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This one could be better; 1950 Chevy panel Delivery (Metropolitan Police)
Topic Started: Jan 22 2010, 05:04 PM (649 Views)
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As some of you may have figured out, I like police cars. So I've bought most of the recent JLs, finding a few winner, and a few loosers along the way. This is one that should've made me love it.

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What's wrong with it? Let me start out by saying there is nothing wrong with the basic JL casting. And I like the fact that they went for a solid black color with gold lettering. Black and gold always look good together, and this was a classic police vehicle--also something I like a great deal. But this is where my praise must end.

The wheels are not the best choice here. If you have nothing that looks like a dog dish, the wheels on the recent Fury police car would've been better than this. Even the spoke wheels from the '31 caddy would've been a better choice. The period would've been off a bit, but can you imaging the spokes below painted gold and whitewalls on this van?

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Also, I feel that this is almost too minimalistic for a 1950 police van. It reminds me more of an old British style police van with letters and no symbols. But in America, symbols were usually stronger, more recognizable. Give us a big gold star on the door, put an American flag on the damn thing--there's a war on, and people might actualy be inclined to buy something that looked a bit more patriotic.


Also, I feel that this is almost too minimalistic for a 1950 police van. It reminds me more of an old British style police van with letters and no symbols. But in America, symbols were usually stronger, more recognizable. Give us a big gold star on the door, put an American flag on the damn thing--there's a war on, and people might actualy be inclined to buy something that looked a bit more patriotic.



Check out this van...it has everything. Scroll down for detailed pics. I could take the stuff here and be inspired for enough police cars to make a whole series of classics: http://www.diecastmodelswholesale.com/servlet/the-2216/1950-ford-step-van/Detail

Not enough for you, check these out: http://www.diecastmodelswholesale.com/servlet/the-Police-Diecast-Cars/Categories



And finally, what bugs me is the fact that every artist/designer, gets paid for their idea whether it took 10 hours, or 2 minutes. And this was the two minute version. It shows that the designer probably whipped it out based on experiences that served him in his past. And oops...here's the past coming back to bite him.



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At least the RC version has decent wheels and a pin stripe to break up the monotony :wave:


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STUTZ
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I don't think spoked wheels would look good on this van. It's not bad looking the way it is, but it could definitly would look better with a wheel swap. I hope I can find a couple of them.

My favorite police car is the Hot Wheels Bob Hope 1940 Ford. This HW casting has a metal base. I like the card better than the car. "Thanks for the memories" Bob.


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Hot Wheels made a 1/64 scale 1940 Ford police car in the Cop Rods series.
Hot Wheels also made a 1/24 scale 1940 Ford police car in the Cop Rods with flames on the fenders and hood. I guess it's close to a BWF in a way.


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Love that Bob Hope car. That's one I deffinitly would keep in the package, unless I had an extra or two. It's a very sharp car all on it's own, though.
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Honestly, I like this. Simple, but effective in my opinion. But while I like the JL, I love the Hot Wheels Ray posted! Nice! :thumbup:
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That Bob Hope car is very, very sweet...
That RC police wagon blows that JL police wagon away... I am soooo dissapointed in JL stuff now... I have several of the 40th series castings that are messed up... and like you say, poor choices of wheels and also paint !!!
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Jan 22 2010, 05:04 PM
And finally, what bugs me is the fact that every artist/designer, gets paid for their idea whether it took 10 hours, or 2 minutes. And this was the two minute version. It shows that the designer probably whipped it out based on experiences that served him in his past. And oops...here's the past coming back to bite him.







I think this statement sums it up quite well.

This is a nice piece but it had the potential to be much better. I can overlook the graphics to a certain degree but the wheels are totally unacceptable. Hopefully I can find one to do a wheel swap on.
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It has customizing potential, that's for sure.
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