I have a total of 60 so far. If I don't have a particular detective it is because: a) I don't like them (possible but I like just about all TV detectives, etc.), or b) I can't get the right car (I should get the 1954 Buick for Dan Mathews - Broderick Crawford in Highway Patrol and Dick Diamond's Ford Convertible from diecastdirect next month. I can't find the right model of a mid 70's Firebird for Jim Rockford, etc.).
In alphabetical order by last name of the lead detective in the series.
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Very impressive!!! Beautiful work!
Not sure how I forgot Route 66.
How about Adam 12 (Reed and Malloy) and Car 54 (Toody and Muldoon)?
Looks great Lee. If you don't mind me asking, where do you get your figures from? They and the vehicles look excellent.
Not car 54, but yes, I would love Adam 12. I've looked for the proper car but all I can find in the way of mid/late '60s Plymouths are coupes. It has to be the Plymouth, too, don't want the AMC Matador (which i can't find either) if I can possibly avoid it. I may be forced to buy a '68 Plymouth coupe and modify it to a sedan, which is a pain of a project to do.
Just the idea of what you did is so very cool!
Very impressive collection. I'm taking a shot in the dark here, but I think you forgot possibly the worlds greatest detective. One whose exploits extend far beyond his native France. Yes, Chief Inspector Clouseau. 
All you need is a Renault Dauphene [SP] and you're set.
Lee,
This is terrific. It really should be a feature story in OGR magazine.
-ted
Chief Inspector Clouseau. All you need is a Renault Dauphene
I have found a Dauphine, so yes. Also, speaking of French, Inspector Maigret is a favorite - I bet I can find the right Citreon, too.
Remarkably creative. Well done
Al
Of course you probably know that it is Kinsey Millhone, not malone
Lee, you never cease to amaze me.
doug
I'm always blown away by your creativity and skill. Color me envious.
Jim McClenin
Lee, don't forget about Bill Gillespie and Virgil Tibbs.
By the way, great job. Like them all.
Gene Barry's Rolls from Burkes Law?
I wouldn't be surprised if the cast from Surfside Six, Hawian Eye, and Burbon Street Beat didn't share cars with the Sunset Strip bunch. I know they were all shot in Burbank on th WB lot and they used to just redress the same office! Talk about low budget!
Yellow Cuda on Nash Bridges. Not a very good show but a very distinctive car.
Lee,
I love it, all of them are just fantastic!
PCRR/Dave
Fantastic.
Great idea very well executed. Really super ideas you have
Got me thinking, Longmire's Bronco, Lucas Davenports Porsche and Virgil Flowers Toyota 4 Runner with boat. Bring different hobbies together.... wonderful.
Thanks guys. Lots of good suggestions and my list of gotta-be-on-the-layout is growing! In for a dime, in for a dollar. Might as well let this theme take over the layout, given how much fun they are. My little layout's town will be the safest in America!
Yes, Virgil Tibbs and Bill Gillespie have to be there - I'm thinking maybe I park their cars in front of Henry Crabbe's restaurant and have them eating lunch together at one of the sidewalk tables. A comment: with apologies to Rod Steiger, I always liked Carroll O'Conner's Gillespie better - one of my favorite TV shows back when. I also fantasize about a black '63 Plymouth sedan prowl car on my 'Streets, with a tiny speaker playing "Fowl Owl on the Prowl."
I also still have to do Clouseau, Maigret, Rockford, Highway Patrol, and Travis McGee (blue Rolls pickup? - gotta do that!) and some others, and Miami Vice: other than Magnum the only detectives I know who drive a Ferrari - I've got Magnum, might as well have the other. Also, I have thought about Quincy, if I could find a way to get a bit of a bay or harbor in there - and his boat.
Lee, while you're at, got two more.
Hawaii five-0---book'em Dano and Kojak with the tootsie roll pop in his mouth.
No "Walker Texas Ranger?"
If you don't include him be careful when you hear the door bell. It may just be a round house kick a callin'.
BTW...Chuck Norris is the only man to tame Wild Rice.
Not car 54, but yes, I would love Adam 12. I've looked for the proper car but all I can find in the way of mid/late '60s Plymouths are coupes. It has to be the Plymouth, too, don't want the AMC Matador (which i can't find either) if I can possibly avoid it. I may be forced to buy a '68 Plymouth coupe and modify it to a sedan, which is a pain of a project to do.
Lee,
These are the cars used on the show for the Adam-12 vehicle:
1967 Plymouth Belvedere 4 door (Actual LAPD car used for pilot episode)
1968 Plymouth Belvedere 4 door
1969 Plymouth Belvedere 4 door
1970 Mercury Montego 4 door (Only used 1 year by LAPD and show)
1971 Plymouth Satellite 4 door
1972 AMC Matador 4 door
1973 AMC Matador 4 door
You can tell the actual LAPD cars from the civilian repaints used for the show by the inside trunk lid color. Actual LAPD cars came black from the factory, and the white was painted over the black. This left the inside trunk lid black. The show purchased white cars, then added the black. So the inside of the trunk lid is white. One of those things to look for.
Oh! Almost forgot. 'Columbo's' Peugot is used in a couple of episodes. There's one episode where Reed and Maloy are talking to a girl standing in front of the Peugot, and if you look close you'll see a forgotten 'Columbo' script book sitting on the roof.
You can tell the actual LAPD cars from the civilian repaints used for the show by the inside trunk lid color. Actual LAPD cars came black from the factory, and the white was painted over the black. This left the inside trunk lid black. The show purchased white cars, then added the black. So the inside of the trunk lid is white. One of those things to look for.
'Columbo's' Peugot is used in a couple of episodes. There's one episode where Reed and Maloy are talking to a girl standing in front of the Peugot, and if you look close you'll see a forgotten 'Columbo' script book sitting on the roof.
Wow, I am impressed with your attention to detail, Len. I have looked for all those cars you listed by the way, but can't find a good model of any. I could/would repaint one if I found a good model - that would not be too much to do. As I said the best I can find are coupes, not sedans, and I really don't want to have to do body work to convert to a sedan in addition to repainting. I'm hoping America excellence will offer a late '60s/early 70s, basic Plymouth sedan soon . . . any year will be good enough.
Awesome.
These are great! But please tell me that detective Barney Fife is somehow going to make the cut and eventually be included.
Pr. 4:22 Life to those who find them and health to all their flesh.
These are the impressive details that really make a layout pop..outstanding work!
Excellent, Excellent, Inspector Crusoe, but were am I Monsieur? Says the pink panther.
inspector gadget,
Lee, while you're at, got two more.
Hawaii five-0---book'em Dano and Kojak with the tootsie roll pop in his mouth.
Kojak would be easy. Corgi made a model of the Buick with the Kojack and side-kick figures. It's a little bit bigger than 1/48, but still fits O gauge nicely.
Great. Great. Great!!!!!!!!!
Then there's the Mentalist and his Citroen from the '60s. Of course, there's Kolchak, my favorite...but you might have to find a werewolf instead of a car.
But. Rockford is a MUST!
Great. Great. Great!!!!!!!!!
Then there's the Mentalist and his Citroen from the '60s.
Lee,
I believe you "must" add Patrick Jane and his Citroen with Teresa Lisbon and Grace Van Pelt for eye candy.
For everyone here, Lee has left the building. No longer on the forum.
Dan
Hate to see Lee go .
Not quite... Regardless to what he may have said, the forum software disagrees.
Lee WillisOGR Forum MemberJoined: 12/21/09 6:57 AMLast Visit: January 2, 2014 at 8:24 AM
For everyone here, Lee has left the building. No longer on the forum.
He is reading but not posting, I guess.
I dont blame him.
I missed what happened . I think he may return,
It is a good place to hang out.
He is reading but not posting.
I dont blame him.
He's being an undercover detective
I love the idea of having TV and movie scenes on a layout, even if your the only one who "gets" it. The detective angle is a natural with the cars and the figures.
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