Staff Show & Tell
This 1:24 scale truck was built from an Italeri plastic kit and finished with a variety of railway livery paints and decals. The leopard print seat covers came from a non-railway supplier!
RAIL PHOTOPRINTS
Having worked at Model Rail for nearly 20 years, there have been times when I’ve really needed a break from trains. I do have plenty of other hobbies, but building kits remains high on my list, especially when it’s cold and dark outdoors. The depth of winter is often when I indulge in kit-building, but my hobby time increased exponentially in early 2020 when Covid first appeared. What to do while trapped at home? It was the perfect opportunity to finish a host of part-made trucks that have been sitting around for years.
I began dabbling in 1:24 scale model trucks in earnest about five years ago, after a few dalliances in my younger days. I’d come to realise what good value many of these kits were, especially in comparison to certain elements of today’s model railway hobby. For about £50 – plus the same again for paints and sundries – you get a high-quality plastic kit with hundreds of parts, which can take months to assemble and finish. The larger scale allows for endless amounts of extra detail to be added and the sense of reward can be considerable.