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Thanks for the heads up on that one! I'll definitely try to be there.

I too received parts I ordered off of their ebay store just two weeks ago.

Good afternoon all. I recently received a shipment from Custom Squads resin after getting a message from blubaja that they were back in business after a long absence. I have never purchased from them before as I was not into this hobby back then, but I have only heard great things about this company and had seen some of their work in Terry Jessee's books. So I wanted to go ahead and share pictures of some of the items I got. You will have to excuse the quality but they were taken with my phone: First is the Caprice conversion set for the Revell 1994 Impala SS: Up next is one of the center console pieces also specifically designed for the Impala SS. With some adjusting, it should fit into any other vehicle: Then some 1/2-ton wheel covers that Ford used on their trucks/vans from the mid 80's to about the mid 90's: And finally some wheels for medium-duty trucks: Here is their website: http://www.customsquads.com/ They have a multitude of items listed and their service with me was great. I hope some of you find this helpful. Thank you

Why are you excluding truck kits? I think there's some good candidates there too. Are you talking about newly-tooled model kits or do reissues count as well?

I got this spread from Tower Hobbies while they had their Christmas specials. These all came with free shipping and I got an $8 discount. This meant that I essentially got the Tamiya paints for free. I've received these resin items throughout the past few weeks. Most of these will be put away for the foreseeable future. I just saw items that I liked and with how the resin business is, I knew I couldn't pass them up. I might do a more comprehensive review of the Models by Tony resin pieces later.

Very, very sharp!

Unfortunately that's not true. My promo 1997 C-3500 has the pre-1994 grille. I have two sealed 1996 snap C-3500s and both also appear to have the same pre-1994 grille. It looks like the Tahoe is the only one that was updated with the appropriate grille.

If you're looking for the correct 1994-1998 grille, it comes with the AMT Snap Chevy Tahoe kit.

Thank you for the additional input fellas.

Over the years, many people have successfully used the rear fire body from the 1/32 Revell Mack Fire Pumper and applied it to a 1/24-1/25 chassis and cab. From the pictures I've seen, it fits perfectly on some of the 90's pickup kits like the AMT Chevrolet C-1500/C-3500, Dodge Ram, and F-150. The Revell Mack kit is currently on sale as it is a re-issue.

Great to hear. I wanted to give the Pllastikote primer a try but have never been able to find any nearby. In the end I just decided to purchase some Tamiya gray primer from Hobby Lobby. I've heard great things about it. Thank you once again! I'll make sure to post here if I have any further questions related to this topic.

Agent G: Thank you very much for your answer, that is exactly the information I was looking for! All look like a pretty close match. Do you primer the interior on your cars before adding the final paint or do you just lay it on directly? Tom: Great pictures! Definitely newer than what I'm looking for but those pictures are just another reminder that somebody needs to kit the last generation Crown Vic.

Hello. Thank you for your response. I suppose that I'm already a bit familiar with the interior colors for the years I mentioned. I'm mostly interested in knowing what corresponding colors I can use as far as model paints go. This is what I mean by the two-tone interior/dash:

I just took a look and oh my! Some GREAT savings there. I did a comparison on some kits I'm interested in that are selling at brick and mortars and other places on the web and Tower is definitely a bargain right now. Thanks!

Hello. For any of you police car experts out there, I am looking for paint colors I can use for the interiors of the 1991-1992 Caprice, 1994-1996 Caprice (Revell kit), and the 1996-1997 Crown Victoria (Lindberg kit). I prefer to use Tamiya Acrylics but am open to using Testors as well (not necessarily acrylics). I believe the 1991-1992 Caprice came equipped with a black, blue, and tan interior. Additionally, I know that the 1996-1997 Crown Victoria had a bit of a two-tone color. Whereas, for example, a tan interior would feature a dash with two different shades of tan/brown. Thank you in advance.

Bummer. Thank you.

Are we not allowed to use the 40% coupon on something that's already been marked down? Sorry, I'm not sure how HL operates.

Any variant of the ERTL International S-Series trucks.

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I don't understand how that would happen but okay. So basically to summarize: The back of your expedition should simply have "POLICE" on the center of the tailgate. No blue striping or any other kind of decals are needed. It's pretty bare.

But those pictures of the rear are on that website. I don't understand how you say you can't find any of them on there. Unless I'm missing something.

These weren't hard to find, and they're of the generation you're building: http://www.policecarwebsite.net/fc/ny/nypd/nypd1554.jpg http://www.policecarwebsite.net/fc/ny/nypd/nypd1604.jpg Looks like it'll just need a simple "POLICE" decal in the back.

Is it just for models or mostly 1:1s? Sorry, I'm not familiar with this show.

First and foremost, I want to say that my statement was an educated guess and not an absolute. But if by that point they had already spent all of the time and money to get "most of the work done," don't you think they would have released it despite Lindberg's own offering? Just like Revell, AMT, and Lindberg did when they all released versions of the then-new F-150 in the late 90's?

The Lindberg CV kit first came out sometime around 1998. No way Revell had "most of the work done" back then.