find fire truck models

firemodeler

Member since
February 2014

find fire truck models

Posted by firemodeler on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 5:21 PM

Does anyone know where a good place on line to find model fire trucks. I have found sites but the sites don't have many to choose from. I found 6 on eBay but I want newer models and not ancient ones. Thank you

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Bronto

Member since
November 2004
From: Cat Central, NC

Posted by Bronto on Thursday, February 13, 2014 8:23 AM

There aren't that many fire truck kits. The old 1970's ones from AMT (3 kits) and the newer American LaFrance from Trumpeter are the only ones in 1/25 I know of. In 1/24, Italeri does a couple of European ones, (these have also been released by RevellAG), MPC did a 1920's truck, and Heller released a 1920's French Truck. In 1/32 Monogram released a snap-tite Mack pumper and a searchlight truck. Aurora also did an open cab truck in 1/32 (that was also released by Lindberg), and Airfix did the Dennis.

There might be a few in the smaller railroad scales (1/43-1/87) but I'm not sure of these releases.

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rjhansen26

Member since
June 2013

Posted by rjhansen26 on Thursday, February 13, 2014 8:46 AM

There are some military fire trucks. If you go to scalehobbyist.com category military vehicles, sub category support vehicles, vehicle type fire truck there are 6 models listed.

Roger

"Life is short..........Always eat dessert first!"

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Don Stauffer

Member since
November 2009
From: Twin Cities of Minnesota

Posted by Don Stauffer on Thursday, February 13, 2014 9:22 AM

I think many public service vehicle modelers hang out in the autos forum. There is quite a bit of discussion there on trucks and PS vehicles.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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firemodeler

Member since
February 2014

Posted by firemodeler on Thursday, February 13, 2014 9:42 AM

Thank you for the info

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plasticjunkie

Member since
November 2008
From: Central Florida

Posted by plasticjunkie on Friday, February 14, 2014 7:33 AM

I would love to build fire trucks from the 1930's and 40's but can't find any. I did find at a model show an old Heller 1930's 1/24 Bonneville Fire Truck kit that I bought for $10. Ebay has a couple of them selling for $40-$75 so I did great. Even though being an ancient kit, it's pretty well detailed including a full engine.