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I've been building since about '55, and have driven Class A for a number of years, but never built a truck model. I'm doing a version of our family White 3000 tilt-cab (as a flatbed rod-hauler) now, and have ambition to build a small truck which I drove in the '60s: a '55-56 Chevy 1-1/2 or 2 Ton flatbed that the US Forest Service typically converted into a Class 3 fire tanker. I'd like to have some help in sourcing the parts (resin, etc) that would be helpful to re-create this very versatile fire truck, and wonder if anyone knows of any such model having been built? I don't have any pics, but have the layout -- including the fire-pump controls, which we truck operators had to memorize -- pretty well in mind. Also, though it didn't have much in the way of decals, the 'official use only' and USFS shield would be a blessing to discover ready-made. I also herded around a ''64 Dodge version of the same unit (larger tank) that would do to build, though the Chevy is closer to my heart! That 265 didn't have much excess torque, but it would rev when the road improved, whereas the Dodge was a better lugger with the old 318! Both got us to a lot of fires, which unlike now, we actually put out! No motelling in 1964, we slept in the duff, or on the tanker! Old Wick