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Looks good. Just one small observation: It appears that the vertical pillar that you attached to the back windows should be straighter to match the real car. Not completely straight but also not running flush with the car's C pillar.

Or Dove Gray? I would appreciate anybody else's opinion.

http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcodedisplay.cgi?year=1978&con=y&model=Dodge&rows=50 I'm thinking maybe Pewter Gray?

Traditionally, AZ Highway Patrol cars have been white up until 2016 when a grey color was adopted. However, the few vintage photographs there are of the agency show that different colors were used throughout the 1970s. Given the wide array of colors, I'm assuming that they were all factory colors as AZ has never (to the best of my knowledge) run a custom paint job.

Good afternoon. I'm trying to find out what color is on this 1977-1978 Arizona Highway Patrol Dodge Monaco. Unfortunately, this is the only quality image I have (courtesy of copcar.com). I'm looking to see if anybody might know the specific Chrysler paint code so I can try to find a close match. Thank you in advance.

Nice! Any news on who might cast copies for sale and when?

The roof proportions are off, make no mistake about it. However, looking at finished versions of this kit over the years, this model will still very much look good if time and effort is spent on making it look good. A two-tone paint job usually minimizes the height difference as it distracts away from the roof height issue.

Very nice, clean build.

Here's a set from San Diego, probably from the 90's. http://www.policecarmodels.com/1omdesandish.html

I've had the intention of buying a piece from him since last year, but he won't answer my emails or the message option on his page

Outstanding. How did you make the light bar mounts?

Good eye!

Glad to see the continuation of the retro box art. The box art depicts a different color scheme and decals from the first issue of the Louisville Coca Cola truck so I'm wondering if the decal sheet will be updated or be a straight re-issue of the previous sheet.

Thank you all! For the record, this started off as a glue bomb I picked up for $10.

Jeff, would this be the same guy restoring a BP Bronco? Especially for a BP car! An authentic, in-service representation would be caked in dirt, have miscellaneous dents, and be missing the full wheel covers

1991 was the last model year that the United States Border Patrol painted their vehicles white over light green (I don't know the exact paint code). Since the BP bought Caprices as their basic patrol sedan that year, they were the last sedans to utilize this paint scheme before the agency switched to all-white cars with a green stripe the following year. The kit is from Revell, Jetsonic light bar is from the AMT Ford Taurus police car kit, and decals are from Billbozo. Paint is Tamiya Pure White over Tamiya Pearl Green and the side molding was made from Evergreen stock. In retrospect, I should have added a cage for prisoner transport but we will just say this is a supervisor's car. This is my second complete kit and again, I learned a lot from it. I mostly got to work on my BMF techniques. The only real mess up I had was that I accidentally spilled glue on the front windshield, something I was not able to fix. The real deal (courtesy of copcar.com):

It looks great, just like you promised! I will definitely be one of your customers for this.

How funny, I have the same exact plan for my Modelhaus Impala. Lucky for you, I've already pulled the legwork on research. LAPD used 1982 Chevrolet Impalas (there is no difference between the 1981-1985 models) equipped with black rubber floors, tan interiors, and split front bench seats. The 1982s were, to the best of my knowledge, the first models to come equipped with MDTs as standard. For whatever reason, the LAPD Impalas had black c-pillars, something that no other LAPD squad car has ever had. This is probably the most important thing to remember when doing your model as all movie/TV LAPD Impalas omitted this detail.

Thanks again fellas.

Absolutely. I'll ensure that I use the same Tamiya paint.

Thank you all for your replies. I'll definitely proceed with the dab method.

Not too long ago I accidentally dropped one of my models. Fortunately most of the model fell on carpet, although a small corner did hit the edge of a sliding closet door, resulting in a small paint chip right above the front. The chip is minuscule but still a mar on an otherwise decent finish. The car was painted with Tamiya Pure White out of a spray can. So my question is: how should I fix this? 1. Leave it be. 2. Repaint that specific panel of the car. 3. Touch it up with a brush/paint pen. As I mentioned before, the chip is minuscule so I can live with option 1, but I'm interested in hearing about your guys' experiences. Thank you in advance.

THIS. I can't stress it enough. I've currently been going back and forth with him for about a week now (some of this due to my abnormal work schedule) and he has been extremely patient and thorough with his responses. I'm hoping to finalize my order soon.

According to Tower Hobbies, the AMT 1/25 Ford Louisville Short Hauler in Coca Cola livery is being reissued in June. I'm really hoping this will pave the way for a reissue of the LNT-8000 tractor trailer version as those are the ones that go for big money nowadays.

Great work so far. You have my attention on this one.