobody MOVE!!" and you're the only one near the model desk.

Well ya know large corporations aren't benevolent charities, they exist to make money. That's the point of running a business to make as much profit as possible, not give your product away. They have shareholders to answer to, and those shareholders are pretty much anyone who has a 401(k), IRA, pension, or other retirement account. Their users are using more and more of their resources which require them to go out and buy more and more equipment to handle that usage. I mean the internet just sorta exploded onto the consciousness of the world in the past decade and a half. Who do you think built and paid for all of that network? The government or AT&T? I'll give you 3 guesses and Uncle Sam isn't the answer. No one is holding a gun to anyone's head and forcing them to sign up for internet service. Netflix will MAIL you the movies, you don't have to watch them right this instant. Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie!! Now, Now, Now! Faster, Faster, Faster! What I have to pay for my instant gratification...THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!! High-speed internet is a luxury item, not a civil right. If you can't afford the going rate *shrug* you don't have it. I was once so flat on my butt broke I didn't even have electricity for 3 months... Lastly, the $5 ATM fee is for using out of network ATMs, so geez stop going to the other bank and use your own, and *poof* no fee.

I wouldn't worry about it. 150GB is about roughly equivalent to reading every single on of the 400k+ threads from beginning to end on this forum about 275 times a month. You'd have to watch about 100 feature length films to hit that 150GB threshold.

I just wish they had tooled a new lower dash so that the in-dash navigation wasn't still present, but like I said I understand the realities of life

Yeah yeah I've seen all of that, but I want to see what the box art, manual and decals look like...plus how the contents are packed, box size, etc. I'm nosy and I'm really looking forward to this one, and can't go to NNL East to see it in person.

Good thing this isn't about Hemi engines...

Yeah exactly...pictures would tempt this trucker into buying one...

My haul from today's South Hills Model Expo & Contest near Pittsburgh.

The original issuing of the '55 Convertible was a Monogram tool.

That's a West Coast Amtrak unit, they are also responsible for the Regional Rail system out there, so it's a bit more patrol orientated than the traditional East Coast guys who are more station orientated. There are quite a few CVPIs out there as well. The Chargers came with the U.S. Government's purchase of Chargers across all Federal law enforcement platforms. U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division, National Park Service, FBI Police, V.A. Hospital Police, U.S. Border Patrol, and U.S. Customs & Border Protection (formerly Customs Service) all have also received Chargers since 2006. Also they use Expeditions now...not Explo(rer)ders.

This is correct. From the factory at least in the few years of the run (2006 & 2007) the cars did arrive with the cover in place. Most were removed later in life, usually at the upfitter, or during the first service. I haven't seen a factory fresh car since then to know if they just stopped altogether. A lot of Crown Vics retire without their engine/intake covers as well, but they have them when new. Either way is correct depending on what stage of life you are trying to represent.

Shotguns are still carried by most departments these days, but they are either in the trunk, or mounted to a rack across the top of the prisoner cage, so to be invisible on this model, especially since it has solid glass all the way around. Shotguns mounted to the dashboards went away with the advent of airbags. As to the V-6...yeah sure I suppose if you wanted to be uber-specific to replicate the majority of county/local municipalities having a V-6 would have been nice. But that means tooling up another 30+ part engine (if the Hemi is any indication), along with the V-6 specific exhaust. Seeing as how they couldn't bother to include enough decals to make the entire NCHP car another engine is a fantasy. The kit has 274 parts as it is... I am happy with these kits, I could be happier, but constrained by the realities of life, I am happy.

Well it's so kind of you to offer to help me out of my predicament...

Well O.K., I'll be that guy. If you're waiting for a CHP version, your wait shall be a long and fruitless one. They did an LAPD version. They did include the right lightbar for one, but it doesn't come with individual rotators like the one in the Crown Vic kit had, but all the domes are clear...probably possible to use the clear domes with the base and rotators out of the CV kit, but I don't have access to one out here to see if the parts interchange. The lightbars are a nice solid foundation to start from, but with 0 rotator/reflector engraving they will take a little TLC to make them shine.

I might have gotten a tiny box of items today at the MDA Show in Virginia. I'm sure I can sneak this right past the wife without her evening noticing!

Well it's not in the 2011 catalog, because it's in the 2010 Fall Release Brochure... http://downloads.hobbico.com/misc/rmx/2010_FallBrch.pdf But beyond that there is a Chicago area club that had a thread in General about Revell bringing out kits to them, and if I recall it right, they were still getting the test shots to look right.

Is there any of you guys going to this show I can bum a ride off of from the T/A Truckstop up north of Roanoke (at exit 150). I find myself going through there on a load with some time to kill. I'll kick ya some gas money, or buy you lunch or something. I will be arriving in town tonight around 7-8pm so I will be there plenty early so as to not affect anyone parking place search I don't have anything to enter, I just want to roam around for inspiration, a few kits I'd like to get. I am on your time schedule for the day with no need to be back to my truck by a certain time Saturday afternoon/evening. Please PM me with a phone number I can call later this afternoon. Thanks in advance for saving me some outrageous taxi fare!

Make a note of this link... http://www.revell.com/new.html Revell updates it at the beginning of every month. Looks like a yawner in March unless you want that COPO Nova or the reissue of the RoG Mini Cooper...unless your really big into F-1 or military items.