Always fancied doing this version and now there is an all in one box decals and kit l will be getting one.
Nice choice of marking. I have seen several military vehicles in Law Enforcement agencies that were displayed at air shows. Always thought it was cool idea to model them.
Question for those that build Kinetic kit…was this the kit that had missing parts for the cabin roof? I remember seeing an online WIP someplace where the builder had to use plastic sheet to cover the roof. Otherwise, if build as the instruction guide it would leave a huge gap. I don’t remember if it was this kit or Legend as this was before Panda kit. TIA
That’s why they mentioned the figures would need weapon replacements.
The Legend kit was missing the hatch cover:
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It’s a cliché but true-better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.
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Lmao these suburbs need more firepower than my local armoured regiment 
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We had more citizens killed in Chicago alone than soldiers in Iraq & Afghanistan combined for long periods of time.
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@Annette_Dominic @HeavyArty Honestly, it might not be that simple. I once thought like you two did and actually tried kitbashing and swapping out the helmet and heads…it didn’t work decades ago with other DML figure kits and 1/35 Trumpeter M4 carbines.
I had built all of these figures. I kept none of them decades later. These are DML’s earliest figures and the LAPD S.W.A.T., and NYPD ESU (and I think GSG-9) are more of 1/32 scale. The Hong Kong SDU is more of 1/36 scale. Back then, DML/Dragon couldn’t get their scales correct. Thus, the aftermarket carbines would look puny in the hands of DML’s NYPD ESU and LAPD S.W.A.T. figures.
Now Live-Resin heads tend to run in the larger sizes, but they are still close to 1/35 scale though.
I bought these DML sets in the hopes of using their pouches for other figures. Nope! The vest pouches are molded onto the torsos so it would be near impossible to update them because unless one cuts and sands off the torso vest pouches, the pouches are sized for MP5 magazines. One can’t just buy Live-Resin MOLLE torsos and glue them onto DML legs and arms because of the 1/32 difference.
Furthermore, the LAPD S.W.A.T. are the only ones who use that DML/Dragon body armor, and I don’t think that they use that DML vest anymore. You’re best bet is to buy the Live-Resin’s latest US MARSOC figures and use those instead (minus the SEAL four tube NVGs).
LAPD S.W.A.T. does not use the DML S.W.A.T vest anymore…they use the Live-Resin vest.
Sorry, not to be nitpicky on you two, but I stand by my post. If you update the DML figures’ weapons to M4 carbines, you will still have M4 carbines with MP5 vest ammo pouches and that won’t work unless the modeler does extensive torso surgery…and for that price, just buy the Live-Resin MARSOC figures for modern US S.W.A.T.
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Thanks for the info. I knew it was a MaxxPro kit but didn’t remember by whom.
We had one for my agency. It was painted up nicely but no amount of paint and city marking could keep the progressives here from continuously calling it a MRAP or “War Weapon” et.al Eventually we were forced to return it to the feds. Then the city threw down big money on a freaking used Bearcat. So much for saving tax dollars. Ferguson led progressives to declare any type of protective vehicle for Law Enforcement as evil. Glad I retired 2 years ago.
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How does the kit differ from the “military” one? From what I remember of the Carson City Sherrif’s rig (an Ex Afghan vet with dings in the armor to prove it.) it’s what ti didnt have. MG mount was gone. Lots of empty radio racks. They had a couple medical “go bags” in mounts on the wall. I dont think they had the “disco lights” on top. (not like you are gonna be doing traffic stops with it) I remember it had a number of high intensity spotlights on the bumper, fenders, roof and turret. As for police use, there is the intimidation factor too. Some barricaded yahoo may see a few patrol officers and cars and think " Oh! I can get out of this." But when the “Beast” shows up …“S*@t! They aint playing around.” (Same with policedogs. Drunk may think he can beat the cop but they think twice about the Fur Shark. )
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From what I have been told, the only difference is the decals. Everything else is the same as the prior military kit.
Lots of bits for the spares box. How was the original kit set for spotlights. I remember seeing someone (Bronco?) had a couple of LED spotlight sets for MRAPs.
Original kit review. I believe it only has one spot light for extra lights.
https://archive.armorama.com/review/10227/
Carson City’s MRAP is a Caiman 6X . Oops. I posted a bunch of photos of it on here (old system?)
Bronco indeed
H.P.
Did anyone purchase this Kinetic S.W.A.T. MRAP kit? Any comments?
Nevada Dept. of Transportation’s new solution to idiots speeding thorough highway construction zones.
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Safety folks like to reuse ideas, I can see this spreading across the country.
Nevada’s state flower is The Orange Road Cone. There have been 3 road workers (not to be confused with street workers) killed in Northern Nv this year and a half dozen more injured this year. (NHP tries posting units to monitor the construction zones but there are only so many troopers. And they have had 1 or 2 vehicles rammed doing this duty.) I do the lower speed through the zones and damn near get run over left & right … In another example of re tasked military surplus …
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