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30/01/2020 11:32 am
Great Pics Mr. Goldvarg. Looking forward to the 63 Nova.
30/01/2020 1:12 pm
Wow, each one is an absolute gem ! What an outstanding range of 1/43 replicas.
30/01/2020 1:39 pm
Loving all those wagons!
30/01/2020 2:08 pm
Well it looks like Sergio has been a very busy boy. And I see a few home runs there too. Some of the colors may not be the most popular or what we remember seeing most often, but in all he has done his homework certainly. I sure hope his bank has enough room for all his income this month. I know my wallet will lose some weight.
30/01/2020 4:14 pm
Sergio...two comments about the 1970 Ford NYPD Highway Patrol unit...
First, the blue light is incorrect.Never used on an NYPD unit.
If you saw a photo of that, there must be a special explanation, P/S or some such.
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The McDermott Bar, used on the Highway Patrol (this is just the traffic division) cars may be the first 1:43 modeled, but it too is incorrect. The bar is a two piece, which extends up from the roof to give approaching motorists advance warning to move left. The also have spotlights to give scene illumination at accident sites.
You get that McDermott right, and I will buy one, even if it is not a Cadillac!!
It appears the siren has the correct shape. It also has a story. This is the famous Federal Sign & Signal P660 "Pulsator". It was VERY loud, and the wail changed pitch due to a reciprocating flap inside the housing. You could hear these for miles. It is a chrome housing, with a screen on the front. NYPD discontinued them due to complaints from politicians related to the sound level.
Due to the height of the siren, the rotating light had to be placed on a higher pedestal to clear it for visibility.
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Size of the Pulsator...
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a newer car with McDermotts extended
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Highway Patrol with a new LED McDermott Bar...
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If you want to hear the Pulsator, but not at full sound...
go here...
Also, Sergio, the paint on those old cars is called Envision Green, Coca-Cola White and Basic Gloss Black.
and now you have the rest of the story.
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30/01/2020 9:06 pm
Dear Lloyd,
Thanks so much for your explanations, seems that you are an expert in this matter!
Yes, I know about the red color light, but happens that I finished the prototype just 4 hours before of getting to the plane and the blue light was the only I had with me.
Warmest regards!
31/01/2020 2:15 am
What is that wagon behind and to the left of The 60 Pontiac Wagon?
31/01/2020 4:12 am
Pretty sure its a 67 Ford Country Squire. Hope so!
31/01/2020 5:15 am
Home Runs, again and again. Wow.
31/01/2020 5:19 am
Undoubtedly, Jack. l am with you. I hope different colours than Kess and Neo '68s are chosen by Sergio as I will want to park this one next to the Kess Country Squire and I want it to stand out.
31/01/2020 5:49 am
I can't tell if it has the fake trees on the side or not. Without the vinyl trees, it would be a Country Sedan. Maybe Sergio will clue us in.
31/01/2020 12:12 pm
I thought it was a Country Squire "fake tree" version; 90% sure.
05/02/2020 5:41 pm
Third issue is the rear door marking (though the '58 Ford and '53 Ford REP are spot-on; will buy!)
I don't want to sound like too much of a critic since for the most part I love this model, but I concur with Lloyd (although good to hear the light color will be fixed!), but I'm fairly certain Traffic Division in the NYPD started marking its rear doors as such in the late seventies, by which time they were blue and white. A photo, taken by my father, shows two guys in 1972 (last year of the green, white, and black color scheme) with the Traffic Division, but using 46 PCT police car. The reason this is important is because my father--at the time an ADA who worked regularly with the NYPD--says that per his memory, the Traffic Division would use police cars from the precinct they were attached to. With that said the Highway Patrol used a different door. It would say "HIGHWAY" over "PATROL" and then add the unit number (1-4 would be correct in the first year livery, I believe). Below is a picture of Highway 3's rear door in 1972 or 1973 (color of text would be white)...photo no longer available
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