Post your siren pics!

[FederalQ1A]

I want to see every ones sirens lets start a topic where we all post pics of our sirens. Restored or projects in the works

I will start!

[TboltTX1]

Here is my Thunderbolt before sandblasting.











From here down are pictures of the siren at the Houston, TX city lot.


Frozen up blower full of water.


Control boxes full of water.




Houston made custom RCM cabinets. It's too bad they destroyed the cabinet door when they uninstalled the siren. It looks like they used the jaws of life to get it open. Needless to say that went for trash pickup the next morning .

[FederalQ1A]

wow! lol i was gonna say that RCM cabinet looks huge!!! it makes that rcm look so small inside there. I was gonna sandblast mine but i ended up paint stripping and DA sanding everything... the horn is a BIT** would have loved to have sand blasted that lol I was gonna wait till this summer to get mine all together but once i got it home from the two day trip and got it into the garage I just started working day after day on it till i got it mostly done... got to find a blower lid and give the siren a touchup paint job then apply the new decals.. I am then going to clear coat the entire siren.

[TboltTX1]

Some reasons I had to sandblast would be because I didn't really have the room or time to work on it, I wasn't sure if the paint had lead in it, and we had to move. I will probably not sandblast again if I get another siren. It was expensive and when It came back the rotator box was all damaged. Plus I did not take the ID tag off before sandblasting, like an idiot .

You absolutely must paint anything you sandblast 3 days at the most after it has been sandblasted, because it strips the galvanizing off of the sheet metal and it loses its corrosion protection. I wasn't prepared for that because of the move and had to do a lot of wire wheel touch ups afterward. The thing still isn't completely painted . Overall sandblasting is great for immediate restoration but for something you are going to take a while on I would recommend sanding.

[FederalQ1A]

Some reasons I had to sandblast would be because I didn't really have the room or time to work on it, I wasn't sure if the paint had lead in it, and we had to move. I will probably not sandblast again if I get another siren. It was expensive and when It came back the rotator box was all damaged. Plus I did not take the ID tag off before sandblasting, like an idiot .

You absolutely must paint anything you sandblast 3 days at the most after it has been sandblasted, because it strips the galvanizing off of the sheet metal and it loses its corrosion protection. I wasn't prepared for that because of the move and had to do a lot of wire wheel touch ups afterward. The thing still isn't completely painted . Overall sandblasting is great for immediate restoration but for something you are going to take a while on I would recommend sanding.

ahh yeah I am almost positive some of the paint on mine was lead based some of the strippers i used would not even begin to affect the paint at all.

[mrboojay]

This is my Thunderbeam with the shroud on (actually put back on),


My Thunderbeam RSH-10B by mrboojay, on Flickr


My Thunderbeam RSH-10B by mrboojay, on Flickr


My Thunderbeam RSH-10B by mrboojay, on Flickr


My Thunderbeam RSH-10B by mrboojay, on Flickr

This time with the shroud off,


My Thunderbeam RSH-10B by mrboojay, on Flickr


My Thunderbeam RSH-10B by mrboojay, on Flickr

A shot inside the motor,

My Thunderbeam RSH-10B by mrboojay, on Flickr

Under the chopper,

My Thunderbeam RSH-10B by mrboojay, on Flickr

With the shroud off of the siren,

My Thunderbeam RSH-10B by mrboojay, on Flickr


My Thunderbeam RSH-10B by mrboojay, on Flickr

There are a couple more pictures here> http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrboojays_ ... 246296861/
You can also view the pictures full size, they are pretty big.

[Rick K]

Left to right, my Federal Signal 2T22B (single phase), ACA Allertor 125 (10 hp single phase), ACA P10 (3 phase), and the Thunderbolt 1000 (AKA BumbleBolt, beautifully restored by Mike Nelson---Nelso90)



Good shot of the BumbleBolt (blower pipe is now gloss black)



My Federal Signal 3T22 (I converted to 11hp remote controlled gas power)



My first siren, the Federal Signal STH-10



And finally, the two Thunderbolt 1003Bs (currently being restored)









-Rick

[FederalQ1A]

Man what happened to that poor thunderbolt??? LOVE the STH-10!! its awesome looking!! I would love to get my hands on a 2t22 or 3t22 or an ACA Alerter sometime. Great collection! I was going to do my tbolt as the bumblebolt but decided not to.

[SirenMadness]

Love the green-black STH-10!

[Rick K]

Man what happened to that poor thunderbolt??? LOVE the STH-10!! its awesome looking!! I would love to get my hands on a 2t22 or 3t22 or an ACA Alerter sometime. Great collection! I was going to do my tbolt as the bumblebolt but decided not to.

Both of the 1003s snapped off their poles and crashed to the ground. The worst of the sheet metal is fixed and painted already (minus the two blower boxes).


And thanks for the compliment!! I am very proud of my collection. Quite a few miles on the truck to get all (well, most) of them...1000 miles went on the odometer just to get the Allertor home (labor of love!) lol

Love the green-black STH-10!

Thank you!! I'm glad to see such positive feedback since I finished it. After I got all done painting it, I had second thoughts of the crazy color scheme, and thought of re-shooting it with a more common color (i.e. CD Yellow, or go totally boring--white). The black and green really sets it apart from the rest though.