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The Lego Beach Fire and Rescue Service is pleased to
announce another acquisition. Our newest piece of equipment
is a 1991
Hess Firefighting Apparatus Commercial Tanker. The new
Engine Forty Two can be seen at the following URL:
http://www.crosswinds.net/~hokie/lbfre42.htm
For the uninitiated the word "commercial" in the name means
that the apparatus was built on a commercially available
chassis (like a Mack truck) with the engine mounted in front
of the cab. These are generally much cheaper than apparatus
built on a custom chassis, which makes them ideal for
smaller fire departments with tight budgets.
This model was based on Engine 72 of the Chesapeake (Va.)
Fire Department. You can see a picture of it here:
http://www.chesapeake.va.us/services/depart/fire/fire/eng72.
htm
From a Lego POV these types of apparatus are impossible to
duplicate in this scale (four-wide) because of the contours
of the hood and fenders. Given that, I think I came up with
a pretty good representation of this style. I like it so
much that I have plans to build a Heavy Rescue and a Haz-Mat
on this chassis :-)
Please LMKWYT,
Will
Visit the Lego Beach Fire and Rescue Service
http://www.crosswinds.net/~hokie
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