M1142 TFFT in 1/35th scale

[White_Wolf]

I started the kit a couple of years back, did a fair bit of work but now it's time to finish this.
Trumpeter M1142 Tactical Firefighting truck - big kit, over 700 parts, plastic, PE (lots) and clear plastic.

I had decided to super detail everything I could, reference pictures that I could find showed a lot of stuff that had to be done. The kit, great as it is, is missing quite a few parts - overhead console in the cabin being just one of them (the controls for the roof and bumper turrets as they call them).

All doors will be shown open, with the exception of 3 or 4 of the smaller ones, which are not presented as separate pieces.

PE for the ladders at the rear, toolboxes, doors and more doors to come, some tools etc.

Cabin has been super detailed, as much as possible.

The right side of the vehicle with heaps of stuff to go into those compartments.

The three ladders go together but, apart from the "claws" to the left and associated PE, there were no other details, so I added the rope and now it looks much closer to reality.

I'll try to finish this over the next couple of weeks.

Thanks for watching,
Laurence

 

[jknaus]

WOW!!! Nice.
James

 

[White_Wolf]

WOW!!! Nice.
James

Thank you James.

 

[Sharkmouth]

LOVE IT!

 

[sharkman]

That looks amazing!! Love the details!

 

[Heavens Eagle]

It is always nice to finish up a shelf queen. So far this one looks over the top! Looking really good Lawrence!

 

[Rhino]

Well that's just cool!

 

[Paulw]

I'm not into targets but that is pretty durn cool.

 

[moon puppy]

Wonderful build Laurence!

 

[White_Wolf]

Thank you thank you and thank you again.
Finished it and took it to the end of year IPMS local club competition. This one is straightforward - categories - ribbons (gold-silver-bronz) awarded to multiple models and one winner chosen who gets a medal. That's it - no "best of xyz" - no best of show, nothing like that.
The TFFT won the trucks category, thank you judges

Mirror base with mirror letters and numbers.

Stowage is a collection of everything in the kit, stuff from other kits and some scratch built, empty spaces don't make an impression.

Bismarck is next on the must finish list - thank you all for watching this - great kit, some swearing involved, especially with the ton of PE, but happy with it.
Cheers

 

[moon puppy]

Very nice Laurence, well done.
Hope all is well down under.

 

[centaur567]

Ditto what they said !! Gary S.

 

[Sharkmouth]

WOW!

 

[Heavens Eagle]

Congratulations Lawrence! Good Job!

 

[Skinny_Mike]

Don’t see many of those!
really nice build Lawrence

 

[Brokeneagle]

Great build Lawrence and congrats on the well deserved award!

 

[White_Wolf]

Great build Lawrence and congrats on the well deserved award!

Thanks mate, it's only a small local show. Nice models, nice people too, venue is 15 minutes drive. All done in one day.

 

[White_Wolf]

Thank you all for the kind words and Merry Christmas.

Laurence