But I do think that
the Panel Truck name is not correct. It's probably more correct to
call it a Commercial Delivery.
Anyhow, I purchased these kits some while ago. The original (Budd
Anderson?) version was pretty good, some parts assembled, but the
Gangbusters Police Patrol was not in a very good shape. Partially
assembled with a fair amount of glue and some parts were missing.
I found some pictures of a Chevrolet Commercial Delivery on the
internet and it had no chrome cooling doors in the hood sides so I
decided to get rid of them. And instead of two spare wheels I only
used one. The rest of the work was basic. The fenders of the
original Chevrolet were painted black (Tamiya TS-14) and the body
was painted in olive drab (matt TS-28 Tamiya) with a clear coating
(TS-13 Tamiya). The Chevrolet Patrol Car received an overall black
paint job with Tamiya TS-14 and new decals. And I scratch build the
two missing benches for the inside and the two missing handrails on
the rear.
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