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Post by mrmike on Dec 6, 2020 7:51:37 GMT -7
The Story The National Crime Agency sends a team of investigators to Alston-at-Harkness and the McCann Farm. While they are looking around at McCann Farm, Agent Barchans of the NCA is at the Police Station with PC Dunbarton questioning him about Alfred McCann and what he knows about him. McNally walks into the Police Station to check up on PC Dunbarton and Agent Barchans says no comments to any information to anyone. Dunbarton explains that McNally is a former Boston Police Department Police Officer and that he can be trusted. Barchans wants McNally out of the Station and the area. The Build I spent a little time on the Land Rover yesterday. I painted the hubs and the lugnuts with Tamiya Semi Gloss Black.. I got the driveshafts and the radiator installed. Then, I noticed that the lower radiator hose was missing and I made one out of some tubing I had lying around on the bench.    McNally will return... |
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Post by leon on Dec 6, 2020 8:26:17 GMT -7
Coming along nicely Mike!
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Post by mrmike on Dec 6, 2020 15:06:20 GMT -7
Thanks leon! I really need to do a better job on my engines. This one looks like it was very quickly washed after 100,000 miles or more!
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Post by mrmike on Dec 10, 2020 12:57:45 GMT -7
The Story McNally met Angus Burrows while he was in the US Army. Angus was an instructor at the base teaching Covert Surveillance Applications and McNally was one of his pupils. The class was a tough one for McNally, so he studied this class more than the others and asked more questions and he did rather well with it. When McNally graduated, he became friends with Angus until he retired a couple of years later and he returned to England. He has worked on his farm ever since. The Build Adding the driveshafts had created a problem...the engine was cockeyed! I ended up removing the engineand shortening the housing for the front driveshaft. This put the engine back into the motor mounts like it should instead of sitting on the edge of the engine mount. Now, everything sits straight!    McNally will return... |
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Post by leon on Dec 10, 2020 14:14:36 GMT -7
Coming along nicely Mike!
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Post by mrmike on Dec 11, 2020 8:25:11 GMT -7
Thanks leon!
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Post by mrmike on Dec 19, 2020 10:39:26 GMT -7
The Story McNally returns to the farm to continue working the fields until mid afternoon and he decides to have a lunch break. He returns to the diner in town and orders his lunch and he overhears 2 other men talking about Albert McCann and he was stabbed a dozen times in the front and the back and he had no money, but he did have a large gold coin that he always carried with him as he thought it brought him good luck. It was mentioned that the Police didn't know about the coin. The Build I sprayed the entire Land Rover body and hood today with Model Master Wimbledon White Lacquer in preparation for the Model Master Acryl Pale Green that I will paint later.    McNally will return... |
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Post by mmthrax on Jan 7, 2021 16:50:17 GMT -7
Looks like a nice kit.
Should turn out very well.
Nice progress so far.
Carry on sir....
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Post by mrmike on Jan 8, 2021 7:16:04 GMT -7
Thanks Mark! This is a very nice kit! Everything has a place and a good spot to mount! So far, I'm loving this kit!
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Post by mrmike on Apr 18, 2021 12:23:50 GMT -7
The Story McNally stops at the Police Station to talk with PC Dunbarton and he sees Agent Barchans talking to him. Barchans sees McNally into the Station and immediately questions why he is there and accuses him of interference in his case. McNally claims that he is only there to say hi and chat with the PC, but Barchans says no and for him to leave. McNally stands his ground and Barchans gets pissed at him while PC Dunbarton says that McNally will stay. Barchans is told to leave so Dunbarton can get some work done. The Build The Land Rover got a coat of Model Master Acryl Pale Green this morning. The first coat was mixed with some Acryl Thinner. The second coat was mixed with a little cheap Lacquer Thinner since I thought I was done with the color.    More Land Rover to come... |
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Post by Deano on Apr 19, 2021 3:10:29 GMT -7
Coming along nicely Mike, good colour choice IMO.
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Post by mrmike on Apr 19, 2021 7:28:34 GMT -7
Thanks Deano! The color is close to, but not quite the same hue as the factory color. I like it!
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Post by mmthrax on Apr 19, 2021 22:31:30 GMT -7
I like the color too.
Nice work.
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Post by mrmike on Apr 20, 2021 5:55:31 GMT -7
Thanks Mark!
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Post by mrmike on Apr 20, 2021 11:36:35 GMT -7
The Story The following day finds McNally checking the fields to make sure that the harvest has been picked and he sees a man walking through the eastern field. He calls out to the man and the man takes off running and McNally follows him in the Land Rover Series III LWB to the end of the road and the edge of the property. The man jumps the fence and he runs away into the forest. McNally tried to follow him and he lost the man in the forest. He returns to the SUV and he turns the Land Rover around and he starts to drive back to the main road of the fields and a glint caught his eye and he stops and backs up to the glint. The glint turns out to be a knife with a nearby scabbard and the knife has blood around the hilt of the handle and it was in the area of where the man was walking. He pulls out his cellphone and he calls PC Dunbarton to come out and look at his discovery. The PC picks up the knife and scabbard with gloved hands and he carefully places them in evidence bags and he will get them dusted for fingerprints and blood type. The Build I cleacoated the Land Rover with two coats of Testors Semi Gloss Clear. I wanted a Semi Gloss instead of a full gloss on the body. I have spent part of the morning masking the various parts of the Land Rover for Tamiya TS-29 Semi Gloss Black. I still have other parts to paint which is a little frustating to me since I like to paint all of my parts with one color and move on to the next color. Many of these parts have multiple colors on them.    More Land Rover to come... |
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Post by mrmike on Apr 22, 2021 8:56:09 GMT -7
The Story The knife found by McNally was tested and found to be the McCann murder weapon. It is late at night and McNally goes up to bed and he hears the sound of breaking glass downstairs. He pulls out of the closet a Remington double barrel shotgun, loads it and he goes downstairs very quietly and at the bottom of the stairs he flicks on the living room lights. A man rushes over to him and he attacks McNally and he runs off through the kitchen and out the back door. McNally gets up from the floor and he rushes outside and he fires both barrels of the shotgun at the attacker and he runs out towards the barn and it is dark out beyond the barn itself and he couldn't see the attacker. He calls PC Dunbarton who drives out to the Burrows Farm and he looks around with a flashlight and he finds blood on the ground. McNally had hit his target, but how bad was the hit? He tells McNally to stop at the Station in the morning and he will issue him a Glock G19 9mm pistol and he will deputize him to help find the killer and attacker. McNally is perfectly fine with that. The Build I have been painting and assembling the Landy. I assembled the interior floor, seats and shift levers. I painted and decaled the grille and mirrors and I assembled the front panel with the brake booster and air intake hose.    McNally will return... |
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Post by moramarth on Apr 22, 2021 17:07:55 GMT -7
I've got a feeling McNally is in for a nasty surprise when he turns up at the Cop Shop in the morning, Dunbarton evidently didn't fancy his chances of feeling McNally's collar on his own and knows in the rural U.K. backup will be a long time coming. I think the charges will start with possession of a shotgun without a certificate (and his pal will get it in the neck for not having it properly locked away - not that country folk can't be a bit lax that way...). Then there's discharging a firearm with the intent to endanger life - the perp was running away so it's not self defence, the bad guy is now the "victim". And the blood means "Actual Bodily Harm" at a minimum if the Cops can link it to a person with injuries that can be attributed to a shotgun. McNally should have remembered Wikipedia can be your friend:
Regards,
M
P.S. I really like the way the model is turning out.
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Post by mrmike on Apr 23, 2021 5:54:48 GMT -7
Well now, first let us consider that McNally is an American and he is not aware of the myriad of British laws. The shotgun is like you said, not locked away given that this farm is in a rural area and the law itself is a little laxed. The intruder broke into Angus's house and McNally wasn't about to make him a cup of tea, therefore he shot the intruder since he thought the lives of Angus and himself was in danger. PC Dunbarton runs law enforcement in accordance to most Laws that he is aware of and he did seek out McNally's advice and help when a murder was recorded in his township. Dunbarton's issuing of the gun was with the knowledge of McNally's track record and his involvement with the military and his tenure with the Boston Police Department and now as a private investigator.
Dunbarton was hired as a PC for his knowledge of British Laws and his ability to maintain the peace in a rural area. Being confronted with a relatively unknown act in his township has left him in a predicament and he sought out McNally's help since he didn't know where else to turn to.
I realize that my story on the forum is very short and I may have left out many facts that others would want to know. The purpose of this story is only to show what is driving me to build this model. A model building forum is just that...a place to show what and how you are building a model. I have taken a creative license to writing this story, so many actual facts could be a bit out of focus or not mentioned at all. Please understand that this is just a story and not an actual incident. And, thank you for liking my build and for the extra information that you have provided. Yes, wikipedia is a friend!
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Post by mrmike on Apr 23, 2021 14:55:20 GMT -7
The Story McNally stops at the Police Station and PC Dunbarton issues him a Glock G19 9mm handgun with two clips, a box of bullets and a right hand draw holster. He checks out the pistol, loads a magazine and and he loads the gun. After informing him that the results of the blood samples haven't come back yet McNally thanks the Constable for the gun and he returns to the farm to continue working. Around 1:30 in the afternoon, he takes a break and drives into town to the diner for lunch. Agent Barchans, full of fury walks in and he goes to the Boston PI and demands the gun. McNally refuses to turn the gun over to Barchans citing why he needs the gun and he asks why Barchans is not investigating the murder of McCann. Barchans again demands the gun and McNally tells him that the only way he'll get the gun is to pry it from his cold, dead fingers. Barchans snorts at McNally and he leaves the diner in a rage. An old patron of the diner goes over to McNally and tells him about Barchans visiting the township every year and throwing his weight around. He also tells McNally about a gold coin that McCann carried around with him and how it was supposed to bring him good luck. The Build I started detailing the Landy today by adding the grille and windows, painting the trim on the body sides and the rear. The interior is almost complete except for the dash which is still in the paintbooth.    McNally will return... |
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Post by leon on Apr 23, 2021 15:49:37 GMT -7
This is coming along nicely Mike!
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Post by mrmike on Apr 23, 2021 19:49:55 GMT -7
Thanks leon!
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Post by moramarth on Apr 24, 2021 0:21:24 GMT -7
I don't think I've met a build of yours I didn't like! They're all impressive and some are particularly interesting, such as the Bullitt Mustang I have bookmarked as a reference. I also like your stories, which was why I was a little saddened when this one took off in a direction that made "Hot Fuzz" look like a documentary...  I also appreciate how generating a back story can help define how a model turns out; back when I was painting figures for Role-Playing Games I would have a character biography in the back of my head even when the figure was merely a generic hanger-on and not a specific player piece.
For what it’s worth, there is ZERO chance of McNally being allowed to (legally) possess a semi-automatic handgun in the mainland U.K.; from what I know of my own rural Constabulary there is around a 90% chance of Dunbarton not having access to a firearm himself in the course of his duties. The local Police Force number around eleven hundred sworn officers to police a population of half a million scattered about around two-and-a-half thousand square miles; of those officers less than a hundred are Authorised Firearms Officers who may be issued with firearms in the normal course of their duties. Of these on any normal shift around half-a-dozen will have access to firearms when on patrol, but not carried on their persons as for the most part they function as ordinary coppers. This assumes one Armed Response Vehicle for each of the three Territorial Policing Areas, the crew of which will draw their specialist equipment at the start of their shift, check it and then place it in secure storage in the vehicle and may only utilise it with the authority of a (very) senior officer. There are also something like a hundred Special Constables (civilian volunteers sworn after passing vetting) who have the same legal powers as regular constables and are similarly equipped and uniformed but are NEVER AFOs. For the most part a Special Constable will foot patrol in company with a regular police officer and will similarly be protected with a stab vest and carry a radio, handcuffs, a baton and pepper spray. Regular officers now often carry a taser and some forces now are issuing these to their Specials subject to passing additional training. Tasers cannot be legally possessed by civilians but will be the most offensive device McNally could hope to be issued with if being in some way integrated into a U.K. constabulary.
Regards,
M
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Post by stitchdup on Apr 24, 2021 0:47:44 GMT -7
I don't think I've met a build of yours I didn't like! They're all impressive and some are particularly interesting, such as the Bullitt Mustang I have bookmarked as a reference. I also like your stories, which was why I was a little saddened when this one took off in a direction that made "Hot Fuzz" look like a documentary... I also appreciate how generating a back story can help define how a model turns out; back when I was painting figures for Role-Playing Games I would have a character biography in the back of my head even when the figure was merely a generic hanger-on and not a specific player piece.
For what it’s worth, there is ZERO chance of McNally being allowed to (legally) possess a semi-automatic handgun in the mainland U.K.; from what I know of my own rural Constabulary there is around a 90% chance of Dunbarton not having access to a firearm himself in the course of his duties. The local Police Force number around eleven hundred sworn officers to police a population of half a million scattered about around two-and-a-half thousand square miles; of those officers less than a hundred are Approved Firearms Officers who may be issued with firearms in the normal course of their duties. Of these on any normal shift around half-a-dozen will have access to firearms when on patrol, but not carried on their persons as for the most part they function as ordinary coppers. This assumes one Armed Response Vehicle for each of the three Territorial Policing Areas, the crew of which will draw their specialist equipment at the start of their shift, check it and then place it in secure storage in the vehicle and may only utilise it with the authority of a (very) senior officer. There are also something like a hundred Special Constables (civilian volunteers sworn after passing vetting) who have the same legal powers as regular constables and are similarly equipped and uniformed but are NEVER AFOs. For the most part a Special Constable will foot patrol in company with a regular police officer and will similarly be protected with a stab vest and carry a radio, handcuffs, a baton and pepper spray. Regular officers now often carry a taser and some forces now are issuing these to their Specials subject to passing additional training. Tasers cannot be legally possessed by civilians but will be the most offensive device McNally could hope to be issued with if being in some way integrated into a U.K. constabulary.
Regards,
M
He could follow the glasgow cops method, a lot of people fall down the stairs in the back of their paddy wagons and being guilty doesn't mean going to jail if your one of the top gangsters. Dirtiest thug cops in the uk |
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Post by mrmike on Apr 24, 2021 9:00:36 GMT -7
I don't think I've met a build of yours I didn't like! They're all impressive and some are particularly interesting, such as the Bullitt Mustang I have bookmarked as a reference. I also like your stories, which was why I was a little saddened when this one took off in a direction that made "Hot Fuzz" look like a documentary... I also appreciate how generating a back story can help define how a model turns out; back when I was painting figures for Role-Playing Games I would have a character biography in the back of my head even when the figure was merely a generic hanger-on and not a specific player piece.
For what it’s worth, there is ZERO chance of McNally being allowed to (legally) possess a semi-automatic handgun in the mainland U.K.; from what I know of my own rural Constabulary there is around a 90% chance of Dunbarton not having access to a firearm himself in the course of his duties. The local Police Force number around eleven hundred sworn officers to police a population of half a million scattered about around two-and-a-half thousand square miles; of those officers less than a hundred are Authorised Firearms Officers who may be issued with firearms in the normal course of their duties. Of these on any normal shift around half-a-dozen will have access to firearms when on patrol, but not carried on their persons as for the most part they function as ordinary coppers. This assumes one Armed Response Vehicle for each of the three Territorial Policing Areas, the crew of which will draw their specialist equipment at the start of their shift, check it and then place it in secure storage in the vehicle and may only utilise it with the authority of a (very) senior officer. There are also something like a hundred Special Constables (civilian volunteers sworn after passing vetting) who have the same legal powers as regular constables and are similarly equipped and uniformed but are NEVER AFOs. For the most part a Special Constable will foot patrol in company with a regular police officer and will similarly be protected with a stab vest and carry a radio, handcuffs, a baton and pepper spray. Regular officers now often carry a taser and some forces now are issuing these to their Specials subject to passing additional training. Tasers cannot be legally possessed by civilians but will be the most offensive device McNally could hope to be issued with if being in some way integrated into a U.K. constabulary.
Regards,
M
Thank you Mark for your views of my work and your insight of British Police procedures. In the past year or so, I have become fascinated with British Police procedures and especially their vehicles, but still not up to snuff on the regulations for handgun requirements. I used a lot of dramatic licensing of how I wanted my character to act like, especially in a foreign country. McNally has rarely, and I do mean rarely left the US for work on other shores (actually, one other time). My thought process was to provide a view of him at work in a foreign land using what he had to accomplish his job with. If this was to include receiving a handgun from the local Constabulary and (spoiler) not using it, then I have accomplished my goal. In the back of my mind, I knew that local British Police did not carry handguns, but I needed my PC to have access to them in order for my story to move ahead. In a lot of my McNally stories, he uses his gun to stop a protagonist and not to often, he uses his wits and sometimes, the Police. It is a fact that gun laws are very different between the US and the UK and I appreciate you telling me how the law in the UK actually works. |
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Post by mmthrax on Apr 26, 2021 6:27:17 GMT -7
This one is comimg together nicely Mike.
Enjoying the progress.
Carry on sir....
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Post by mrmike on Apr 27, 2021 8:34:58 GMT -7
Thanks Mark! The Story
McNally drives down to the Petro Station to fill up the Land Rover. He talks to the Station owner about anyone who he may have seen in the area that he doesn't know. The Station owner tells McNally of a man who has a camp up in the woods about 1/2 kilometer up from the Station. McNally wants to leave the Landy at the Station and the owner says he can. He walks up to the camp and he finds that no one is there. He looks around the empty camp and he finds a bag with bloody bandages and this must be the man he shot at the farm when he was attacked. McNally would like to have stayed at the camp and wait for the man to return, but he had to get back to the farm to help with the harvest. He will stop by early tomorrow and and wait for the camper to come out. The Build
I had blacked out the edges of the windows with a black Sharpie and I let this dry for a bit and when I added my Mod Podge to hold the windows in place, the black ink ran. I removed the windows and the dried Mod Podge and will consider my options of adding the black trim around the windows.    McNally will return... |
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Post by sharp on Apr 27, 2021 8:43:00 GMT -7
Very nice work Mike. Those colors look great on it.
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Post by mrmike on Apr 27, 2021 15:13:09 GMT -7
Thanks Mike!
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Post by mrmike on Apr 29, 2021 12:43:08 GMT -7
The StoryIn the morning, McNally drives down to the Petro Station and he waits for the man to come down from his camp. After several minutes, he sees the man stumble out of the brush and he has a slight limp and he walks along the road. McNally stays well behind him as the man limps along and he stops at the General Store and goes inside. He walks inside and goes to the counter and he asks about the man who had walked in and he is told that the limping man works in the store. He asks if he could talk to him for a moment and the store owner calls the man up front. The man comes up front and he sees McNally and he takes off running out to the back of the store and out the back door. McNally runs outside and he tackles the man and he cuffs him. He yells for the store owner to call the Police and the Police arrive a moment later and the man is taken into custody. The BuildI used the black Sharpie on the outside edge of the windows and Mod Podge as my adhesive on the inside and I like the effect. It took one or two trips on the edges with the Sharpie and it got nice and black like a rubber seal. Now to try this on the front and rear windows.    McNally will return...
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Post by mrmike on May 1, 2021 18:47:05 GMT -7
The StoryAgent Barchans of the NCA arrives at the Police Station and he is surprised to see Senior Headquarters Supervisor Peter Duncledge standing at the counter. Barchans demands to know what is going on and who and why was this person arrested for the murder of Alfred McCann. Duncledge explains the gold coin that was stolen from McCann, the found murder weapon with traces of McCann's blood on it, the attack on McNally at the Burrows Farm, finding Declan Thomas limping with some of the buckshot still in him and finding his camp. Declan Thomas had copped to the murder since he owed money to a loan shark and the loan shark had threatened his life and he was desperate for cash. He knew McCann had the coin and it would be good for some quick cash. Duncledge also cites that Barchans has had a bad record of pissing off County and Town Police officers. Barchans is to return to headquarters for disciplinary actions. McNally turns in the Glock he was loaned with the box of shells that he never used. The BuildThe Land Rover is almost done! The engine is finished. The hood didn't fit flush until I lower the distributor. The vents for the secondary roof was fitted.    McNally will return...
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I also appreciate how generating a back story can help define how a model turns out; back when I was painting figures for Role-Playing Games I would have a character biography in the back of my head even when the figure was merely a generic hanger-on and not a specific player piece. 
