A Ford van from my past career.

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A Ford van from my past career.

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I will be using this kit.

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To replicate one of these.

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What intend to build is a Crime Lab van used by my old police department. These were loaded to be mission specific and responded to only the major cases. Most often they were empty until needed.

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dern equivalent.

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Scratchbuilt some shocks.

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a ladder rack.

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and modified the seats to better replicate the normal ones found in a commercial vehicle.

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Built a new steering column with gear shift and turn indicator.

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More to come.

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This is different, :pop: .....
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Continuing, I scratchbuilt a ladder.

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I applied some metal foil to the scripts before paint.

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Painted the interior. The pattern replicates what the seats from that time period looked like.

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Scratchbuilt a storage cabinet.

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More to come!

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Cool project
I remember having that kit as a kid
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Great progress, love the scratch-built sideboard :thumb2:
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Great work, love the scratch building.
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Progress.

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I had the vintage door shield decal custom made about 9 years ago. The remainder of the markings I printed myself.

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That is some great work :thumb2:
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Almost there.

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Looks very convincing. Great job!
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Thank you sir!

Moving on, the kit mirrors suck.

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So I made some.

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Some Tamiya "Silver leaf" and chrome foil gave me this.

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Some great scratch work makes all the difference
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All finished.

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Excellent work AgentG! You did a great job very quickly.

Dirty Harry would be proud. :lol:
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Thank you sir!
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