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Details: It's hard to believe that most of this model was built from scratch. Les says: 1040Q (TXV876) AEC Mercury 1000 Gal Gully Emptier, was constructed from Base Toys AEC Mercury Tanker Lorry. There were a lot of work needed to make the finished model, and I only had photographs on which to refer to, although this is how most of my models are made. All the fittings to the tank are made from various sizes of plastic rod and tube. A small platform was created behind the cab and the handrail was fitted to the rear of the cab. The slope on the tank was achieved by cutting down the tank supports in a taper so that the tank was lower at the rear. The square tank on the chassis side is just an oblong piece of plastic cut to size, and the new fuel tank was made from plastic tube with a small solid piece to form the filler neck/cap. Once everything was completed, it was spray painted with the Tundra Green. Transfers were added and the silver/chrome pieces were highlighted using a silver paint pen.

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Chris Batten	Les Many congratulations on your super models. I have a couple of questions - is BMC 'Tundra' still avai;able? - certainly I couldn't find any in my Halfords. Secondly can you provide either transfers or the artwork for the tarnsfers you have used? I have done a few conversions including a cut down EFE STL to represent a Tower Wagon, a GS to represent 1311CD which I used LBRT transfers for - but the fleet number from this is gold when I think it was always white, and a conversion of GS47 to the St John Ambulance LT Corps Mobile Unit - I know this is not really a Service Vehicle. I can provide photos if anyone is interested? Chris Batten	Tue 14/08/2007, 20:05