Scammell Scarab tow truck conversion 1/76 scratch-build (mostly).
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bughunterWonderful! Live the road sign 👍
gorby, What is the first thing a worker does when he falls down?
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He takes his hands out of his pockets.
Mr DBrilliant Gorby a fantastic job, l know you put a lot of work in the the builds .... with great results, a uniquely British Blinder of a job 👏 well done 👍👍
Jan PetersAh, an ode to the British working man. Looks like he is waiting for the AA to arrive?
Like I wrote with the other scammel album, it was a pleasure to follow this mate!
Alex KFantastic - punkt. A converted and enhanced ancient kit & a highly-original and interesting scratch... I wish model exhibitions had more Gorby-esque works like this! 👍 👍
gorby AuteurOh wow, what nice comments to wake up to. 🙂
Thank you very much Frank, Mr D, Michael, Jan, Alex, Alec and all the likie bods. 👍
I'm very pleased you approve. 🙂
Duncan BlackI can tell that there has been a lot of work put into these and it was all worthwhile. Charming little vignettes that are simply outstanding.
gorby AuteurThanks Zsolt, and thanks again for getting me interested in building tiny vehicles. 🙂 👍
MarkoI can't add anything to what's already been said here. Just a big round of applause.👏🏻👏🏻 10/10 points.
Tony MayAh, here it is! What a terrific job. Seeing it all laid out so well, with the "working man" & your trademark road sign is just the chef's kiss for this project. I believe you stated that you use "Gorilla Glue" for the light lenses? Do you find that it works better than medium or thick CA glue?
Your projects really are an inspiration to expand my horizons to include some humor & amusement to my projects. I've always been so serious in trying to faithfully reproduce details, capturing the elements & significance of the history behind the men, their machines & the settings that I fear I may have forgotten that most of these "men" were merely "boys" from most any perspective. Where there are boys about there's bound to be mischief to be had; Even if there are no photos portraying it!
gorby AuteurThanks very much Tony.
I did an experiment I posted on another forum (maybe I should post it here as well?) about different clear products: tapatalk.com/groups/..headligh-t10281.html
I have difficulty taking anything too seriously, so there is no way I could be serious about sticking tiny bits of plastic together. 😄
Zsolt CzegleI just saw your photo comment now! 🙂 Only the blue headed matchstick is trademarked... 😉
gorby Auteur😄 😄 😄
Think of the millions you could have made if you'd trademarked all the colours! 😮
Obviously you wouldn't get a penny from me as I'd use something else...ummm, I wonder what. A matchbox!!!! 🙂
Tony MayThanks for that, Gorby! That was very informative. I do wonder why you didn't include Micro's Kristal Klear in the experiment? I've been using that for almost 20 years now for affixing canopies & to avoid using the troublesome attach-from-the-inside windows that ruin the visibility/appearance of the interior bits. They gather dust? Just knock out the old windows & put up new ones! Why not? It's the American way to break things & replace them. Ahem ... rather shameful trait for a country to be proud of such traditions but ... yes, "'murica."
For me, navi lights & headlights typically have gotten a fine drop of CA glue though I can't say I've always been 100% satisfied with that. Had I have seen this about two weeks ago I would've picked up a couple of bottles of the Gorilla clear from Amazon. (That's some pricey make-your-head-float-in-the-clouds-stuff, isn't it?) I purchased a bottle of AK-Interactive's Crystal Magic Glue about a week into this month, along with a bunch of other goodies I had reserved with Super-Hobby in Poland, to experiment with. By experiment I don't mean to experiment with seeing how it'll make my head feel floaty either. I'll have you know that I always make certain that at least one window is open in the apartment when I'm dealing with substances that'll make you feel a bit odd. ... it just might not be a window in MY apartment ... ahem ... moving along~
Of course as Murphy's law dictates, that tiny 30 mL bottle of Crystal Magic, which I'll admit sounds like some sort of illicit substance, has had the entire parcel caught up in customs in Memphis Tennessee since the 12th. It will either receive all it's proper documentation from the hobby shop today or it will begin the sad flight of shame all the way back across the pond & onward to Eastern Europe. The amusing part is that I chose to have this shipped via FedEx as it was the first time they offered free FedEx shipping & it stated a shorter period for shipping. Had I have chosen the usual standard postal shipping they would've let it pass through customs, Crystal Magic and all, without a second thought. I'd bet if you claimed an AT-4 & RPG-7 they would have passed it along as well. It's a US Government agency, after all.
gorby AuteurThanks for your comments Tony & Lochsa. 👍
Tony : I have quite a limited modelling budget so Kristal Klear wasn't included because I haven't got any, the test was purely to gauge which of the clear products I currently owned was the best for filling headlights and without doubt the Gorilla glue was the winner.
Tony MayI genuinely agree with your assessment! Truth be known - I don't think Kristal Klear would have outdone the gorilla glue as far as headlights are concerned. Windows don't look inferior either. If you can find it cheaper there, then by all means, use it. On Amazon they're asking for two limbs cost at the minimum!
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Never... in the field of scale modelling… has so much time... been spent... on so little.
Well that's what it feels like anyway.
I bought the Scarab not because I remember seeing them, I just thought it looked cute and I reasoned, "That'll be a quick, simple build".
The 1970's when fashion bordered on a war crime, where wallpaper looked like a psychedelic kaleidoscope, but everyone wore brown, a tiny tow truck was born (It was actually born in the 60's but that doesn't suit my narrative). It wouldn't get far towing a double decker, so what should it tow? Then inspiration struck (via Jan – the cheques in the post (that's a complete lie by the way 🙂 ) ). It could only be one car (Yes I know it could have been a different car Jan, do you mind, I'm trying to tell a story!) it had to be the raw power, chic-magnet that was the Invacar. They where everywhere in Britland in the 70's (everywhere except the die-cast car collection of every school boy. Odd that) as children are often disagreeable little things, we were significantly less than charitable about them. This is my apology in plastic form.
The Scarab kit cost me £7.99 and it started a project which has taken slightly over four months. If I add the materials, paint, glue etc. The whole project, Scarab, Mechanical Horse & the Invacar, would comfortably be less than £15. That works out at about 12p per day. I wonder why I have the reputation of being tight? 🙂
The little blue Invacar and the road sign are completely scratch-built. On the Sacrab, the rear bodywork and the crane thingy is scratch-built the rest is from the Dapol kit. Two days before I posted the final photos I found much better photos of the crane. Oh well, never mind.
If you want to read though the build report, this is the linky thing (warning: contains industrial levels of waffle - nearly nine thousand words long!):
scalemates.com/profi..ums&album=120327
This is the linky whatsit for the other part of this project:
scalemates.com/profi..ums&album=124924
