Ford-AA Fire Truck on railway 1/43, I need some help

[Ornst]

Hi friends. Several years ago, found the Internet three pictures of this truck.



wanted to do it in 1/35, but the model was not worthy. Two years ago I switched exclusively to 1/72 and returned to collecting cars in 1/43. all my projects in 1/35 I gave up. And now, finally appeared in Russia it is a worthy model in 1/43 truck GAZ-AA (Ford AA) for conversion into a fire truck.
I began to alter the basic model,




but I do not have enough information. Maybe somebody has other pictures of this car and have the opportunity to photograph it in more detail? I will be very grateful.

regards, Alex

[Malachi Constant]

Neat project!  You might try doing web & image searches for "SD&AE railroad fire truck" and try tracking thru the various leads to see if you can find more ...

Found a couple short videos on you-tube showing the truck in operation.  Quality isn't good enough to give much modeling info, but may be interesting:

http://youtube.ng/user/gopsdragon

(two firetruck videos linked on that page)

Cheers,
Dallas

[Ray Dunakin]

Also try doing a Google search for "Ford Model AA fire truck". That should at least get you some pics and info about similar vehicles.

BTW, that fire truck is on my list of "someday" projects for my 1/24th layout, which was inspired by the SD&AE's Carrizo Gorge section. I remember seeing the fire truck at the former Jacumba depot prior many years ago, before it was restored.

[Chuck Doan]

Thats a neat subject for a model. Hope you find the info you are looking for.