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Looking great as always Charles , detail always amazing .

Nice build! I will be following this one. Gives me a few ideas.

Excellent build Scott , looks great

Thank you.

Charles, I will give that a try. Thanks for the tip

Thank you.

The hose loads and the inlet and discharges are installed. It took some time to make them and then cast in resin . I noticed a few of the gauge decals fell off. So they will have to be replaced. Progress has been slow, but it’s getting there!

Charles, sorry to hear about your arm, get well soon

Scott, exceptional build, well done!

Charles, here are a few more photos , one of a rig that was delivered to a refinery here in NJ. Note the 12 inch inlet !

Victor, Thank you, they came out better than I thought they would. Still some work to be done on them, I spotted some things that need to be sanded more and realigned. Dom

Brian, Thank you. The black pump panel does stand out and is the latest trend in fire apparatus. They still do produce many with stainless steel, or aluminum panels. All of my older builds had the chrome look, so the black stands out in the display cases. Dom

Some work has been started on the pump panel. Still need to make the intake and discharge fittings. Also made a mold for the rear axles housing from and old axle half I had in my parts bin. It fit perfectly over the kit axle and allowed me to add the drive shaft for the tandems. Have to do some sanding and clean on the frame. Then on to paint.

Scott, exceptional work on the boom and under lift . Paint nd decals look great. Dom