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Ever since the Caprice was announced by Greenlight this one was on my list to do. They did make it a bit easier to do with the release of a silver version in their Hobby Shop series. It came with wire type wheel covers and a blue side stripe. I decided to try out some things on this model. TO remove the stripes I tried out the Testor's old paint remover. It worked pretty well and fast as compared to the traditional nail polish remover. I had some older OHP decals in stock. ( I think them may be Bill Bozo but not sure.) They were designed for white cars so when I applied them, the winged wheel logo was silver. I decided to try a painted layer. So the logo was painted white with a paint pen and toothpick. Then a new logo was applied over top. A Whelen light bar was snatch from a LeMans demo model as were the wheels. I noticed the trunk number fell off during photos. Just as well since it wasn't gold as this era was.

All in all, I'm OK with the results. Looks good from 3 feet. Reference photo stolen from the internet. (And I just realized I need to paint the wheels silver. )

Great work! I've ordered some of the 1/43rd scale versions for conversion, They are some great looking models even in 1/64th. You custom looks great.

Some websites have a 1/18th scale version for pre-order from Greenlight as well....

Thanks for sharing

Great Build! Decal emblems came out nice. Where did you get the lightbar? Thanks for posting.

Frozenfew wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 12, 2021 7:53 am

Great Build! Decal emblems came out nice. Where did you get the lightbar? Thanks for posting.

Thanks.

Lightbar is from Greenlight. Specifically this one came off the Pontiac LeMans Demonstator version. It was all red so it was easier then stripping and repainting. I used the Pontiac wheels too.

Nice work Jeff!