Martin Field
Western Thunderer
Hi all,
a good while ago now I made a master for an Austin 7 van kit in 1/32nd scale. At very nearly the same time I also did a chassis cab master (chassis as a fold up photo-etch jobby) for a Bedford Big S in the same scale, for no better reason than the former I figured would be popular and the latter I just liked. The A7 was one of many A7s I've done twixt 1/32nd scale and 2mm so I knew my way round that one and the Big S, my friend had a rust bucket breakdown version in his field (complete with trees growing through the floor!)
Anyway, both were duly finished and at that point I couldn't find anyone who would resin cast anything that big (can you believe that?), so having got an offer from somebody in NZ for the A7, I sold it. I then got an offer for the Big S from a guy in Australia, so I sold that to him. Fed the family for another month. The Kiwi DID produce the A7 and in as many forms as he could screw out of his investment too, fair enough, but I never heard of the Aussie producing the Big S. Can anyone in the G1 firmament rack their brains to recall who it was who did the A7 van and if they ever heard of the Big S being done finally?
Ironically, I have a cab of a Big S, done for someone else, but no chassis, but I have nothing of the A7.
Cheers,
a good while ago now I made a master for an Austin 7 van kit in 1/32nd scale. At very nearly the same time I also did a chassis cab master (chassis as a fold up photo-etch jobby) for a Bedford Big S in the same scale, for no better reason than the former I figured would be popular and the latter I just liked. The A7 was one of many A7s I've done twixt 1/32nd scale and 2mm so I knew my way round that one and the Big S, my friend had a rust bucket breakdown version in his field (complete with trees growing through the floor!)
Anyway, both were duly finished and at that point I couldn't find anyone who would resin cast anything that big (can you believe that?), so having got an offer from somebody in NZ for the A7, I sold it. I then got an offer for the Big S from a guy in Australia, so I sold that to him. Fed the family for another month. The Kiwi DID produce the A7 and in as many forms as he could screw out of his investment too, fair enough, but I never heard of the Aussie producing the Big S. Can anyone in the G1 firmament rack their brains to recall who it was who did the A7 van and if they ever heard of the Big S being done finally?
Ironically, I have a cab of a Big S, done for someone else, but no chassis, but I have nothing of the A7.
Cheers,