Scratch Built 1951 Mercedes-Benz L 6600 Sa & Scratch Built Period-Correct Tank Semitrailer - Historic BV-Aral Livery

[Plastheniker]

Hi,


after



1951 Büssing 12000 U13 6x4 Underfloor Engine Truck
1958 Mercedes-Benz LP 333 Twin Steer Truck aka "Tausendfüssler"
1937 Mercedes-Benz L 10000 6x4


this is is my fourth scratch built German vintage truck shown here.




The 1951 L 6600 was Mercedes' first new truck design after WW2. Very roughly spoken it was an evolution of the pre-war L 6500; the L 6500 was a shorter 4x2 version of the a. m. L 10000.
The L 6600 and its numerous descendants became a big sales success not only on the domestic market (also as rugged military versions) but also on growing export markets such as Middle East, Africa and South America. Its reliability and durability became almost legendary. Thus retrospectively the L 6600 can be regarded as crucial for Mercedes' rise to the world's largest truck manufacturer.


The followig b/w pictures and the sales brochure show early 6600 models, the colour picture of a restored L 6600 Sa (Sa stands for Sattelzugmaschine = tractor) shows some later modifications for keeping the vehicle road legal.


















Since WW1 BV-Aral was the most important German oil company with a wide petrol station network. In 2002 BV-Aral was sold to BP. Because the BV-Aral brand was so well-established in Germany all BP stations became BV-Aral stations, so blue/white filling stations and tankers are still ubiquitous in Germany.




My tractor is completely scratch built (including rims and tires) except a few small parts as the headlights, the steering wheel and the Mercedes star.
Building the trailer I could fortunately use several modifiable parts of the Revell Hanomag trailer and the Italeri Topas trailer.


For building both models I spent approximately 1100 hours.

[Kjenjak]

This is so awesome, really outstanding work!
Which scale is it?
I can hardly start to imagine the efforts needed to complete such a project.
Great work!

[lemansnut]

Simply WOW! Scratch building something like this just baffles my mind, wouldn't even know where to start. Outstanding craftsmanship!

Mike

[Plastheniker]

Thanksfor the replies!

Originally Posted by Kjenjak

This is so awesome, really outstanding work!
Which scale is it?
I can hardly start to imagine the efforts needed to complete such a project.
Great work!

When scratch building I always follow the common kit scales, so here the scale is 1/24.

[malscar]

Very impressive. My vote for the 2020 model of the year.

[360spider]

Very cool!

[BVC500]

Wow, amazing work!

[stratos75]

Beautiful work! Congrats!

[Mech@niC]

Now that's what I call modelling at it's best!
S U P E R B job and a hell of a truck model!

[lovegt40]

another amazing masterpiece.
I love it jurgen, and I think you wellknow it

Simply great ! Bellissimo.