American Lafrance Tower Ladder UPDATED 2-14-18

[am73grand]

I decided to share my American Lafrance build here. I've been building a lot of fire trucks for clients but I've decided I'm going to keep this one. I use parts from the Trumpeter pumper kits to flesh out my builds. As a result I have a bunch of left over ALF parts. I decided to use the spares to build a tower ladder. My truck will be similar to this one but not exactly the same.

 

I started with a drawing I found on the net that had a great side shot:

 

I figured out the wheel base and then stretched the frame:

The body on this truck is very complicated so I decided to make it in three pieces. I started with the middle section first:

The raised cab is from Models by Dave

Next I built the front section of the body:

And finally I built the rear section:

 

This truck will have working out riggers, working lights and sound and movable ladder. 

There is a long way to go with this build as I have to build the ladder from scratch. 

Thanks for looking!

Edited February 14, 2018 by am73grand

[Jim B]

That's looking great, Ron.

[GLMFAA1]

Good looking build, Would like to see more of your work, Isn't it a shame that this company is now gone along with a lot of great badges of the past.

greg

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Nice start on an interesting project.

[gotnitro?]

Very nice following along

[kymdlr]

Ive been thinking of building my first fire truck so Ill be following this one

[am73grand]

Work has been slow on this one but I'm making progress. I started laying out the compartment doors. I had quite a few Trumpeter bodies laying around so I used the doors off of them. Some were shortened to fit the truck.

 

This truck will be part of a diorama so I am going to have some of the compartment doors open, I used spare ALF pieces for the compartment interiors.

I also started on the outriggers. They don't seem to come out far enough so I will probably make them longer. If it's a diorama truck they don't have to go in and out.

As of right now I'm adding the diamond tread plate to the top of the truck body. I have to add a bit more and then I can prime it.

Thanks for looking!

[truckabilly]

Nice work so far.

[Chariots of Fire]

That's going to be a LOT of truck!

[youngtiger1]

Coming along real nice.

[vincen47]

Very impressive work. A worthwhile project.

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Impressive work indeed!!!

[hct728(Bob)]

Awesome construction work!That's a whole lot of plastic sheet to cut up and join with such precision, congratulations!

[Renegade]

Amazing work.

[gatorincebu]

Very impressive scratchbuilding skills here. A great project as well .

 

 

 Be Well

 Gator

[Belugawrx]

Wonderful scratch building..

I'm gonna follow this 

Cheers