British modeler Andy Park used some very creative decal splicing to create this Northern Suffolk tanker. This is a fairly box standard Herpa Scania 144.530 tractor unit but Andy glued the front grille to the cab and filled the whole front panel area, sanded it back and painted it Humbrol Satin Coal Black, along with the 56m3 pneumatic silo tanker. He then chopped a set of Microscale "Norfolk Southern" railroad loco decals to make a fictional British company named Northern Suffolk (the neighbouring county to where Andy lives, which also borders the original county of Norfolk.... still following?!). The legend "nur fur lebensmittel" on the tank is German but understood throughout Europe and means for foodstuffs only - the TL decals flags are supposed to denote some of the countries the rig runs to (the flags being Portugal, Greece, Czech, Spain, Poland, Denmark, Turkey and Norway in case you're interested). Andy says this is the only fictional model in his collection but he just really liked the NS livery!

Posted September 4, 2004