Talking about the lack of detail….believe it or not this is the less than lavish internal detail! In fact this is a bit better than what is supplied as I’ve scribed the floor. I’ve also hollowed out the chimneys. Notice the round pit in the floor. I have no idea why that’s there as it doesn’t related to another part of the kit and it has nothing to do with the real vehicle.
I can’t leave it looking like the bailiffs have called, the cab of the real machine was chock-a-block (‘very full’ for the non Brits).
This may take me some time…..
I had to guess about the seating, but later I found something which shows that I got it just about right. Wow, that doesn’t happen often.
And yes, some of the early steam lorries were left-hand drive due to evolving from traction engines. Traction engines were left-hand drive because previously on horse drawn wagons the driver would usually walk on the left side of the horses to have better control (if that’s rubbish blame Google).
Oh dear I knew it couldn’t last. Well there are elements of reality, mixed with a liberal does of utter tosh. When I saw a photo of the real engine I thought “Bloody hell I’m not doing that in 1/72”. 😮
Steam lorries were divided into two groups – under-type and over-type. This is over-type because the engine gubbins is over the boiler.
Notice the extension to the smaller chimney. The kit part is much too short. The step will be hidden by the roof.
I like steam lorries. There you go, I’ve said it! 😳
Some other counties used steam wagons but Britain was addicted to them long after the rest of the world discovered diesel. They were antiquated, slower, heavier, less efficient and a generally a bit on the ridiculous side…. so obviously I’m going to like them. 🙂
The Keil Kraft kit is about as basic as my grasp of Mandarin. This is going to take a bit of work….
Some people might think that detailing a tiny model is a bit of a pain. They would probably called ‘normal’.
Some people might think that using many hours to detail a tiny plastic kit is ‘wasting your life’. That would probably be 99.5% of the population.
Some people might think my efforts on my tiny little inconsequential model aren’t precise enough and are therefore, sacrilege. Lets call them ‘a bit of a dick’.
This is the bit I enjoy, and what is a ‘hobby’ if it isn’t passing the time in a pleasurable way until they finally nail the lid closed. Is it any more a waste of time than writing a book or composing a symphony?
Well obviously it is. 🙁
Now, I’m not saying that I’m producing something which is entirely accurate. I’m saying it’s “well, sort of” and “It’s better than it was”. It’s mainly to busy up a previously basic kit and to waste my life in a way that I think is entertaining and relatively harmless… other than the paint vapour, glue fumes, resin dust, scalpel wounds, gluing myself to various objects with super glue, wrestling with carpet monsters, being buried in an avalanche as a result of an unstable stash mountain, being attacked by a rivet counter driven mad by Trumpeters aircraft design team.…. all reasonable dangers I’ll think you’ll agree.
