For a long time now I've been wanting to build a fire brigade vehicle with a HIAB crane. The first problem was finding a HIAB crane in the right scale, but after two or three years of checking in model shops and on the internet I found one made by the Finnish firm EMEK to go with their 1:24 scale trucks.
The next decision was the sort of fire brigade vehicle to make. I thought at first of a rescue vehicle based on the 3880, but the HIAB meant a loss of the rear storage space. Eventually, I decided on a flatbed, using the 3880 chassis and cab and the flatbed from the dino tracked vehicle (pinching the last idea from FireChief).
The finished vehicle is a fire support vehicle and would be used to ferry supplies and equipment to major incidents or between stations. So here are some photos of it. Its German designation would be an LKW.