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Sunday, April 5, 2026

If I were to build another it would probably be the Airfix kit!

 First there was one....

IBG 1.72 Scammel Pioneer Tank Transporter and Crusader tank,

Then there were two!

IBG 1.72 Scammel Pioneer Tank Transporter and Crusader tank,

Now, whilst the sand coloured model has taken me about 7 weeks to build, the green one took me about 10 days along with the tank some 10 years or so ago! 

IBG 1.72 Scammel Pioneer Tank Transporter and Crusader tank,

The green Scammell is an Airfix kit that is in 1/76 scale along with the Matilda tank on the trailer. There were no etched brass parts and it is fairly robust once built.

The sand coloured Scammell is the ING kit in 1/72 scale so slightly larger than the Airfix kit but not overly noticeable unless you know what you are looking for. As you may have seen from my previous posts on this kit there was a lot of brass etched parts some so small only magnification made any sense of them!

IBG 1.72 Scammel Pioneer Tank Transporter and Crusader tank,

So are the two finished models the same? Well apart from the IBG model having door mirrors they both look much the same detail wise from normal viewing distance. Look a bit closer at the cabs and there are differences in the side window sizes between them and I would put money on the IBG one being right! 

You can see the IBG kit is slightly bigger in this photo.

IBG 1.72 Scammel Pioneer Tank Transporter and Crusader tank,

IBG 1.72 Scammel Pioneer Tank Transporter and Crusader tank,

Whilst I like both models and I learnt much building the IBG kit, for the additional time and frustration the IBG kit takes, if I were to build another transporter it would probably be the Airfix kit!


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