OIT - Scammell mechanical horse (1-148)

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<p>Trying to model the origin of containerization in n-scale, I’m of course liked to have a model of the famous Scammell mechanical horse and/or the Scarab:<br><a href="https://www.burtonlatimer.info/industry/W&amp;W-Doom-of-the-crate.html">https://www.burtonlatimer.info/industry/W&amp;W-Doom-of-the-crate.html</a><br><a href="https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/lmscontainer/h4E4BE514#h4e4be514">https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/lmscontainer/h4E4BE514#h4e4be514</a></p><p>There are fine models available for both from Oxford-Diecast:<br><a href="https://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/collections/1-148/products/scammell-mechnical-horse-pickfords-flatbed-trailer-nmh007">https://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/collections/1-148/products/scammell-mechnical-horse-pickfords-flatbed-trailer-nmh007</a><br><a href="https://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/collections/1-148/products/scammell-scarab-flatbed-trailer-raf-nrab011">https://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/collections/1-148/products/scammell-scarab-flatbed-trailer-raf-nrab011</a><br>unfortunately the trailer doesn’t fit to containers available from PECO or Graham Farish (it’s a little to short), so I created my own trailer for them.</p><p>In the next step I used the fine model of timbologist:<br><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2788905">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2788905</a><br>and adapted it to n-scale, fitting connections to my trailer.</p><p>I gave special attention to the famous and for its time very progressive Scammell-coupling:<br><a href="https://tractors.fandom.com/wiki/Scammell_coupling">https://tractors.fandom.com/wiki/Scammell_coupling</a><br>So there is a version of the mechanical horse already with the coupling – this is made, in case you like to show the horse/trailer on road only – and there is a version without the coupling. The coupling can be mounted below the trailer and there is a version of the coupling, to be clipped on the mechanical horse. So with the “MechHorse_alone”, a trailer and the both version of “fore_wheels” (coupling) you would have maximum flexibility for your scene.</p><p>At the end there is also a driver for the mechanical horse.</p><p>For windows I used Micro Kristal Klear:<br><a href="https://www.dm-toys.de/en/product-details/Microscale_MI-9.html">https://www.dm-toys.de/en/product-details/Microscale_MI-9.html</a><br>but then the driver becomes hardly visible.</p><p>All models sized for British n-scale (1:148).</p><p>Conversion values:<br>Continental N-scale, 1:160 -&gt; 92.5%<br>TT-gauge, 1:120 -&gt; 123%<br>HO-gauge, 1:87 -&gt; 170%<br>OO-gauge, 1:76 -&gt; 195%</p>