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It's not much of a video

https://youtu.be/W6Vw1JSvvJI

It's only on a 3ch radio, siren is switched by hand

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It's nice to see that lil engine finally moving under it's own power, Frizzy.

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Thanks, i'm just glad it's starting to look more like the plan.

https://i.imgur.com/MXBbOCth.jpg

Preview with some red and chrome.

Still have lots of fabrication, some brass work, tracking down some lights to make it more flashy, then tearing into the details...

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Haven't had a lot of time to play with this, but i've got the rear end a bit further along.

https://i.imgur.com/VMOLeXjh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/2Orph3ih.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/EzCANNKh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/eC4SZluh.jpg

Some thinner styrene, paint, chrome, T-pins, brass... 
WPL 2 speed trans with bigger motor, servo installed manual shift since he only bought 3 ch radio

The hosebed is temporary, with some flattened 550 paracord outer sleeve 'hose' in a horseshoe layout. Suction hoses came off a Nylint pumper.

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More reference pics..
http://www.stanthonyfire.com

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This is becoming a very good looking fire truck!

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Thank you!

We took it up to the Lebanon '50s Fest' meet, and overall it performed pretty well.
The soft crawler tires on front need the beads glued. The siren sounds great in the house, is marginal in my driveway, and doesn't have enough *** for a rabbit barn full of sound modules and conversations.

High gear has good speed and enough torque for the city. The suspension with bruder figures on the back is great, taking the bridge transitions fast definately bounces the rear step nicely. (Keep your knees bent!) No complaints from driver or the dalmation.

There's a foamboard house with couple switches on the back (battery operated JackoLantern LED tealights) wonder what that's about...

Sometime after dark we got toned out on a run for a single family dwelling, involved with no fire showing.
Left the station, drove through the layout, under the barrier, down the drive.
Catch a hydrant, find out some probie packed the hose bed wrong as it dumped the load before reaching the house, restage the hoses, dress the A side of house...

https://i.imgur.com/KxksIpch.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/b2LuAr8h.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/NAentixh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/9gWkYYJh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Kv4iolXh.jpg


I picked up some taillight housings from TrueScale. I still haven't figured out the rest of the light buckets though.

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Glad to hear that it's functional now. It's looking great!

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If you like superheros, skip this one.
Personally i prefer REAL Heros such as our firefighterman, but to each their own.

So a while ago, my arch nemesis 'The Flash' struck my place, yet again. (I may or may not be some type of villan, but that's really beyond the scope of building my dad his old Fire Engine.)

Somehow my wifes Fatbike might have allegedly come into contact with the FWD in some manner, while i was at work. Which in theory could have had something to do with a many foot fall to the hardwood flooring. The Flash is a jerk. Just because you're "the fastest man in the world" doesn't mean you should terrorize people since they can't catch you..

All i know is the FWD is a little rough. The Officers-side fender boxes got ripped off, it broke some running boards, hosebed floor and hose load is missing, broke the red lens for the rotator. The suction lines are missing, and several external attachment clips missing. Also it really crushed the motivation i'd had for building the old rig.

The important part is that everyone involved was taken by ambulance and checked out, just minor injuries. The driver is ok, he'd already been through a war anyway. The dalmation is still pretty shaken up, but feeling better. One of the firemen on the tailboard is out on workmans comp, the other is wondering if it'd be safer to become a cop.

Since this took place while it was too cold to paint, it still hadn't made it out for cab paint. I've atleast started hitting it with plastic weld again. With any luck, soon it'll be back to about where it was a year ago.

Apparently i shouldn't have turned my extra rotator lenses from the ambulance into a Federal Q, and a Spotlight.

Know your escape routes. Stay safe out there. Especially if 'The Flash' is around.

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Also i was looking at some alternate USA color schemes for fire trucks. Maybe it's the general area i work, but i kinda like seeing rigs painted Slime...
http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/t...-yellow-paint/
Key Lime or Sun Yellow might just work for something.

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Sorry to hear about the carnage... now you can finish it.

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Oh no! The poor innocent truck! Good luck with the rebuild!