Fire Stations

You did not state your era,  so mine, from the 1880's, scratchbuilt, will be way too

early.  It is a take-off of the famous one in Georgetown, Colo., with the hose drying

tower.  A search on here should turn it up, if not too early.

Here is our Ameritown fire house.  Station 8 for the station that I work at.  The fire engine and the bug are Corgi's.  We did add a hose tower to the top.  Nick  

Mine can be pulled up with a search of: "Firehouse Five Plus Two".  It, too, has a hose

tower, but may be too early for your modeled period.  Someone else on here, Meixel,

was going to build a scale model of this Georgetown, Colo. firehouse...mine is an

enlarged take-off.

Sorry, forgot to post era, 1940's -50's.  Problem with Ameritown is there kit is too generic, especially the top section.

I will get some photos and post them here. Department 56 did several really nice fire stations that fit in well with an O-Gauge layout.

Twin Whistle (see Scenery Sourcelist...craftsman kits)

has three very nice firehouse kits.  I'm on the brink of ordering their kit #014...it has the best fit to my urban area (it can be shortened in depth, too, per their instructions).

Lionel made a nice 2-door w/tower version that's somewhat hard to find, now, ....and a tad pricey.  We can only hope they'll re-run it someday.

MTH has run several versions of theirs featuring sound, animation, lights,...the whole magilla.  It's a nice structure, but its footprint with the base attached....necessary to capture all of the functions...is too big for me.

Then, as others on another thread casting votes for future Woodland Scenics efforts have stated, an O scale version of their HO firehouse would be AWESOME!  Even though its may be too big now for my urban plans, I'd probably do some urban renewal to accommodate it.  

And there's no shortage of appropriate equipment to park inside/outside if you search a great diecast site, such as Diecast Direct....  Diecast Direct Link

KD

THANK YOU!!, dkdkrd, for that link.  I was familiar with TW, but had no idea they made that many interesting buildings, never seen an ad, and maybe just a few on the

internet auction.  One of those looks like the Ameritown station, with one more story.

With Ameritown, you swap front facades among their buildings, or, better, scratch

build the front.  A drive down the alley behind a row of small town buildings

reveals what?.....a bunch of generic brick walls, and Korber and Ameritown are great for that.

I am building my own 3 bay firehouse from scratch.

Military Fire Station

 Walls printed with Model Builder software on heavy paper glued to styrene sheet.  Roof shingles printed using Excel outline and fill patterns in cell format option printed on red construction paper and glued to foam core board.  Windows in equipment bays were printed on inkjet transparency film with frame patterns done in Excel outline feature of cell format option.

Based on one of the various, “temporary”, wooden structures built at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin in 1942.  Some of the buildings have been updated and modernized while others have been demolished and replaced with modern, concrete block/brick/steel structures.

 Fire House, Building 2750

West 13^th Avenue and West “I” Street

This picture was taken in mid to late 1970’s.  At that time, it was still used by USAR Engineer Firefighting units during their annual training.  This building was demolished a few years ago.  

Fire House, Building 550

East 13^th Avenue and East “L” Street

I believe this is the last of the former, WW II era fire stations still standing at Fort McCoy.  This picture was taken July 19, 2014.  The building is currently being used by one of the many contractors at Fort McCoy to store equipment.

Historical pictures and plans of Fort McCoy buildings can be found at this Library of Congress web site.  An additional Library of Congress Link.

Larry

rogerpete,

E-mail sent!

Larry

I have not built this yet (waiting for kit to arrive) but take a look at 

Twin Whistle Sign and Kit Company.

Allen has some excellent kits or pre builts.

A lot of great structure ideas.

Always out looking for new ideas, no firehouse on my layout. This could be a project for the up coming model railroad season.

Cool thread. 

Mike:

yes I did

Joe

Joe

Please post some pics of this kit when you receive it.  Am very interested in getting one too

Mike

Mike:

Will do.

It will be a while before I start the kit. right now it is scheduled for Sept 20 start date.

Once I receive do you want pictures of the kit parts in the meantime?

Joe

The scratch-built station below represents the one at which I started my fire service career in 1962. It was originally built in 1927. We had newer apparatus than the Christy-tractored steamer and a 1930s Ahrens-Fox.

Cobbled up from luan plywood with somebody's brick paper, and Grandt Line windows and doors.

This station is about to take delivery on a newer pumper - you can see it on a flat car in the right background.

Owen:

Very nice

Joe

Joe

Did your kit arrive yet?  Let's see some pics of it before building

Mike

Mike:

Not yet

Joe

The last of the kit (tower section) came in today. All parts are plastic or wood. The walls are very thick - over 1/4 inch and are flat. All wood parts are laser cut. All in all I am very pleased with the kit. I will be starting assembly in about one month.

Joe

I gotta get a fire station on my layout.  Not sure where, but . . . when the WBB E-Z Street switches come out I think I will rebuild my main street and switch a siding inside a fire station: I have three 'Streets firetrucks now.  

That is a good kit.  I like it, but I might scratchbuikld like Michael Pierce did: good looking and you can tailor it to exactly the size, which i imagine I will have to do.  

Lee,

I know you posted a thread on the first fire truck.  I may have missed a thread on the second and third.  Any pics?

Larry

This thread makes me realize that my town of Spencer doesn't have a fire station.  No wonder the fire insurance premiums are so high. 

Art

Here's a recent addition to the NLOE club layout courtesy of greg773

An inexpensive option for the tinplaters. Works well with O or Std.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/331269975817?lpid=82

Steve

This is a laser cut kit I built.

Just started to assemble the Twin Whistle Fire House. The main building was easy to glue up. The walls were straight, flat and thick. The ends were butt jointed but there was plenty if glue surface. I did add corner braces just to be sure.

The tower walls are cut at 45 degrees. To make the joints fit flush I had to clean them up a little on the table saw.

Because the roof is so big I took my time gluing it up. I taped the roof together first then glued one panel at a time over the course of a few days.

Right now the insides are painted black. I will start painting the outsides next week.

All in all I am very pleased with this kit.

Nice pieces, looking forward to the Twin piece completed too.

Mike:

The customer has Corgi Firetrucks 1/50 scale

http://www.amazon.com/Corgi-US...rds=corgi+fire+truck

Joe

I wish I were talented enough to build this one. It's nothing special, but it somehow appeals to me.

Arthur:

The building seems fairly simple - stucco or concrete walls. I would have to guess on the side and back walls plus the roof but I will quote if you want. What footprint do you have available?

Joe

A number of years ago i was passing through the Connecticut city of Westport and passed an amazing old fire station that was no longer in use by the city. It was a beautiful brick and still had its original hose tower. Fortunately, I had my camera with me and stopped and photographed it from all angles. When iu got home I made scale drawings from the photos and eventually built it out of card stock for my WSR layout. Attached are two photos that show its from as well as a side view showing the hose tower. I also have made the drawings and directions available for other modelers and anyone is invited to contact me for a set (at a nominal cost) via my website at www.fredmdole.com. (I thought I had it on the website but don't; sorry.

Fred Dole

Fred

Thanks for that article, been looking for it. Sending you email

Mike P