My fire engine

[daveww1]

I got a calendar from KME who is a local mfg. of fire trucks, each page has a scale drawing of a truck on the back of the page. I took the calendar to a copy shop and had them enlarge it until the wheels I had just fit the wheels on the drawing. The truck is made from poplar, for the roll up doors I used 1/8" dowels and diluted red paint for the stain. I made 3 of them, kept one for myself, gave one to our local volunteer fire dept. and the last one was given to the owner of KME. 

[DWSUDEKUM]

Very nicely done.  That came out great.  Thanks for sharing this with us.

 

DW

[Scrolling Steve]

That is quite the replica of a firetruck Dave ....... Very nice work !

[Ron Johnson]

Awesome work Dave. Like the idea that you used diluted red paint. Very well done.

[Phantom Scroller]

Great fire truck excellent work.    Roly

[amazingkevin]

I got a calendar from KME who is a local mfg. of fire trucks, each page has a scale drawing of a truck on the back of the page. I took the calendar to a copy shop and had them enlarge it until the wheels I had just fit the wheels on the drawing. The truck is made from poplar, for the roll up doors I used 1/8" dowels and diluted red paint for the stain. I made 3 of them, kept one for myself, gave one to our local volunteer fire dept. and the last one was given to the owner of KME. 

I can truthfully say that this truck is hotter than a fox in a forest fire.Incredible repo,You are the master toy maker,but i would not call this one a toy!

[rjR]

GREAT!  Work!

 

 

I like that you gave one to the local department!  The volunteer ones  are mostly unappreciated!

[ubgoofy2003]

WOW, that sure is nice work. You did a fantastic job of reproduction there. I'm sure all will be happy with them on display. Thanks for sharing it with us.

[Rob]

Great fire engine.  I love the way you can see the grain through the paint.

 

Rob

[rdatelle]

Dave, that looks great. Looks good painted to. I leave mine natural. Not to good at painting.

[Denny Knappen]

Beautiful scale model.  The color is great.

[Dan]

Wow! Great job.

[dgman]

Very nicely done!

Edited February 26, 2016 by dgman

[Lucky2]

Perfection! Dave this is as close to perfect as there is, and I can only imagine how the recipients of the other two felt.

Len

[wombatie]

Looks great.  Well done.

 

Marg

[daveww1]

Thank you for all your compliments.

[oldhudson]

Excellent work.

[Scrappile]

You did an outstanding job on the fire truck.  Models are fun to built, challenging and time consuming.  Very satisfying.

[Jim McDonald]

Being an old fireman, I appreciate ALL fire equipment: pumpers, rescue wagons, ladder trucks, specialty vehicles.

 

Never pumped any KME equipment, but this model looks great.