hooknladderno1 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 (edited) Here's another project that has been "on the drawing board" for some time. Back when American La France was owned by Damier-Chrysler, they offered an Urban Wildland Interface fire vehicle. The apparatus in the brochure looked kinda neat. Don't know how many, if any were ever sold. I do know of some Unimog based apparatus, such as Miami-Dade, and Kennet or Longwood PA. Here are some shots from the brochure: Welly and Schuco offer this style Unimog in a diecast in 1/24 scale. Getting my hands on one was a challenge 5 years ago. With the help of a friend in Germany, I was able to purchase 2. One of the units was disassembled and stripped. Duplicolor self etching primer was applied to the cabs metal parts. The chassis was cut and lengthened. A simple mock-up was made with cardboard to see if the proportions were close. I know, the rear body needs to come down a few inches to fall between the bottom and second cab step and the top of the cab and rear body should be level... Anyone with knowledge of the type of plow on the front of the rig, please share with me. I'm not familiar with this, and want to accurately replicate it on my model. Thanks for looking! Let me know what you think. David Edited May 5, 2015 by hooknladderno1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseldawg142 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 (edited) .... Edited May 11, 2018 by dieseldawg142 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Looking really good and cool subject... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Very cool project. Good luck with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Interesting project. I like the concept. It would have made for an interesting vehicle to fight fires in the Everglades. The Unimog sure is a strange looking vehicle. It kind of looks like a Pug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-plane362 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Dave here are a couple more. (I think I got how to attach them now) I was going to use the snow plow Unimog for mine as it has the plow already attached Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorincebu Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 I don't know if a vehicle like this would work out in the Everglades. But I know it would most anywhere else! Cool idea and interesting project. Be Well Gator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilrathy10 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 (edited) Cool....Looks really cool....Ought to be an interesting project to watch, for sure..... Edited May 9, 2015 by kilrathy10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-plane362 Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 The Unimog would not do well in the Everglades when I surveyed with Flood Control we used a Rolligon the tires were big enough to float across ponds as well as the muck. This is close to what we used but we built equipment boxes and seats on the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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