Road vehicles are my other modelling interest, so I've decided to separate them from my traction blog.

My first effort is a Coles Argus 6-tonne SWL mobile crane, based on the Corgi 1/76 diecast model but modified slightly and weathered. The cab guard was knocked-up from fusewire, fine metal mesh and Microstrip. Other tweaks include copying the wasp stripes from the rear of the example that appears in the background of so many Crewe Diesel Depot photos, plus adding OLE warning flashes and red double-arrows, a registration plate (mine's 429 PRO, because it's based on a photo of 428 PRO but isn't a direct copy...) and a rear-view mirror. I then got the weathering washes out.

Anyway, here's a couple of pics of the result. Overview shot:

and a detail shot from the rear:

Next: a pair of Bedford HA vans.