Farnheim Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 (edited) Lightningtiger asked me in one of my last threads, which car would be next. So, here's the answer: A light truck with a huge fan to vent smoke-filled tunnel systems. A few fire departments here in germany (e.g. Frankfurt/Main or Munic) have a truck like this in their fleet. Hope you like it. Thank for watching. Best regards, Farnheim Edited January 29, 2013 by Farnheim Quote
lightningtiger Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 Interesting truck.....plenty of detailing and moving parts 'Farnheim'.....AWESOME designing and Brick On ! Quote
greg3 Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 Never seen a truck like this before but it looks great! I like the elevating mechanism and the way you've made the storage compartment doors. Can't wait to see what's next... Quote
LEGO Guy Bri Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 Very unique truck indeed, Farnheim. Right on par with your other wonderfully detailed emergency vehicles. We don't have any near my home, but then again we also don't have very many long tunnels either. Great job on this Quote
hush Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 Great job , we also don't have these where i am but it looks fantastic lot of detail for such a small moc Quote
scottwb2010 Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 Great model of this Ventilation truck Farnhiem! I like the way you have incorporated the scissor lift on the fan. In real life these must be pretty noisy beasts as the domestic size ventilation fan are. None of this type of Fire Engine in domestic UK Fire services Quote
Faefrost Posted January 29, 2013 Posted January 29, 2013 (edited) Great model of this Ventilation truck Farnhiem! I like the way you have incorporated the scissor lift on the fan. In real life these must be pretty noisy beasts as the domestic size ventilation fan are. None of this type of Fire Engine in domestic UK Fire services I love it. A very distinctive and unusual piece of apparatus. It took me a minute or two to make sense of what it is. Here in the US we have these trucks, although they will more typically be operated by the highway or bridge and tunnel departments, railroads or similar utility, than the fire department. These are big monsters to provide a massive amount of air movement into fairly long tunnels in the event of a fire or a simple breakdown of the tunnels built in fan systems. About the only US Fire Department that might have something like this would be FDNY. Just because somewhere they have at least one of everything, and they never throw anything out. They also did a lot of experiments in the 80's involving positive pressure in hi rise fires. Is the model based on an actual prototype? Edited January 29, 2013 by Faefrost Quote
Ricecracker Posted January 29, 2013 Posted January 29, 2013 About the only US Fire Department that might have something like this would be FDNY. Just because somewhere they have at least one of everything, and they never throw anything out. They also did a lot of experiments in the 80's involving positive pressure in hi rise fires. Chicago has a number of these units, as does the Illinois Mutual Aid Box Alarm System. Quote
Farnheim Posted January 29, 2013 Author Posted January 29, 2013 Thank you once again very much fpr the the kind comments. It is like Faefrost said, these loud wind machines are able to fill huge indoor systems with a massive amount of fresh air in a very fast way. They are some german or switzerland fire departments (of bigger cities) that have an such a kind of truck in their portfolio. Here is a german apparatus website with this tag. This should be one of the companies that build those equipment in any size. Quote
PsyKater Posted January 29, 2013 Posted January 29, 2013 Another great vehicle from you Farnheim! I still regret that I did not take a closer look in Cologne. Quote
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