Mobile Home

Mobile Home Debut Series 1-75 Produced 1980-1999 Number 54 Scale 1:114

Versions

This model has been issued in the following versions:

As Mobile Home

Col #	Year	Series	Color	Tampo	Base Color / Type	Window Color	Interior Color	Wheel Type	Country	Notes	Photo
MB54	1980	1-75	Tan	None	Black / Metal	Clear	Red		England	Opening side door (brown)
MB54	1981	1-75	Tan	None	Black / Metal	Amber	Red		England	Opening side door (brown)
MB54	1981	1-75	White	Brown side stripes	Gray/ Metal	Smoke	Orange		England	Opening side door (brown)

As NASA Tracking Vehicle

Col #	Year	Series	Color	Tampo	Base Color / Type	Window Color	Interior Color	Wheel Type	Country	Notes	Photo
MB54	1982 1983	1-75	White	Red "NASA" tampo on roof, blue space shuttle tracking center on sides and roof	Black / Metal	Clear	Red		England	Opening side door (red), revolving radar/communications dish on roof (chrome)

As Command Vehicle

The Command Vehicle version of this casting lacks an interior, and has the side door molded in place. Two round emergency lights are on the forward roof, as part of the window casting. Two sirens are also on the forward roof, as is a cannon or a radar/communications dish.

Col #	Year	Series	Color	Tampo	Base Color / Type	Window Color	Wheel Type	Country	Notes	Photo
MB54	1984 1985	1-75	Red & white	FOAM UNIT	Black / Metal	Pale blue		Macau	Chrome sirens, red cannon, not open doors, ROW only
MB54	1984	1-75	Yellow	Red graphics, Foam Unit 3, Metro Airport	Black / Metal	Pale blue		Macau	Chrome sirens, red cannon, USA only
	1988 1989				Black / Plastic				Chrome sirens, red cannon
	1989 1990				Black / Plastic			Macau	Black sirens, red cannon
N/A	1990	MP-103						Thailand	Black sirens, red cannon, ROW only
MB54	1985	1-75	Red	Yellow graphics, Foam Unit 3, Metro Airport	Black / Metal	Pale blue		Macau	Chrome sirens, red cannon, USA only
	1986 1987 1988				Black / Plastic				Chrome sirens, red cannon
TC-1	1990	Team Convoy			Black / Plastic			Macau	Black sirens, red cannon, ROW only
								Thailand
TC-05 CY-204 MP-108	1986 1987 1988	Team Convoy	White	NASA, Space Shuttle Command Center	Black / Plastic	Pale Blue		Macau	Chrome radar, Chrome sirens
N/A	1989	Commando	Olive Green	9, Red and white stripes	Black / Plastic	Pale Blue	Black	Macau	Black radar, Black sirens
N/A	1989	Dagger Force	Black	Yellow stripes, radiation symbol, LS150	Black / Plastic	Pale Blue	Black	Macau	Gray radar, Gray sirens
N/A	1992	Emergency Giftset EM-80	Orange	Foam Unit, City Airport, Emergency Rescue, striping	Black / Plastic	Pale Blue		Thailand	Chrome sirens, black cannon, ROW only
N/A	1995	5-Pack: Fire	Red	White stripe, Fire Rescue	Black / Plastic	Pale Blue		Thailand	Chrome sirens, chrome cannon
N/A	1997 1998	5-Pack: Police	Blue	White stripe, Command Center, Police	Black / Plastic	Pale Blue		Thailand or China	Chrome sirens, chrome cannon
N/A	1998 1999	5-Pack: Jungle Attack	Black	Green & brown camo	Brown / Plastic	Smoke	Black	Thailand or China	Tan sirens, Tan cannon

Evolution of Casting

The Mobile Home, in its original form, is a motorized camper. The casting was adapted at least twice, first by adding a radar/communications dish to the rear roof (NASA Tracking Vehicle), and later by adding emergency lights, sirens, and either a radar/communications dish or a cannon to the forward roof (Command Vehicle). The cannon was variously styled as a foam cannon (for fire suppression), a water cannon (for fire suppression or crowd dispersal), or a gun (for military use).

The Mobile Home casting has a plastic door in the right side, operated by rotating a small wheel in the base. This door was retained when the casting was adapted for the Tracking Vehicle, but although the Command Vehicle's base still has the cut-outs to allow for it, the door itself was replaced with a cast-in-place metal door when the body casting was reworked. At the same time, many of the side windows were eliminated, the skylights were eliminated, a heavy gutter was added around the roof, and heavy fenderettes appeared above the wheels.

Gallery

Mobile home by Baffalie

Mobile home by Baffalie

Comparison of bases of Command Vehicle (top) and NASA Tracking Vehicle (bottom). The NASA Tracking Vehicle has retained the opening side door, operated by turning the red semicircle seen near the bottom of the picture. The Command Vehicle does not feature an opening door but nevertheless has the opening in the base where the door would go. Silver marks are artifactual.

1984 Version

See also

• Truck Camper, a later casting of a similar subject
• MBX Motor Home, an even later casting of a similar subject