This morning my DS order arrived which allowed me to put together this prototype jeep support unit. I've been thinking some time of a support unit for the new fire engines nearing completion (well, one is completed) for Copt Hewick Volunteer Fire Brigade. At first, I toyed with a flat truck carrying palettes and a forklift on a converted 3880, but abandoned it as too much work at the moment. (Tim, if you still have the pics, maybe you'd post a couple.) Finally, I bought an old red jeep and trailer off eBay and liked it so much others followed and became the basis of a number of small incident support units. So here are photos of the first of them. The livery is still undecided - I like the orangey red and the creamy grey livery, but wonder about the front mudguards and side sills being white or yellow (although this could be a bit of a fiddly paint job and I certainly don't have time for it now). Experiments are being carried out on carrying one of the palette trucks from set 4474 on the trailer for unloading purposes, and there are also plans for a light pump based on a jeep.
There would be a jeep and a minimum of one trailer unit at each station, specific to that station but available to any incident. The trailers would be ready loaded, e.g. one with foam, one with digging tools and so on. There will be a spare jeep at HQ.
