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In lugnet.general, John Guerquin writes:
> Examples of actual airport fire trucks:
> http://www.e-one.com/Cool_Photos/2000/LAX.jpg
I can actually vouch for this color being not exactly yellow, I was at LAX
earlier this year and saw those actual trucks or ones very like them. It's
sort of what you'd get if you mixed that reviled lime green LEGO color with
the standard LEGO yellow we love so much, and then added a bit of white to
lighten things up. In other words, lime yellow if you will. NOT standard
yellow by any means. The pic has it pretty close in hue, at least on my
laptop anyway...
Lime green or limey yellow has been becoming more popular on and off for 20
years now. Sigh.
ARFF fans already know this but this stuff (and its brethren) is some
amazing equipment, there are units that can haul down a runway and lay down
a bed of foam wide enough and deep enough to land an airliner that has no
gear down, and do it at speeds you would not believe.
As you can imagine I see a lot of ARFF stuff because of all the airports I
fly in and out of. Hope to never see any of it in use though.
Note that in the referenced picture both front axles of the rear unit are
turned, the unit is not traveling in a straight line.
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| (...) O.K. I'm willing to bend on the lime green thing. At least that they are out there and in use. It's hard to argue with eyewitness sightings. But it doesn't mean I have to like it. :) (...) Wow. I'm not sure the trend has been as popular in (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) I like the backhoe model as well, although I wonder if there are going to be any blue airtanks included... hopefully, since this looks like a large model using the 8466's large tires. It seems strange to me to have one technic set with 9 (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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