1977 Dodge Monaco Sheriff's car.

[FIREMODELMAN]

This WIP is my current build. It's for a friend of my dad's, who is a Deputy here in Butler county, Ohio. He had seen the 65 Biscane wagon I built for my dad, (his first Patrol car) and asked my dad if I could do one for him. Of coarse I said YES. My dad's friend started road patrol way back in 77. He drove a Dodge St. Regis. Well since that car was never kitted, resin cast, or diecast I had to settle for the next best thing, The Monaco from the Dukes line up. The car will wear correct county plates, with number 77, and correct door decals with the ' then ' sheriff's name on it, just as it would have been in 1977. I also will build the 65 wagon , also with proper door stars and matching unit number for 1965. Waiting on the body to arrive from the Modelhaus to star that one. Thanks for looking , Dave.

[tomsheehy]

Nice job so far making that simple lightbar look more realistic. But I'm used to that from you.

[Scalper]

The light bar does look sweet. nice interior work.

[Danno]

Looking good, Dave!

[1972coronet]

Nice work so far , David .

A *tiny* suggestion , and please take it only as such : the 1977 models had ambre turn signal lenses on the tail lamps . This was a one year only deal ; it's easy enough to simply paint the ambre over the red-cast lamps .

Let me see if I can pull-up an image as a reference .

EDIT : The only photo I could find of the tail lights of a 1977 Monaco (see attached photo) . Too bad that the car's at an angle ; however , the taillamps are 'clearly' ambre .

Edited June 4, 2013 by 1972coronet

[FIREMODELMAN]

Thanks for all the nice compliments guy's. Tom that light bar was so easy to 'spruce up', I don't know why I never did it before.

John, Thank you for the tip. I did catch that while I was doing my research for this car. I was afraid that maybe I had missed something else. What I did was just to foil the kit red clear lenses, then re-paint them all with Tamiya clear colors. I dont think it looks to bad, do you? The County plates I had on hand had a '77' , so that's why I went with this year. I also have a 1965 Biscane in the works for the same guy. Waiting on the Modelhaus resin wagon body for that . I have the 65 donor car already. Here's a shot of the rear bumper and lights, and a mock up.

[Danno]

Nailed those lights, Dave.

[Johnny1973]

Looking good there.nice interior details.

[David G.]

Great job!

Even better for having starting with a so-so kit.

I built the Gotham City Police version last year.

David G.

[slusher]

Nice work on the light bar and interior detail. Tail lights also look great...

[buxxx69]

Beautiful clean job !

[1972coronet]

Thanks for all the nice compliments guy's. Tom that light bar was so easy to 'spruce up', I don't know why I never did it before.

John, Thank you for the tip. I did catch that while I was doing my research for this car. I was afraid that maybe I had missed something else. What I did was just to foil the kit red clear lenses, then re-paint them all with Tamiya clear colors. I dont think it looks to bad, do you? The County plates I had on hand had a '77' , so that's why I went with this year. I also have a 1965 Biscane in the works for the same guy. Waiting on the Modelhaus resin wagon body for that . I have the 65 donor car already. Here's a shot of the rear bumper and lights, and a mock up.

Absolutely perfect !

[Agent G]

This is nice!

G

[charlie8575]

Nice job, especially with those taillamps.

Charlie Larkin

[MoparWoman Jamie]

That green monco with a white roof looks like a friend of mine car, he has afew monaco's, if you need photos let me know by Personal Message on here and I'll see if I hook you up with him on photos.

BTW great job so far on your build, I really like it.