Fire Boat L.A. City No. 2 aka Ralph J. Scott

Well it’s been a long time but I have finished my model of the fire boat LA City No 2 (also known as the Ralph J Scott).

I have just south of 900 hours in its construction. Currently the acrylic display case cover is being fabricated.

I have some photos here for your viewing (forgot how to embed the photo so it’s a link). I’m also finishing up a construction and documentation report (right now 160 pages) of boat information, sources and lots of construction photos. If anyone is interested I can email the PDF file when done.

For scale here is a picture of me with the model.

https://oi1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj563/Larry_Bowers/260-Model%20Completed_zpscbsabh4n.jpg

And various views…

https://oi1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj563/Larry_Bowers/259-Model%20Completed_zpsalfkflh9.jpg

https://oi1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj563/Larry_Bowers/258-Model%20Completed_zpsg7kjleir.jpg

https://oi1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj563/Larry_Bowers/257-Model%20Completed_zpsvqgiln1a.jpg

https://oi1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj563/Larry_Bowers/256-Model%20Completed_zpsyt8t6sd7.jpg

https://oi1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj563/Larry_Bowers/255-Model%20Completed_zpswpkyh2lb.jpg

https://oi1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj563/Larry_Bowers/254-Model%20Completed_zpsejewqnxt.jpg

https://oi1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj563/Larry_Bowers/253-Model%20Completed_zps5ccoiiln.jpg

https://oi1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj563/Larry_Bowers/252-Model%20Completed_zpsyerymc0j.jpg

https://oi1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj563/Larry_Bowers/250-Skiff%20Mounted%20and%20rigged_zpspha71wgw.jpg

https://oi1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj563/Larry_Bowers/251-Model%20Completed_zpsfswleyol.jpg

https://oi1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj563/Larry_Bowers/135-Completed%20lower%20deck%20looking%20at%20engine%20telegraphs_zpsm21dwxw6.jpg

https://oi1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj563/Larry_Bowers/113-Midship%20frame%20with%20all%20piping_zpsrrb9i4e6.jpg

https://oi1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj563/Larry_Bowers/112-midships%20with%20all%20piping%20installed_zpscsxq43jk.jpg

https://oi1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj563/Larry_Bowers/113A%20-%20View%20infront%20of%20engine%207%20looking%20forward_zpsk2gzep5v.jpg

Fantastic! That’s quite a nice model. Really cool subject - well done.

Great build! [t$t] [t$t] [t$t]

Jim [cptn]

Larry B!!!

You are a man after my fashion. Beautiful work. It was somewhat aggravating to see it though. The Photobucket page kept inundating it with ads. I had a hard time seeing the interior parts you did. I assume they are up the high standards of everything else. AWESOME !!! T.B.

Utterly stunning. Great work and thanks for sharing it.

Hi,

Thanks for sharing. It’s nice to see some other type boats. [:D]

If anyone is intrested the Nebraska Educational TV (NET - our PBS) did a story on the model. It can be found at http://netnebraska.org/interactive-multimedia/television/nebraska-stories-model-remember-1107

Larry