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This is IBG's new Scammell Pioneer, the first of three versions they're bringing out, with the artillery tractor and transporter to follow. For the most part, it's an excellent kit, with great fit and nice detailing. There are a few shortcomings with it though, the biggest of which is the incorrect windscreen shape. On top of that, there are a few simplifications and missing details, some of which I added, such as the linkages for the chassis mounted winch. The access ladder was scratch built, as IBG don't provide one in the kit, and a lot of the brackets and fixtures on the rear where enhanced or replaced as necessary. The fuel tank had the moulded-on boarding steps removed, and replaced with something more in-scale.

For the crane rigging, IBG only provide a length of thread, so some Eureka copper cable was used for the two winches, and a detail set from KFS Models was used for the pulleys and shackles on the back.

 

Despite all that, it was a great kit to work on, and the scratch building fell into the fun category, rather than the tedious one. As a kit though, it looks like it's going to be out-classed by the Thunder Models alternative, but it'll still be worth picking up, as long as it's priced below the Thunder one.

 

This one's finished as a Russian lend-lease example, and painted in SCC2, rather than the 4BO indicated in the instructions.

 

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Thanks for looking

 

Andy:cat:

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Thanks guys

 

23 minutes ago, Soeren said:

That must by hours and hours of layer build up. Very convincing.

Yes, there's a lot of layering in the weathering, but it went down fairly fast, as much of it was done with acrylics.

 

10 minutes ago, Graeme said:

Do you ever think that, when the Russians saw the stuff we (the Brits) provided them under lend lease, they thought "what the f**k is the this old piece of s**t!!"

I imagine they probably thought that a lot with tanks. You're hardly likely to be impressed with a Churchill or M3 if you've just stepped out of a T-34 or KV. The various Gaz's and Zis's weren't  exactly cutting edge by the war though, so they probably quite liked the Pioneer.

 

Andy:cat:

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Awesome!

Thanks for your input regarding the IBG/Thunder Models comparison.

 

Regarding the lens and lease...

9 hours ago, Graeme said:

Do you ever think that, when the Russians saw the stuff we (the Brits) provided them under lend lease, they thought "what the f**k is the this old piece of s**t!!"

Hadn't they thought: poo-poo, now I need to learn how to drive and sit on the wrong side(from their perspective)... and use the left instead of the right hand for the stick shift....

 

Or were the lend and lease ones changed to a left side steering one?

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As everyone else has said a lovely model both asembley and decor but iam afraid if I were to build one it would be stright from the box without all the add on whistle and bells I always build a model firstly to please myself for my enjoyment not to please other people but of course it is good to have other people like it and at my stage in life if you get another model finished is a God send .🤓🖒

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That is quite stunning! I was looking for a WIP thread for this but there isn't one :( This is a beauty and if mine comes anywhere near this level, I'll be incredibly happy!

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Absolutely stunning model Andy. Best one for a long time. The Pioneer may not have looked beautiful, but it was a great truck. I have happy memories of trundling over to Base Workshop in Osnabruck at a stately 21mph.

I'll be using your WIP as a guide for the artillery tractor that I picked up at Telford.

 

John.

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