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Monday 8 June 2015

Two Twenty Tonners

Sid is dwarfed by the size of the thing !
Following on the theme of "twos" from last week's post, here are two more vehicles to assist in the ultimate gridlock of my fictional city of Perdition.
I may have taken a bit of a liberty with the title as I suspect that these models are probably more like the forty ton behemoths that we see on our motorways.


Like the Tuk-Tuks I posted about last week, these too were a gift, this time from my #1 Son and for what reason I don't know (or care).
They're a little on the large size, which doesn't bother me in the slightest and are probably about 1/43rd scale.
As can be seen the trailer part of the vehicle detaches from the cab, with its own folding down supports to make it free-standing
This front view of the cab clearly shows it to be a left-hand drive, something I'll have to ignore in my games as they're set in the US.
I could of course paint out the windows as many gamers do, but that would require more effort than I can currently muster !








From the photograph above it's obvious that the rear door of the trailer opens but the cab also has a tilting cab, revealing a fairly detailed engine - a nice feature.



And just in case you're wondering why the title says "two", here they both are in the photograph below:


No guessing from which chain of supermarkets they were purchased from but you'll have to look up the price yourself - I'm sure they would be out of my usual price range.
From the packaging that came with them, there are four, differing only by what they advertise.

Whilst I may not have done much, if anything since my enforced break from blogging at the end of March, I was up until then working towards a new project, which I have recorded on a separate blog that can be seen here.

20 comments:

  1. This is great!! Love the rigs! Good for blocking roads as well. Cool gifts from the son

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    1. Thanks LS, I was quite surprised by their appearance.

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  2. Fab looking kits. Plenty of uses for them.

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    1. Thanks Irqan, I think you're right, they fill up a lot of space and will make great terrain 'fillers'

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  3. Just the thing for getting through a swarm of Zombies!

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    1. I think you're right Paul, if oe can actually drive the thigs.

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  4. They are perfect! Personally I like my large vehicles to be a little oversize.

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    1. Their size doesn't bother me either, lorries like these are meant to be big !

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    1. Thanks Tamsin, but if I'd have said that it would have sounded strange. I'm sure.

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  6. Those rigs will look great! Talk about a great objective, that could be a huge score of food...or zombies!

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    1. Thanks N667, I agree absolutely, just like spotting one of the trailer-truck types in Fallout 3 - you just know there is going to be loot inside !

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  7. Two great additions to you gridlock!

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    1. Thanks HW, I think they could generate gridlock by themselves.

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  8. 10-4 Big Joe, looks like we got us a convoy!

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    1. Thanks there Rubber Ducky,
      The two of them in convoy could almost fill my table !

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  9. ...and very fine trucks they are! Although I can't help wondering - when you said "Like the Tuk-tuks" - how these would compare in size? Quite a difference, I imagine!

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    1. Thanks C6, the Tuk=tuks are about 3" long, whilst these are about 16-18" long ! I think I could get both the Tuk-tuks into a trailer with ample room to spare.

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  10. Hmm will have to check them out I have something in mind for one or two of those.

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    1. When I first got these, I immediately though tof your truck-outpost build !

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