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| Tree loppers were a distinctive part of the LT service vehicle fleet, and Les produced this smart model of Thames Trader 1245F. This started life a Pickfords Removal Lorry by EFE. When I first did this model it had a resin cab, but with the introduction of Base Toys, I used one of their cabs instead and redid the whole model. Dismantle the model, drilling the rivets, underneath the model. Using a razor saw cut off the roof of the body, then shorten the Luton part (over the cab), so that is in line with the top of the windscreen. On the nearside of the body, I cut out the windows and a door aperture. I then placed a piece of the plastistruct on the inside so that it made a recess for the door to slide back into, I then scribed some lines into the plastic to make the sliding door effect. Now fit a false floor to the inside of the body, but only as far as the back of the side window, where there is an upright section to meet the floor at right angles. I then cut some more plastistruct to form the small platforms on the top nearside of the body. The rear of body has an upward sweep behind the rear wheel arch, which I cut with a razor saw. After cleaning up all edges with wet and dry paper, I primed the cab and body with grey plastic primer and then the Tundra Green. Transfers are MBC and the black and yellow chevrons on the rear were achieved by painting a yellow panel and black lines using a black paint pen. I then stuck the body using Araldite, the cab was a try and fit job using a piece of plastistruct between the chassis and cab floor. I completed the model by painting the wheel hubs with an appropriate colour of green Humbrol paint. |
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| Photographer: | Photo ID: | 2038 | |
| Photo date: | 2007 | Size: | Extra Large. View regular size |
| Subject/s: | Models | ||
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| Date added: | 08/08/2007 | ||
| Note added Sun 12/08/2007 by Kim Rennie Something I've never had explained is why the real 1245F carried Chiswick Green livery whilst the preceding four were all in Ford Cargo Grey. |