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Beautiful. Worth the wait. Outstanding job THANK YOU :D And some final shots, together with my other two ladders ;) Now i have all FDNY ladder types 8-) 19112019_2 (2) (Large).JPG 19112019_2 (3) (Large).JPG 19112019_2 (4) (Large).JPG Thank you all for your patience and hope you enjoy it!!

..some top views And some "action" shots

Hi everybody,
finally the Truck is done!!
For all those who followed the building progress from the beginning, you finally get to see the outcome, i hope it was worth waiting for

At least the hydraulic tubes for the radial outriggers and the work lights with the electric wires, attached to the outrigger supports. 14102019 (177) (Large).JPG 14102019 (178) (Large).JPG 14102019 (181) (Large).JPG 14102019 (182) (Large).JPG There are only minor steps left, such as the attachment ...

Next was the completion of the Boom control panel on the turntable. 14102019 (156) (Large).JPG 14102019 (164) (Large).JPG 14102019 (167) (Large).JPG and the tubes for the hydraulic support of the telescope boom as well as a small cover to hide the big screw that holds the turntable in place (this pa...

Then i built new front rims to get a closer match to real ones. And i finished the front bumper. The decals will be added at the very end.

Next were the grating parts on top of the rear bumper and on the surface of the rear compartments.

A bit more time consuming was the cretion of the scene lights which are placed on the rear of the truck. Those were build out of clear plastic pins, styrene tubes, a 1x2mm square styrene rod and very thin wire. Then i painted them with a "molotow liquid chrome" pen. 14102019 (59) (Large).JPG 1410201...

then i created the parts which are on the pipe system, but i have no idea how they´re called :roll: 14102019 (53) (Large).JPG 14102019 (54) (Large).JPG 14102019 (56) (Large).JPG 14102019 (58) (Large).JPG I even build the small position lights, which are attached to the rear lights. 14102019 (100) (L...

Next i simply used parts from the Engine 68 remainings such as the pump presure meters and add them to the front compartments. 14102019 (67) (Large).JPG 14102019 (68) (Large).JPG 14102019 (69) (Large).JPG followed by a little more detail to the cable drum of the telescope boom 14102019 (18) (Large)....