Wow. This is unbelievable. Being a hose jockey myself, I take a special liking to this. Ill be following this build.
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Ken thats the kind of detail that puts your work WAY over the top. Always inspiring 
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Ken your tag line says it all. You have incredible attention to detail, and obviously an untold amount of patience. Incredible build as usual!
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Ken your tag line says it all. You have incredible attention to detail, and obviously an untold amount of patience. Incredible build as usual!
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If you love that one, you need to go find his Jeep build! That one will blow you away!
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I spent the day in the shop today, putting the final touches on the firetruck. I made the brackets for the hydraulic shocks for the main ladder and started making the shocks. I didn't like the first set so I scrapped them and made another set. Once they were installed, I worked on the mirror brackets and side mirrors. I also made the steering wheel and a maple dash board to break up the all walnut dash. I wasn't a big fan of the solid colour of the dash area so that's why I made the contrasting dash board. I also managed to make and install the air horns.
And that, is all she wrote on this build guys. 70 hours well spent and I enjoyed every minute of it. I still have to apply the finish which will just be a spray varnish but that will have to wait until the weather warms up a little so that I can do it in my shop. Late spring would be the estimated time for the finish. I will post a photo of the finished truck then but for now, I'm calling this one done.
And that, is all she wrote on this build guys. 70 hours well spent and I enjoyed every minute of it. I still have to apply the finish which will just be a spray varnish but that will have to wait until the weather warms up a little so that I can do it in my shop. Late spring would be the estimated time for the finish. I will post a photo of the finished truck then but for now, I'm calling this one done.
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That's fantastic, Ken!
Out of curiosity, how do you attach all those little pieces? Wood glue? CA? Epoxy? Tiny nails?
Out of curiosity, how do you attach all those little pieces? Wood glue? CA? Epoxy? Tiny nails?
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All of the pieces are held together with regular yellow wood glue. Nothing special here and no metal in the project at all. Strictly wood and regular wood glue and a hell of a lot of patience.
Dayum dude! That looks incredible!!!!
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Ken, I've run out of adjectives for your work. Splendid attention to detail as always! Well done Sir! Tony
I am in awe. Complete awe.
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So very nice! Always sad when your builds end because I enjoy watching them so much. But the end is also very sweet!
Not that you look like you need any help, but have you ever looked at micromark.com? They have all sorts of miniature tools that are used for model building.
Great build, by the way. Just amazing.
Great build, by the way. Just amazing.
C'mon man, I think he makes those tools for them!!!!!!
Late to the party but absolutely awesome.
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I was looking at the build and I was all set to say "What no air horns?" but you beat me to it. I'll never learn. Top Notch work!
I was looking at the build and I was all set to say "What no air horns?" but you beat me to it. I'll never learn. Top Notch work!