thorfinn Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 From the year and the city in which the notorious gangster John Dillinger was brought to justice...AMT's 1/25 '2-in-1' 1934 Ford 2-door sedan, done up as one of the first radio-equipped patrol cars of the Chicago Police Dept. Basic kit was built stock with the nicely-detailed flat-head V8 plumbed and wired. Additions to the interior included scratchbuilt radio receiver (no 2-way, yet) and 'squawk box' speaker, stand-up racks for shotgun and Thompson sub-machine-gun, headliner and dome light, and additional detail added to door panels. One of the forward-opening 'suicide doors' was cut from the body shell and hinged with parts made from leftover brass runners from used photo-etch sets. Additions to the exterior were twin fender-mounted sirens (made from the kit's unused 'custom' dual-carburetor option) and the roof globe light made from ballpoint-pen 'clicker' parts. The windscreen wiper--shown on the box-art 'photo,' but not included in the kit--was added last from scraps of rod and strip. Paint-scheme and markings inspired by online photos of a Franklin Mint collector die-cast vehicle in the same scale. Paints are Tamiya, with home-printed decals made up on my PC. 40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 Wow! That looks incredible! So much better than AMT intended! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 Can’t say exactly why I love this - but I do! That looks fantastic! 👍👍👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 That is just marvelous! I love your additions and modifications. Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 Excellent work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peekay Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 I really like this! SO much better than box art. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowman Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 Excellent recreation!👍 Thanks for sharing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harveyb258 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 LOVE IT!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redstaff Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 What a great twist on the hot rod kit, super detail Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorfinn Posted May 8, 2019 Author Share Posted May 8, 2019 41 minutes ago, Redstaff said: What a great twist on the hot rod kit, super detail Ian Thanks, Ian. I must say, when I was blown away by seeing this very appealing scheme on the die-cast model online (which was actually a '33, rather than the ever-so-slightly restyled '34), I immediately went searching for a kit to build it. I was very happy to see that AMT had left the original 'stock' configuration as a kit option. [Although--as you can see if you carefully examine the 'head-on' shots above--the 'original' tires they included are just a wee bit too narrow for the rims. C'est la vie.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 Lovely work and nice attention to details. Very good use of that basic kit. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR2Don Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 All you need to finish it is Tony Curtiss and Jack Lemmon with a double bass full of bullet holes and maybe Maryln Monroe with a ukelele and you've got the entire business. That really is a brilliant interpretation of the kit. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abandoned Project Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Inspirational work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Beautiful build. As has already been stated, it looks far better than AMT intended. When I used to build cars, usually Jo-Han, I always went for the stock version. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorfinn Posted May 11, 2019 Author Share Posted May 11, 2019 3 hours ago, Bullbasket said: Beautiful build. As has already been stated, it looks far better than AMT intended. When I used to build cars, usually Jo-Han, I always went for the stock version. John. Thank you, sir. Though my 'speed' preference in things automotive runs to actual race machines, I certainly can admire a fine hot-rod. But I, too, like doing these older machines in their 'stock' version...when they were literally the leading edge of both automotive engineering, and of 'style'. And man, I loved those old Jo-Han kits! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohawk Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Wonderful, just wonderfulwell done sir mohawk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 Nice Job! Great skills! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbudde Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Ohhh sweet!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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