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Jeff Flint
The Crown Vic: The chariot to all the hot calls.

Curtis Caden
The Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor (colloquially referred to as the CVPI, P71, or P7B) is a four-door, body-on-frame sedan that was manufactured by Ford from 1992 to 2011. It is the police car version of the Ford Crown Victoria and was the first vehicle to use the Ford Police Interceptor name.

Jeff Flint you are definitely correct in that it was a very popular car right up there with the Dodge Monaco and the Chevrolet Caprice. Like Roscoe P. Coltrain those sheriffs have to be in hot pursuit.

Noah Armstrong
I Love this.

István Szücs
Nice ride! What paint did you use for the body?

Curtis Caden
Thank you Noah Armstrong and Istvan Szucs. I used Model Master 4664 Teal GP00570 for the paint. See all paints used at 1995 GMC Sonoma SLS | Project by Plumberman (1:25)

Clement
Great work!

Curtis Caden
Thank you Clement.

Bob Hall
Impressive !

Curtis Caden
Thank you, Bill Newcomer and Bob Hall. I checked eBay for kits, and they range from $22-53 USD plus shipping. Yes, it does take up a lot of shelf space. I have my Texaco collectables separate from my other models, so it is less of a problem.

Trez Mackenzie
All at once?! 🤓

Curtis Caden
The John H Glenn Chapter of IPMS has monthly contests. Here is a rundown for the next 12 months:

May - Tank Destroyer

July - Any Hobby Boss Kit

August - Any Mustang

September -Small Packages

October - WWII North Africa

November - Dive Bombers

January -Get 'Er Done II

February - Nose Intake Jets AND Build

The Same Kit - Fine Molds 1:72 Ki-61 Tony (Hien)

March - Half-Tracks

April - First Responders

May - Ground Attack Aircraft

Curtis Caden
I've got these two kits coming from Model Roundup www.modelroundup.com
• Volkswagen "Coca Cola" VW Beetle Snap Kit (1/24) (fs)
• 2021 Dodge Charger Police Pursuit (1/25) (fs) Early April, 2024

Curtis Caden
Bob Hall thanks. I did three of the Dodge Monaco Police Cars. In the past I had purchased some things from Policecarmodels.com, but haven't bought anything since it became blackdogdiecast.com/. I would love to do lights and sirens. Will see.

Bob Hall
Sweet Snake 👍 !

Curtis Caden
Thanks Bob Hall. This was one model I had put off building for a while. Purchased in 2016 and I finally got around to building it.

Bill Newcomer
Thanks for sharing. When I was in grade school, the neighbor up the street had an Orange Superbird for a couple of years.

Curtis Caden
Bill Newcomer how cool is that! For me the sad thing is that NASCAR only uses cars from Toyota, Ford, and Chevrolet. The current models used are the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, the Ford Mustang GT, and the Toyota TRD Camry.

Curtis Caden
The Douglas C-47 Skytrain is a military transport aircraft that was developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner. As a supply plane, the C-47 could carry up to 6,000 pounds of cargo. It could also hold a fully assembled jeep or a 37 mm cannon. As a troop transport, it carried 28 soldiers in full combat gear. As a medical airlift plane, it could accommodate 14 stretcher patients and three nurses.
1:72 ESCI DC-3 with Xtradecal Douglas C-47B Dakota decals for "Witch Haxel" of 62 TCS, 314 TCG, B-44, Poix, France, Rhine crossing "Op Varsity", 24 March 1945

Bas Tonn
Maybe not a modern tooling as the Airfix, but I love the fact that this kit has flaps. It's a big plane in 1/72, so plenty of room for flaps, more models should have them.

Curtis Caden
Photos attached of the real one at the Military Air Preservation Society located at the Canton-Akron Airport in Ohio. Thank you Bas Tonn for your comment.

Curtis Caden
Purchased in 1936, manufacturing no. 5600, was Ju-52/3mg4e. It had only 8 passenger seats, but also a conference room. This machine was reserved by the command of the secret Air Force for Head of State - Regent Miklós Horthy.
Aircraft received civil registration HA-DUR (in Hungarian 'hadúr' means a warlord, also used as a title of the chief of the armed forces) and LÜH number 1001 (see SAFO No. 77), and had been named after the best scoring Hungarian WWI ace - lt. József Kiss. Despite civil registration aircraft was in a permanent (clandestine) military service.

Robert Podkoński
Good job!

Curtis Caden
Thank you Robert Podkonski.

Lochsa River
this brings smiles and laughter...

Curtis Caden
Lochsa River, I am glad there is a smile on your face. Be sure to share that smile with others.

Robert Podkoński
Great job, Curtis! I love these yellow-winged planes.

Curtis Caden
Model Master 1707 Chrome Yellow and Tamiya TS-47 Chrome Yellow make these 1930s aircraft really pop. It has been fun building model airplanes that are shiny. My next model will be a Revell 1/32 Scale Navy Grumman F3F-3 Model Airplane Kit!

Robert Podkoński
Cool! Waiting for it.

Jonathon Herring
I also thought a Hooptie was a car that the rented rims are worth more than the car🤣🤪

Curtis Caden
Jonathon Herring you are probably correct. The urban dictionary kind of alluded to a car whose accessories exceeded the value of the automobile as one of the definitions. As a model there were a lot of whistles and bells with chromed parts that probably shouldn't be as well as opening headlights, car doors and trunk but not a particularly good model kit in my opinion. I find that to be kind of ironic, although I may be misusing that word as well.

Robert Podkoński
Beautiful!

Curtis Caden
Thank you Robert. Be sure to check out my F4B-4 - it has rigging! U S Navy VF-6, Boeing F4B-4 | Album by Plumberman (1:32)