I thought that as a new member of this forum I ought to introduce myself and confess that I, unfortunately do not own, and probably never will, an actual vehicle which would be of interest here. However I am interested in Scammells particularly the Pioneer as used in WW2.
My father was a REME driver in the N African campaign and drove a Pioneer tank transporter for most of that time. He later was sent to the Italy campaign and took part in the activities around Monte Casino. Unfortunately he is no longer with us and I never managed to get him to talk about his service except for a few relatively humorous anecdotes. I regret not getting him to discuss his service in the Army but that cannot be helped now, all I have are a few memento e.g. his service book and demob papers which rate him as an excellent Class ! driver. In his memory I model the vehicles that he drove, in a N African setting and camouflage colours. However, now retired with have time on my hands and some skills I intend to scratch build a large scale model of a Pioneer Tractor if only to pass on to my son, who loved the old boy to bits.
I Live in S Leicestershire now and would love to own an original vehicle but I do not have the room or facilities to do it justice. However I hope that with perhaps help from this forum, especially the photographs and perhaps help in locating scale drawings, I may just get to complete my model.
Terry D
