Commissions

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Your rig, brick for brick.

Send me the truck your department actually runs and I will design it as a buildable model, eight studs wide, down to the compartment layout and the lettering on the door. Then it gets its own page on this store, so the rest of your shift can order one without going through you.

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What it costs

Priced by what the rig is.

A brush truck and a tiller are not the same job. Pricing is by apparatus class, because that is what drives the piece count and the hours.

Class 1

Light and patrol apparatus

$30 Design fee

Typically Type 5 and Type 6 patrols, brush trucks, utilities, command rigs, chase trucks, pickup-based units, ambulances and RMAs.

Roughly 400 to 900 pieces

Class 2

Engines and rescues

$45 Design fee

Typically Structure engines, Type III brush engines, heavy rescues, squads, USAR, tenders and crew carriers.

Roughly 900 to 1,700 pieces

Class 3

Aerials

$60 Design fee

Typically Rear mounts, quints, towers, tillers and tandem axle trucks. Working rotation and elevation, outriggers that deploy.

Roughly 1,600 to 2,600 pieces

Class 4

Specialty and off-road

Quoted Case by case

Typically ARFF, dozers and their transports, semi chassis, fixed and rotary wing aircraft, fireboats, and full station dioramas.

No two are alike, so no range would be honest

These prices are low on purpose. Your rig joins the catalog when it is finished, so I earn on it slowly over time instead of charging you what the hours are actually worth.

Please note

Every commission I take on becomes a publicly available kit. The fee covers the digital model, the instructions, the parts list and the decal artwork. You can order the bricks yourself and build it as soon as it is done, or wait for it to show up in the storefront as a boxed kit.

What you get

Included in every commission.

  • ✓The finished digital model, yours to keep
  • ✓Step by step instructions as a PDF
  • ✓Full parts list with part numbers and colours
  • ✓Custom decal artwork for your unit numbers and lettering
  • ✓Revisions if you want them, though most people never ask for any
  • ✓Render images you can post or print

What I need

Before I can start.

  • 1Horizontal photos, 16:9, from all four sides, plus the roof if you can get up there
  • 2Cab shots, inside and out
  • 3Close-ups inside the compartments, and of any odd equipment
  • 4The chassis and body make, model and year if you know it
  • 5Clear shots of the lettering, striping and unit numbers
  • 6Anything unusual about this specific rig that a generic photo would miss

Phone photos are fine. Good coverage beats good cameras every time. If the rig is gone and all you have is one old photo, say so and I will tell you honestly whether there is enough to work from.

How it runs

From photos to a finished rig.

01

Reference

You send photos and specs. I tell you what is missing and confirm the price.

02

Design

Cab and chassis first, then the body, then the details. You see progress as it goes and can change course.

03

Delivery

You pay once you are happy with the model. Instructions, parts list and decal files land in your inbox.

The fine print

Questions worth answering up front.

How long does a commission take?
I take on new commissions at the start of each quarter and work through that batch over the three months that follow. So the honest answer is somewhere inside a three month window from the quarter you get booked into, not a date I can promise in advance. I build these around a full time job and I would rather tell you that up front than miss a deadline I invented.
Will you build it for me, not just design it?
No. I tried it and it drains the part of this I actually enjoy. What you get is the model, the instructions, the parts list and the decal files, and from there you order the bricks and build it yourself. That also keeps the cost to you a fraction of what a finished model would run.
Does my rig end up in the store?
Yes, every one of them, and that is the whole reason it costs what it costs. Your commission becomes a kit anyone can buy, so I make my money slowly over years instead of charging you a few hundred up front. It works out for you too. Your rig gets a permanent page with your department on it, and when the rest of your shift wants one they order it themselves instead of asking you to sort it out.
Can I build it before the kit is out?
Yes. The parts list and instructions are yours the moment the model is finished, so you can order the bricks yourself and have it on your desk well before the boxed version exists. Getting a kit through production and onto the storefront takes a while. Nothing stops you building yours in the meantime.
What if the rig is retired or destroyed?
Those are the ones I most want to do. Memorial builds for rigs that are gone are a real part of this. Send whatever photos exist and I will tell you straight whether there is enough to work from.
Why are commissions closed right now?
Because I am one person with a queue, and taking a slot I cannot honour would be worse than saying no. Email me and you go on the list for the next quarter, in order.

Want the next slot?

Tell me the department, the rig and roughly when you need it. No money up front, no obligation, just a place in line.

Email me
New commissions open at the start of each quarter · Waitlist is first come, first served · Memorial builds always considered