American LaFrance eagle

You don't muck around mate... wow!!!

I have seen an old fire engine used as a race hauler before,
still looked liked one from side on, but the whole guts was removed,
with a ramp and race car put in there instead..

That's one of them mate, also seen one similar to what you have aswell,
just with the whole rear stuff removed, and a hauler tray added.

That would be cool to see you pull that off!

I actually bought this one by mistake, i thought i'd clicked on the amt kit of the early one and then this arrived. It seems pretty detailed and the box is heavy. I'm going to have to get up to speed with pe as there is quite a lot included. There's no engine in it though but I'm sure i saw a detailed pump so I'll use it for the engine pics instead as i wouldn't know where to start putting one in this and still being accesible. I made sure to keep all the turntable and ladder from the delaheye fire truck so I might try and give it a more modern look as it extends and I like the look of the ladder on top of the one in the pic

C'mon Mark I see a Renault truck in your future here to carry your CV2 keeping the french theme going thinking-hard-smiley-emoticon

There's the delaheye fire truck too if you want to stick to 30s french stuff

looking good Stitch, i like the silver one that would look Crazy if you can pull it off... !

I though I really should look in the box, this thing is huge especially since its 1/25 scale. To give an idea of the size this is it pictured with the vanagon


The 2 back pieces seem to be the same size again and one looks to be covered in pe which needs folding. The ides of using 26inch rims might also have to change as the wheels on the van are 19inch

Plenty of scope with this old girl!

I made a start while the fergie hood is drying. I've assembled the pump as it will tell me exactly how much lower i can get this thing, as the pump seems to be the lowest point of the chassis. The front of the chassis might be a problem when it gets lowered, this box like thing is the engine cover. The rear axle is mounted on tabs to the chassis, and the axle itself has the centre section and then the 2 driveshafts go on from the outside. And finally I think this is about as low as i will be able to get it as there is a lot of interior and i really would rather avoid cutting down 8 seats and sectioning door panels.





it should ride about 1/4 inch or slightly more off the ground

Pretty sure i know how i'm going to lower this sucker now. That boxy looking thing at the front is the bottom of the engine so I notched the rear edge of it to allow the axle to sit a bit further up in the frame. It wont be as low as i want but with all the parts for the interior I'd like to avoid cutting them up (8 seats) so once i get the front sitting where it'll be going the back should be much simpler. I may end up losing one of the storage bins at the back but it will mean I can just raise the axle to suit which cant be more than half an inch cos one side of this is lower than the other so it and the front will set the max lowering amount. I think my next step will be getting the rear body together for mock ups but i'll check the instructions first

I hope so mate, theres a lot of parts to fit in there still and I'm dreading the foil. Pretty sure its going to use most of a sheet for all that diamond plate. Just now the cabs in dettol but the paint is slow in coming off. Until I get it stripped I'm pretty much stuck as the lower edge of the cab is well below the floor and i need it for mock ups