Following one of my habitual trawls through the For Sale
section of the Lead-Adventure Forum, I purchased a trio of diecast steam
lorries.
One of them was a Fowler steam wagon, with a blue metal
cab/trailer and a bright red plastic underside. Further investigation revealed
that it was initially made to celebrate 60 years of Halls Mentho-Lyptus, from
1927 to 1987. However the Halls Mentho-Lyptus lettering had been removed.
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| An original (not mine, which was missing the decals) |
The other two steam lorries were, in my view, too small for
28mm gaming (my fault for not asking what the scale was initially), but they
did come laden with plastic barrels, which I was able to prise off to use as
scenery, objectives etc.
Both the Fowler and the barrels were sprayed black (courtesy
of Halfords) and given a few drybrushes. I was tempted to knock up some decals
for the wagon, but in the end I decided that I quite liked the plain, ‘well
used’ look and so left it as it was.
Simple yet effective!
Nicely done. The colouring is great. It does look about one step away from the scrapheap.
ReplyDeleteThanks mate - I'll take that as a compliment! ;)
DeleteThat looks wonderful, nicely done Sir.
ReplyDeleteThanks very much!
DeleteI really like that. At you say, simple but effective.
ReplyDeleteCheers Mike!
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