Firehouse Replicas & Model Fire Station Toys by Benzie, Andrew

Firehouse Replicas & Model Fire Station Toys

A MUST-HAVE FOR FIREFIGHTERS AND COLLECTORS OF FIREFIGHTING TOYS-THE PERFECT BOOK FOR THE FIREHOUSE KITCHEN TABLE!This long-awaited...
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SKU: 9781950562497
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Author: Andrew Benzie
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Firehouse Replicas & Model Fire Station Toys by Benzie, Andrew

Firehouse Replicas & Model Fire Station Toys

BD$112.57

Firehouse Replicas & Model Fire Station Toys

BD$112.57
Author: Andrew Benzie
Format: Paperback
Language: English
A MUST-HAVE FOR FIREFIGHTERS AND COLLECTORS OF FIREFIGHTING TOYS-THE PERFECT BOOK FOR THE FIREHOUSE KITCHEN TABLE!
This long-awaited book (the fourth title published in the author's Model Fire Engines series) is the definitive resource for model fire station toys and scale firehouse replicas. Packed full of detailed information, this coffee-table book includes more than 1,000 color images of over 200 scale firehouses and hundreds of die-cast model fire engines. Includes training towers, burning buildings, firefighting figures, and dioramas of Mack's fire engine assembly plant and FDNY's fleet services facility.
Model fire station toys include details about manufacturers and production dates, and firehouse replicas include historical information about each building such as year built, companies quartered, and neighborhoods served (in New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and many other cities).
Featuring firehouses by Code 3 Collectibles, Corgi Classics, Dinky Toys, First Due Firehouse Replicas, Hot Wheels, LEGO, Majorette, Matchbox, Plasticville, Road Champs, Siku, Solido, Tomica, Tootsietoy, and many others. This beautifully designed book will appeal to firefighters, collectors, and children alike. Available in hardcover and softcover.
200+ FIREHOUSES, 200+ PAGES, 1,000+ IMAGES, FULL COLOR.

"A really unusual book that deserves to be in the library of anyone who collects model fire apparatus or fire stations. Extensively researched and very well put together. Don't let this one go by!" -John A. Calderone (editor, Fire Apparatus Journal magazine)

This book also includes:
- the history of key die-cast toy manufacturers
- dozens of real-life firehouse replicas and detailed information about the companies and the apparatus quartered
- all nine of Code 3 Collectibles hand-painted resin firehouses as well as their "Burning Building" replica
- replicas of famous Hollywood movie firehouses including those featured in EMERGENCY!, Ghostbusters, Backdraft, and Towering Inferno
- five different scale firehouse replicas produced of Los Angeles County EMERGENCY! fire station 51
- fire department-related board games, resin patches, scale flags, and firefighting figures
- photos of over 150 Code 3 Collectibles replicas in their respective firehouses
- the FDNY Super Pumper System and the firehouse built specifically to house it
- over 20 FDNY firehouses custom built out of LEGOs
- the prototype of a second Boley firehouse (based on an FDNY structure) planned but never released
- details on how to build your own firehouse models
- links to free downloads to update your own collection


"This book is a must-have for anyone interested in the fire service." -Dave Audlin (former firefighter and avid collector)

"...like reading a history book of the cities and the real firehouses... this is one that collectors will treasure." -Riley O'Brien (ex-firefighter/paramedic & fire apparatus collector)

"If you love toy firehouses, you'll love this collectible book on the subject!" -Charlie Mack (author, The Encyclopedia of Matchbox Toys)

Author: Andrew Benzie
Publisher: Andrew Benzie Books
Published: 09/03/2024
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9781950562497

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