Dennis Fire Engine 06442

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Available as 472 from 1964 to 1965.

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Issued as 572 from 1966 to 1972.

Issued as 05442-5 from 1973 to 1976.

Reissued as 06442-8 from 1979 to 1982.

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Issued as 9 06442 from 1983 to 1984.

Reissued as 06442 from 1990 to 1994.

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Reissued as part of Dennis Fire Engine & Old Bill Bus (09441) in 2005.

I bought the 06442 box on e-bay three of years ago.

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Like the Type B Bus I built, lots of red plastic. The information printed on the instruction sheet gives little in the way of clues as to a period that this vehicle is representative of; vaguely mentioning the Great War and the Blitz of Coventry in 1941. The crews’ helmets appear to be Victorian, Merryweather type from 1901, in use until the mid-1930s. I didn’t wash the runners because I thought that after thirty years any residual mould release agent would have evaporated.

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Engine assembled 

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Assembly to stage 2. The instructions say silver, but I chose Vallejo Model Air 71073 Black (Metallic), Vallejo Model Air 71072 Gun (Metallic), Vallejo Model Air 71063 Silver (Metallic) and Vallejo Model Air 71069 Rust (Metallic)

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Sorry about the focus. The figures (like the bus) are a bit crude, the driver's left hand is a stump

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I remembered I had some Airwaves AEM034 Floor Plate Waffle Pattern and decided to use this on the footplate

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The chassis, sprayed Vallejo Model Air 71057 Black and the footplate silver

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The colours in the destructions may date from the old Airfix paints range, which was limitted to say the least?

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The crew are being painted

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Humbrol Acrylic 61 Matt Flesh = skin tones

Vallejo Model Color 19 70927 Dark Flesh = skin tones

Vallejo Model Color 20 70845 Sunny Skintone = skin tones

Andrea Color 2nd Base / 2nd Light / 2nd Shadow = skin tones

Vallejo Model Color 48 70898 Dark Sea Blue = uniform

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The crew have been painted 

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And to protect the paintwork, I put each one into a small zip-lock bag

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Stage 3

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part way into stage 4

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I've now put together lots of sub-assemblies by colour

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Here's the basic coachwork sprayed red - what else

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The ladders were sprayed with VMA Wood then stipple brushed with VMC Woodgrain (Transparent)

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I've also sprayed white (hoses), black (chassis fitments), the metallic mix of colours for various parts and painted the gold parts with Humbrol Acrylic and VMC for variation

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Stage 4

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Stage 5

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Stage 6

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Stage 7

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Stage 8

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I used a ruling pen to write the number plates

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Stage 9

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Stage 10

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At this stage I applied the decals

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Stage 11

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Stage 12

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Almost done

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Stage 10

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At this stage I applied the decals

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Stage 11

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Stage 12

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Almost done

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I've added chains and thread to the ladder

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Now I have to work out how it fits on the carriage

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I'm guessing it slots between the parallel bars

 

I've re-sprayed the bonnet with Alclad Chrome

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[Captain Triggers]

Nice! think it should be reissued? maybe maybe not? 

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Thanks.

Why not?

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 Thanks for looking