James Duff
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Grand Puba of Police Cars
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Post by James Duff on Feb 10, 2011 6:48:01 GMT -5
To anyone who hasn't seen or heard the news, Jeff Halpern (who runs http://www.policecarmodels.com) is reporting that Lindberg is finally, after a three year hiatus, shipping the Dodge Charger Police kits and he should have them in stock by next week. There are several pre-decorated ones, as well as a "blank" that has no decals, but all 8 lightbars from the other kits.
These are police versions of the already existing Testors/Lindberg Charger tooling, so they are Level 3, 150+ part, glue monsters. No crappy snap-tite curbsides for us police modelers this time! ;D
I had begun to treat these models the same way I did getting pregnant and having another kid...but then I managed to to rectify that situation this fall (release date in July lol), so it's only natural this myth has turned to reality.
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Post by roadhawg on Feb 10, 2011 8:08:51 GMT -5
I've never really been a police car modeler, but these things have my attention. I'll be getting at least a couple...maybe more!
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Post by The Mad Modeller on Feb 10, 2011 12:27:00 GMT -5
Oh ya. I want a couple
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Post by skibum on Feb 10, 2011 12:40:26 GMT -5
Very cool.
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Post by wtsf150 on Mar 6, 2011 3:54:10 GMT -5
I get two of these at the MDA show in Roanoke this weekend and opened one and was very surprised at the detail i really liked these kits i didnt read anything on the box about it so when i opened it very pleased now to find a couple of Chevy Caprices and i can start my Va state police bilds 8 in all Crown Vic, Impala, Caprice, and now the Charger will be build each as an unmarked and marked car
Willie
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James Duff
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Post by James Duff on Mar 6, 2011 12:19:34 GMT -5
...now to find a couple of Chevy Caprices... Well if you have anything you'd like to trade that you think I might be interested in (you saw a cross section of my interests in that box I got at MDA yesterday) then I have about 14 of those Caprices in my basement. I could part with a couple of them I guess  ;D |
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Post by wtsf150 on Mar 6, 2011 15:03:55 GMT -5
Not sure shot me a message of what you might be looking for and i'll see what i've got if i dont have what ya need would be interested in selling 2 of them there are guys here will stand behind me and my deals even Bobby
Willie
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James Duff
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Grand Puba of Police Cars
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Post by James Duff on Mar 7, 2011 16:58:42 GMT -5
Actually you need 3 of each Caprices and Chargers, as the Caprices had the beacon in 1991, and strobe bar in 1992. And then the Charger came with both the traditional VASP paint scheme, and the short-lived "modern" scheme.
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Post by wtsf150 on Mar 7, 2011 18:21:37 GMT -5
Oh ok you know your cop cars huh LOL so now i need 1 more Charger and 3 Caprices its cool too cause i've found a very good source for both of the paint scheme's that were used Jbot out of Canada his work is awesome he makes some very cool big rig decals too i'll have to do more research when i get ready to build these
Thanks, Willie
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James Duff
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Post by James Duff on Mar 7, 2011 23:39:43 GMT -5
Yeah I've enjoyed JBOT's decals immensely and I'm happy to see him finally caught up and running. I gotta put in order in for some stuff, he's the only person I know who had permission and is still doing Colorado State Patrol decals, as Bill Bozo got hit with a cease & desist from CSP.
P.S. It's even more work when you start throwing in slicktop Impalas and Chargers into the mix... ;D
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