Building progress LACoFD Lifeguard Ford F-350

Post by **Hazmat** » Thu Apr 29, 2021 2:11 pm

Hi again,
following you see the building steps to my latest project.
This time I again used the 1:43 scale 2008 Ford F-250 from New Ray.

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since I made a seperate topic with the replacement of the tires, I skip the part for this build

So at this stage I already cut the rear bed away and shortened the driver cabine.

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Fits perfect already

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and the cabine parts glued together

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Post by **Hazmat** » Thu Apr 29, 2021 2:18 pm

Next was the cardboard mock up for the rear compartment section.

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measurments were ok, so the 1mm styrene sheet version followed.
First all parts cut out

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Post by **Hazmat** » Thu Apr 29, 2021 2:25 pm

Meanwhile I also had modified the towing hitch

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After punching holes into the compartment doors for the handles, the base rear compartment frame was done.

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Post by **Hazmat** » Thu Apr 29, 2021 2:33 pm

After reenforcing the compartment frame, the rear section base was done.
I even incorporated small 2mm bolts into the base for better attachment to the chassis

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Post by **Hazmat** » Thu Apr 29, 2021 2:49 pm

With this done I started to create the racks for the surfboard and the stretcher basket.
After several unsuccessful attemps of cutting "free hand" angled frames in the past

, I this time choosed to make a subframe or guideframe

to get the correct angles for the racks

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For the racks I used 1x2 mm strip styrene and L-shape strips as mounting feet.

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and checking if the racks fit

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Post by **Hazmat** » Thu Apr 29, 2021 2:59 pm

Speaking of the surfboard, this onefollowed next

I basically drew a free hand shape onto some cardboard and traced it onto a 1mm styrene sheet, once happy with the shape. The small fin was simply created by cutting a small triangle out of 0,5 mm styrene and filing a small notch with a round file into it. Finally I rounded the edges and bent the piece to achieve the surfboard appearence.

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Post by **Hazmat** » Thu Apr 29, 2021 3:07 pm

The next step was to modify the regular mirrors to the extended version as used with the utility/commercial versions.
Since I already explained the steps with my FDNY HazTac und NYPD ESU unit, here just the pictures of the progress.

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After this the paintjob followed.

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Post by **Hazmat** » Thu Apr 29, 2021 3:13 pm

With the paint on, I completed the mirrors.

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And an overview of the model so far.

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Post by **Hazmat** » Thu Apr 29, 2021 3:23 pm

Since the main bodywork was done,I now concentrated on the details.
Starting with the front pushbar, out of black 0,5 mm styrene, 1,5 mm styrene rods, tubes and 2mm U-shape rods.