Austin K6 Fire Engine

[Larry Hayward]

Can anyone confirm if the Austin K6 fire engine in the attached photo is actually a post war product. I have never seen any photos of this type in WW2 or even postwar - hence the photo of a model.

As you may know a kit of this was made by Airfix, at least since the 1970's and suggested an overall gloss red scheme and more recently a firm in Germany has made one in 1/43 scale this time with RAF blue as the suggested colour both of which suggest postwar usage.

A question for Les I think!

Thanks in advance