Yat Ming Road Signatures / 1938 Ford Fire Truck / 1:24th

Red

       The paint job, along with the tampoed graphics and pinstripes, is splendidly applied and appropriately glossy. Starting at the front, you get a separate, chromed windshield wiper instead of a molded-in part. There’s a pivoting, swiveling searchlight on the left side of the windshield, and, on the right side, a rotating, emergency light assembly, with three red lights. A chromed, red light/siren unit is mounted on the hood. In the driver’s area you get a 3-D dash, and nicely scaled steering wheel, pedals (clutch, brake, and starter), shift, and brake levers. The steering works smoothly, with a good range of motion. The seat’s done in soft-touch plastic to add to the realism. Just behind the driver, there’s a hose reel with a length of hose that rolls off. Beneath the hose reel, is a section of metal screen, just like on the 1:1 truck (to drain off water from the hose). On the left side, there are two sections of hose (non-removable) in mounting brackets. There’s also a rear-mounted hose reel, with nozzle, but this one doesn’t allow you to un-reel its hose. The rest of the hoses, located above this reel, are of the molded-in variety, made to look as if yards of it have been folded there for ready access. There’s a separate, chromed nozzle on one end of this hose assembly to provide a touch more realism. In the rear, you’ll also find two, chromed work lights, mounted on either side of the handrails, above the hose deck.

Yat Ming is definitely the champion in the “most bang for the buck” category of precision, 1:24 scale images. All of their fire trucks bristle with fine detail and nifty little extras. Every one of their 1:24 fire truck images is sharp looking and crisply rendered, thereby keeping the realism factor up there with the best.

Part # 20058

Price: $49.95

Status: In Stock