Well there are card kits - loads of them, in various scales - they have to be assembled from a flat page format, but once you have the hang of it, the card building method, with PVA glue, is really quite simple. Instead of relying on graphics to illustrate windows and external bits and pieces, I cut out the windows and put cellophane in, or clear plastic and external bits and pieces, just a thin card piece cut to shape and glued on the master body. Rivets, droplets of glue put in place with a hypodermic syringe filled with PVA glue - Hypo's buy from the chemist. Wheels - start off with a Chupa Chup (sweet) or Cotton Bud nylon stick - cut a long length of thin card, the width of the intended wheel and glue on one side - then wrap the glued thin card length around the nylon stick round and round, until the diameter is reached, gently pulling the glued card length occasionally, to make sure you create a solid wheel, without any gaps or air in it - and make sure both sides are even, then set aside to dry. If you did the job right, you can spin the wheel and it will run perfectly well - use thin wire as axles, which goes into the hollow nylon stick - works well for gun turrets on large scale card warships too - I built detail scale warship models in 1/200 scale or bigger out of card and paper, but for display and radio control on the water - submarines are not an impossibility. Theoretically, the card patterns could be used to build in plastic sheet, however that is way past anything I'm capable of. Richard Use a paper clip

Oops, F-350.  My typo was the E, yours is the 250.  The Meng kit is also available in 1/35 and should work great for a VIP vehicle in Iraq or Afghanistan.  Now I hope somebody makes a modern 1/35 scale Chevy Suburban. 

LonCray

 

Aaronw

The Scale Firehouse (link above) has a good listing of the various kits that have been made. It is also a good source for information.

As far as a late model Ford E350 in 1/25, the only option I know of is the Johnny Lightning diecast.

 

 

 

 

There is a 1/25 Ford E350 in styrene from Meng Models.  I think they're putting out a 1/35 one as well.  It's a really nice model; I hadn't thought of putting something other than the bed on the back but it certainly wouldn't be too difficult.

 

 

Meng does an F-250, F (pickup) not E (van) and they didn't offer it 9 years ago when I made that post... 

The Meng kit is quite nice however if you want a fairly recent pickup truck.

Hi Modelbuilder,

I found this one on hobbylinc.com. I hope this helped you out and good luck with your build can't wait too see it.

 

'02 American LaFrance Eagle Fire Pumper -- Plastic Model FIretruck Kit -- 1/25 Scale -- #02506

most are european from revell. i have ALL of them and the Trumpeter ALF.

Aaronw

The Scale Firehouse (link above) has a good listing of the various kits that have been made. It is also a good source for information.

As far as a late model Ford E350 in 1/25, the only option I know of is the Johnny Lightning diecast.

 

There is a 1/25 Ford E350 in styrene from Meng Models.  I think they're putting out a 1/35 one as well.  It's a really nice model; I hadn't thought of putting something other than the bed on the back but it certainly wouldn't be too difficult.

Phil_H

No idea as to the quality of the kit or the availability, but I found this on the Trumpeter website.

American LAFRANCE Eagle Fire Pumper 2002

http://www.trumpeter-china.com/war513/products/en_message.asp?id=323

 

 

by i bought one not bad had quit few flash and flas in the cab and a lot of the Dimond plate has to be painted for 60 to90 dollars not  worth it my didn't come with the clear platic spruce 

I would like to know if these can be custom made and if so who I can contact?  Our company just got a new engine and we are wanting a model of it for a Chief Show that our engine will be at in May.

That's great that someone is really doing ambulance bodies. Would love to do one of my ambulance.

Here is a pic of the SSB Seagrave engine, there is also a squad.  This is just 3 parts of the kit, there are a whole bunch of bags of nice parts that come with it.

  

lizardqing wrote:

One place that no one has mentioned yet is SSB Resin , they just opened their doors and you can find the needed info on contacting them on the parts page of the Scale Firehouse. There are also some reviews of their products on the main site as well as the forum.  The Trumpeter kit is pretty much the only one that is modern in plastic.

 

Guys

Thanks for all the help. I am not really interested in police cars as much as I am modern up to date fire trucks and ambulances. My intention is to build a super tactical response vehicle

One place that no one has mentioned yet is SSB Resin , they just opened their doors and you can find the needed info on contacting them on the parts page of the Scale Firehouse. There are also some reviews of their products on the main site as well as the forum.

 The Trumpeter kit is pretty much the only one that is modern in plastic. 

I have some good news.  I was up shooting today with a friend, and it turns out over the weekend there was an illegal rave party out in the woods on the moutain where we go shooting.  Well after talking with federal and local LE, and letting them shoot the belt feed gun we had up there(whcih they loved), some of the ravers had left fires going, which as we know is a bad thing.  Anyhow a Forest Service Brush Truck came up to put out the fires.  After speaking with them, and suprising them that people build models of such things, I got to take a bunch of tripod mounted photo's with my digital camera.  So in the future here pretty quick when I have the time, I'll be posting probably 10-20 photo's of this thing.  So there will be some good reference for a modern brush truck.  Medium duty fire rig basically.  Based on a rig about the size of an International MXT, or CXT.

Here check these guys out.  Pretty nifty.  http://scalefirehouse.com/home.html

 

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I guess someone beat me to it.  DOH!  Something that also might be of use, check out the modelers channel website, and there is a video tutorial about detailing wheel wells of aircraft, that could be adapter MANY places.  Especially if you use it to create things that look 3D before painting them over.  Not too hard.  I do all kinds of graphic stuff all the time using PSP9(my favorite version, as V10 sucks so does 8, but 7 is good)  I've already printed the maps from scale firehouse, and they look great, just use the highest quality setting for plain paper, on plain paper(don't want them in gloss), and then fold them up and they look spectacular.

Check this out!! I'm suprised no one has mentioned it yet! I think theres enough emergency vehicles here to keep you going for awhile...

 

http://www.megahobby.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=117

The Scale Firehouse (link above) has a good listing of the various kits that have been made. It is also a good source for information.

As far as a late model Ford E350 in 1/25, the only option I know of is the Johnny Lightning diecast.

good evening,

 the only  source,  I can help you. is a  site  specificly  to EMS. http://scalefirehouse.com  the  site  is  back . it may  help you  in your  seach... Personally, with  a limited  market.  you'll most likely  need to scratch  build  your  own.. on e-bay, last  week thier was  a group sale  of  4 built  ems models avaible. the  final bid  was ..resonable

My  best to you !

nfpa1002

 

Is it really that good?  Know of any late model Ford Van's to attach it to?  That way I could model ambulances from my own area?

 

Michael

Very good kit. Well worth buying it. I have 3, all going to be various types.

I know there are a couple of people still prodicing modern resin ambulance bodies.  One of them is Spaulding Trading and Shipping.  They have a resin Ambulance body.  They suggest putting it on a truck frame behind a truck cab, but I don't know about anywhere else, but all I ever see them on around here are the backs of vans.  Which poses another issue.  No modern fullsize van releases, not even in resin.  At least not that I can find.  Anyhow ST&S does have a resin ambulance body.  Been thinking about picking one up myself.

 

Michael

No idea as to the quality of the kit or the availability, but I found this on the Trumpeter website.

American LAFRANCE Eagle Fire Pumper 2002

http://www.trumpeter-china.com/war513/products/en_message.asp?id=323

 

chopperfan wrote:

Here's one for police cars. This place even has scale light bars so you could take just about any car and make it a police car. I used to have another but it was strictly die cast and now I can't find it.

 

Thanks but I am really looking for ambulances and fire trucks. I have an idea for a police swat/emergency response vehicle

Here's one for police cars. This place even has scale light bars so you could take just about any car and make it a police car.

I used to have another but it was strictly die cast and now I can't find it.