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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

This is an SSB resin casting. I have built several of his kits and never had the cracking problem. It was all of the red only, the silver chrome did not crackle. I did clean it with soft scrub and rinse thoroughly and let dry a few days ,then primed it and let it sit for a week or so. I used model masters primer and red paint. Maybe the paint was bad…….

Jeff, here is a pic without the double pump, my first idea was to make this into a pumper/tanker. All you would have to do is add a place for the out riggers/ stabilizer’s

Thank you Brian

Thank you Henry

Thanks Scott. The only Detroit I have is from the amt pumper kits.. they are very old style compared to a modern engine! But at least it would be something .

Thank you Lee, I appreciate that! And yes that is a tractor drawn tiller. It’s been on the bench for a few years. It’s a resin casting. The aerial ladder took a long time to clean up, fill voids and sand. Then for some reason the paint crackled in spots. So there it sits until I get the ambition to strip it and redo the paint.

Good detail work, I like the brake lines. That takes a lot of patience I bet! Dom

Jeff, great job on the paint. It looks bright from here! Seen many apparatus in that color combo from way back in my career. Dom

Lee, Good start, I really like the orange. Will look great when done. Dom

I am back at the bench, this will mostly be a kit bash, with a few scratch built parts. I started by combining 2 of the trumpeter ALF eagle kits. The cabinets and hose bed were sectioned and glued together to make a tandem wheel opening. There will be both pump panels used. The chassis has been stretched by cutting and combining the frames from both kits and the tandem rear axles installed. Have a basic idea of what I am going for after seeing a few pictures of industrial rigs. Need to figure out a color combination for this also. These kits only come with a partial transmission and no motor. Not sure what to do about that, or what would even fit the frame and floor pan height.

Charles, looking good, and as always the tips on the molds are invaluable! You would have my vote this to be a companion piece to the reo Dom

Very unique build! good color. Something you don’t see being built to often, gives people some good ideas. Well done! Dom

Nice clean build! The wood for the rack body is nicely done. Dom

Excellent build. You don’t see a lot of these older trucks being built, so it is nice to see. Dom

Great work overall!,excellent Weathering on the mixer! Dom

Nice work on the under lift and mirrors Scott. Truck is coming together, you may need a piece of fire apparatus for it to tow! Lol Dom