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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

Charles, exceptional work, I like what you did with the hard suction, looks really good. Dom

Jeff, great job on the chevrons , very neat and clean, sharp edges. Dom

Gary, looks great. The tri axle is awesome. Really like the color! Dom

Looks good so far, I like the shortened chassis. Dom

Wow, what a great build! Looks really great and not a build you see every day. Very outside the box. Dom

I did a mock up of the pump panel and deluge, deck guns. I think the one above the pump may to to large. So I may go with a smaller one that I have. I also made the piping for it from Plastruct elbows and some tubing. The pump panel area will have three 2 1/2 inch hand lines. I made a mold to cast some of the parts I will need multiples of. Will see how they come out once cured. Dom

Gary, looking really nice , excellent work. Dom

Charles, thank you, I was pleased with how the body came out. I cut as carefully as I could and the seams were very close. Once the putty is sanded they should be mostly invisible. The reason for the dual panels is that most of today’s industrial pumpers can pump 5,000 + gpm at draft, and over 10,000+ gpm from a pressurized source. Here are some of the pictures I based the pump panel off of, they are way oversized . A lot are top mounts panels also. I went with the kit pump panels being I don’t think I have the patience, or the skill to make my own pump panel from scratch. Dom

Agreed , it adds a lot to the overall kit, and it opens up a lot of possibilities for other apparatus.

That’s a good possibility,

Very ambitious future build. I think most of us have multiple projects going at once. Especially if you burn out on one, you move on then come back to it eventually. Dom

Scott, Nice job on the paint

Looks great! The green chevrons will be perfect. Dom