2010 Dodge Charger R/T

[mrmike]

There is a large engine cover that covers the entire top of the engine. Once that is on, you can't see where the wires go. They say that those covers reduce engine noise and I really can't say if they do or don't. If you plan on having wires for the coil packs and the engine cover is removable, then they need to go somewhere.

[mrmike]

The Story
The Coroner opens the body bag and McNally looks at the face of the victim and he says he doesn't recognise him. Lt. Det. Troy says that he had his business card in his wallet. Maybe he got the business card from Attorney Charlotte Rothmann and he never got to contact McNally? McNally will ask her when he meets her for breakfast at the Comet Diner later in the morning. The Coroner zips up the bag and his assistant moves the body to the Coroner's Van for loading.
The victim is Shawn Whittaker from Alston, MA and he was reporting to Fenway Park for work helping with the cleanup. Why he was killed is now a complete mystery to the Police and they were just starting the investigation. McNally will ask Charlie about the business card that was found on the victim and Det. Darvell would be in charge of the investigation from this point on since Lt. Det. Troy has to get back to the Precinct for the Commander's Meeting.

The Build
At this point, the Hemi engine is complete. My guess is that the car would be a 3.5 Ltr. V6 powered car, but this kit has a 5.7 Ltr. Hemi. I've been painting other necessary parts including the chassis. The chassis will need to be painted with overspray.



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[Jcon]

Nice!!!

[mrmike]

Thanks Joe!

[mrmike]

The Story
McNally arrives at the Comet Diner, a dining establishment built into an old trolley car that serve breakfast, lunch and dinner all day and he takes a booth up front by the windows. A short while later, Attorney Charlotte Rothmann aka Charlie arrives and she sits across from McNally and asks, "What's good?" Charlie always asks that question when she joins the Boston PI for breakfast. He asks her if she gave out an of his business cards lately and she says yes, to a Shawn Whittaker who was to ask him to investigate a traffic accident. McNally replies that Shawn was murdered the night before.



The Build
I washed the Charger this afternoon in prep for primer and paint.






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[tubbs]

Mike, first off the build is coming along great so far. going to look real good in the green.

second, not to get personal, but do you have a writers background? were you an ex-policeman? you put together some amazing stories. where did your character get derived from? you obviously watch a lot of cop shows. i don't know, i just think its cool.

[mrmike]

Thanks Al for the nice words! I am just a retired warehouse worker who did fair to poor in English in school, so I don't have a background in writing. My influence for my McNally character comes from the Spenser For Hire character played by the late Robert Urich and Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels and my own mind. The ideas for most of my stories come from my mind and a few from the Spenser For Hire TV series. I am not published by anyone, but I am told that I should be. I write my stories to help keep my mind active during my retirement and McNally, Boston PI is not the only stories I write. The first character and story I wrote was a character named Mr. Allen, a retired spy from Washington, DC. I started writing that story almost twenty years ago and then Tamiya released their Aston Martin DBS sports car. So, as you can see I keep writing to keep my mind active!

[tubbs]

very cool Mike. didn't mean to get personal, but i have always been curious about that. thanks for the information into your life about the good guys!! and i watched Spencer for hire. dont remember it too much, that was mid 80's i believe. cant remember his black partner though. he was the bad ass of the 2 from what i remember.

[mrmike]

It was no problem, Al! You didn't get personal at all. Your curiosity caused you to ask questions and I tried my best to answer them all. Just so you know, Spenser For Hire ran for three years from 1985 to 1988. There was suppose to be a fourth season provided the cast and crew moved to Toronto, Canada, but the producers thought Boston played a major part of the series, so Toronto was out and so was the series.  The other guy was known as Hawk.  He is a tall black man with very few scruples and he will do what no other man would do.  Avery Brooks was described by Robert B. Parker as the one actor that nailed the role.

[mrmike]

The Story
Det. Steven Darvell returns to Boston Police Headquarters. He waddles into the Homicide Squad Room and he clears his small desk of the empty coffee cups, candy wrappers, and a rotting bologna sandwich that he never finished eating, which is unusual in itself now that it sat on his desk for two days. He takes his trash can to empty it and when he returns; he sits down and opens a bag of donuts he picked up on the way in. The donut he pulls out is covered with a lot of powdered sugar and he takes bite out of it and the sugar falls all over the computer keyboard that he was trying to type on. Adam is watching him from his office and only shakes his head knowing that McNally is correct about Darvell, a waddling, talking slob.
He finds the mouse to his computer and finds an empty report to fill out. His best and fastest typing is the old hunt and peck method. This is going to take a while.

The Build
The chassis is mostly assembled. I just need to add the exhaust system and then do some touchups.




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[mrmike]

The Story
McNally arrives home from his breakfast meeting with Attorney Charlotte Rothman. He parks the Super Bee in the driveway and goes into the house and upstairs to his bedroom to change into his work clothes so he can work on his old Plymouth ‘Cuda. An old t-shirt, jeans and sneakers and he is off to the garage with a bottle of water to work on the 'Cuda. He unlocks the garage door and lifts the door over his head and walks inside and over to the bench where the Six Barrel carbs are sitting on the bench. He turns on the lights and picks up a screwdriver and finishes assembling one of the three carbs that go on the engine and he works on the carbs for several hours.
The old Plymouth ‘Cuda was a project for him and getting it running again was a requirement for McNally. The car had been between his garage and his friend Vic’s shop for some time and he wanted to get it running again. He had been working on the carbs for several hours when he hears someone coming up the driveway towards the garage. He kept a Smith & Wesson Model 36 .38 caliber revolver with a 3 inch barrel hidden on the bench top just in case of emergency, but it wasn’t needed today as it was only Det. Steven Darvell waddling up to the garage.
“McNally, you should post a sign on the front door telling people you are in the garage,” says Darvell walking into the garage.
“Detective, I don’t do that with the hope that they would just go away. What do you want?”
“You are going to introduce me to Alexander Cannon. Let’s go,” he says grabbing McNally’s arm.
McNally throws off Darvell’s hand and says, “Why should I introduce you to Cannon?”
“Because I said so,” Darvell says as he grabs McNally by the arm again.
Once again, McNally throws off Darvell’s hand, jumps off his workbench stool and grabs and twists Darvell’s arm behind his back and pushes him up against the ‘Cuda. Darvell rests his head against the roof of the ‘Cuda and sighs. McNally lets go of the over-weight detective and lets him turn around to face the Boston PI.
“What the Hell is the matter with you? You have never approached me like this before.”

The Build
I got the Charger into a coat of Dupli-Color grey primer in prep for the Dupli-Color Forest Green Pearl paint.



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[mrmike]

The Story
McNally tells Darvell to stay put and he walks out of the garage and he pulls out his cellphone and he calls Mr. Virden to set up a meeting with Alexander Cannon. Virden says to meet at Legal Seafood down by the dock at Boston Harbor at 1:30 PM for a quick meeting. This is where Cannon will be having lunch with his wife. McNally says thank you and he hangs up while he goes back to the garage and he tells Darvell to be on his best behavior and everything will be fine. McNally goes into the haouse to change clothes for his meeting with Cannon.



The Build
The chassis is 95% complete!






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[tubbs]

about to wrap this one up Mike. looks great.

[mrmike]

Thanks Al! I still have a ways to go on this one.

[mrmike]

The Story
McNally and Darvell drive down to Legal Seafood for the meeting with Alexander Cannon. As they approach, Virden and an associate get up and stop the two detectives. Virden says that Cannon has changed his mind and he will not meet with them today. McNally can tell that Darvell wants to bust some heads and he tries to calm him down. Cannon gets up from his table and walks over to them and he has them sit at a table away from away from other customers.
McNally asks about the Red Sox game last night and if Cannon saw anything about a young man being killed after the game. Cannon says no, but he will ask his friends who were at the game with him if they saw anything. Cannon asks if he could speak to McNally alone and McNally tells Darvell to wait for him by his car and Darvell gets up and he walks over to McNally's car and waits. Cannon asks why was Darvell with him and he tells Cannon that Darvell is trying to find his killer and he wasn't trying to entrap Cannon. He thinks for a moment and tells McNally that all is good and he thanks him for his time and he gets up and returns to his table and his wife.

The Build
Paint was flying tonight as I painted the body, interior and related parts.




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