After nine weeks of building this highly detailed American LaFrance Eagle Pumper it is now finished! This has been a fun and interesting build. This was my first time ever building a fire truck model. I was a challenge adding all the details but I enjoyed adding them a lot. While the details were numerous executing them was not difficult but rather just a little time consuming.
The etched brass nameplate is running a little slow and is expected to arrive on Monday. Now for the real challenge, packing and shipping this. I have a couple of ideas on how to pack it so as to minimize the chance of it being damaged. I hope you all enjoyed following along with this build. Happy Modeling!
You can see all the photos, details, and final video from start to finish in the build log at: 1/25 American LaFrance Eagle Fire Truck
NEXT UP – For the next commission build I will be replicating a 1922 Ford Model T Touring for a close friend whose father recently passed away. The car was his pride and joy as he spent many years restoring it. The problem is there are no 1922 Model T Touring kits available. So after doing some research I found two kits that I can “kit bash” most of the parts and sections to replicate most of the vehicle and then scratch build any other specific parts for the 1922 Ford. I have multiple photos of the actual vehicle so this should be easy to replicate. The term “Kit Bash” is a modeling term where multiple parts from multiple kits are used to make a specific model. This will be the first time I will be using the kit bash method so it should be another interesting build.