Frank I thought you might want to see the improovements I have made to your reworked version of the F.E.R. bar used by D.D.R. and U.S.S.R. (U.S.S.R. for what ever reason bends the mounting feet up at angles
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First off I too once thought they would have had a grill type design on the top for running the wiring of the lights and siren through there, Turns out though they are a plank,(like I was mentioning to you some time back in a mail) What was done was to drill holes in it to run the wiring through as seen here.:
OR alternatively they also just ran it directly behind or underneath the bar by drilling a hole into the roof of the vehicle it was mounted on (and I'd hope adding some kind of sealer around that to keep water out when it rained
) Notice the small hole added right under the bar.:
I found this out by A: Asking the former VoPo and NVA folks I've met on forums and B: Googleing for images
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Older versions of the F.E.R. gumball was huge compared to the 1978-1990, They made much improovements to the overall size of the light..Original 1950-1978 gumballs shown:.
U.S.S.R. version with bent feet (looks wierd in my opinion but for accuracy I DID make this so yeah
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There was also a version of the bar I'd call a double bar that has 2 intersecting frameworks built into it, I guess a more reinforced version for what ever reason.:
That one was NOT easy to make but I pulled it off I think
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You'll also notice they now have full transparent gumballs and rotators added
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Here is the Lada 2101 refitted with the OLD type lights,I also redid the VoPo paint scheme using actual pics of the cars vs trying to replicate their army green shade,It looks alot better now and the star decals are now from pics of the actual decals too, Before I was using a pic from one of their books retouched a bit
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Next up is to add a rotator to the Tesla AZD 501
and then redo the many vehicles I have eqquiped with this siren/light combo.