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Title: UK fire hydrant team
Post by: playmofire on October 08, 2009, 13:22:30: Peter's thread on the new Playmobil hydrant and it's predecessors has made me get out some photos of an early custom, a UK hydrant team. The only non-accurate detail is the large yellow letters on the hydrant cover. Usually, the word "Hydrant" is just cast into the metal in appropriate size letters, although nowadays there the hydrant covers are sometimes painted bright yellow.
Title: Re: UK fire hydrant team
Post by: playmofire on October 08, 2009, 13:25:48: Now here's a modified version of the original with "water" and an alternative design of standpipe which allows two hoses to be supplied from one hydrant.
Title: Re: UK fire hydrant team
Post by: Bill Blackhurst on October 08, 2009, 13:49:00: Excellent designs Gordon :)9! It looks like PM took a hint from your design & used it in their present theme! I'm especially impressed with your working fire scene :wow:! The details are first class!
Title: Re: UK fire hydrant team
Post by: baden-wurttemberg on October 08, 2009, 20:41:58: Great custom Gordon!!!

Baden
Title: Re: UK fire hydrant team
Post by: playmofire on October 08, 2009, 20:48:25: Quote from: Bill Blackhurst on October 08, 2009, 13:49:00
Excellent designs Gordon :)9! It looks like PM took a hint from your design & used it in their present theme! I'm especially impressed with your working fire scene :wow:! The details are first class!

Thank you, Bill, and I hope to post some more of my older fire scene photos - you'll find one here:

http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=1854.0

and a partial set here:

http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=3379.0
Title: Re: UK fire hydrant team
Post by: playmofire on October 08, 2009, 20:59:05: Quote from: baden-wurttemberg on October 08, 2009, 20:41:58
Great custom Gordon!!!

Baden

Thank you, Baden. :wave:
Title: Re: UK fire hydrant team
Post by: Rasputin on October 08, 2009, 21:12:26: I guess the saying "ahead of the curve" would apply . Your design looks just like you pictures of the real thing . Maybe Geobra is spying in your window's right now, looking for the next thing to make :lens:
Title: Re: UK fire hydrant team
Post by: playmofire on October 08, 2009, 21:46:29: Quote from: Rasputin on October 08, 2009, 21:12:26
I guess the saying "ahead of the curve" would apply . Your design looks just like you pictures of the real thing . Maybe Geobra is spying in your window's right now, looking for the next thing to make :lens:

A nice thought, Ras, but the Playmobil standpipe is a very good copy of the German design of standpipe.
Title: Re: UK fire hydrant team
Post by: Gepetto on October 09, 2009, 03:03:09: I remember how impressed I was when I first saw those photo stories Gordon and looking at them now with more experienced eyes ::) I have to say they still hold up very well, good job.

Gepetto
Title: Re: UK fire hydrant team
Post by: noodwachter72 on October 09, 2009, 06:28:08: Great custom looks good
the English fire brigade us the same standpipe as the dutch
Gordon thanks fir posting the pic's

groet Peter
Title: Re: UK fire hydrant team
Post by: Richard on October 10, 2009, 02:29:43: Quote from: noodwachter72 on October 09, 2009, 06:28:08

the English fire brigade us the same standpipe as the dutch

As everyone probably already knows, American fire hydrants have a totally different design to accommodate local canine needs ... :lol:

see attachment
Title: Re: UK fire hydrant team
Post by: Richard on October 10, 2009, 02:33:43: BTW, Gordon, your customs are always perfect ... :clap: ... :clap: ... :clap: ...
Title: Re: UK fire hydrant team
Post by: playmofire on October 14, 2009, 20:45:05: Thank you all for your kind comments. :wave: I found a second custom I made of a hydrant man in BA, photos attached. The equipment is the same design but I like the general look of the figure overall very much.

I spotted another hydrant cover in the village today which I will photograph and post as it is the same as my design. I did say that the letters F H were not accurate, but clearly they are. I suspect another senior moment and that when I made the custom (about 1997) I modelled the hydrant cover on t the village this one in and have since forgotten. :-[
Title: Re: UK fire hydrant team
Post by: peetje on October 26, 2009, 17:35:54: Very cool Pictures.
Nice to look at it.
I like your work.

Groeten,

Peter