Dhu Varren Posted December 2, 2015 Posted December 2, 2015 Tesco do a couple of cheap trucks which are ideal for tarting up, or converting to something better. The are the right size for 00, and sell for £2.00 in the UK, or E2.99 in ROI. There are two trucks, the first a Mercedes tractor unit having a 40ft articulated box trailer, and the second a MAN tractor unit with a 40ft tank trailer. There have been two versions of the tank trailer, the first being in Tesco Fuel livery, the second, and current version being in Momentum Fuel livery. The livery detail on each truck is on self adhesive stickers, and is easily removed, leaving a good surface for replacement decals. I have a number of these vehicles waiting to be dealt with, with one livery change shown below. The wheels are not ideal, but could be changed for something better, or toned down a bit with less garish paint. I have done the wheels on the Shell tank with silver paint, but even that is not ideal. The Shell tank has decals produced on a PC and printed on decal paper. The tractor unit has Hoyer decals, again printed on a PC, Hoyer being the distribution company for Shell in the UK. Quote
Dhu Varren Posted December 2, 2015 Author Posted December 2, 2015 are these 1/72 scale? I don't know the exact scale, but they look fine with other 1/76 (00) scale vehicles. The box trailer measures 57mm, which equates to 39.25 feet in 00, which is close enough to 40ft for government work. Quote
rebelred Posted December 2, 2015 Posted December 2, 2015 I paint the wheels black & immediately wipe it with a dry cloth. Gives a more realistic look I think. Quote
BosKonay Posted December 2, 2015 Posted December 2, 2015 I got a few of these too. They look to be to scale alongside other OO vehicles. Great bargain. Quote
Weshty Posted December 2, 2015 Posted December 2, 2015 [ATTACH=CONFIG]21528[/ATTACH] I paint the wheels black & immediately wipe it with a dry cloth. Gives a more realistic look I think. Very nice. Improves the look immediately. Quote
Broithe Posted December 2, 2015 Posted December 2, 2015 are these 1/72 scale? I suspect they are 1/87, but they look well enough and for a couple of quid, I won't argue. Quote
Glenderg Posted December 2, 2015 Posted December 2, 2015 I suspect they are 1/87, but they look well enough and for a couple of quid, I won't argue. Sounds like you just did, compadre! Pistols at high noon! Quote
Broithe Posted December 3, 2015 Posted December 3, 2015 Sounds like you just did, compadre! Pistols at high noon! As long as I can choose my weapon and bring my second. Quote
Broithe Posted December 3, 2015 Posted December 3, 2015 The barrel will be charged with Nokia 3510s. Quote
Glenderg Posted December 3, 2015 Posted December 3, 2015 The vest contains Lizard skin tech comprised of these.... Quote
Dhu Varren Posted December 3, 2015 Author Posted December 3, 2015 I suspect they are 1/87, but they look well enough and for a couple of quid, I won't argue. They are certainly not 1/87, they are bigger than that. On the basis that the box trailer is as near as damn it, a scale 40ft, they are as near 1/76 as you are going to get. Quote
Broithe Posted December 3, 2015 Posted December 3, 2015 They are certainly not 1/87, they are bigger than that. On the basis that the box trailer is as near as damn it, a scale 40ft, they are as near 1/76 as you are going to get. Fair enough. Quote
Broithe Posted December 3, 2015 Posted December 3, 2015 They are certainly not 1/87, they are bigger than that. On the basis that the box trailer is as near as damn it, a scale 40ft, they are as near 1/76 as you are going to get. Fair enough. There's people flogging them on eBay for eight quid and three quid postage - unboxed..! Quote
Dhu Varren Posted December 3, 2015 Author Posted December 3, 2015 There's people flogging them on eBay for eight quid and three quid postage - unboxed..! More fool the people buying them. Quote
murrayec Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 (edited) Hi I picked up a few Tesco trucks last week Just to clarify on the scale as the discussion was never resolved- these are cheap and great on a layout if you keep them away from OO stuff as they are more akin to HO Some shots up against a Oxford Daf and 40' container! (keep in mind I have always suspected Oxford are at 1:74 or 1:72!!) Eoin Edited December 14, 2015 by murrayec Quote
Dave Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 Not bad, except for the wheels. They look like they came off a hot wheels car! Quote
murrayec Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 Hi Dave Yes a bit of a touch up on the wheels as mentioned above, and some bits of paint on the cab to show up the lights and other detail- wouldn't go a miss- actually compulsory Eoin Quote
Dhu Varren Posted December 16, 2015 Author Posted December 16, 2015 Hi I picked up a few Tesco trucks last week Just to clarify on the scale as the discussion was never resolved- these are cheap and great on a layout if you keep them away from OO stuff as they are more akin to HO Some shots up against a Oxford Daf and 40' container! (keep in mind I have always suspected Oxford are at 1:74 or 1:72!!) [ATTACH=CONFIG]21762[/ATTACH] I would have to agree that the scale of the Oxford truck is a bit suspect. The box trailer of the Tesco truck measures 156mm, which equates to 39ft in OO. This would make the Tesco truck just a tad under 1/76 scale. In HO a 40ft container would measure 140mm. In comparison, the Oxford 40ft container in the picture is significantly longer than the Tesco trailer, which would make it a much larger scale. My calculations work it out to be about 43ft in OO, making it a good bit larger than 1/76 scale. Quote
iarnrod Posted December 16, 2015 Posted December 16, 2015 (edited) The Oxford Diecast container represents a 45' long 8' wide container. The yellow markings on the roof indicate the 40' loading points. Edited December 16, 2015 by iarnrod Quote
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