Hi,

What is the website for CFD Buffs?

Thanks,

Kevin

Mine is supposed to arrive tmrw.... Jeff, how's the piece overall? Good detail? Better looking than the proto?

Very little detail on the pump panel, reminds me of the 1st Code-3's that came out!

http://www.squidge.org/chicagofiredepartment/appengine/engine120.html

Thanks for the link Mike.

The lights are too close you are correct....gold pin stripes missing on the high side copmpartments....never ever have i seen the rig with telescoping lights behind the cab....and a black (pyrolite) pistol grip booster nozzle ???? and most of all...no 888 light on the front of the cab !!!

I need to see a picture of this '888' light? What is it?? It's driving me nuts because this isn't the first time I've heard the term, just can't visualize it. Any pic or link with a pic would be GREAT!!!!

Thanks guys!

I too thought the lights were way too close together..that was my first comment. And way tooo little detail on the pump panels. Definitely a step back. It looks like they are using the pump panels from the old crowns...

And I too have no idea about the mysterious 8-8-8 light.

I am in the UK, and probably wrong, but use this link, look at the 1st picture, I think the light above the grill in the center is an 888 light?
http://www.squidge.org/chicagofiredepartment/appengine/engine060.html

Yes that is the 888 light. On all of the CFD LaFrance's I have seen photos of, the 888 is flush mounted at the center. Also on this page it shows a LaFrance at the bottom. This one shows how far the lights really are in from the edge.

Maybe it's just the lighting but on the site, did you notice that the last picture (of E69), the green light looks to be on the port (wrong) side.

I know when Code 3 did the generic Chicago Tower they f'ed up put the green light on the wrong side.

copy this link and you'll normally see a photo of 1 of the 3 CFD 1977 ALF's with high side compartments similar to the Code 3 model :

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/811/1977chicagoalf4fn.jpg