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FINAL Update
12 August 2011
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1141
models covering
447
different breweries! |
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THE LAST
PINT IN THE CASK |
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This collection of brewery models has been a labour-of-love for me
for the last 25+ years but now, sadly, I have decided to stop
adding to it...and to sell all my models and/or website. It has not
been an easy decision to make however, but I am closing this chapter
in my life to open another one which is also close to my heart. If
you are interested in finding out more about my new project please
visit the
Newtown Brewery website. |
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How did this obsession with models of brewery vehicles begin?
I have always had a keen interest in commercial vehicles, and in
brewing, so it was probably inevitable that, at some stage,
the two would combine. The model which started the Brewtruck
collection (as it was called then) wasn't a truck at all, it was a van,
a
Ford Model 'T' by
Lledo in the colours of the
John Smith brewery, Tadcaster. I think
that was back in 1979, although I couldn't be certain. What I can be
certain of, though, is that my initial models where listed on
home-made forms and kept in a ring-binder. As the collection
expanded I upgraded to a Brother electronic typewriter which had a
three-line LCD screen on the front! The beauty of this machine was
that it had a slot for a floppy disc so the model data was saved in
ASCI format to that. After selling the Brother I obtained my
very first PC, an Escom, with a 1GB hard drive and 8Mb of
RAM...luxury! My model listings where then imported to an Access
database, where they have stayed ever since. |
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Is there one particular model that is your favourite?
It is difficult to answer this one as there are so many great models
in the collection with interesting stories. So many variations in
sizes, breweries and types. If there is one model that does have a
connection with me more than the others, it's the Hancock Brewery
Leyland Steer. In 1996 I
contacted
Corgi and sent them photographs of this particular truck
suggesting that they might like to consider making a model
of it as they where already using the cab on other
models. In 2000 the Leyland Steer was released by Corgi in
Hancock Brewery colours which made it, as far
as I am aware, the only diecast model of a Leyland Steer
(twin-steer) available at the time (and since?). Did 'The Drayman'
influence
Corgi? Who can tell? |
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What is the most unusual model you have? The
collection does contain some curios, including a
tractor and a
fire engine, however my particular favourite model in this
category is an American dumper truck. The large scale (1:34) Mack B61
depicts a truck for delivering the malted grains for the
Northampton
Brewery Company of Pennsylvania and contains a simulated load. |
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Largest and smallest? This collection contains
models of all shapes and sizes. Probably the smallest models
being the
Schuco Piccolo
series of models with a scale of 1:90.
At this scale it is very difficult to glaze the models so Schuco
still uses an old manufacturing processes to produce these models with
filled-in (painted) 'windows'. The largest model
in the collection (and one which is NOT FOR SALE) is the
Maxitrak
Atkinson steam wagon. This 1-inch to 1-foot scale 'live steam'
model is still under construction and will keep me busy for a
while yet putting it together. The radio-controlled Atkinson
is powered by a gas-fired vertical boiler which provides steam to
the in-line twin cylinder engine. The lorry weighs around
7.25kg (16lbs) and is 545mm (22 inches) long. |
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What where (or are still) your most sought-after models?
In 1986 American model maker, DeHanes, was commissioned to make a
limited edition model of the
Labatt Breweries White 'Streamliner' truck and trailer.
The model was to be issued at
The 1986 World Exposition held in Vancouver, Canada, and was to
celebrate the completion of the restoration project on the 1948
truck. At the time the models where very expensive, especially
to also cover postage to the UK, so I wasn't able to obtain one for
the collection. Over the years I have kept my eyes 'peeled'
and have also made bids a few times on Ebay (and lost) trying to get
one, but to no avail. In 2002-3, a white-metal model of the
Labatt Breweries White 'Streamliner' was released by DMP Studios
models of Canada. The models where cast by
Brooklin Models in the UK and then finished by DMP in Canada.
At the time they retailed at around Canadian $350 and I managed to
obtain one of these for the web collection. So, my (still)
most sought-after model would be the 1986 DeHanes version of the
1948 Labatt Breweries White 'Streamliner' truck. |
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Last year I finally acquired for the collection a model that, along
with the DeHanes White, was a model I had been wanting to obtain
ever since I started collecting model beer trucks. In 1950,
Tri-ang Minic made a tin-plate clockwork model of a
Watneys barrel lorry (Tri-ang catalogue number 119M). The
model includes a real wood barrel trailer and carries the
'trade-mark' red barrel cask atop the cab. I paid quite a bit
for the model but, as it came with its' original box (and it's older
than me - just) I didn't mind. |
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I'd just like to say a big THANK YOU to all those
people who have contacted me over the years regarding the
collection, it's been a pleasure to know you. The website will
be staying at least until next year when my contract with the ISP
expires, but no more models will be added (unless another enthusiast
takes it on). Cheers, Good Health!
Clive Luff, The Drayman |
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What's New... |
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Thirty models and ten new breweries were added to
the
FINAL listing of the collection. The web collection is now
complete and will not be added to... |
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Reference
Books... |
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Books and articles relating to model brewery trucks. |
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Search and Links... |
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Browse the modelbeertrucks.com website by brewery
and links to external related web sites. |
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PLEASE
DO NOT CONTACT THE DRAYMAN TO REQUEST THE SALE OF INDIVIDUAL MODELS TO
YOU. IT IS INTENDED TO TRY AND SELL THE COLLECTION AS A WHOLE.
SHOULD IT NOT BE POSSIBLE TO
SELL THE WHOLE COLLECTION THEN INDIVIDUAL ITEMS WILL BECOME AVAILABLE FOR
SALE SEPARATELY.
FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE
POSTED ON THIS PAGE IN TWO MONTHS TIME. THANKS. |
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This collection of
models will no-longer be updated. It is now hoped to sell the
collection as a job-lot, ideally along with the website and domain
names. |
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brewtruck.co.uk©;
modelbeertrucks.co.uk©
&
modelbeertrucks.com©
are registered domain names and ARE For Sale! |
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This
non-commercial site
was designed
and created by
'The Drayman', Hampshire, UK. |
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