
The Ford Maverick & the Mercury Comet















Well I hope you have enjoyed this and it has informed you about these wonderful kits from Jo-Han Models.
Happy Modeling,
Louie
The Ford Maverick & the Mercury Comet
Well I hope you have enjoyed this and it has informed you about these wonderful kits from Jo-Han Models.
Happy Modeling,
Louie
Hi gang, this installment is about two of my all time favorite kits. The Police Pursuit Vehicle and the Police Emergency Wagon.
I'll start with the 1968 Plymouth Fury Police Pursuit Car. I have owned about 20+ of these kits over the years. This is the best police car kit ever produced. The police equipment included in the kit alone makes this a classic. The kit has four different major cities, LAPD, NYPD, Detroit PD, and Chicago Metro police. It also includes a Sheriff Road Patrol version. The lights and sirens are very accurate for each City. The only exception is the red lens for the NYPD version. NYPD had a single large flasher with a clear lens and colored bulbs. The police radio is a big Motorola unit correct for the time period. Lots of neat equipment to mix and match to make many variations.
The body was tooled from the 68 Fury hardtop kit and the lines are super sharp. Fit and finish of the overall car is really nice. The chassis is molded in one piece with no separate suspension parts. The engine is really nice looking 383 V8, one problem is that the kit has a manual transmission and not an automatic. You can correct this by using the transmission from a Lindberg 64 Dodge or Plymouth. Under hood detail is fairly nice with a place for the under hood siren and front Push bar. The interior is pretty accurate with a net partition and separate front and rear bench seats. The kit even includes a spot lamp and cord reel. No guns or rifles come in the kit. Even with using nothing but the parts included in the kit, you can make a really cool looking police car with not much effort. All in all this is of Johan's best kits ever!
Now for the Police Emergency Wagon. This kit is a really neat car to build. The overall car is not very accurate. The chassis is from the two door hardtop kit and not a wagon. It does however have "working" torsion bar front suspension. The engine is from the other Mopar kits they had out at the time, a poly 318 Red ram v8. Looks pretty accurate. Under hood detail does not exist, the kit doesn't even have inner fender wells. The battery just hangs out on a pole on one side of the engine compartment. The interior is molded in one piece and has great detail. It uses the police radio from the 68 Fury kit as well as the push bumper, antennas, siren and Red Bubble flasher. The wheels are plain and look nothing like the box. The decals are a generic police star and no specific Cities mentioned. I think if you combine an AMT 58 Fury and this kit you can have a sharp more accurate looking car. This is a neat and different subject to build. I do recommend building this fun old wagon, just on the basis of it being so cool.
Well I hope you learned a little something about these two cool kits from Johan models, and it inspired you to take a look at something different to build.
Until next time, Keep building those vintage kits and...
Happy Modeling
Louie