As the title of this post implies, I agree that the uniqueness of some smaller towns and cities would be great. I can say from experience that there are quite a few smaller departments out there with original color schemes and designs on their equipment. And as a collector, variety is what I personally look for when adding to my collection. And personally, I would prefer to support the smaller volunteer departments with whatever small fee they may make off of these models than the big cities who have all paid staffing and money is just handed to them. Not saying that I don't have respect for all the big career departments out there, I would just rather support the little guys out there doing things a little different. Just my 2 cents.
