Notes and News - October 23, 2009

Counting the number of weeks or days to Christmas seems to be part of our culture. Lately we seem to start counting the days 'till Christmas starting the first week of January!  Well, with the many models coming, this will help to make your holiday list making a little easier, I thought I should mention that there are only 63 days left to shop for Christmas 2009. 

It might be helpful to give you something that you can print out and leave as a hint for those who will be shopping for you.  The 2009 Christmas Edition is sure to be a winner this year.  With the help of the guys on Ladder 114 in Brooklyn, we have an authentic version of the famed Ladder decked out for the Season.  This house has a great tradition with the ladder each year as the crew and their families gather to celebrate.  So here is a peek at the model that will be the next in the Christmas Series and this is one not to be missed.   Print the photo and leave it in a place where your spouse, children or friends can't miss it!

Ladder 114

FDNY LADDER 114 – ready for the Holidays.
Code 3 Collectibles Item # 12568

NOTE:  The decorations are authentic to this model as it is used for the Company Christmas gathering.  For those who don't like the decorations, they are easy to remove, but isn't that a bit of a Scrooge approach?

Also, after many requests there will be a surprise release this year and we hope just in time to order for Christmas.  I for one like surprises and like to try to guess what is in a package, but enjoy the moment of opening and seeing what really is inside.  So here are a few photos that give you just a peek. You will have to wait to have it unwrapped in the weeks ahead.

Don't forget to drop the hints...

John H. Dunkel

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THE 2009 FIRE EXPO MACK PUMPER
The latest in the Firehouse Expo Series

This is a Limited Edition of 1000 Units and will disappear quickly.

PAST TIME HOBBIES SPECIAL EDITION 2009

Available exclusively from PAST TIME HOBBIES

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1/64th PROGRESS, PA ENGINE 321 MACK C PUMPER

Engine 321 of the Progress, PA Fire Department has been an often requested model by Collectors and we have finally answered the call. This beautiful Mack model is a must have for your collection. The motto of the Progress, Pennsylvania Fire Department is OFTEN IMITATED NEVER DUPLICATED. That is until now with this new replica of the Engine 321 from the Progress Department joining the long list of replicas from Code 3 Collectibles as a companion piece the Ladder from Progress may soon join the engine in 64th scale.

Over the years of its existence, the Progress Fire Company has always done commendable work as a Firefighting unit in and around the community it serves. The members have always maintained good equipment and as trend and times demanded, new and additional equipment was added so that at present time the Company is one of the best manned and best equipped Firefighting organizations in the Central Pennsylvania area.

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1/64th OLD GLORY Flag Set

NOTE: Truck not included

This latest release from Code 3 is intended to enhance your entire collection.  Fire Departments around the country mount the American Flag in an expression of Patriotism and a sense of service to the American people they serve in their communities.  Now you can add Old Glory to your rigs too. In three styles, Full Furl, Flutter and Parade Rest the flags are rendered in 1/64th Scale and can be mounted wherever you want to display it.  12 Flags per set so you can decorate numerous models in your collection.

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1/64th COMMEMORATIVE EDITION FDNY CHIEF CASSANO ENGINE 31 MACK CF PUMPER

Edition size:  2500

Scale:  1/64th

Size:  5”L X 1.5”W X  2”H

Release date:  October 2009

In retrospect, November of 1969 provided a variety of historical footnotes: Elvis Presley returned to the top of the music charts with the hit song Suspicious Minds, on the 19th, Apollo 12 would land on the moon as the second manned mission to the surface, and the conflict in Viet Nam was still very much undecided.

Another footnote to this 40th anniversary year of 1969 had to do with Salvatore Cassano, a young U.S. Army Veteran, who was appointed as a New York City Firefighter and instructed to report to the Division of training. Upon graduating “proby school” Cassano was assigned to Engine Company 31 in Lower Manhattan. January 24th of 1970 was his first day.

At the time, Engine 31 was housed in the quarters of Engine Company 7 and Ladder Company 1 at 100 Duane Street, but was soon relocated to share space with Engine Company 55. A short sprint away, Engine 31 found its home inside 363 Broome Street on February 26, 1970.

The apparatus assigned to Engine Company 31 prior to disbanding, was a 1962 Mack model C95F pumper with a 1000 gpm Waterous pump and a gasoline powered Mack Thermodyne engine. It was delivered to the FDNY on November 14, 1962 and placed in service originally as Engine Company 17 on January 16, 1963. The cost of this pumper was $20,949 and was one of 10 identical Mack pumpers delivered that year. It was replaced at Engine 17 in 1969 and then assigned to Engine Company 257, in Brooklyn, on June 16, 1969. It remained there until 1970 and reassigned to Engine Company 31 on May 19, 1970, replacing a 1954 Mack model 19LS 1000 gpm high-pressure open cab pumper that had been in service as Engine 31 from February 24, 1954 until May 19, 1970. That 1962 Mack remained at Engine 31 until they were disbanded on November 25, 1972 and was then used as a spare for a few years before assignment to the Division of Training on October 10, 1975. It was relinquished on September 13, 1976.

For a good 30 years, Engine 31 operated on 116 Leonard Street until moving, with Water Tower 1, on June 3, 1896, to an ornate new firehouse on the corner of Elm and White Street, Manhattan. Almost a decade later, on December 15, 1905, the official address of this building was changed to 87 Lafayette Street. At that time, it was the biggest and most expensive of all FDNY fire stations with  an exterior resembling an ancient castle, the interior constructed of Italian marble.

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FLAG WAVING TIME!

The NEW PATRIOT SERIES MODEL from IONA MCGREGOR, FLORIDA

The Iona McGregor Engine 260 is a replica of the Sutphen Monarch.
This 2006 model has a Hale Pump with a 1500 GPM capability & 750 gallon tank along with 30 gallon Foam Tank.
The Cummings ISL 370 Horsepower engine is coupled with an Allison 3060 HD Transmission.
Engine 260 has a Full LED light package.

This model will not be around long!

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MORE MODELS IN STOCK AND READY TO SHIP

#12587 1/64 Chicago Fire Dept. Engine 79 ALF Pumper

#12811 1/64 Gettysburg, PA Sutphen Pumper

#12816 1/64 Chicago Ladder 15 - Mack CF Rearmount

#12815 1/64 Hagerstown, MD 1966 Vintage Mack C Pumper

#12806 1/64 2008 Christmas Edition - Yonkers, NY ALF Engine 313

#12874 1/64 Patuxent River Oshkosh Crash T-3000

#12996 1/32 Chicago Luverne Pumper - Diamond Plate

#12996 1/32 FDNY Seagrave Ladder 10

Next update: Friday, October 30, 2009