Boston EMS A-6

01/03/17

Boston EMS Ambulance 6

The base model features a plain white cab from Boley, and box from a cheap matchbox toy. I have modified where the lights are and added a few to more closely match the prototype. I first made the decals on my computer, applied them and added a couple coats of clearcoat to protect the model while being worked on.

I first drilled out all the holes for lighting to be installed on the body. When completed it will feature almost 50 functioning LEDs. Then I soldered all of the lights and installed in the body. Here you can see the wiring for the body partially complete.

Because the cab is made of a cast steel material it proved to be much more difficult to drill then the plastic body. After breaking a small drill bit off and not being able to get it out or drill through it, I decided just as easy to just buy a new donor cab of eBay. Here you can see the new cab which is undecorated with the interior that I detailed.

Just bits and pieces slowly coming together. 

Starting to tie in wiring to the main board. You can see in the picture the Decoder, sound modul, light bar, body and cab being pieced together.