Scania LB141 "Astran"

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Scania LB141 "Astran"

In the past pictures of my LEGO models outdoor were a bit of my trademark. I already did that in the 90s but the last time I took one outside must have been in 2016. That was also the year I built the Middle East run Scania LB141 in the Astran livery. But being ready towards the autumn that wasn’t an ideal season to picture it on an outdoor location. And besides that I moved during that time so I really had plenty of other things to do.

Somehow I was in the mood again to move some of my models in my car to a nice outdoor spot. In my neighborhood there is a huge parking lot (asphalt) but that is mainly used by blokes showing off their rides and especially when it’s a RWD by leaving some rubber on the tarmac. Besides the black painted asphalt layer at most of the area not really an ideal place to do some proper realistic photography. During summer season the shoulders aren’t mowed anymore as of biodiversity and too high grass with lovely flowers did my possibilities shrinking in terms of suitable spots. Anyway, I was thinking of a nice piece of tarmac at an industrial estate nearby and arriving there I was pretty lucky it was being renovated. Albeit a bit sandy it was clean enough to do some proper shooting. Well, most of the pictures have the same bridge in the background but you could think of the bridge across the Bosporus in Istanbul in this case while Astran had to go via that bridge to pass the Eurasian border.

As construction was taking place (luckily not when I was there) there was a huge pile of sand too and while the sun was turning as the time flew it became a nice background too.

The LB141 is about 8 years in my collection now but it’s time to take it apart. My shelves are full and the best way to acquire new pieces is just to tear down something you already have for many years. In reality you always need new pieces to build a new model but at least most of the standard stuff you can grap out of your own stock.

During its lifecycle some optical changes were done as new elements were released. The last part I modified was the engine by giving it its original factory color. Not to be seen on these pictures though but it will appear in a new one very soon.

It also gave me the opportunity to picture it behind the NYR Kenworth K100E recovery truck. They’re both British (or at least were) and it could have been towed in the past. Nowadays the LB141 is owned by someone in Ireland but it doesn’t look that sharp anymore. And he didn’t acquire the trailer. It’s a pity it’s not a combo anymore.

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