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John Kuvakas
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John Kuvakas
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A miniature masterpiece for sure. For all those in this area of collecting, Fire Replicas  must surely be perceived as the pinnacle, none greater. 



   
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Great looking model.

John, do you plan to buy any more fire trucks? 


Ed Davis
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1956 Ford F-600 COE fire truck in approximately 48th scale along with a vintage Dinky Toy 1956 Rambler station wagon fire chief car.  The truck is quite well done for the price of only about $15.  Marketed by Menards who do other versions of this '56 Ford,  dump truck, tank truck,  tow truck, and box truck which were likely powered by the Ford Y block V8 in 272 or 292 cubic inch displacement..

1956 Ford Fire truck #1
1956 Ford fire truck #2
1956 Ford Fire truck #3

John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA


   
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Wow, John, that certainly is an astounding 1/50 model from Fire Replicas ! They did an amazing job here and it definitely must be a star in your collection.



   
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Harv Goranson
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I have a lot of fire trucks but have begun to hold off on anything not 1/43 - there's just too much in 1/50 to keep up with. These are amazing, and there are (as I write this) 214 of their 1/50 fire apparati on ebay. As great as that model in the video is, check out the ladder trucks they make. I have a few TWH fire trucks, also 1/50, check out the ones I have below.

TWH Fire Apparatus
TWH Pierce Quantum pic2
TWH078 01094 pic1


   
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@mg-harv 

Great looking models. I did not know you collected fire trucks.


Ed Davis
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You might already know - but I just read it in Diecast Collector magazine (Aug 2024) - that the Fire Replicas guy has started another company - https://heavyhaulreplicas.com/in-stock-diecast-models/   

These 1:50 Mack trucks look just as detailed as his fire engines!!!

HHR129A 1 4 1600d  31112

 



   
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Nice looking rigs, the quality is obvious.



   
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