Well, we're kind of embarrassed to call this a custom job considering how little work has been involved so far. However, Mini Chief wanted it done, so it had to be........ We took a 4225 incubator and set about making it fit into a 5952 ambulance and be able to shut the back doors properly, simply a matter of shaving a small amount off one end of the locating lug on the underside, as shown below.
Mini Chief wanted this done to represent the ambulance she had her 70 mile high speed dash in about 38 hours old. So, now the inside looks like this when compared to the one straight out of the box.
Further work is going to be carried out, when we can get our hands on some oxygen cylinders they will be mounted on top of the incubator nearest to the door and painted to represent oxygen and nitrogen cylinders, might just add a couple of cylinders to the folding legs too. Apart from that we're going to try to add other items, possibly drawers/cupboard, maybe another seat and monitors & controls, both of the original crew are now in the cab, as was the case with the real one, the specialist team being in the back taking care of the baby, there should be a mobile extracorporeal membrane oxygenation circuit attached to the incubator too, for the purposes of this ambulance it'll be represented by part of the wall panel. Without the ambulance that this represents, we wouldn't be on here because we wouldn't have Mini Chief directing us, thanks to this and a specialist unit in Leicester she's alive and (literally) kicking (should that be klicking?)
