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And now for something completely different….

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16 14 December 2019, 15:11
Zach Wilson
Hell yeah! this is rad
14 December 2019, 15:22
Alex K
Fantastic!
14 December 2019, 15:46
bughunter
Gorby, that is a great model with a lot of fantastic ideas and details! 👍 👍 Thank you for mention me in the preamble, but you can really proud of it!
14 December 2019, 16:10
Neuling
Very nice build!
14 December 2019, 17:39
John Thomas
Very cool
14 December 2019, 18:03
gorby
Thanks mates. 👍 I'm glad you like it 🙂
15 December 2019, 09:13
Alec K
Wow! The modeler cum philosopher strikes again. Very imaginative, original, and expertly done. Super 👍
16 December 2019, 12:48
Ben M
I love everything about this, the rivets, the steam, the green, the brass, the curly mustache, and the hat. What a great subject!
16 December 2019, 15:54
gorby
That's the first time (and almost certainly the last) I've been called a philosopher! I should imagine that Nietzsche may have one or two objections. 😄
Thanks very much Alec and Ben. 👍
17 December 2019, 16:38
Neuling
Nietzsche would shurely not have objected, but his widow Elisabeth certainly!
17 December 2019, 17:00
Alec K
I was thinking more along the lines of Socrates... 😄
17 December 2019, 20:16
gorby
😄 😄 😄 😄 😄
19 December 2019, 14:06
wilky
Very nice
19 December 2019, 14:08
Tim Heimer
Nicely done!
19 December 2019, 14:34
Danny Meer
Amazing road steamer! Fantastic little details, love it 🙂
19 December 2019, 14:40
Tom ...
Most excellent! Really brings the past alive! Ironically it's a scratch build of a "scratch-build"
19 December 2019, 17:48
gorby
Thanks very much mates. I'm pleased you like my little oddity 👍
20 December 2019, 15:55
Torsten
How😎 is this, very nice 👍
22 December 2019, 08:55
gorby
Thanks mate. 👍
22 December 2019, 09:21
Pierre Pierre
excellent !
22 December 2019, 17:12
Nigel
"I'm pleased you like my little oddity"

Actually, we try not to draw attention to it! 😄

The model, on the hand, is splendid 👍
22 December 2019, 21:35
Chris Greathouse
Splendid skills!
22 December 2019, 21:45
gorby
That made me laugh Nigel. 😄
Thanks everyone for you nice comments. I'm surprised this has been so popular. 🙂
23 December 2019, 10:25
Kit Kabinet
Great atmospheric steampunky build! I can almost hear it rumbling along.
23 December 2019, 11:39
Thomas Wirsching
Very refreshing to see something different here!
23 December 2019, 11:53
gorby
Thanks very much mates. 🙂
Thomas: It was very refreshing building something different. I'm at a bit of a loss as to what will be my next scratch-build.
23 December 2019, 15:36
Alec K
Scratch build an airplane perchance ?
24 December 2019, 04:40
Bernhard Schrock
Very inspiring and cool ???? !
24 December 2019, 12:08
gorby
Thanks very much Bernhard. 🙂
Alex: I did consider doing the XF-85 Goblin, but I really enjoyed doing the twiddly bits on the steamer. I also quite enjoyed making it up as I went along, rather than building an exact miniature of reality. Which is probably a complete anathema to most of the modellers on ScaleMates.
24 December 2019, 15:30
Chris Greathouse
You should scratch make vehicles from the animated movie, Steamboy... My all time favorite steam era type movie. Even if you don't like animated movies, this one will still suck you in, it's so good 🙂 So many funky vehicles. If you haven't seen it, you might find it online free, but is totally worth the couple dollars from a streaming service. I would love to see you make attempt Ray Steam's Monocycle. Youtube Video
 
24 December 2019, 18:45
gorby
Thanks for the suggestion Chirs, I'll have a look into that. 🙂
I hope you have a happy Xmas to all you good'un's out there in ScaleMates land.
25 December 2019, 07:28
wilky
You could make a Miles M52
25 December 2019, 10:30
wilky
Pity it was never a 1:1
25 December 2019, 10:32
Spanjaard
it certainly looks great to me!
25 December 2019, 20:47
Chris Greathouse
What would be cooler?? Another awesome aircraft (tons of aircraft on scalemates), or an awesome steampunk monowheel that's scratch built?
25 December 2019, 21:34
gorby
Thanks for the comments and suggestions mates. Very much appreciated. 🙂
26 December 2019, 16:31
Finn
So cool!
2 September 2023, 09:11
Rui S
Hehehe another diferent Beauty. Great Work as usual 👍
2 September 2023, 12:33
gorby
Thanks Finn and Rui. I'm glad you like it, it's still one of my all time favourite models. 🙂
2 September 2023, 13:45

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Let me introduce you to what may, or may not be a Robey Road Steamer. To be honest, I'm not 100% sure myself. It's 1/48 and completely scratch-built (other than the driver who was originally a WWII tropical pilot).

A 'Road Steamer' is a class of vehicle that I wasn't previously aware of. They were a development of the very early Traction Engines - pretty much, the first trucks. This one is loosely based on the original Robey Steamer which first trundled the British roads in 1870. Its main innovation was the solid rubber blocks on the wheels which meant it didn't damage road surfaces and gave it much more traction than other competing steamers, allowing it to pull up to 30 tons.

I'll start by lining up my pathetic excuses. Get ready….
This may not be the most historically accurate model in the history of the universe, I scoured t'internet and only found about a dozen or so pictures of the vehicle in question, and ALL of them are different. We aren't talking minor differences, they all show major variations.

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