I started off with a Bayonne and removed all the decals

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Made from using Evergreen sheets. Diamond Plate roof from Plastruct. All other things are from the reserve parts box. Wheels are from a Siku Faun crash truck. Painted in camouflage colors. Scale 1/50. It is a Saval Kronenburg MAC06s from Royal Netherlands Air Force.....Frouko Haan


The Mack is a Yonkers FD model that was stripped of it's decals and renumbered as 215 for my FD, using Roadblockers decals. I took the control panel, jacks and boom from a CFD squad. I removed some of the hose to mount the Snorkel Boom and control panel. I had to make a new deck for the boom mounting . I had to cut the chassis to fit the jacks. I added some small details like using Conspicuity Striping from Jaydeez around the base of the cage and the back of the truck, and painting the SCBA cylinder on the lower boom....James Martin


These started as a Harrison CF Mack and a Honolulu Seagreave TDA. The main reason I built this was that I have not seen any pictures of a fully enclosed cab CF Mack TDA. It is Ladder 21 of the Union Ladder Company. I used Tamia Racing Green for the colour, and Roadblockers decals. Once the model was painted I detailed the locker handles and the tail lights. I also painted the ladder tip red.....James Martin


It´s a Malibu CXT cabin mated to a Code 3 E one ciclone pumper body. The E one body has been cut out, removing the pumper from the side and relocate it at the rear of truck in order to reduce the total lenght of the truck. Paint is original in both models (same yellow tone in both models), Wheels are from CXT model....Jorge Lopez Rodriguez


It´s a Ford C Hartoy cabin mated to a Ward La France Code 3 body. Chassis of both models were cut and fitted to the right size, then were attached one to another to became the chassis of the model. Cabin was stripped and painted (primer coat, red paint and gloss coat). Body suffered same process (all accessories were removed before, hoses pump panel...). Rims was also painted. At least cabin and body were attached, accessories were relocate (adding new emergency lights in roof and front) and model was lettered and decaled....Jorge Lopez Rodriguez


It´s a Crown cabin code 3 mated to a Pirsch ladder Code 3. Cabin and body were cut from its original model and attached one to another (chasis suffered same process). Before that both pieces were stripped. When both pieces (chasis included) were attached model were coated with primer , painted with lime colour and decaling. Model was coated with gloss coat Accessories were attached (ladders, diamond plate, front lights…Jorge Lopez Rodriguez


I used a box model of a 2005 Chevy Impala for the main body and chassis. The paint was unique because it is a Pearl Black as opposed to their actual color that they have for their car. the decals I went with Huntly, IL police department and found the colors to go quite well together, the decal colors are not real vivid so it makes the design quite suttle and a memorial decal for September 11 is also on the back as well as a straight red/red lightbar to top the car off and I also added a spotlight to the driver side. All in all this was a nice bash that goes well in my collection...Daniel Reuter


I did a simple but nice design using a Code 3 FDNY L-49 rig. I took and stripped the paint completely and started from scratch using a nice blue and silver design with gold lettering. also despite some criticizm I went and painted the rims black with detail added to the lug nuts on the wheels. this Ladder is one of a set of two rigs painted in the same theme. this truck took some time to build but I feel it turned out nice. the department is a ficticious department being Bridge City Fire Department (BCFD) L-10. also another change made with this is the positioning of the pike pole and other tools which were originally located on the side, I filled those holes in and were relocated on the top sides of the main box area located next to the arial ladder. and the ladder board is completely redone as well with new paint and graphics and many other little details to make the truck better.....Daniel Reuter


This is the second rig in a series that I did for my fictitious department Bridge City Fire Department (BCFD) Engine 211. With this I used an early Code 3 model Pierce Quantum to do the build. I added many parts to this Engine such as a new pump panel added to the Engineer side of the Engine. the officer side of the was painted a flat black to help balance the two sides. With this engine the rims were also changed from the original yellow to black with the lug nuts painted to add detail. also with this engine, I added a custom made LED lightbar that i made as well as a cloth hose bed cover to the back of the engine. the decals are all custom with the exception of the Maltese crosses on the doors which were all premade and the stripes are all made of reflective materials....Daniel Reuter


This is a 1/87 (H.O.) scale model of a Mack Granite 3000 gallon tanker. The model is mostly scratchbuilt. I used an elliptical tank from a Boley International, and the cab/hood is from a Masterbilt models kit. The body, wheels/tires, and all of the details are scratchbuilt. The paint is House of kolor urethane, and the markings are decals, and dry transfers from various sources...Ralph W. Ratcliffe


The fire engine is a replica of a real pumper. It's a Howe 1950 Chevrolet. I used the cab from an AMT pickup kit, modified the hood and made it into a cabover. The body is totally scratchbuilt. I used parts from the AMT pumper kit, ladders and hoses, to finish the body. The wheels are resin and the frame is scratchbuilt but not detailed. The decals were made on my computer from pictures of the real truck. It took about 3 months and 50 hours to complete. The 1955 Buick CHP car is another hand built one of a kind. I started with a resin Buick which had to sectioned and shortened. I put a 1955 Chevrolet roof and deck lid onto the modified Buick body. Every panel on this model had to be modified in some way. It is an exact copy of the Buicks used by the CHP. This was a 40 hour project. The door decals are computer generated....Carl Rees