COBI RAM 3500 Ambulance Set 24609

COBI's RAM 3500 Ambulance is a 1:35 model built from 295 blocks, 20 cm long, with a removable roof and opening rear doors for access to the interior, rotating wheels on rubber tires, and a figure of an American paramedic with a stretcher.

This is a Type I ambulance

American ambulances come in three recognised shapes, and the difference is the chassis underneath.

A Type II is a van with the roof raised — cheap, easy to drive, cramped. A Type III is a box body on a van chassis, which is what most cities run. A Type I, like this one, is a box body bolted to a pickup truck chassis with the cab left intact, which is why you can see where the truck ends and the ambulance begins.

The reason to choose Type I is load and terrain. A pickup chassis carries more weight, tows, and handles rough ground, so rural services and anywhere with unpaved roads tend to run them. The trade-off is that crew and patient are in separate compartments with no walkway between — a paramedic in the back cannot speak to the driver except by intercom.

In the COBI range

One of three RAM 3500 service vehicles at 1:35, with the tow truck (24611) and the fire truck (24612). The pickups are the 1500 (24607), the 1500 Police (24608) and the 2500 (24610).

Specifications

Pieces: 295 · Figures: 1 paramedic with stretcher · Scale: 1:35
Model dimensions: 20 × 6.5 × 6 cm (7.9 × 2.6 × 2.4 in)