Firebuilder

Your decals look great. It is good you have the alps printer and the skills to use it ! I don’t think I can pull off letting like that with my ink jet printer.

Thank you, it sure does take a lot of time, there is a lot of redoing things that seem right at first, then once in place………….. you see the fit is just not right. the work part is relaxing and keeps me busy. Dom

Nicely done, a great tribute to your father!

Scott, thank you. And I would not want to try this on a real rig! I leave that to professionals like you . It took a while to tape this and get it all to look even. I was worried the grey paint would bleed under the tape due to the tread plate , but luckily it was only minor in a couple of spots and a quick touch up of the red was easy enough.

Aaron , Nice looking decals, my computer skills are limited, wouldn’t even know where to start to make the stripes and emblems like you have done . Can the letters be made with a shadow effect with micro soft word?

Thank you

Nice build, great color and details

thank you, the resin casting is new for me, but it is working out great so far. Had a few issues at first, but now got the process working. I don’t have the capability to print decals, and there are very few online , so I am stuck with what I can find.

Thank you

The rear of the box chevrons have been painted, the cab had first coat of the grey completed .

Thank you Gary

Looks great Charlie , amazing work!

Looks good, different use of the CF fire cab. I like that

Very nice work. Does the dehydrator make the paint any harder then just letting it air dry for several days? It may be a new technique I have to learn about.

The front bumper is done, and some paint on the lower half of cab and body. Then the top halves will be painted grey like on the bumper chevrons. The chassis still need some detailing, but is painted.

I like the motor detail, right down to the wires and labels. I have never done that to the motors, just build them from kit. Maybe after seeing so many details on here I should start doing this in the future.

Thanks Greg

Scott, You are correct sir, the rigs they are using are now Braun. Co. 1 is running a 2022 model ambulance . The colors have changed from yellow with a blue stripe (fire apparatus still yellow) to white with a blue and yellow stripe. I am trying to get this build as close as possible, but it won’t be 100%. With that, I put bondo on the hood to bump up the middle, matching a 2022 Ford E450. The grill is close but not accurate. I am working from photos of the actual rig. Still need to fine tune and finish sand, then prime again. Dom

I finally figured out the dashboard and interior. Just need a steering wheel and some details. It took several attempts to get it to look right.

Thank you.

Looking good!

Finally got the light bezels molded. The tape did the trick. Much cleaner resin cast part. There was minimal flash and clean up. Just need to file a bit in some places. Also made a mold for the grill. Was thinking of doing a black chrome for this truck instead of the traditional chrome.

The bottom half of the mold has been made, My thanks to Charlie for all of his guidance. Putting the tape on the back side of the bezel, I can see has already made a huge difference from the first mold attempt. Will cast the second half of the mold and then see what the final results are. I am following Charlie’s instruction step by step. Dom

Looks great, silicone is out of stock at micro mark , so I have to wait a bit To make the mold unless I can find it at another vendor

Awesome, very detailed right down two the spilled paint!