The 1920's Village Horse Drawn Steamer.This picture shows a typical 1920's village fire brigade with their Shand-Mason horsedrawn steamer and the stations hosecart proudly on display for that perfect picture.Also typical of the period was the popular wheeled escape which would be man handled to the fire but not shown in this picture.
This scratch-built 1/76th scale model is based on my village's original fire station dating back to the 1920's and reproduced from photographs from the period.
The actual models show a hose cart,this being made from the the carriage and wheels from that Lledo Dennis Pump Escape which I recently converted to a pump,and the Shand Mason horsedrawn steamer is also from Lledo but with afew major add-ons and changes,ie, different horse, hose, handrails and a new paint job, and lets not forget the tranfers.
I have for along time been meaning to get around to making this type of period model,and must say I'm now glad I finally got around to it.
Picture added on 12 February 2010 at 07:13
Added by Bristol Bob on 12 February 2010.