Tom Geiger Posted August 1, 2014 Posted August 1, 2014 Back then, Honolulu Police Officers provided their own vehicles for work. The sheriff's department I worked for in Colorado in that same timeframe did the same. So, we had a wide and strange variety of patrol vehicles on the streets, each individually owned by the deputy driving it. It made for interesting times. I'm sure HPD was the same. Back when I lived in Monmouth County NJ the county drug bust team, made up of officers from many different towns, used confiscated cars for undercover work. A kid in our neighborhood was under surveilance for selling weed and he got busted by guys in an old 1980s Dodge Daytona.
Tom Geiger Posted August 1, 2014 Posted August 1, 2014 The Partridge Family bus would be cool, but can you imagine the masking to do that paint scheme? Imagine that as one big decal? :-)
Danno Posted August 1, 2014 Posted August 1, 2014 Back when I lived in Monmouth County NJ the county drug bust team, made up of officers from many different towns, used confiscated cars for undercover work. A kid in our neighborhood was under surveilance for selling weed and he got busted by guys in an old 1980s Dodge Daytona. Our metro drug enforcement group had three Buick Grand Nationals (they were new then) for undercover vehicles. Everything else was much more mainstream, but heavy on the sportscar/ponycar/musclecar side. At the same time, the city's narcs drove hand-me-down detective cars (4-door sedans with dog dish hubcaps) that had been handed-down to the detectives from the patrol division. So, their cars looked exactly like what they were - surplus patrol cars. They wondered why we were so much more effective! Another agency I worked for had arrangements with a couple of large local car dealerships. They kept our undercover guys and gals supplied with all manner of surreptitious vehlcles, none of which looked anything like a police car. And, they rotated them on a pretty frequent basis, so we never 'looked' the same. These days, most agencies around here are heavily invested in SUVs, quad cab 4x4 pickups, and extended cab pickups. Modern technologies have totally eliminated visible antennas, etc. Since there are SO MANY pickups on the road in the first place, you just never know which one is full o' cops.
unclescott58 Posted August 2, 2014 Posted August 2, 2014 The Partridge Family bus would be cool, but can you imagine the masking to do that paint scheme? The Partridge Familiy bus would be cool if it came as a pre painted kit. Scott
unclescott58 Posted August 2, 2014 Posted August 2, 2014 (edited) Get Smart Sunbeam Tiger Karmann Ghia Opel GT All three have been or are available. AMT has the Opel GT out right now. They offered a specific Get Smart Sunbeam Tiger in the past. And several model manufactures make the Karmann Ghia. So your lucky Frank. Your wish has come true! Scott Edited August 2, 2014 by unclescott58
VW93 Posted August 2, 2014 Posted August 2, 2014 (edited) Scott, I meant to say for Round2 to re issue the Tiger and Opel GT with Get Smart licensing & box art since they already have the tooling. Edited August 2, 2014 by VW93
Harry P. Posted August 2, 2014 Posted August 2, 2014 The Partridge Familiy bus would be cool if it came as a pre painted kit. Scott Decals!
D. Battista Posted August 2, 2014 Posted August 2, 2014 A 1/25 scale Green Hornet "Black Beauty"....!! from the mid '60's TV show...not the new movie.
Joe Handley Posted August 3, 2014 Posted August 3, 2014 A 1/25 scale Green Hornet "Black Beauty"....!! from the mid '60's TV show...not the new movie. How about the option parts to build all three, stock, TV, and Movie!
unclescott58 Posted August 3, 2014 Posted August 3, 2014 How about the option parts to build all three, stock, TV, and Movie! Tough to do. The TV version was very heavily modified body wise. Much more than the movie version. Scott
Joe Handley Posted August 3, 2014 Posted August 3, 2014 Tough to do. The TV version was very heavily modified body wise. Much more than the movie version. Scott Ah, that's right........wonder how different the movie car was from the stock and tv cars under the sheetmetal..........besides the Chevy LS motor.......
The70judgeman Posted August 3, 2014 Posted August 3, 2014 (edited) Surprised nobody has mentioned the Coyote from Hardcastle & McCormick...now there's winner of a kit! What a mess of plastic. But, back on topic. Does anyone know if the S&H Torino is going to be a full detail kit? Edited August 3, 2014 by The70judgeman
martinfan5 Posted August 3, 2014 Posted August 3, 2014 But, back on topic. Does anyone know if the S&H Torino is going to be a full detail kit? Yes
Art Anderson Posted August 3, 2014 Posted August 3, 2014 It shouldn't be all that hard to build a model of one of the Jeeps from "Rat Patrol"--if they were true WW-II Willys MB's, either Italeri or Hasegawa would work, and if they were made up for the studio, more than likely they were CJ-2A's or surplus Korean War vintage M38's, in which case the MPC "WW-II or "Hogan's Heroes" Jeep would be my call, as that kit is buildable as either the M38 (which was a militarized CJ-2A) or just use the CJ version of the kit. Of course, it would be nice to have correct decal markings though. Art
D. Battista Posted August 3, 2014 Posted August 3, 2014 How about the option parts to build all three, stock, TV, and Movie! A 3 in 1 would be cool..! Tough to do. The TV version was very heavily modified body wise. Much more than the movie version. Scott I did not know that...I'll have to do some looking...
bbowser Posted August 3, 2014 Posted August 3, 2014 One of the ambulances from MASH would be cool. I have no idea what that truck was, probably available in 1:35 from somewhere.
Tom Geiger Posted August 3, 2014 Posted August 3, 2014 With all this nobody mentioned a famous TV vehicle... The Scooby Van! And it's a current release, I saw them in the hobby shop this week. I'd buy one but I'm not sure how accurate it is. I hear the roof may be off by a quarter of a milimeter....
Modelmartin Posted August 3, 2014 Posted August 3, 2014 In an old episode of "Secret Agent" with Patrick McGoohan he was being driven in an early 50s SAAB 92. I would love a kit of that. I expect the silence to be deafening regarding that wish!
Jaguar man 21 Posted August 3, 2014 Posted August 3, 2014 I would love to see some models of the cars the guys drive on british top gear greatest show ever
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