Mack Snorkel

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more work has been completed on the snorkel base. The hose bed has a new section and the area around the base has been filled. At the back are the siamese, and locations for some small lights. The waterway riser has been extended and is ready for the deluge gun. It's nearly ready for paint. The base will be red along with the hose bed. The boom, turntable and platform will be white.

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[CCFR-45]

This is coming a long very nicely.

Thanks for sharing

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The work is done and the project has been delivered. It will eventually be mounted on a new Mack L body. One Deitz light has to be made like the one on the corner of the platform but that's all that's left to finish it off. Decals were done on an ALPS printer. Paint is Krylon semi-gloss white and Duplicolor Victory Red.

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Final details for the project have been completed. Two Crouse-Hind spotlights needed to be built and one more Deitz light for the platform was needed. The spotlight was turned from aluminum rod and polished up. A mold was made of RTV so that two lights could be made. Then the bases were made of brass. Common pins attach the lights to the brackets. Before mounting each light lens was covered with bare metal foil and trimmed. Then the light was assembled and given a coat of primer. The final coat is silver with a piece of thread out the back to simulate the electric cord. After the paint dried the BMF was peeled off leaving a translucent white lens (casting resin) for the light. The Deitz light was turned from 1/8" diameter brass; both the light itself and the bracket. Then they were soldered together. A small piece of wire was used for the handle. The entire light was painted aluminum and the lens was painted with flat white.

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Yesterday I met with the builder of this rig to make some repairs to the donor Springfield Mack that he had purchased. It supposedly was mint in the box but when it was opened the front bumper was crushed into several pieces. No real explanation for it. So I was asked to rebuild a bumper which I did using brass sheet stock and some stainless treadplate given to me by a great friend and fellow modeler. I added strips of brass wire to the front face of the bumper by soldering them on. I gave the bumper a coat of etching primer and then foiled the bumper face. Once the foil was trimmed I painted the entire face red. After the paint was dry I used a paper towel dampened with paint thinner to gently wipe across the wire portion of the bumper. The thinner took the red paint off the wire exposing the Bare Metal Foil underneath.
Once that was finished holes were drilled in the top of the bumper treadplate for the tow hooks. A piece of aluminum rod was turned into a mini Federal Q2B siren. Some decals were printed up to represent the slots and face of the siren front section. A small beacon still has to be made for the top of the windshield. Then it will be returned for further work.
With that completed, coverings were made for the sides of the platform with 3M white tape. I hope it doesn't dry out too much and fall off. There is no good way to really represent these insulating covers but the tape looks good and shows off the tubing behind it.

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[Hazmat]

What a piece of art, fantastic

[CCFR-45]

GREAT work! I can't wait to see more!

[Dfdeng44]

Amazing work.