[MOC] Fire Trucks

[marvinblue]

A little while ago, I bought 60002. I really liked the set, but I challenged myself to come up with some better designs. I wanted to use the ladder and turntable on my ladder truck and I needed a stand-alone Pumper for my City. So, this is what I've come up with!

First up, a shot of my ladder truck when I first MOC'd it.

Next up is what I've done to it. Now the body doesn't rotate, just the turntable. My Station Officer is the red helmet, while the other is a Leading Firefighter. Until there is another coloured helmet released, my Leading's will have to wear white. I didn't realise how high it would be with the new ladder part, I had to raise the roof in my fire station by another two bricks.

Rear right shot of the truck. This truck has a pump panel, so it can be used just as a pumper, to back up other vehicles or respond by itself to alarms.

Rear left shot. This shows, among other things, the controls for the ladder and stabilisers.

Front shot of the truck.

The ladder fully extended.

Now onto the Pumper. This is 60002 with the ladder and turntable removed. One of the things I liked about this set was that it looked a bit like a Scania Pumper, that's where I've drawn my inspiration from.

Rear-left view. Notice the two hoses? Now I can boost from a hydrant to either my ladder or platform truck. I can also have the option to give the second length to one of my other trucks, so they can draw from their own hydrant.

Side view.

Front view. I like this angle.

I worked out how to seat three! So the crew is one Station Officer, one Leading Firefighter and one Firefighter.

A shot inside the cab, showing the seating arrangements.

Another internal shot.

A new truck gets a new Breathing Apparatus storage system.

Lastly, an overall shot.

There you have it. I hope you like the new improvements, comments are always welcome.

Enjoy!

Edited March 3, 2013 by marvinblue

[Ricecracker]

Hi there! Could you please change to larger images, as I've done with your first two? Simply click on the current image, right click on the one at the source and copy the image address, then paste it into the image inserter here. It's difficult for people to see your MOCs with only thumbnail sized images. Thanks.

[marvinblue]

Hi there Ricecracker. The smaller thumbnails were links to where the pics are being hosted, so the idea was to click on them and see the larger picture. Thanks for the feedback though and I've edited the post to suit.

Enjoy!

[lightningtiger]

Nice work there 'MB', the first looks like inspired by the 2005 fire truck and the second.....very Aussie fire truck inspired......Brick On !

[rriggs]

Nice conversions/MODs. I will be tweaking my appliances once I've got the HQ finished.

For your firefighters do you not have any silver helmets as quite a few sets came with these a few years ago? My ranks go like this:

White - Firefighter

Red - Specialist Firefighter

Silver - Leading Firefighter

Gold - Station Officer

Cheers

Rog

[pillpod]

Great changes. The original looks a bit odd because the front half is longer than the back. Now that it doesn't swivel, it looks more realistic for its scale/size.

[gazumpty]

Aussie and UK inspired LT ... ​I love the change in details of these MOD's. I have my first modular (The Fire Brigade in transit to me as we speak) and I have a few 'Classic Town' Fire Engines in my collection that will need similar MOD's to fit in with the more modern scale. I think I will be 'borrowing' some of these amazing ideas!

[marvinblue]

Hi guys! Thanks for the feedback. Feel free to grab any and all ideas that you see here; I have done that myself in the past with subjects that I like. If you want more detailed shots, feel free to PM me. As for the helmets; my Officer-In-Charge wears a silver helmet and the gold ones look a little ornamental to me. There are the older black ones, but I have two firies in the old-school 80's uniforms with the black helmets in the truck out of the Modular fire Brigade, so they're out too. I'm hoping for a yellow helmet in the future, just wishful thinking for now!

[Bregir]

Really nice job :)

I have a lot of coloured helmet from a 2012 lego city advent calender, so you could get hold of them that way?

[marvinblue]

Really nice job :)

I have a lot of coloured helmet from a 2012 lego city advent calender, so you could get hold of them that way?

Thanks for the headsup! What colour are they?

[Bregir]

Just the same colour as your chief firefighter's, I think :)

(Not so good with the "official" colour names :P )

I think there was 4 or 6 with the calendar.

Edited March 9, 2013 by Bregir