Reliant Regal 3-Wheeler: Famous TV, 1/50

This is a model the of the van used in the television series 'Only Fools and Horses'. It is available from My Little Paper Vehicles via Instagram. I re-scaled it to 1/50.

Scored and folded, with edges coloured.

I thickened up the wheels with cardboard.

I also added strengtheners to the inside.

I removed the inner sections of the four-piece roof rack and coloured the edges black. The mounting points on the roof were opened up with the point of my scalpel blade and the pieces inserted (glued from underneath the roof).

Ha! Yes, Robert..... I remember this episode!!

I used to own three Scimtars!! A 1968 SE4, a 1972 SE5 and a 1978 SE6.

To fit on the roof rack, I decided to make a suitcase that Del Boy would probably carry around.

Three pieces of cardboard, two strips of paper and a piece of staple.

I also made a card box and filled it with scale coal - the coal is merely to fill it, as I wanted to cover it with a tarpaulin. The tarpaulin is a piece of tissue, stuck over it with dilute PVA.

I will paint these two pieces.

Painted and weathered.

I added two reflective craft items to resemble headlamps and highlighted the front indicators with Tamiya translucent orange paint.....

I made a base for it, and a street sign.....

I am highlighting the rear light clusters with Tamiya translucent red and orange paints. I also made an exhaust from wire.....

Completed!!

I also made a broom handle for Trigger......