And now for something completely different….
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bughunterGorby, 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!
Alec KWow! The modeler cum philosopher strikes again. Very imaginative, original, and expertly done. Super 👍
Ben MI love everything about this, the rivets, the steam, the green, the brass, the curly mustache, and the hat. What a great subject!
gorbyThat'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. 👍
NeulingNietzsche would shurely not have objected, but his widow Elisabeth certainly!
Tom ...Most excellent! Really brings the past alive! Ironically it's a scratch build of a "scratch-build"
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 👍
gorbyThat made me laugh Nigel. 😄
Thanks everyone for you nice comments. I'm surprised this has been so popular. 🙂
Kit KabinetGreat atmospheric steampunky build! I can almost hear it rumbling along.
gorbyThanks 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.
gorbyThanks 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.
Chris GreathouseYou 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
gorbyThanks 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.
Chris GreathouseWhat would be cooler?? Another awesome aircraft (tons of aircraft on scalemates), or an awesome steampunk monowheel that's scratch built?
gorbyThanks for the comments and suggestions mates. Very much appreciated. 🙂
gorbyThanks Finn and Rui. I'm glad you like it, it's still one of my all time favourite models. 🙂
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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.
