Mixture of Cop/Fire vehicles im doing at the moment....

[English Jules]

I started with the Impala, then noticed the Chimneyville decals had problems, then each car along i found errors with the decal sheets, from white STATE TROOPER for the FHP instead of gold and wrong sized items for the Fire SUV.

I know i mae a boob with the POLICE on the front wings of the Transit car, too high, should be lower above the wheel arch

[English Jules]

The decal sheet says use the smaller of the 2 sizes for cars/SUVs but they are still too big, as you can see on the front door

[English Jules]

No idea what the real inside of the fire SUV would be, radios etc. Most of the windows are tinted so i will do that and that will cut out the light

[English Jules]

I didnt want to go crazy on super detailing, like seat belts, buckles etc etc. Just the basics. I have ideas for the finished cars. The NYPD and Transit cop cars will be on a street section (thinking of a couple of yellow cabs in the back ground) Both cars have responded to a call on a subway entrance, so i will scratch build something like this

Hopefully, been waiting almost 2 weeks now so getting worried, lots of the American Diorama and other figures will arrive, so i can finish off the 2 car, one crashed NYPD street scene

[English Jules]

Something like the drawing below.

I want to use the Fire SUV and a same location cop car, so 2 vehicles on a base, either a burnt out wreck, or front of a burnt out building i will make

[Agent G]

Very nice!

I was a detective in the St Louis Metropolitan PD assigned to Bomb and Arson in the early 90's. I've been in that St Louis Fire department Fire Investigation Unit (FIU) Tahoe many, many times. It has the call sign "821". There was a small "Motorola" radio control head like this on the transmission hump under the dash just in front of the console.

The back of the buggy had several orange, hand held flashlights like these mounted in chargers.

[Agent G]

Goofed up and had to add another post.

Everything in the way of personal equipment that a firefighter is issued would be in that Tahoe x2 as it was always a two man crew.

Then add shovels, axes, pikepoles and evidence collecting equipment. We would all use the same containers, bags and labels for evidence. Arson debris is collected in what is essentially a metal "paint can", the type with a pry off lid. The can is airtight so fumes of any accelerant can be collected. You would have quite a stash of those as well.

Oh and don't sweat the placement of the fender decals on the Transit car. Here's an insider tip. Copcars are lined up, outfitted, marked and moved into the districts as fast as possible. We'd buy 100 + cars at a time, 2 or three times a year. they'd be outfitted and marked, six at a time, day in day out, in our facility. I believe of that six, four, possibly five, looked identical when parked beside each other.

I remarked once that it looked like a drunken sailor applied the stripes to one of my radio cars.

I believe he actually was................

G

Edited May 20, 2014 by Agent G

[English Jules]

thanks for the replies. The Lindberg Crown Vic im using is a later car than in the pics, i guess i can live with that. And as i added the rear shelf lights the kit panel behind the rear seats is different....not much i can do about that, the basic shape where there red rear light moulding, and i guess what are speaker housings. Its only noticiable if you place the kit next to the pic of the real thing

I have noticed after looking at many hundreds of pics, slight variations in markings added to the panels of vehicles, interesting.

[mikemopar70]

I like emergency vehicles a lot..

You have a nice collection!!

[am73grand]

You're gonna be a busy man!

[English Jules]

thanks guys, i had these, the decals and still another pile of the same sort of stuff for well over 14 years and never touched them so thought its about time. Trouble is the decal sheets have so many errors, and someone pointed out that they had to redone to fix the glaring errors but i have pre fixed ones, like the white STATE TROOPER and not gold for the FHP. Each time i went to a new vehicle decal sheet i found errors. The FHP i will have sat on some grass at the side of a road

The AMT Monaco, will be sat alongside a poor maintained KW 123 on a traffic stop.

I do struggle with doing the thin black rubber strips on the bodywork, its a bad weak point of mine.

[Johnny1973]

You have a lot nice work there.

[slusher]

You have a lot nice work there.

I agree with Johnny. Looking great...

[Danno]

I agree with G.

[English Jules]

thanks guys, makes a good change from tanks and planes :-)