2005 Chevy Impala- Canton, Ohio police and Chevrolet Police Vehicles

[Chuck Most]

I recently bought the Revell of Germany boxing of the '05 Impala. Basically the additional 20 bucks or so you'll pay (besides covering the cost of importing the kit twice) is a much better set of decal graphics- waterslide, as opposed to the US SnapTite's crummy peel-and-stick. You also get markings for a Canton, Ohio cruiser, a Chevrolet Police Vehicles press car, and the generic "City Police Department" scheme from the US boxing. In addition to the gauges and laptop, you also get door and window switch graphics for the front door panels, hub cap centers, scripts and emblems, and even small blackout pieces for the door handles on the Canton car, which worked a lot better than I thought they would. There might be more I'm forgetting, but those are the highlights. The decals are printed in Italy- between that and how well they laid down and how well they are printed, I'd almost be willing to bet they're done by Cartograf.

This was the RoG kit- as far as content goes (besides decals) it differs from the US boxing only in that the grille, lenses, and headlight reflectors don't come already installed to the body, and the interior is molded in gray rather than blue. Both kits come with the light bar already assembled. I used the Canton graphics on the RoG kit, and filled in the mounting holes for the light bar- I will add a Vector (and some spotlights) later, at which point I'll take a few more pictures of it.

I wanted to use the leftover Chevrolet Police Vehicles graphics, so I dug out a US kit I had. I then removed the grille and headlight reflectors so I could detail them, did a little prep work, and a few hours later had this.

I basically threw both of these together at the same time, during a 12-hour stretch of a rainy, boring day. I still need to get better at painting side trim on late model cars like this, and I REALLY need to get my act together when it comes to laying down a smooth, glossy black paint job, but all in all, not a bad way to kill what would have been a very boring and unproductive day otherwise.

[cobraman]

Nice police cars.

[Danno]

Nice.

We still need a 2006 - 2013 Impala . . .

[slusher]

Two great looking police cars Chuck..

[gator52]

Those look nice; always good to see well-executed police vehicles.

I've got one of those kits that I'd like to mark for my local department, even though I don't think they ever drove that particular version. It will be a fun what if project.

Thanks for posting the pics!

Jonah