Post by Muleskinner on Feb 19, 2012 17:48:37 GMT -8
When I was younger almost all logging towns which were established around a major Lumber Company had its own fire units and were usually stationed on the mill property. They were volenteers from the mills or the town, much like the rural volenteer Fire Departments which coexisted around them, then and now.
My build depicts one such mill town rig, built by the lumber Company and stationed within the limits of the Mill and its worker village. The model started out as a ERTL 4300 Transtar which I modified into a 4200 unit and added the tank and fire equipment.
The tank is the back half of a Lindberg Tanker which was modified to fit the standard Transstar frame. I then added the Hose Reel to the back behind the fire tool box on top of the tank. All Hosing is made out of Leather twine for jewelry which I purchased at Michells art center. I replaced the Transparent Hose in the inside of the pump housing in the back with this twine also.
There are a few minor details which must be added and the model will eventually be decaled for my collection of Simpson Great White Fleet out of Humboldt County California.
My build depicts one such mill town rig, built by the lumber Company and stationed within the limits of the Mill and its worker village. The model started out as a ERTL 4300 Transtar which I modified into a 4200 unit and added the tank and fire equipment.
The tank is the back half of a Lindberg Tanker which was modified to fit the standard Transstar frame. I then added the Hose Reel to the back behind the fire tool box on top of the tank. All Hosing is made out of Leather twine for jewelry which I purchased at Michells art center. I replaced the Transparent Hose in the inside of the pump housing in the back with this twine also.
There are a few minor details which must be added and the model will eventually be decaled for my collection of Simpson Great White Fleet out of Humboldt County California.
