1982 Dodge Dip - Louisiana State Police - Custom Parts

[DEL]

Here is a project I have been working on from time to time.  I always wanted to do a model of the Diplomats the Louisiana State Police fielded from 1981-1982.  The '81's were different colors which was great for sneaking up on folks, but the 82's were the standard white.  For this model I created a custom scratchbuild model of the Whelen 8000, or 80H lighbar.  Just the process of building the ase and the buck to vacuform the lens was a ordeal.  But I have never seen this bar represented in the police modeling world before.  It was widely used coast to coast but it was while Fed Signal was still king and Whelen was it's more affordable competition.  This bar has the inboard strobes each side of the speaker grille front and back, along with outboard halogen rotaters.  The Jabsco spotlight on top is also scrachbuilt as are the bump bars and the seat console fed signal PA70 modular console complete with tiny maplight.  It might show in the pics if you look.

Thanks for stopping by!!

 

[mod3l Lover]

   That's really a nice clean build up.

It looks cool, great work Dwayne!!

 

     David S.