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Here's an in-progress shot of a 1968 Dodge W500 that has been built into a small municipal airport crash rig. It is not of any particular fire department and will be lettered for the "Village of Tremont". Still a bit of work to do on the cab doors and interior.
Scale is 1/25. Cab is resin and body is scratch built. Extinguisher is turned aluminum. Pump panel is series of plastic bits and pieces, common pins and discharge caps from Don Mills Hobbies. Appliances are also scratch built. Tires and wheels are resin castings as well.
[OUTSTANDING!!! A FANTASTIC PIECE OF WORK.
We will be having a model show on Cape Cod in September. Also there will be the 100th anniversary celebration for the Wareham Fire Department during Fire Prevention Week in October. I plan on displaying some of the models there as well.
The nozzles are done with some aluminum tubing (bayonnet and proximity). The Foam nozzle was done with plastic tubing and aluminum tubing. It could have been scaled down a bit. The CO2 nozzles were done with resin castings and some wire for the shutoffs. Aluminum tubing was used for the couplings. Booster reel hose is electrical wire. CO2 hose is some detail wire I picked up at NNL East.
