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Re: FR Chicago FD 1954 FWD 85' TDA

2020-04-01T00:20:53

Website shows only 11 remain of the 300 produced. Of the hundreds of models in my collection, this is the centerpiece. Grab one while you still can.

Statistics: Posted by rastuman — Wed Apr 01, 2020 12:20 am

Re: FR Chicago FD 1954 FWD 85' TDA

2019-12-18T02:00:21

gafireman wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 17, 2019 9:58 pm
Picked up mine at the local post office last week, another outstanding piece! Hope they continue to produce a couple of vintage rigs a year. FR did a great job of replicating the look of Wood ladders, both aerial and ground. One minor detail. I believe the aerial extension - retraction cables were steel. On the model the cable is black thread. All in all, a great piece! I wish they would make the display cases a little smaller, they take up a lot of shelf space, I need to build some more.

I got mine as well. The cables are made with string since it's the closet thing they can use to match a cable in the scale, same thing was used on the 70's Seagrave ladder's. I was impressed with the handrails on the main ladder that was metal as were the eyelets. I am going to be changing the number on mine to 21 which was the truck near the house i lived in growing up and they had this model.

I do agree about the size of the cases.

Yes we will see lots of vintage this year again

Statistics: Posted by JoeO — Wed Dec 18, 2019 2:00 am

FR Chicago FD 1954 FWD 85' TDA

2019-12-17T21:58:20

Picked up mine at the local post office last week, another outstanding piece! Hope they continue to produce a couple of vintage rigs a year. FR did a great job of replicating the look of Wood ladders, both aerial and ground. One minor detail. I believe the aerial extension - retraction cables were steel. On the model the cable is black thread. All in all, a great piece! I wish they would make the display cases a little smaller, they take up a lot of shelf space, I need to build some more.

Statistics: Posted by gafireman — Tue Dec 17, 2019 9:58 pm