FIRST DUE FIREHOUSE REPLICAS
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About the Owner/Designer/Builder/Author
Andrew Benzie began collecting model emergency vehicles in the 1970s when his grandparents gave him his first Corgi and Dinky toy fire engines. He has an extensive collection and knowledge of Code 3 models, and has published three books on Conrad, Siku, and Tomica emergency vehicles. Andrew currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area where he runs a design and book publishing company, and plays bass and drums with several local bands.
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First Due Firehouse Replicas
Custom-Built Models
We have been building scale replica models of fire apparatus and firehouses for over 25 years. See below for samples of our work (these models are also available for purchase). If you have a specific firehouse you would like recreated as a scale model, please contact us for more information.
First Due Firehouse Replicas Custom Release:
Syracuse Fire Station 1
We created this model of Syracuse Fire Department’s Fire Station 1 for a firefighter who works for the S.F.D. in New York. Thanks for all you do… and special thanks to all our clients and supporters.
In early 1915 the Village Board of West Haverstraw, New York approved the formation of Volunteer Hose Company No. 2. Eighty-five years later, Code 3 replicated the company’s new 2000 Sutphen pumper in 1:64 scale. Our model of this historic firehouse is a custom release from First Due Firehouse Replicas.
First Due Firehouse Replicas Custom Release:
West Haverstraw Volunteer Hose Co#2 / Engine 23 “House of Blues”
First Due Firehouse Replicas Custom Release:
Oceanic H&L Co. No.1
We created this model of Oceanic H&L Co. No.1 VFDNY Engine 1/Brushfire Unit 1 to honor the members of New York City’s oldest active volunteer fire company. This historical firehouse was built in 1881 and was moved to its present location in 1902. The task of moving the building was accomplished by rolling it on logs using four horses with the assistance of a dozen men from the fire company.
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First Due Firehouse Replicas Custom Release:
FDNY Engine 242 “The Pride of Bayridge’
We custom made this special 1:50 scale replica of FDNY Engine 242 for a number of members of the FDNY who are assigned to this beautiful 1896 firehouse. The larger scale was chosen to accommodate previous Engine 242 releases by Fire Replicas.
