Code 3 Collectibles is a company based in Woodland Hills, California

Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California

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 that creates customized model vehicles. On April 25, 2007, Matrix Holdings Ltd. entered into a multi-million-dollar agreement with Code 3 Collectibles to purchase the company. On August 19, 2011, Code 3 Collectibles announced is was stopping all production. The last model released to date is a Seagrave Marauder Aerialscope lettered for FDNY Truck 46.

Concept

The models

Model (physical)

A physical model is a smaller or larger physical copy of an object...

 created by Code 3 Collectibles, are stock models which have been customized or converted from their original state. A few examples of Code 3 Collectibles models plain white car

Čar

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s or vans which have been painted or have had decal

Decal

A decal or transfer is a plastic, cloth, paper or ceramic substrate that has printed on it a pattern or image that can be moved to another surface upon contact, usually with the aid of heat or water. The word is short for decalcomania...

s added with the livery of a police force such as stripes, force badge/crest, force code etc. Extras such as lightbars and possibly tools have been added as well. Another example would be a plain truck which has been decaled/painted to have the livery parts of a company. Sometimes creating new parts, removing parts, or adding extra parts are done as well to add to the realism of the model.

Types of Vehicles

At present, Code 3 Collectibles produces one line of models:

• Fire & Rescue
  • Fire Equipment
    • Engines
    • Ladders
    • Tankers
    • Fireboats
    • Firehouses
    • Diamond Plate Series (specialty series)
  • Ambulances and Rescue
    • Ambulances
    • Rescue Vehicles
    • Command Vehicles
    • Helicopters
  • Special Products
    • Special Releases
    • Diamond Plate Series
    • Holiday Releases
    • Multi-Sets
    • Gear
    • Displays

They previously offered police vehicles and Star Wars

Star Wars

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 collectibles, but are no longer being offered.

See also

• Model car
  Model car
  A model car or toy car is a miniature representation of an automobile. Other miniature motor vehicles, such as trucks, buses, or even ATVs, etc. are often included in the general category of model cars...
  
  
• Code 3 Response
  Code 3 Response
  The emergency services in various countries use systems of response codes to categorize their responses to reported events. One of the best known is the Code 3 Response, which is used in several countries, particularly the United States, to describe a mode of response for an emergency vehicle...
  
  

They also manufacture NYFD (New York Fire Department)