Fire trucks

[XG01X]

Any one else have an interest in HO fire trucks?
Check this out;
http://www.angelfire.com/ri2/rickdecals/fa.html

[AntonioFP45]

Travy,

Cool pictures! Nice looking firetrucks. Prices seem reasonable.

Only catch for me is that these trucks look modern.

I'd like to have Fire & Rescue trucks that would fit into the 1960s era.

[edo1039]

Also BOLEY is little larger than HO scale.

[Tracklayer]

I've got one on my layout - though it's an old 1930s era model and is parked inside the firehouse...

TL

[csmith9474]

Didn't Overland do a run of fire trucks??

[ouengr]

QUOTE: Originally posted by edo1039

Also BOLEY is little larger than HO scale.

What do you mean? There are specific pieces, their pickups for example, that are out of scale. My impression was that the bulk of their products are very close to scale.

[Anonymous]

I'm working on scratchbuilding a courthouse/firehouse right now. It's going to look really good, it's custom fit and designed for where it's going, and I'm planning on building some HO trucks for it, so I can make them just like our volunteer fire department has. I'm also working on building a 1/25 model of Brush Pumper 1 to give to our Fire Chief when he retires. I figure if I start now, I'll get it done by the time that comes around in a few years.

Greg

[locomutt]

How about some Fire apparatus in O scale,along with some decals ??!!
Equipment in and around the 1960 era would be MOST WELCOME.

The new Athearn Ford C series cabs are nice,but backdating them
is kind of a pain !!

[XG01X]

My biggest problem with boley is detail on the body. So I think I'm going to buy a one of these cabs (maybe a pierce or HME) and put it on a Athearn body. I really waiting for the Ladder preview, cause I like the rescue.
The other reason put this on here is that he wants feedback, so figured I'd spread the word.

[AntonioFP45]

XG,

It's good that you posted this. It just hit me that Boley is in my 2005 Walther's HO Catalog. I looked in it and studied the photos more closely. They did a nice job on the various models of modern International Trucks including Fire&Rescue.

Some of the vehicles are a bit plain in body detailing but that's very easy to rectify.

I was glad to see that Boley does have some older style trucks available AND what I've been seraching for.....construction vehicles from the past that would fit in my 1960s era.

[bcawthon]

Actually, the Boley truck bodies scale out fairly well compared to factory specs from International and GM. Where Boley falls down is the vocational bodies.

Don't forget modern fire trucks are often extra-wide.

As I understand it, some older fire trucks at in the works. We are trying to persuade Athearn to backdate their C-Cab to the 60s with an appropriate pumper body and warning lights (the Rescue Truck wih the Gerstenschlager body is already suitable for the late 1960s).

[Anonymous]

Ive got the 2006 Walthers book about memorized .There are hundreds of vehicles and in the last few years alot of nice ones becoming avialable,but wheres the 1940-1959 firetrucks??This is the "transititional" period and alot of people model it(I for one) and what do you do for fire trucks?Seems to me that this is an overlooked era.How about a 1946 Seagrave ladder truck??I know about the Resin Unlimited trucks,and i have one,but how about a ready to run one(or two or three)??Ps I know about the Jordan ones too.

[edo1039]

QUOTE: What do you mean? There are specific pieces, their pickups for example, that are out of scale. My impression was that the bulk of their products are very close to scale.

Check out CMW,Busch or Model Power vehicles and compare the size to Boley,the Boley cars are larger then the others.

[Anonymous]

Thing is Boley was initially designed to compete with Hotwheels and Matchbox so naturally some of the details may be out of scale. This is because they know kids play rough with their cars so anything not permanenetly molded on or big enough to take a punch is bound to take a major beating when kids jump the cars or play demo derby with them. It is nice to see they made the jump to HO modelling though and some of the details can be replaced with smaller more scale stuff from Custom finishing,Details West, and Herpa.

[ouengr]

I have compared them to other available models and generally they scale out within acceptable margine ith the main exception being the new utility trucks. They scale out to be way too wide. When I purchaser their firetrucks, the first thing that I do is remove the warning lights and repalce them with one from Busch or others. I would like better detail on the Dept 87 models but they have been a great starting poit for me in simulating trucks.

[AntonioFP45]

I notice the slight discrepancies on some of the models. With the construction machines if they're slightly oversized, it's hard do notice since prototype construction equipment comes in a very wide variety of sizes.

[CNJ831]

An interesting point to note is that 1:87 scale fire apparatus from the periods 1910-1925 and 1955-present are commonly available. However, there are no accurately scaled fire trucks from for 1925-1950. Recently some promising looking trucks from the late 1930's period turned up on eBay and were claimed to be 1:87 scale. As nice as there were, they were actually around 1:75 scale and clearly won't fit into an HO scene that contained any other scale vehilces.

CNJ831