Chariots of Fire Posted April 17, 2020 This rig is now ready for a trip through the woods. Once or twice doing that though and it won't look so bright and shiny. But that is what they are built for and are (or were) quite successful at it. Here are photos of the last couple of sessions adding small details to the rig that finish the build. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NAVY Posted April 18, 2020 Beautiful work ! Love the details in the railings and different pumps. Tires and wheels are really nice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DRIPTROIT 71 Posted April 19, 2020 One of my favorite builds of all time! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark 1 Posted April 20, 2020 WOW. That'll take some awards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Dutz Posted April 25, 2020 What a great looking model! Your scratch building skills are off the charts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
41CHEVY Posted May 21, 2020 Beautiful work! Those Cape Cod units are sure built a tad heavier than our L.I. Pine Barren units are. Paul Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chariots of Fire Posted May 21, 2020 I've seen some pretty heavy units down your way as well, Paul! You tend to do a lot more protection over the top than we do. Here are a couple more examples of Cape Cod rigs. In 1952 this was one of the ways in which they were done. Not much protection here! This one is more up to date and in fact was upgraded about 7 years ago. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CBorz666 Posted May 22, 2020 Holy cow that’s incredible. Love it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vincen47 Posted May 22, 2020 Museum quality builds, what a great tribute to the heroes who operated the 1:1 trucks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
goingsouth58 Posted May 22, 2020 great builds a++++ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
41CHEVY Posted May 23, 2020 (edited) On 5/20/2020 at 11:31 PM, Chariots of Fire said: I've seen some pretty heavy units down your way as well, Paul! You tend to do a lot more protection over the top than we do. Here are a couple more examples of Cape Cod rigs. In 1952 this was one of the ways in which they were done. Not much protection here! This one is more up to date and in fact was upgraded about 7 years ago. Yes we need a ton of overhead protection! Here is our Shoreham rig I started a few years ago. I scaled up a 1/35 GMC to scratch build it in1/25. Still doing the tank, pumps, hose reels and froward below bumper spray units. Now the Long Island built Fire-Matic factory built units are replacing the ex mil units here Edited May 23, 2020 by 41CHEVY 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chariots of Fire Posted May 23, 2020 What scale is that, Paul. That's pretty cool! Cab from the Renwall wrecker kit by any chance? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
41CHEVY Posted May 25, 2020 I took the AFV Club 1/35 M35 Vietnam gun truck and scaled it up to 1/25 and scratch built it. The chassis, wheels and suspension are kit bashed from a pair of Italeri 1/24 Opel Blitz. Cab roof and windshield are from an old Monogram hot rod kit, air cleaner cover is actually a Tuxedo shirt cuff stud. There is a few kits on here I've scaled up from 1/35 , one is an AM General M917 dump truck I scaled up from the Trumpeter U.S. Army Container semi truck kit. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chariots of Fire Posted May 25, 2020 That's nice work, Paul. Scaling up is not easy to do, especially if what you are working from is in any way questionable. I did this M-52 from photos and measurements taken from the actual piece and it was a fair amount of work. The hardest part was to get the hood right. Fortunately I did a mold and was able to cast it. The rest is just sheet stock. The builder of this real rig overdid the front bar work in my opinion. But that is the way the truck was made so that is what I did to reproduce it in 1/25 scale. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
41CHEVY Posted June 12, 2020 On 5/25/2020 at 2:03 PM, Chariots of Fire said: That's nice work, Paul. Scaling up is not easy to do, especially if what you are working from is in any way questionable. I did this M-52 from photos and measurements taken from the actual piece and it was a fair amount of work. The hardest part was to get the hood right. Fortunately I did a mold and was able to cast it. The rest is just sheet stock. The builder of this real rig overdid the front bar work in my opinion. But that is the way the truck was made so that is what I did to reproduce it in 1/25 scale. I see a lot of Cape Cod style rigs with that set up but in their defense I've seen demos of the pushing trees over with them. My hood was made from some car body and 1/350 scale ship hull parts. What powers that unit? multi fuel engine or up grade to diesel? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chariots of Fire Posted June 12, 2020 Yes, they do push over trees with that top bar but the idea behind it is to just get the tree leaning. The bottom bar does all the work. Anyway the real rig is multi-fuel, I believe. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
goingsouth58 Posted June 12, 2020 the best lookin builds I thank I have ever see 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Dutz Posted June 13, 2020 12 hours ago, goingsouth58 said: the best lookin builds I thank I have ever see I so agree. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites