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Creative => Customs Gallery => Ships & Vehicles => Topic started by: Bill Blackhurst on October 18, 2009, 00:33:45
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These are some of the newest upgrades to the Playmobil City International Airport Fire Departments foam tenders ARFF trucks. The new Scorpion Tail Nozzle was developed by the Wizards to be used as a large hypodermic syringe to pierce the fuselage of airplanes and inject foam or water into the cabin to extinguish on board cabin fires. The depth of penetration is regulated by an ultra sound sensor that locks the large red electromagnet ring near the base of the nozzle by predetermining the depth needed to clear the thickness of the planes shell and no further. Then the desired extinguishing agent is injected into the planes cabin smothering the fire. The newly developed lower water monitor nozzle is used to confront lower positioned fires near the ground level for planes that may be laying totally on the ground due to collapsed landing gear assemblies. I hope you enjoy the newest updates to the ARFF trucks.
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The newly developed Scorpion Tail Nozzle mounted on foam tender 25.
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A close up of the Scorpion Tail Nozzle in the transport position.
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The Scorpion Tail Nozzle in the deployed position.
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A front view of the deployed Scorpion Tail Nozzle in the straight position.
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The nozzle aimed to the left.
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The nozzle aimed to the right.
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Angled down to the right.
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Angled down to the left.
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Newly developed CCTV bottom remote controlled water monitor nozzle.
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Side view of the bottom monitor nozzle & CCTV camera in the neutral position.
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A view of the nozzle in the up position.
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A view of the nozzle in the lowered position.
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Excellent demo and pictures Bill :wow: :wow: :wow:
Have a great Sunday ;)!!!
Karim :)
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Great fire truck Bill!!It`s very creative!
Baden
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Beautiful job Bill and the photos are great! How does the nozzle pierce the plane's skin, it does not appear to be a rotating bit, do they just ram it in? Thanks for sharing your creations with us! :wow:
Gepetto
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Beautiful job Bill and the photos are great! How does the nozzle pierce the plane's skin, it does not appear to be a rotating bit, do they just ram it in? Thanks for sharing your creations with us! :wow:
Gepetto
Thank you everyone for the positive review on this subject! It is very appreciated!
To answer your question Gepetto, from what I have researched, the nozzle pierces the skin of the plane like an actual syringe needle. The shell of an aircraft is not super thick or puncture resistant so a hydraulic powered cylinder can easily penetrate it. This design is only a recent introduction to ARFF trucks, so I have not been able to witness an actual nozzle of this type in operation.
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Thanks Bill for showing us your representation of this unique firefighting tool . From how you described how it works I would hate to be the one who has the seat located where the firemen chose to pierce the planes skin. Ouch ! and then the high pressure fluid , what a mess :lol: I guess it would just be collateral damage at that point . Need to save the peanuts :yup:
Very creative execution on the project :clap:
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Here are some pictures so people can see what a great job you did on your Custom . ( flu shot anyone :omg:)
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(http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/133/pastimage2.jpg) (http://img9.imageshack.us/i/pastimage2.jpg/)
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Thanks for the photos Rasputin, the skin really isn't very thick is it!! :o
Gepetto
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Amazing pictures of an amazing engine :wow: :wow: :wow:
Thank you Ras' :wave:
Karim :)
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Here are some pictures so people can see what a great job you did on your Custom . ( flu shot anyone :omg:)
(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/6567/past1.jpg) (http://img33.imageshack.us/i/past1.jpg/)
(http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/133/pastimage2.jpg) (http://img9.imageshack.us/i/pastimage2.jpg/)
(http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/3136/pastimage6.jpg) (http://img8.imageshack.us/i/pastimage6.jpg/)
Here is the Playmobil City International Airport FD version in use pictures. Thank you Ras, for the pictures of an actual ARFF truck equipped with this nozzle boom. BTW, the custom Scorpion Tail Nozzle is 60% Playmobil parts, 40% other.
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Thanks everyone for the positive feedback regarding this latest project! It is appreciated very much! I hope you enjoy the lastest pictures of the custom in demonstration use.
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Hi Bill.
That is a real neat custom! :wow: :wow:
Is that something new to airport fire fighting equipment?
Very well done :yup:
Best regards,
Jimbo
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Hi Bill.
That is a real neat custom! :wow: :wow:
Is that something new to airport fire fighting equipment?
Very well done :yup:
Best regards,
Jimbo
Thanks Jimbo! From what I can tell it is a relatively new design, & I'm trying to find out if it is offered as an option from all ARFF manufacturers, or only certain ones. It looks to be a valuable type of equipment, but when it comes to patents, it may not be too easily available.
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fantastic bill.
you can always find a way to stay within the playmobil look of things. :yup:
everything seems so natural. :)
you are indeed a gifted customizer. :wow:
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fantastic bill.
you can always find a way to stay within the playmobil look of things. :yup:
everything seems so natural. :)
you are indeed a gifted customizer. :wow:
Thank you for the positive feedback, cachalote! I'm truly enjoying the projects that I'm doing now. & I'm glad others are being so supportive of my efforts! I try to follow a careful balance to create items that use mostly PM original parts, & make them able to always be returned to their original state with no permanent evidence of the conversion.
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I try to follow a careful balance to create items that use mostly PM original parts, & make them able to always be returned to their original state with no permanent evidence of the conversion.
You mean you do not want to drill and glue your $200 fire trucks :lol:
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You mean you do not want to drill and glue your $200 fire trucks :lol:
NEVER! :no: :0
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I try to follow a careful balance to create items that use mostly PM original parts, & make them able to always be returned to their original state with no permanent evidence of the conversion.
That's quite a "trick", Bill! Especially because your customs always look like irreversible conversions to me ... :eh?:
You should create a "how to" topic on how to create "temporary" customs. It would seem that reversible customs would take a lot more planning and time than a "permanent" custom.
I would really like to know how you do it. And, I'll bet that there are others here who would like to know as well.
Thank you for sharing your splendid fire fighting creation with us.
All the best,
Richard
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Brilliant work as always Bill!
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To answer your question Gepetto, from what I have researched, the nozzle pierces the skin of the plane like an actual syringe needle. The shell of an aircraft is not super thick or puncture resistant so a hydraulic powered cylinder can easily penetrate it. This design is only a recent introduction to ARFF trucks, so I have not been able to witness an actual nozzle of this type in operation.
The machine was profiled on Modern Marvels (History Chanel) on a couple of shows (at least one about- Firetrucks).
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The machine was profiled on Modern Marvels (History Chanel) on a couple of shows (at least one about- Firetrucks).
I haven't seen that show :-\! Do you know what date it was on, or is the show available on DVD ????
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Bill, some of the shows are on sites like Hulu (http://www.hulu.com/search?query=modern+marvels&st=)
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Bill, some of the shows are on sites like Hulu (http://www.hulu.com/search?query=modern+marvels&st=)
Thanks Ras, I don't watch TV that much, but now you've cued my interest on finding this crash tender episode, I'll be on a mission :yup:!
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What an excellent custom. It's nice to see Playmo FD are keeping up with current trends. I was thinking the new grey HAZMAT style suit would look good painted reflective silver like a proper fire proximity suit.
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What an excellent custom. It's nice to see Playmo FD are keeping up with current trends. I was thinking the new grey HAZMAT style suit would look good painted reflective silver like a proper fire proximity suit.
Thank you for the positive feed back on this project, Tiermann!
You've read my mind, Tim! I'm working on a reflective proximity suit using the 3180 Haz Mat suit! Keep on the look out for the future custom pictures!
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the new grey crash suite fire fighters
bud the coming with out the face masks
peter
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Thank you everyone for the recent positive reviews of this project! It is greatly appreciated ;D!
Thank you for the picture of the new suits, Peter! I don't understand why they aren't including SCBA masks for these figures any more! Trying to cut costs at the expense of realism I suppose!
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Wonderful work again, Bill - well done. :wow: :wow: :wow: It's amazing to me that it's all "undoable".
I have one of the new crash-suited figures spare, so I'll send him over to you.
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Wonderful work again, Bill - well done. :wow: :wow: :wow: It's amazing to me that it's all "undoable".
I have one of the new crash-suited figures spare, so I'll send him over to you.
Thank you Gordon, for the positive review, & the new figure offer! I really appreciate your assistance! I'm afraid as I become more brazen in my customs projects that it is getting more difficult to find ways to make the vehicles transformable to their original state, but I keep working on it!
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nice finishing touch. as stated in above post your customs are always very realistic and very enjoyable to look at :love: :love: :love: :love: :love:
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Great customs Bill. Once again, I can say, everything I know about fire equipment I learned from PF!
kaethe
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Thank you for the compliments regarding this extended custom project, everyone. :wave:
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Bill,
Fabulous customs! You are absolutely correct about how little force it takes to piece a fuselage of today's jets. i have seen all kinds of things puncture them while working fleet service during college in Alaska. Forklift puncture holes are my personal favorites because those idiots are actually trained not to pierce a fuselage. And it does mess up the schedule when this happens!
It is quite interesting hearing how these units are used. Before, the airport FD had to either spray foam on the outside and watch the plane burn up or burn out or figure out how to spray some foam inside while risking their lives being lost to exploding planes.
Firemen were our favorite folks at the airport because we often had taxiway spills while emptying the planes' latrines, and this was before there were gates directly attached to the planes for boarding. We had to call the FD to spray the mess away fro the boarding stairs, and they would arrive in their full suits with their largest trucks to do such a piddly job. They were always nice about it, and it made a great show for the folks sitting in the airport cafe eating because there was not a lot else to watch in Fairbanks except planes landing and taking off.
It is great there so many things are possible with PM fire sets. Cheers, Pgal