Hey firemodelman..

hey guys, when you scratch build cabs and such, what thickness plastic do you use????

Ron-I have yet to try it out myself, the cab that drew is talking about is a resin cast one from http://www.10-8hobbies.com there are a couple of sites that you can get them from. Firemodelman would be the one to ask about that, he seems to be pretty good with doing the bodies and such.I'm still learning and planning before I jump into it.

Drew, i don't know if you have seen this site before http://www.mtfaco.com/ but I know someone said you can get chasis from them along with alot of other stuff to. One other site I have is http://www.emergencymodelcastings.com/Index.html. Hope those help you a little.

Thanks for the info. I have been to MTFACO before and thinking about ordering their catalog and I will try emergency model castings. This will be my first body i'm doing but it will take alot of planning to do before i even get started. I don't expect this one to be the best but hopefully it will turn out good.

What is your opinion on the cab? I have seen them and one of the Pierces I think was could be done up as our Sutphen. I've just never worked with resin so kinda reluctant to pay what ever it is they cost. Keep us up to date on your build and post pics if you can. Just take your time and it should come out great. I've thought the same about some of my builds but they turn out allright still. Everything but them gloss paint jobs, never get those right, thats why I have liked armor so much nothing but flat.

I also plan on doing a brush truck of some sort and maybe later on I might build an ambulance but those things are going to have to wait and the models on your site are great and keep up teh good work. Resin is kind of fragile or more so than the regular modeling plastic is so when you are modeling with it you have to be extra careful.

I think the brush truck would be a good one to do. I have seen some great looking trucks that just look interesting enough to build. Unfortunatly ours is not one of those. Glad you liked my site, that is basically stuff that I have done since I joined here, efore that I keep hidden!