Athearn has announced a Kenworth tow truck with sleeper as an addition to their vehicle offerings. This combination is a welcome complement to their previously released Mack B and R models and the announced Ford F-850 tow trucks!

Athearn has announced models of a 1993 Ford F-350 crew cab pickup truck painted in the schemes shown above. Models are based on existing Trident tooling. Delivery expected in August 2008.

Athearn has announced these five new paint schemes on their Mack B model concrete mixer for delivery in August 2008.

Rick Decals has announced the following new resin kits:

RDFA-FB-004 (shown above) Rescue-Pumper body in kit form (4 different version), $24.95US including the body, the pump (Mid-mount from Boley or the side mount) and 2 small lightbars and 2 different kind of doors (6): roll-up or opening doors. Also to be available fully assembled and painted with a cab and chassis in different color schemes. Direct link to web site: http://www.angelfire.com/ri2/rickdecals/fb-002.html.

Also 2 new resin fire truck cabs RDFA-C-015-EHFT = STYLE EHFT (shown above) Kit consists of 12 parts; cab, bumper, seats, glasses, lightbar, mirrors (2), headlights (4). $24.95US

RDFA-C-017-ECFT = STYLE ECFT (shown above) Kit consists of 8 parts; cab, bumper, seats, glasses, lightbar, mirrors (2). $24.95US