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  1. rkeel
    Recently moved from a house we had been in for 20 years to my parents' house. Lost Dad in December '19, and wife and I decided to take the house, neither one of my sisters wanted it. We had to deal with all of their old stuff along with moving all our stuff. Jeez, unbelievable how much junk you can accumulate! The move was only about 10 miles, and I could have used my truck and open trailer, but we rented a 26' Uhaul (fairly new F-650, pretty nice truck) and made three trips. One trip was moving all my models! Put blankets on floor of truck and just lined them up in rows. Never had any luck trying to pack models! The house we moved to is bigger than the old one by a little bit, has a detached garage with a 17x17 workshop (new model room), in-ground pool and is on a canal that accesses one of the nicest lakes in my county. The house was built in '72, Mom and Dad bought it in '77 while I was still living with them, so it's kinda like going home for me. LOTS of remodeling because they really never did a whole lot to it, they were happy with the way it was. Kitchen completely redone, and still working on it. Master bath spruced up and ceilings and walls throughout redone in knockdown and new paint. New laminate floors everywhere except the bedrooms and a few walls opened up to "open it up." Next big project is organizing garage to make room for my 1:1 69 Bronco project and getting the model room organized so I can get back to building, hopefully before winter. I'm in Central Florida, so winters are mild, but this time of year is just too hot to do much. There's a window A/C unit in the workshop, but I haven't had a chance to try it to see how well it works. Not only does moving suck, but all the work post-move does too!!
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    Outstanding work! You're making me want to get another 60 to build like that as a companion to my jacked up 4x4 Flareside!
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    FHP 02 Camaro

    rkeel replied to kymdlr's topic in Model Cars

    Nice job! Those were one year only, and most Troopers liked the speed, but disliked the uncomfortable seats and the downtime in the shop! I built one and presented to a great Trooper friend at his retirement party. I'll have to get with him someday and get some pics of it.
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    FHP 02 Camaro

    rkeel replied to kymdlr's topic in Model Cars

    You are partly correct, for years FHP only used blue lights. Based on some studies a while back that showed a difference in visibility of red and blue depending on daylight or night, they started using a combination of red and blue. The lights either flashed blue only or red/blue, and a sensor in the lightbar controlled that. This first started a few years ago, not sure if they still use this system. Either way, when the lightbar is activated, there will always be blue flashing because in most states in the south blue indicates law enforcement.
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    It is in the Motion kit, but it's one piece
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    Happy to hear this, always liked the full bumper better
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    Tim, did you see a 70ish full bumper Camaro coming from AMT?
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    I saw a pic of their display of new and upcoming kits from a show on another board, looks like the early 70s full bumper Camaro Z-28 is on it's way too
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    Absolutely, cause they bring big bucks now on the bay.
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    The bed is from the Revell 56, had one lying around so I used it. Only modification I did to the bed was to lay down the bed rails, I just like them lying flat instead of angled. You might want to do that to yours, the 78-79 were the only years (I think) that had the bed rails flat instead of angled. And thanks for the comment!! Yours is coming along nicely!
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    Here it is, figured out how to do it...kinda
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    I built a 60 Flareside a few years ago, I would post a pic if I knew how LOL. Bought the 60 model on eBay, the bed had already been removed and poorly shortened, so I decided to go with the step bed. Raided every parts box I had and made a pretty cool "modern-retro" 4x4 with big block FE power. Turned out pretty nice, very happy with it.
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    Kris Morgan makes a fantastic 73-79 Ford bed, pm him on Facebook or here. His website is Morgan Automotive Detail, but not sure if the Ford beds are on there. I'm all for the 59 Ford front end, of the 57-60 Fords it's always been my favorite.
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    Can you share your method of fixing the passenger side tires so that the directional tread is correct? Very nice job on this one!!
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    Looks good sir!! One suggestion, before you button that light bar down, might want to lower it a little closer to the roof. I drove several police cars with that very same Federal JetSonic, and they mount very close to the roof. So close that you couldn't really clean under them LOL!!
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    Check the last post on page 2, get one from David Parsley, best I've seen. He makes the domes from real glass, so they will never fog!
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    My copy came in yesterday, and all I can say is unbelievable!! I haven't bought a whole lot of resin, but I do have a couple of Modelhaus products, and believe me, this one is in the same class. I won't go into all the details, but you guys hit this one out of the park!! Can't wait to see what you guys come out with next!!
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    The biggest problem I have with this kit is the wheels. AMT cheaped out and molded the wheels to fit the regular kit 15" tires, where on the real truck the wheels I think were 17s. The kit wheels look, for lack of a better word, "dinky" on the truck. I got frustrated and just put it up, but then, I took one of the AMT wheels and modified it to fit a hogged out Monogram 1/24 wheel rim that fits the Goodyear Gatorbacks they put in the Mustangs and some others back in the 90s. Takes a lot of time, so I put it up again and moved on to other things. Once I found out about Joseph at Fireball Modelworks I contacted him, told him what I had done to modify the wheel, and he said he would cast me some. I'm going to send the one I have and get it done, and told him I had no problem with him offering them on his website if he thought they were good enough. He declined because he doesn't have a tire to fit them. However, once I send my modified wheel to him, I bet if any of you would like a copy he would cast some more, but probably only if there was some demand. Now that the kit is coming back, there may actually be some demand. I'll let ya'll know when I get around to sending it to him, just been very busy lately.
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    I would buy a 12-16 Caprice PPV!! I currently drive an 08 Pontiac G8 GT, next best thing to a V-8 Caprice or Chevy SS!!
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    He Del, it occurred to me the Starsky and Hutch Torino wouldn't be too tough to convert to a 4 door!! Used to see a lot of them back in the 70s, even though the Nova was much more popular. Just what you need, right, more suggestions to create more work, LOL!!
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    Ah! That's my favorite beacon ever, the good ol' Federal CJ184! I know somebody that's making them from scratch, does a really nice job! His name is David Parsley and he had a page on Facebook if you want to check it out.
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    Another bang up job on this Nova Dwayne! I'll be in the market for one when they are available. I was with Lake Wales PD in Florida from 87-2014, they had Novas before my time, so unfortunately I never drove one, but the "old" guys swear by them, still say they were the best cars we ever had!! They had them in 77 and 78, all with the 350, the local sheriff's office had Novas too, but with 305s. Of course our guys would regularly blow their doors off any time they got the chance. You mentioned the 84-85 baby LTD somewhere in your thread, any thoughts of trying to fashion up one of those? FHP had those for a couple of years, fast little cars, but some of the guys didn't like 'em, said they were too small. I had a couple of 85 LTD LX sedans, they were quick too, like you said, 4 door Mustang!! Back to the Nova, I have a junker I tried to convert to a 4 door years ago, if there is anything you might need from it just let me know. I think it's the AMT but not sure.
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    Actually not so fictional, FHP has a 40 Ford that some of the guys restored and it is seen at fairs and other public access events. May not look exactly like yours, but they do have one.
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    Forget the guard, I want a model of the truck!!
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