Austin K6 Fire Engine

[ted angus]

The vehicle depicted in the picture is an Austin K6 1945 monitor type made by Airfoam Ltd during 1945/6 ---- BUT for the RAF and RN it was ONLY mounted on a Fordson WOT1/1A chassis ; On the Austin chassis it was Only ordered by the Min of Civil aviation. The Airfix kit is wrong in all respects the K2 ambulance was not a standard RAF UK airfield type during WW2 .
The Airfix fire engine was based on a surviving example when it was first made in the mid 1970s, Airfix were told at the time of their error right down to reproducing its civil reg number. You can lead a horse to water --several other manfacturers have continued the Airfix mistake !!!
In 1946 the RAF did receive a fire tender on trhe Austin K6 chassis but it was a CO2 tender built by SUN-Kidde and bore no resemblance to the 1945 monitor type in the picture at post 1.
TED ANGUS