Pufferman Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Does anyone know if I were I could find a 4mm scale grab lorry? Would like one for loading coal into steam engines on my layout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb 3c Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 What era ? Best Choose do a nice 1980's rhd Hino 6 wheeler tipper with grab , available on UK ebay. These would suit a Brit layout from then till present . Swapping the cab over for something British from Base/Oxford etc probably not too hard either . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Never heard of Best Choose before but looking on ebay there are a few handy models, thanks for the tip JCB 3C Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pufferman Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 Thats some good ideas, I will have a search on ebay, its for a present day layout Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb 3c Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Yes 'Best Choose ' also do a concrete mixer and a straight tipper . Only thing I don't like is the big rear mudguards on the tippers , but overall excellent 1.72 models . 1 to 1 scale Hino's quite popular in UK in the 80's and few people would think they were out of place on a 21st century layout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted February 4, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 4, 2014 Yes 'Best Choose ' also do a concrete mixer and a straight tipper . Only thing I don't like is the big rear mudguards on the tippers , but overall excellent 1.72 models . 1 to 1 scale Hino's quite popular in UK in the 80's and few people would think they were out of place on a 21st century layout. They are actually 1/76, correct for OO scale. They also make a range of lighter trucks of Isuzu and Mitsubishi prototype. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 They're nice models, well detailed and the Hino has a tilting cab. The mixer drum is fairly big, and with it's general style, is probably more suited to a modern vehicle. Having said that I did use it for this, circa 1960, conversion; Base Toys chassis cab, Best Choose mixer body, Oxford Fordson skid unit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 I ordered a Concrete Mixer last night they do a nice green one that is the same colours as Pioneer concrete, will transplant a Guy Big J or Leyland Bison cab on to the chassis. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb 3c Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 I too was going to graft a Brit cab on but found the bodies are a bit big , find the 1.87 Kibri etc stuff better for this, specially with the small LAD cabs. Trucks must have grown a lot in 70s/80s My attempt with Kibri chassis / body still unpainted after years on the shelf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Great minds eh!, yes, that Kibri drum looks good and well proportioned. Is the Fordson unit the Oxford one? Looks a bit different. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pufferman Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 I have ordered the grab lorry I am sure that a little bit of weathering and a re paint of the back will make it look at home on a 21st century layout Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb 3c Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Great minds eh!, yes, that Kibri drum looks good and well proportioned. Is the Fordson unit the Oxford one? Looks a bit different. Its Matchbox , like all their pre superfast stuff a superb accurate casting , down to the minimec fuel pump! . Slightly overscale but doesn't look too out of place Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 I too was going to graft a Brit cab on but found the bodies are a bit big , find the 1.87 Kibri etc stuff better for this, specially with the small LAD cabs. Trucks must have grown a lot in 70s/80s My attempt with Kibri chassis / body still unpainted after years on the shelf Trucks havegrown an awful lot over time- here's a link to shots of older vehicles and their more recent equivalent:- http://ccmv.aecsouthall.co.uk/p340403280/h668c5bcd#h668c5bcd It's worth digging round the site for shots of particular types- there's all sorts there. If lorries have grown bigger, so have the drivers, from the ones I meet- the 1960s/70s ones were usually built like a gypsy's whippet, due to the amount of hard physical work they had to do. The current generation are somewhat less lean.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pufferman Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 Got my Hiab lorry today so will be on the layout tomorrow, its great, only thing is its left hand drive but hay its all good Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 The RTI Bison cab came at the right time, I bought one for the mixer and one for a bulk cement tanker, just need the mixer to arrive (due any day). Looking at the pictures there will be some mods required as it looks quite big and the wheelbase looks very long for a 70s mixer but hopefully nothing too involved. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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