Fire Command Ship - sets 7207 + 7046 MOD

[Murdoch17]

This model is basically two different "okay" fire boat sets smashed together to make a "better" ship. The features I'm talking about are modern upper decks with plenty of fire-fighting power (represented by CITY set 7207), and a brick built hull like from the early series of ships. (as seen on set WORLD City 7046) As a side note, The printed parts are from another Fire Station from the 4 Juniors theme. (4657)

With that in mind, I built a whole new hull for the ship out of mostly 2 x 10 and 2 x 8 bricks with a few fancy bow parts from set 7046 thrown in. The rest of the ship comes from set 7207, but with a few tweaks here and there. (such as adding a smokestack and rear water tank)

The rear of the ship features an extendable and rotatable water cannon arm to get deep inside the burning hull of the imaginary ship this vessel is fighting to save. You can also see the smaller cannons scattered around the ship in several locations.

The top of the ship's bridge flips open to reveal the command center of the model, with the steering wheel and several computer readouts telling of power supplied to the engines and of radar detected objects in the ship's path.

The lower deck consists of the galley (or kitchen) and a quite large computer terminal array. The forward flip-up section features water pressure monitor controls.

NOTES: The upper deck (the bridge) is grouped separately in the file because it is removable to access the ship's lower level. Also, I originally made this for my brother, but he changed his mind on it, so I'll be (eventually) building it instead. And thanks to user BrickWild who provided the LDD file to begin this model in the "official sets made in ldd" topic: http://www.eurobrick...showtopic=41226

LDD file: http://www.moc-pages...1470680805m.lxf

PRINTED PARTS:

The smokestack should have two of these: http://www.bricklink...Color=5#T=C&C=5

The water tank should have this print: http://www.bricklink...Color=5#T=C&C=5

The forward flip-up window section should be this part: http://www.bricklink...Color=5#T=C&C=5

As usual, comments, questions, and complaints would be very welcome!

EDIT: ship majorly updated and LDD file amended as well. Enjoy!

Edited August 8, 2016 by Murdoch17

[Murdoch17]

My (updated) fire ship MOD at sea.

The special effects are from Google photos, and I was going for a sunny day with a lot of light, as if the sea was reflecting it all back at the camera. The idea and background are courtesy of fellow MOCpages builder Oran Cruzen, or Cruzen19501 as he's known on Flickr.

Thanks Oran!

[BrickJagger]

Nice mash-up. This is quite the improvement over the two originals.

[-zenn]

Nice idea, would be kewl if it could float on actual water, maybe with one of those oldschool hulls and use the Technic Pneumatic system to spray water...

Edited August 9, 2016 by -zenn

[Imanol BB]

It looks really good Murdoch, nice work.

[Murdoch17]

Nice mash-up. This is quite the improvement over the two originals.

Thanks, I quite agree!

Nice idea, would be kewl if it could float on actual water, maybe with one of those oldschool hulls and use the Technic Pneumatic system to spray water...

Thanks for the idea, but I like brick built hulls better. It looks more classic Lego that way.

It looks really good Murdoch, nice work.

Thank you!

[CrispyBassist]

Looks good! The only comment I would have is that to my knowledge fireboats don't usually have water tanks, but rather just pump the water they're floating on.

[Murdoch17]

Looks good! The only comment I would have is that to my knowledge fireboats don't usually have water tanks, but rather just pump the water they're floating on.

Thank you. It truly never crossed my mind that they could do that. It just never occurred to me!

[Firebrickbuilder]

Very impressive design.

[Murdoch17]

Very impressive design.

Thank you. This design has been in two other directions as well as this one: My 1920's tramp steamer uses a lot of the hull techniques, and my pirate ship uses the exact same bow and underside supports as the fire boat.