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Hey Guys,

Need help identifying which model Mack this is:

This truck was once run by the first fire department that I served in.  I would like to build a model of it, Any help would be appreciated!  Thanks.

David

Hi Guys,

I am looking for photos of the fire rescue teams' pickup based trucks that roll on crashes at the NASCAR races.  Can be from the 80's, as I am looking to build one that served at Daytona International Speedway.  My IPMS chapter is doing a "NASCAR at Daytona" themed club build.  I have searched the Internet, and posted this question elsewhere.  Most of the responses featured a late model  red Pierce pumper.  I am hoping to find some information and reference photos of a truck kit that is/was readily available.  Am I dreaming, or did such vehicles ever exist???  Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.  Also open to something a little different, such as the jet dryers used after rain to dry the track, or any other "different" subject matter...  Thanks!

David

Hey Guys,

This is a project that has taken a few turns along it's journey.  This was the inspiration for this build.

Since at the time I began this rig, no Freightliner FL Series cab was available( I have since bought the Plaskit version, but that is for another project).  It started out with a Mack R style cab, but it looked a little dated.  I checked my "stash", and found a Plaskit Mack RD resin hood.  It was posed with an R cab for a mockup

The cab was stripped, hood glued, and painted:

The dry side tanker body was scratchbuilt.  After the pump panel was roughed out, these photos were taken:

After investing so much time in the tanker body, I realized, that it was too narrow.  I couldn't bring myself to cut it up, so I set the project aside for a while.  A fellow modeler built a great International elliptical tanker model that I really admired.  He shared his construction techniques and the following advice: "Sometimes a project comes out looking totally different from how we imagined it".  How true!  This is when I made some major changes...

Hi Guys,

The title says it all...  I have an ALPS, and dedicated "antique" computer to produce/print decals, but both are in storage.  Current living quarters lacks the space to set them up anyway...  Was wondering about doing inkjet stripes such as these:

I have heard good things about Papillio decal fixative, was wondering about their decal paper?  Thanks in advance!

Hi Guys,

I am in the process of building many of my hometown's fire apparatus.  http://www.rivertonf...atus/index.html  Lots of really cool photos on there...  Two of the pieces are the style depicted in the AMT American La France.  Both are open cabs, which I am preparing now.  The ladder that we had was a "midship mount", as opposed to the "rear mount" depicted in the kit.  Thus, I need to know the wheelbase of the built up Ladder Chief model.  Anyone with access to one that they could measure, it would be greatly appreciated!  Thanks in advance.