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CDW
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The kit has a basic interior. For the most part, it cannot be seen while sitting on the shelf so I chose not to spend a lot of time trying to detail it all out. It's painted in a two-tone gray. Notice that some of the seats have the hollow seat backs so the fire fighters can be seated with their breathing apparatus on their backs.
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These boys have caught big fish and do it fairly regularly.
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Even the greatest fisherman don't always catch the big fish, but it's perseverance and patience that marks their character. Two of my grandsons yesterday.
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Will have to give this paint some time to cure before I apply chrome trim, accessories, interior, and decals. In the back of the cab where it's got the diamond plate texture, will mask that off and paint it aluminum. The decals will be as per the box art. I received some alternate decal lettering for Philadelphia, Scranton, and Baltimore, but I prefer the quality of the kit decals, College Park. The alternate decal sheet appears too small, out of scale. Maybe it's 1:32 scale instead of 1:24 scale.
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I agree 100% Yes, exactly right...no need to go crazy making hose, just enough to show it's there with the cover over the rest. Thanks!
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Great idea! Typically, what is the length of a single FD fire hose section?
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Okay, I put my thinking cap on and believe I may have come up with a solution for the hose. Going to do some more painting first, then experiment with an idea for scale hose. If some type of thin metallic flat stock was used to retain a flat shape, then covered with heat shrink, that just might make a convincing facsimile for fire hose. I have saved quite a bit of photo etch "sprues", and will try using them to cover with heat shrink to see how it looks. I could cut off some little sections of 1/8" ID brass tubing for the couplings.
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Thanks! It looks great, but I am wondering it it's supple enough to lay flat or if it will tend to retain a round shape? Wish I had a sample piece to see it. https://www.wirecare.com/category/braided-sleeving/braided-sleeving-flame-retardant/flexo-clean-cut-fr-fray-resistant/ccf0.13tb-1-8-black-clean-cut-fr-10-ft-cuts
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In the photo above, that looks like it could be some type of a light elastic. Don't know much about fabrics.
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Whatever this modeler used looks convincing. Shoestrings? paracord? I'm not sure but the weave needs to look small enough to be convincing for scale. Will have to scratch some hose fittings.
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I'm at the stage to begin the paint and body work for the cab and box. Will next lay on some primer, then white, red, and aluminum paints. There are a lot of decals and details to be added to the control panels. I want to start looking for suitable material to simulate the fire hoses that will be laid in the back of the truck. Need to make a trip to a well stocked fabric store.
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After what I learned from Kurt, painted the hose on the high pressure hose reel, black.
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This is not a vintage kit. Produced as an original not too long ago. Gunze are the referenced paint numbers, and Gunze makes every color under the sun. Probably a greater selection than any other model paint manufacturer I know, so that does not seem a plausible excuse. I think it's just a lack of research and fact checking.
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Only $1,500 bucks? Seems like it would be worth more than that just for scrap value. These are great looking trucks right here in these photos.
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Thanks for all the info Kurt. Glad you said something about the color of the high pressure hose. The instructions called for it being yellow but I will change it to flat red (or flat black?) based on what you've taught me. The pump I will leave silver as it will be completely covered by the control panel anyway. Why is it the model manufacturers always seem to get the colors wrong on their instruction call-outs? Checking the fit as I go along. Painted the control panel today.
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Here is the finished chassis, ready for the cab and body additions that ride atop of it. Next is the control box that rides midway between the cab and body of the pumper. If my terminology is incorrect for this piece, maybe Kurt will chime in and give me a hand for the proper name of it. It's made up of diamond plate and has lots of instruments and couplings attached. As pictured, you see it in black primer which I use before applying the shiny aluminum diamond plate finish. I like to use a semi gloss black acrylic for this primer as the aluminum plate metallic paint goes down very well on top of it. Last is a hose reel that's part of the control box assembly. Also, this part is primered in semi gloss black acrylic and will be silver metallic with yellow hose.
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Great story, Kurt. Thanks for sharing that with us. I never knew the original helmets were made of leather. When I was growing up, the city Fire Marshall lived across the street from us. He had a personal vehicle that was either a Plymouth or Dodge, can't remember for sure, but it was fire engine red in color. I remember thinking how cool his car looked back then. It had the push button gear shift for the automatic transmission. My dad was a business man, and a local politician. We had a police 2 way radio installed by the city in our family vehicle (a 1955 Oldsmobile). Many times, my dad drove us to the scenes of fires he learned about over the radio and we watched the firefighters put out the fires. Very exciting to see as a kid.
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Caught this photo of the "Bethlehem Star" at dusk this afternoon. The two planets had just come into alignment.
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The entire chassis gets painted black. Boring, I know. I'll go around and add some metallic details here and there just to liven things up. Here, wanted to dry fit the wheels to the axles. Preparing to add a few more chassis/drive train parts, then paint a little more black before starting on everything above the chassis.
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Assembly begins with sub assemblies of the chassis, drive train, and the massive water pump. No engine detail is given in this kit, but it's just as well as we could not see it even if it was there in magnificent detail as it is housed within the cab.
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Oh yeah....you're right! Didn't even think about College Park Maryland. After the fact, I did find a decal sheet that has Philadelphia and City of Baltimore on it, on Ebay. Now that I realize College Park is a legitimate fire department, I'll probably just stick to what I've got.
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I looked for some aftermarket decals but did not find any. Would be nice to have some from a well known city or county, but generic may have to do. This kit is very well detailed and from photos I have seen, produces a very authentic looking piece of equipment.
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