southernboy Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 On my bench right now. The Revell Snap Tite Mack Fire Engine. It may take a while to get this one done because of the cold weather and me not having a dedicated place to paint. Right now I have washed and scuffed all the parts. I have my heater going in my out building, and some lights rigged up. Hopefully I can catch a break and get some primer on tonight. It was a pretty day here so I figured I would attempt it. So, hopefully the body will dry off with enough time for me to shoot some primer tonight. That's what I'm hoping for anyway.
Bennyg Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 Got weather being my problem too. All good. Ben
hooknladderno1 Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 Caleb, It's a fun kit. The great thing is you can go as simple as you want OR detail the heck out of it! As with many snap kits, the sky is the limit. If you are looking for some 1/32 scale detail items, Don Mills Models has several including alternate wheels! Look forward to seeing your progress! Remember, if you can dream it, there was probably one in service somewhere that looked just like it! While purists will say "only real fire trucks are red", they actually run the colors of the rainbow. Here are two of mine:
southernboy Posted February 20, 2014 Author Posted February 20, 2014 Thanks David!! It will probably be an "out of the box" build. It was a Christmas present from a friend. We had "safety green" trucks at my old station (read neon green). I was thinking of a white cab top over red for this one. I may get more adventurous with the next one.
DrGlueblob Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 Does this issue have waterslide decals or stickies? I got all crazy with the last one of those I built. Might ease off a bit when I do the next one soon. Have fun!
GLMFAA1 Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 Have fun even as a snap kit it builds nice. Can bash the Mack R to it greg
Ramfins59 Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 I just put one of these together as a gift for my grandson the next time I see him. It has stickers, not decals. I don't expect all the fragile chrome parts to last long once he gets his hands on this thing......he's almost 3.
southernboy Posted February 20, 2014 Author Posted February 20, 2014 I'll have to look closer but I'm thinking mine has decals. It looked like decals. If they aren't I'll get someone to make me some up. That R cab truck looks GREAT!! What did you use for the hose bed cover on the yellow one? I was thinking about that last night since I don't have any hose to go back there and it will save trying to detail those tight side sections.
DrGlueblob Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 I've seen hose and other goodies from garage manufacturers on Fleabay. There's fire dept decals out there, too.
gray07 Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 never looked at them because there snap, boy was i wrong, Greg those look awesome, now i cant wait to see what you build Caleb. Now to find one lol
heepey Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 I am putting one of those with a Dodge dually snap cab. So much you can do with it.
GLMFAA1 Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 The Yellow one I built was a gift to a very young fire buff that is a son of one of my fellow workers. So in order for it to last the car case was glued shut. It sits in a place of honor in his bedroom. The other gift I made with these is for newborn babies of firefighters, I would hog out the hose bed and stick Oshkosh baby socks in the hose bed and the truck was either blue or pink and the engine number was the birth date and the fire department the family name greg
Bennyg Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 The Yellow one I built was a gift to a very young fire buff that is a son of one of my fellow workers. So in order for it to last the car case was glued shut. It sits in a place of honor in his bedroom. The other gift I made with these is for newborn babies of firefighters, I would hog out the hose bed and stick Oshkosh baby socks in the hose bed and the truck was either blue or pink and the engine number was the birth date and the fire department the family name greg That's really cool. It's great building for other people. Ben
DrGlueblob Posted March 3, 2014 Posted March 3, 2014 If you have Prime, Amazon has the kit for $11.74.. I get mine Tuesday.
southernboy Posted March 4, 2014 Author Posted March 4, 2014 No updates yet. Rain/cold have taken over again. It was pretty this weekend but I had to get my dirt track racing fix. Hopefully I can shoot some color this weekend if the weather holds out.
Chariots of Fire Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 If you decide to go with the white over red paint scheme let me offer some warning. I did that recently with one of my builds and found that the red bled through the primer. Check it out first say on the inside of the body or cab where you can shoot a test shot of primer and white. If the red doesn't bleed through you are in good shape. If it does you need to add a barrier to the red surface first before you apply the paint. Here are a couple of snap kit rigs I did.
southernboy Posted March 11, 2014 Author Posted March 11, 2014 Thanks or the info. I was thinking of painting the whole thing white first, then masking and taping what I want to stay white, then spray the red.
Danno Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 I hesitate to contribute to the jacking of Caleb's thread, but here's another example of bashing the Mack snapper compartment body with other kits, but . . . Here's a peek at AlumaPumpa!
southernboy Posted March 19, 2014 Author Posted March 19, 2014 Dan that this is awesome! I don't mind the hijacking. As slow as my progress is on this thing it gives me something to look at!
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