![]() ![]() With this in mind (activity… not humour), it can be seen that the AEC Mammoth Major Pickfords tanker has broken down, and the mechanic has been called out in his tricycle van. I like to incorporate activity cameos into the scenes, hence the potato handling also some humour, as you’ll see. It was probably purchased by its current owner at the Ruddington MoD disposal auctions, some years earlier. The second vehicle is an over-restored Airfix Bedford OW, adapted from an RAF Queen Mary tractor unit. After many years, I’m still unsure if the potatoes are being loaded or unloaded either way, the use of a crane seems a bit over the top. Waiting for the lights to change, and confirming the geographical area, is a Stockport Corporation Crossley DD42 bus that was built from a Model Bus Company white metal kit.Īlmost hidden from view, so as to avoid my embarrassment, are two plastic kits that I built 40 years earlier, before the onset of rheumatism and the need for reading glasses! The one carrying a load of potatoes is an AEC Monarch from a Coopercraft plastic kit (you can see what I meant about my painting ability!). This model was built from an Ambrico white metal kit (whoever thought that Corgi would produce a diecast version in two scales?). ![]() Hence we see the junction being crossed by a Burlingham Seagull coach from the Yelloways of Rochdale fleet. So, as seen here, my first attempt was loosely based on an imaginary location in the area surrounding Manchester. I would never model anywhere specific, as there are always observers who know the location in much greater detail, and are always seem far too anxious to point out your errors. What a boon to railway modellers, who had previously had to be content with approximately-scaled road vehicles from Dinky Toys (buses), Dublo Dinky Toys (commercials) and a careful selection from the Matchbox 1-75 Series (cars) and Airfix (military) kits. But, since I prefer to see models displayed in realistic surroundings, rather than in a sterile, showcase environment, three identical diorama cases (with removable glass fronts and tops) were constructed some 10 years later.įrom memory, I think that my inspiration for that might have been the fact that EFE started to produce quality diecast vehicles in 1/76th scale. However, this ambition never materialised. I kept a few pieces of my favourite rolling stock, in the hope that I might, one day, build a smaller railway layout, perhaps in a larger house. I was a frustrated railway modeller 40 years ago, forced to dispose of a large but incomplete layout, thanks to an urgent need for additional accommodation, because of a sudden family bereavement. Even if I could build kits to an acceptable standard, I wouldn’t be able to paint and line them out to my satisfaction. Hence my models are a mixture of professionally-built white metal kits and scratch-builds, diecasts (including Code 3 versions), together with several plastic kits. I should begin by stating that, unlike others who have contributed to Model Roadscene – and whose work I greatly admire – I’m not a modeller, but a builder of dioramas. One of the classic vehicle dioramas beautifully created by Graham McQueen. ![]()
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