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That was only because the pages were softer than the Sears catalog.

The life span of the starter system has always been in the back of my mind. Many of the features on new cars today, beyond the stop / start thingy, designed to compensate for inept drivers are going to be very expensive to repair in the future.

Beautiful looking paint finish and Police trim. Like the original looking drive train and wheels and tires.

Looks great, very realistic looking PD Car.

Getting harder and harder to tell the difference between the photos of the real car and your build.

My wife drives a '21 Jeep Cherokee Trail Hawk with the stop start system. I don't care for it, but she likes it, and it is her driver after all. She has about 20k miles on it now and has averaged 21 to 22 mpg overall since new. Most of her driving is a hiway commute to work and a couple of miles of free-flowing surface streets once off the hiway. I drive a '19 Dodge Charger GT with the 3.6 V-6 six and Dodge likes to call it the HO model to make them feel good about the lack of performance compared to our old '10 Charger RT. The good thing about this car, without the stop-start system, is that since new, and I have never reset the computer readout on the dash, the car is giving upper 22 mpg to just into the 24-mpg range on a long drive on the open road. So you have a larger and heavier car with the MoPar AWD system getting better gas milage than the lighter Cherokee with the smaller V-6 engine without the stop start system. My thought is that if a vehicle is primarily a city driven vehicle with a lot of stopping and sitting at traffic lights then it may be a worthwhile option. The good news is that most of the setups I have seen give the driver the option of turning the system off when they feel that it isn't needed.

Looking at the offset of the drive shaft in the picture of this differential and leaf springs they look as if this maybe a front differential from a 4X4 kit.

Actually this may be a fun build .

Look forward to this build. You have become quite the Charger building expert lately.

Beautiful looking paint finish and color. Enjoyed watching your build on this. Very cleanly built from the frame on.

Beautiful paint finish and the style reminds me of how a lot of guys were building the 1:1 1960 Pontiacs in the early and mid '60's. The rear seat cover idea was often done as well. All of the finishes look great, and this build is like a flash back to that time.

Beautiful looking finishes wherever you look on this build. Like the body color and the interior contrast looks great with the outside color.

Nice smooth looking paint. The body chrome moldings still stand out.

Great looking engine details, like that color.

Great looking trunk floor covering.

This has been a great build to watch, and you are building a very nice-looking Police Car. I think that in following the instructions closely I think that Revell has made a mistake in the instructions having to do with the Dashboard. I noticed that you painted the Dash Yellow and mention that the instructions call for a gold color in that area. Later I got to thinking that there wasn't any gold color on the dash that I recall being a past owner of a couple of 1:1 Fords of this era. I reread the instruction sheet that I saved from my last build of this kit and bigger than life right there Revell is telling you the Dash part that I'll call an insert, is to be gold. The earliest '46 and some '47 model Fords had this area done in a tan/beige colored plastic and as I recall these were the more base models and not the DeLux line. This had to do with material shortages after the War II I believe. This portion of the Dash was a chromed metal part in all of the cars I owned and the ones that a few friends had as well. Please don't think I'm being critical of your build, anything but. You have worked so hard to follow what the manufacturer offered for instructions, and they have misinformed you as to the colors of this part.

Do some kits actually gain in value? Say you bought a kit for $20 just five to 8 years ago and now you're going to ask $25 for it at a swap meet this weekend. To start with the buying power of that $25 now is most likely less than the buying power of the $20 years ago. Not to mention that many companies are reissuing the kits so that would keep its resale value lower anyway. putting that same $20 in a passbook account at a bank or credit union might give you a little more than the $25 you were expecting, but that isn't guaranteed either. The only way you can hope to come out ahead is if you can find a get marked way down at a close out price of maybe $10 and it isn't going to be reissued any time soon and all of a sudden you have someone that can't live without that kit. then just maybe you can make a little something on the sale. Just buy a kit that have an appeal to you personally to build or use for parts. Just buy Lottery tickets instead, you'll stand a better chance of winning that way.

Can't help but feeling as if everyone is just pushing the prices of goods up till people stop buying. Now if they would just do the same thing with our pay checks.

Great looking build and I like the theme.

That's the same process that I have used on the resin bodies I have built. The reason most caster suggest the tire cleaner is to remove the mold release that the casters use. I have had good results with Dawn Dish Soap as well. Another thing to think about when doing any type of sanding of the resin bodies is to do it away from the general work area. As I understand it the resin dust can contaminate the plastic parts and give you problems with painting. I would also suggest wearing a simple Covid type mask to protect your lungs and maybe even some safety glasses of some type. Love both of your deliveries.

Enjoyed watching your build on this and remember when you did a model of one of your personal cars in the past. This paint finish looks great and is similar to the colors I had on a '76 Nova SS demo from when I worked at a Chevrolet dealer.

Another great looking sedan delivery. Like the paint and the business livery. I'm goinbg to look into getting both this and the Olds sedan delivery bodies based on your builds.

Beautiful looking paint work. I'm a big fan of this basic kit and like the sedan delivery body option. Great looking engine and chassis. Consider using automotive self-etching primer on and resin parts. The normal model paints don't seem to adhere to the resin bodies as well as plastics.

Beautiful looking color and paint finish. Clean looking trim and the wood grain dash and steering wheel look great. Glad you explained your extra efforts on the small details that might otherwise go unseen.

Great looking color and a smooth finish. You mentioned some past issues with paint on resin bodies. You hadn't mentioned what if any primer you may be using, but self-etching automotive primer works well on resin and most any paint adheres to it.