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My apology, I was just on the website and the correct name is Ranger Detail Technologies. Dom

I like the chopped cab ! Rims wheels look good. Dom

Great start, adding the plastic stock for the cabinet doors definitely a big improvement. You can also order parts from Ranger Detail Products. He makes a lot of fire apparatus parts in 1:25. I have ordered from him in the past and was satisfied with his product. I will be following. All of your apparatus builds. Dom

Coming together nicely Scott . Great attention to the chassis details! I may to build a wrecker for my fleet, or maybe a heavy rescue wrecker like Miami dade, or LA has……….hmmmmmm. Hope to get back to my bench soon. Dom

Charles, With the help you have given me ,I have been making molds and casting parts . Most of the parts are based from kit based pieces. It would be great to see how you make and perfect pieces to be cast from stock plastic shapes. As you are aware many of today’s fire apparatus and ambulances have 20 plus lights on them. I am having a Hard time making the bezels and lenses from scratch. As well with other parts I am trying to make from scratch, they look good on the bench, but when cast in resin a lot of imperfections show up. The hobby putty seems to be difficult to work with ( maybe I overwork it) and does not always adhere properly to the parts or body.Any help in these areas for those of us in need would be greatly appreciated! Dom

Excellent build Charles , great detail and scratch building and paint !

Looks like you making good progress Scott , looking forward to seeing the finished build.

Nice theme! Being from Jersey it made me lol. Great build

Scott, that’s a nice part time job, I’d rather stay in jersey than drive in NYC, esp with a new rig! They had an electrical fire in the queens shop last week. From what I read , not much damage though.

I saw this service truck on a site when I was searching for another project. Hope it helps. Dom

Scott, I will be keeping a watch on this one, it will be a great one.

Well done, amazing job on the weathering and the rust! Great detail for entire build.

Very nice build.

Really nice build, the ratchet straps for the jersey barrier load are well done and give it that realistic touch. Well done!

Great build, excellent detail and finish!

I have not been on here in awhile, so I just caught up on this. Exceptional build as always !

Thank you Gary !

That is an uptown automotive casting. I made the interior for it some time ago. I have been stuck on the grill, so it just sits on the bench. I have tried various pieces of plastic stock, but it just does not look right . The grill bars I make are either to flat or to round, And I am not sure what’s behind them. Maybe just the radiator or mesh?

I have not had much time at the bench, so progress has slowed to a crawl. Here is the latest photos. Have a bunch of warning lights to make for the box, and need to put on the decals. Made some progress with vacu forming the windshield. Not as clean as I’d like it to be, but it has been and still is a learning experience. The light tower I ordered was 3D printed, not operable and took a lot of sanding to make it smooth. Still can see some of the print lines.

Wow Charlie , looks amazing, another masterpiece in the works.

Looks good, nice recovery, and it’s good you didn’t give up on it. As for the paint imperfections that you have left, you could always use the story that they were a little to close to the fire.

Great build Scott, looks amazing !

Nice work, the weathering and rust are awesome!

Nice progress Scott, paint looks nice and decals look really good!