It started off with an ironic obsession - listening to Hugo Duncan and chatting engine sizes with my boss, just for laughs. I was able to impress my girlfriend by identifying cab models, before she found out I was just reading a number off the front grille. But the ironic obsession developed into a genuine fondness, and my curiosity made me want to find out more, to immerse myself in the mythology of this Scandinavian powerhouse and its inexplicable popularity amongst the culchies of Ulster.So, thanks to a remarkably thoughtful Christmas present from my girlfriend, I hope to engineer an appreciation for these tractor units through the process of assembling the Italeri Scania R500 V8 1:24 scale model. It won't be easy, since I know nothing about vehicular transport and even less about hobby modelling... but learning is fun! (And judging from the number of components, there is a lot of fun to be had...)
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