The Swedish SBAT(Special Bulldog All-wheel-drive Terrain) - TGB 40

[tiking]

I have been working on the second SBAT model, TGB 40 from 'Swedish Model Works'. Yes, its a 1:87 scale, too darn small for my taste, yet interesting. This is the 3-axle brother to the TGB 30 from the same company, I did awhile back. I wanted to do something that will make the TGB 40 feel at home. Mud and more mud, was the theme of this little vignette. So I wanted to do it some justice.  My apologies for my camera. I need to buy a new phone, although, reluctant, but my camera is not as effective as it was in the beginning. So please bear with me. I've taken both outdoors and indoors photos. Thanks for looking.

 

 

Edited December 12, 2022 by tiking

[TonyK]

I would've never known this was 1/87th scale. Great job on this! And I think your pictures are great too.

[tiking]

13 minutes ago, TonyK said:

I would've never known this was 1/87th scale. Great job on this! And I think your pictures are great too.

Thank you Tony. I still need a new camera phone, though.

[Anglia105E]

Such detail and weathering in 1:87 scale Charles . . . Your close up camera work is very good here. I find that my older Kodak M340 digital camera is much better for this type of photography than a modern mobile phone, and you can still pick them up on Ebay for a very reasonable price in UK.

The iPad camera is of course really good, just like iPhone, but more expensive !

David

[tiking]

59 minutes ago, Anglia105E said:

Such detail and weathering in 1:87 scale Charles . . . Your close up camera work is very good here. I find that my older Kodak M340 digital camera is much better for this type of photography than a modern mobile phone, and you can still pick them up on Ebay for a very reasonable price in UK.

The iPad camera is of course really good, just like iPhone, but more expensive !

David

Thank you David for the tips. Glad you liked the build. 

[SpikeSchumacher]

1:87? Wow, Charles that is superb! It is also referred to as HO Scale in the model railroad community. ?

[tiking]

18 hours ago, SpikeSchumacher said:

1:87? Wow, Charles that is superb! It is also referred to as HO Scale in the model railroad community. ?

Thank you. Yeah. I knew that. Just sounded more intriguing saying, 1:87.

[Dragline]

A few of those shots could pass for real.

Quite a scale to work in. I know because I build 40K and smaller resin figures.

[tiking]

8 hours ago, Dragline said:

A few of those shots could pass for real.

Quite a scale to work in. I know because I build 40K and smaller resin figures.

I am so used to working, in bigger scales but the offset of smaller scale is always a challenge. 

[Anglia105E]

Hi Charles . . . I am currently 3D printing 37 parts for an O gauge steam loco for a diorama, which is 1:43 scale in UK and 1:48 scale in US.

Like you, I am more used to working in 1:24 or 1:32 scale.

David

[tiking]

16 hours ago, Anglia105E said:

Hi Charles . . . I am currently 3D printing 37 parts for an O gauge steam loco for a diorama, which is 1:43 scale in UK and 1:48 scale in US.

Like you, I am more used to working in 1:24 or 1:32 scale.

David

Hi David. Well, at least, that scale is bigger than what I was working on.

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[tiking]

5 hours ago, ChrisR said:

Looks great!

Thanks.

[TarheelRick]

Very nice little diorama, especially in such a small scale.  The sloppy mud is very realistic. Great little build and your photography work is really good.

[tiking]

3 hours ago, TarheelRick said:

Very nice little diorama, especially in such a small scale.  The sloppy mud is very realistic. Great little build and your photography work is really good.

Glad you like the results. Thank you.

[1959scudetto]

OMG, Charles - how can you manage to create such wonderful, real-looking dioramas in this TINY scale? Unbelievable craftsmenship !

[tiking]

13 hours ago, 1959scudetto said:

OMG, Charles - how can you manage to create such wonderful, real-looking dioramas in this TINY scale? Unbelievable craftsmenship !

I ask myself the same question, but is more of how do I manage to work in that scale. It's not a scale for me. I did it as a challenge, by the manufacturer, who sent two versions free of charge. He wanted photos of them, as a promo.