Before looking at some ideas for minor custom work, I'll pull loose ends together with some over all photos. The front view is quiet dramatic, although (being over critical) parts of the rescue cage obscure the view ahead. Nonetheless, it looks good. I have seen a custom on klickywelt where the Playmobil sticker has been replaced by a copy of the Magirus design used on the cage base, and this looks very effective.
The rear view is a bit disappointing, partly because I haven't got the rear light stickers on straight! Ignoring that, it would benefit from plastic insert lights, just as would the pump. One problem is that to a following vehicle no blue lights are visible, unlike the earlier turntable ladders.
Left and right side views look good, although, as with the pump, I'm not keen on the blue panel. The RC aerial is clearly visible on the right hand side, behind the storage locker.
Another thing I'm not keen on are all the stickers and so for this review I've put on the minimum possible. The rear sticker I will remove and I may remove the stickers on the jacks, replacing them by something simpler, maybe an orange faceted "jewel" on each jack. (I forgot to mention that the jacks are a new design for the fire brigade and are lowered and locked in place by pulling the base plate down and then twisting it a quarter turn towards the body.
Apart from these minor quibbles and the concern about the poor storage arrangements, I very much like this new turntable ladder. It looks better than the 3879 and 4182 versions which were based on a Mercedes Econic design and, to me, never really looked the job. So a good buy at just unde £40 in the UK, considerably cheaper than the 4182 it replaces.
