Modern Fire and Rescue

modelbuilder here is some web sites u can go to  www.policecarmodels.com and www.ssbresin.com and anthere is www.scalefirehouse.com . if u scrathbuild . i holp this help u out .

if your looking to do a midsize swat go to wwwmodelsbydave.com

 

he has an international 4900 series cab

Hey PetePilot, you missed a . after the www- here's a direct link to to an International 4000 on his website... is this what you were talking about?

http://modelsbydave.com/images/products/international_4000.jpg

He mentions in the description that it will fit on most kit chasis... do you by any chance know what base kit he is refering to?

I'll second the motion- I think that kit is your best bet for an ultimate SWAT/SRT vehicle. I run EMS for my university and we work with the University Police freqently and share the same building- their Special Responce Unit has an ambulance (F450 maybe?). They just switched the red lights for blue, painted it up in a State Trooper silver and blue and added their own decals and that's it. I think if you converted that truck to basically have a big armored box on it, add some plating to the doors/windows that'd be very cool

psstoff995 wrote:

Hey PetePilot, you missed a . after the www- here's a direct link to to an International 4000 on his website... is this what you were talking about? http://modelsbydave.com/images/products/international_4000.jpg He mentions in the description that it will fit on most kit chasis... do you by any chance know what base kit he is refering to? I'll second the motion- I think that kit is your best bet for an ultimate SWAT/SRT vehicle. I run EMS for my university and we work with the University Police freqently and share the same building- their Special Responce Unit has an ambulance (F450 maybe?). They just switched the red lights for blue, painted it up in a State Trooper silver and blue and added their own decals and that's it. I think if you converted that truck to basically have a big armored box on it, add some plating to the doors/windows that'd be very cool

 

This is more what I was looking for. Something more modern looking.

It's a kind of a "curb side" but imo the best injected plastic fire truck model made.......

 http://cgi.ebay.com/Trumpeter-American-LaFrance-Eagle-Fire-Truck-Pumper-Kit_W0QQitemZ400035140433QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item400035140433&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

Here's a build on FSM......

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Has anyone worked with any of the SSB Resins kits? How are they for the price?

the SSB kits are top notch. I have the engine, ambulance and F-550 and they all are great looking. The prices are going to be a bit higher than plastic, but I have worked with some other resin kits and these out of the box require very little clean up and have everything you need to make a great looking rig. Jamie does run some specials on the kits from time to time so just shoot him an email and see what he can do. I will say that the engine and squads especially are not for beginners, they are pretty involved kits but by far the best looking modern model kit you will find.