Georgia State Patrol Taurus Interceptor

[miatamadman]

This one is shweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet! I went with the older markings on this since I really don't like the newer orange graphics. This is much more classy in my opinion.

Anyway, paint is Tamiya metalic blue with clear, sprayed right over the roughed up factory finish. Light bar was stripped of it's paint and repainted all blue with clear takedowns. Rear arrow stick is one of my fancydancy computer printed light kits. Door mirrors also received blue strobes and all lights on the pushbar were tinted blue. Decals are from Code7/Accuscale. Light bar clamps as well as the rear door glass trim is black electrical tape.

[miatamadman]

Looks great! That's a purdy paint scheme...I don't know what the "new" one you reference looks like, but that one's a good looking cop car!

I'm dying to find one of these...what's a good place to look?

Policecarmodels.com is my source until I find a local store selling them.

[SteveG]

Another nice one !!! I think you're hooked on the new Taurus P.I. You better start ordering them by the case ....

[Danno]

That's a real peach, Zoli!!

[trogdor]

Actually they are still running those colors on some of their cars

[Rdkingjay]

Wonderful job as always Zoli.

(aka 2blu4u)

[Janne Herajärvi]

Very nice

[niteowl7710]

Looks great! That's a purdy paint scheme...I don't know what the "new" one you reference looks like, but that one's a good looking cop car!

The other police car guy to the rescue! Here's the orange graphics. 2005 was the last year for the white graphics.

Edited July 12, 2011 by niteowl7710

[niteowl7710]

Zoli,

Another excellent job! I think this one is definitely a "phantom" though, as GSP hasn't bought a new Ford since 2006. With the exception of a handful of Tahoes, they are all Charger all the time down there now.

[charlie8575]

The gray/orange looks a little weird, but the black with orange is very sharp.

Nice job on the Taurus, it is a rather classy scheme like that.

Charlie Larkin

[Danno]

Is there a reason for the various body colors, or is it purely random? Do the different colors signify different units or purposes?

Just curious.

[roadhawg]

Totally awesome!

I'm dying to find one of these...what's a good place to look?

I got two of them at the local Wal Mart....less than 10 bucks each too.

Edited July 13, 2011 by roadhawg

[Chuck Most]

For all the scorn heaped upon diecasts, this one is proving very popular as a rebuild candidate! Still haven't found one for myself yet. Keep redoing them, guys- maybe somebody will do a full-detail styrene kit when they see how popular this diecast kit is.4

Must say those Gerogia cars look pretty fetching in that paint scheme, and it looks particularly good on the new Interceptor.

[niteowl7710]

Is there a reason for the various body colors, or is it purely random? Do the different colors signify different units or purposes?

Just curious.

When the Charger police packages first became available, the factory was so swamped with orders from the civilian market they simply couldn't offer custom two-tone painting on the line, so if you wanted one, it had to be in a solid color. So all GSP Chargers from '06 & '07 with the exception of one or two they used to test out what two-tone scheme they wanted are solid colors. From 2008 on when GSP decided to go with the pewter over gray for their custom two-tone the solid body color units have been assigned to specialty units. The solid gray one is a H.I.T.T. unit (High Intensity Traffic Team), and the black one is one of the "elite" Nighthawk DUI/H.E.A.T. (Highway Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic), the Nighthawk team was created in Metro Atlanta Area of the 10 most highly trained DUI Troopers in the state. It has since expanded to the Savannah Metro region. They focus entirely on DUI Enforcement, and operate primarily during the overnight hours, their motto is "We Hunt at Night". The difference between H.I.T.T. and H.E.A.T.? H.E.A.T. is primarily in the Metro Areas (Atlanta, Augusta, Savannah, Macon, etc, especially along the I-75, I-85 & I-20 corridors and focuses most of it's efforts on Aggressive Driving. H.I.T.T. is the state-wide anti-DUI traffic task force.

The two tone car has 21 lightning bolts on his door. Back in the day the A.C.E. (Aggressive Criminal Enforcement) guys got a license plate where each of those lightning bolts stood for 5 felony auto theft arrests, but those plates have since been phased out. I presume those bolts are now singular, because at 5 a piece that would indicate this trooper has made 105 auto-theft recoveries. That must make him the luckiest guy around, or he has the best stolen car radar in the world. Even with Lo-Jack and OnStar, 21 arrests is still quite the accomplishment.

So in fact the answer is yes to both your questions

[Danno]

Thanks for the info, James!

I always appreciate knowing the 'scoop' ...

[bsoder]

That came out great!..really like your Hyatseville version too...yea they're diecast but at least for those of us that like to build cop cars we have something in the way of new vehicles to work with..kudos to MMax for their efforts