Saxon's new fire truck

[Superfoot]

Just finished a little fire truck for the elder of my two grandsons. Not sure what to do about the 5 granddaughters though!

Superfoot

[crowie]

That's one good looking Fire Engine Peter, all ready for hours of fun & play, top job.

Who's plan have you used please?

On the girls.....
how about a truck & horse float;
a farm shed with a few animals;
dolls house;
dolls cradles or beds;
pram;
stroller;
a garage;
or maybe even a car or truck.....my girls played with them when they were little.....

Cheers, crowie

[Dalboy]

Great job on the fire truck There have been a few from this set of plans.

I know the problem with girls as there is so much for boys and only a few for girls as Crowie has pointed out. Don't forget rocking horses or car

It looks like the one from the book "Making Heirloom Toys" Peter

[artme]

Great truck!!!

CAn't help much with suggestions for the grand daughters.
Perhaps cradles, dolls, houses.

[Superfoot]

Peter and Dalboy.
Thanks for those comments. Yes, the plan was from Jim Makowicki's "Making Heirloom Toys". However, those plans leave a bit to be desired. For instance, in the parts list for the ladder, the rails were to be 14 1/2" long. OK, fair enough. I use the parts list as a cutting list. Then, when I get to the section on the ladder, it starts off "Cut the lader rails to the correct thickness and width but 1 1/2" longer than specified". Wonderful!. I've just cut them 1 1/2" shorter than they really should be! I have now noticed a few little things like that in his plans. It obviously pays to read right through everything before you start to mark and cut any wood. I find that as I get older it becomes harder to remember all that I've just read, so I just get a little cheesed off. Anway, apart from that, I enjoyed making the truck.

Peter, I have already started to make two of the pull along grasshoppers (from the same book), for the youngest grandchildren, a boy Harry and a girl, Elka.
I previously made dolls houses for two of my daughters so those are now being used by the next generation and I have to come up with three large rocking horses by Christmas. So the girls aren't actually missing out, it's just that there a lot more plans for "boy toys".
I did make one of the rocking horses the Christmas before last for my son's two older girls, as shown here.

Superfoot

[Dalboy]

When making from instructions like the book a tend to break it down and read only the bit that I will be making each time. If I try to read all of it I forget things

I also cut the ladder to the cutting list but made a jig to do the holes as the 1 1/2" extra he talks about is only there to hold the two halves together and then cut off.

Great looking rocking horse the girls certainly look like they are enjoying it