English Jules Posted August 1, 2014 Posted August 1, 2014 Totally redone and modified light bar and alley lights, as seen on images. Yes it really does sit that high, a good few inches about the normal lightbars seen. Chimneyville decals, had some trouble with a couple of the lower door side numbers (and rear US flag) so will fix all these later. Couple of figures i repainting just for scale effect. Plan on having this with a unmarked CV doing a felony stop diorama. Gone for worn, scuffed paintwork. The cars looked spotless from a distance but close up lots of scuffs and repainted areas. Just a couple of tiny touch ups i can see in the pics and a little buff up
Byron5150 Posted August 1, 2014 Posted August 1, 2014 Sweet!!! Looking!! Really looks the part especially with the figures
English Jules Posted August 1, 2014 Author Posted August 1, 2014 Sweet!!! Looking!! Really looks the part especially with the figures Thanks, started repainting the uniforms and the skin etc on some, and another black guy. The pre painted figures look ok at first glance but pretty poor close up but then i guess mass hand painted quick. Im trying to find out when the LAPD and LASD first had the breast mounted mics. I dont want to have them next to a CV if way too early
Byron5150 Posted August 1, 2014 Posted August 1, 2014 Thanks, started repainting the uniforms and the skin etc on some, and another black guy. The pre painted figures look ok at first glance but pretty poor close up but then i guess mass hand painted quick. Im trying to find out when the LAPD and LASD first had the breast mounted mics. I dont want to have them next to a CV if way too early You did a way better job then I could do on figures. I've never done any before either. And I'm not sure I know the Victoria police was the first to use two way radios but that wasn't on the person at least I think haha
English Jules Posted August 1, 2014 Author Posted August 1, 2014 You did a way better job then I could do on figures. I've never done any before either. And I'm not sure I know the Victoria police was the first to use two way radios but that wasn't on the person at least I think haha Im not too good at the figures, at the moment the faces are how they came, look ok for done quick but no real enough. Been looking at real uniforms online, for better colours, detail etc I have a lot more im doing at the moment, NYPD also
Byron5150 Posted August 2, 2014 Posted August 2, 2014 Is the guy from the unmarked car Brad? Lol I was looking at some online and that's the name of one of them
English Jules Posted August 2, 2014 Author Posted August 2, 2014 yeah thats him. Redone the same post to be a NYPD, i got a few of them. I am changing a couple though to be early 90's, so diff radios and truncheons
Byron5150 Posted August 2, 2014 Posted August 2, 2014 yeah thats him. Redone the same post to be a NYPD, i got a few of them. I am changing a couple though to be early 90's, so diff radios and truncheons Right on!! What kit was these unmarked car from( silver) I need to make some for my general lee diorama
av405 Posted August 2, 2014 Posted August 2, 2014 Thanks, started repainting the uniforms and the skin etc on some, and another black guy. The pre painted figures look ok at first glance but pretty poor close up but then i guess mass hand painted quick. Im trying to find out when the LAPD and LASD first had the breast mounted mics. I dont want to have them next to a CV if way too early As I mentioned in the LASD thread, chest-mounted radios would be correct for that era. If you want evidence, here's a picture from the 1997 North Hollywood shootout to prove it: http://www.9-1-1magazine.com/direct/user/site/0/image/Rigg%20Photo-1%20p25.jpg Your Crown Victoria came out great. I like how you transformed the Jetstream lightbar into an LAPD AeroDynic. Just to offer up my knowledge if you want a more accurate car: -ditch the equipment mounted on the dash. -replace the separator with one that has a Plexiglas separator or just ditch the separator altogether. Not all LAPD cars have them. -mount a standard tube shotgun with brown furniture in front of the separator. After that it'll be pretty accurate.
English Jules Posted August 2, 2014 Author Posted August 2, 2014 As I mentioned in the LASD thread, chest-mounted radios would be correct for that era. If you want evidence, here's a picture from the 1997 North Hollywood shootout to prove it: http://www.9-1-1magazine.com/direct/user/site/0/image/Rigg%20Photo-1%20p25.jpg Your Crown Victoria came out great. I like how you transformed the Jetstream lightbar into an LAPD AeroDynic. Just to offer up my knowledge if you want a more accurate car: -ditch the equipment mounted on the dash. -replace the separator with one that has a Plexiglas separator or just ditch the separator altogether. Not all LAPD cars have them. -mount a standard tube shotgun with brown furniture in front of the separator. After that it'll be pretty accurate. ok thanks. i had no ref images of the interior. Will change it
peekay Posted August 2, 2014 Posted August 2, 2014 Looks great, Julian - lots of fine detail. Built one of these with my nephew last year.
av405 Posted August 3, 2014 Posted August 3, 2014 (edited) ok thanks. i had no ref images of the interior. Will change it All you had to do was ask! This is the best I can do for you at the moment. This is a shot of the interior of a 1996 LAPD CV that was heavily damaged during the 1997 North Hollywood shootout. The LAPD has kept it since then and uses it as a display vehicle, though it's in bad shape: And here's a video of a CV from that era in action. Some of the interior is visible: Two things to note from that video: - that particular CV had no partition. - at 4:21 you get a rare glimpse of an LAPD Caprice with an MX7000 lightbar. Those generally weren't put into service until the 1997 Crown Vics came along. Edited August 3, 2014 by av405
slusher Posted August 3, 2014 Posted August 3, 2014 Real nice model and awesome job painting the figures to match
English Jules Posted August 3, 2014 Author Posted August 3, 2014 Real nice model and awesome job painting the figures to match thanks, the figures were pre painted but im in the process of redoing them much better, just mast produced figures that are painted quick but look ok from a distance
English Jules Posted August 3, 2014 Author Posted August 3, 2014 All you had to do was ask! This is the best I can do for you at the moment. This is a shot of the interior of a 1996 LAPD CV that was heavily damaged during the 1997 North Hollywood shootout. The LAPD has kept it since then and uses it as a display vehicle, though it's in bad shape: And here's a video of a CV from that era in action. Some of the interior is visible: Two things to note from that video: - that particular CV had no partition. - at 4:21 you get a rare glimpse of an LAPD Caprice with an MX7000 lightbar. Those generally weren't put into service until the 1997 Crown Vics came along. Thanks. Will look at the video later. I made a model of a NYPD CV that crashed in the street last year, and showed airbags, although the real car was the later version, rather than the LIndberg. I often look on US ebay for images, trouble is a lot of cars, esp older ones are just replicas, so not correct on the inside. Started using Flickr, finding lots of useful pics, but again not usually of cop car interiors
English Jules Posted August 5, 2014 Author Posted August 5, 2014 I came across this pic some time ago, its the only one where i see the CV with white scuff strip and not black. Anyway looked at the info and it says Hybrid and slicktop. Hybrid in what, engine?https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikesphotos_us/4076546820/in/faves-124764964@N06/
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