With my first demo in a few years (my first exhibition in any form in a few years actually) coming up in a few weeks*, I thought it an idea to do a couple of in progress lorries as a change to all the finished stuff I usually drag along to this sort of thing.
Both are Langley kits and were chosen for absolutely no other reason than they popped up cheaply on ebay! OK they were a little interesting anyway and i thought the dumpy little Dodge 5 ton tipper truck was kinda cute. The Milk tanker is a Leyland Beaver and both hail from the end of the 40s so they would likely be pretty tired by the time they reach Brettell Road. The make do and mend attitude of the Black Country would mean they might soldier on for that long but the impending Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations of 1960 must mean their days are likely numbered!
*See the news page
Both nice models but those headlamps on the Dodge! They may be right for 7” lamps but they look too big when compared to photos. Some RTI 5” might help, – just a thought. Can’t make it to Bristol – just had eye surgery, but I can see from Devon to France now! 😳
They scale out at 9inches! I need some stuff from RTI anyway. I also need to look at the width of the front axle as it looks to wide.
Glad to hear your surgery went well.
Thought so, just two inches less than a Foden S80! Cheers Jim