1:28 scale model Bailey Senator needing a tow car
This will make you smile, and maybe raise a chuckle but I have a question anybody may be able to help me with.
We have a caravan, and when I spotted this little model at a boot sale (1:28 scale Bailey Senator). I thought it an ideal way of showing my wife how the car & caravan moves, where to stand when we arrive at a site and manoeuvre where I can see her etc; So, a great way I thought to get her engaged.
My problem is that I now cannot find a mdel of a tow car will go with it! Funnily enough can i find one, no. I have even tried toyshops but there are not any decent ones to be found.
Can anybody help?
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What make and model of vehicle are you looking for?
I have a model caravan and Land Rover Freelander which our son displayed on a plinth for us, complete with fire bucket and flag pole.
It depicts OH holding awning poles, dog sitting watching the proceedings and me sitting on a bolder - all of which was to represent our favourite pitch (which was then 269 on the corner of a glade now 228) at Coniston Park Coppice.
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Nice one Dave. I'm sure there's loads about and I'd research under 'model cars' rather than toy shops.
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). I thought it an ideal way of showing my wife how the car & caravan moves, where to stand when we arrive at a site and manoeuvre where I can see her etc; So, a great way I thought to get her engaged.
my o.h. Would probably stick the model somewhere the sun doesn't shine very often and quiet rightly.
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my o.h. Would probably stick the model somewhere the sun doesn't shine very often and quiet rightly.
So would mine, especially as it's a Bailey.
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Thank you to all. Not sure what OH means (LOL)
Gill you are right i have the same model caravan as in your picture. not bothered about the type as only need to try to et wife to understand how to help me manouvere (ha ha)
i work in the motor trade and most of the best manouvre merchants turn out to be the transporter drivers!
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Dave, Thank you for your link, i will still try to search boot fairs
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I can't understand the problem. In all our years of towing a caravan we never had any misunderstandings about manoeuvring the van. If you work out a system of simple hand signals and your wife learns that she needs to be seen by you, all will be well. She
doesn't really need to understand which way the van is going to swing but needs to move with it. If she can see you in one of the extension mirrors she will know that you can see her.0 -
Similar to TW but we do it by more by audio rather than visual.
Whoever is driving opens the car windows.
Whoever is giving the directions stands at the driver's side of the outfit, close enough so that the driver can hear, and gives clear simple verbal instructions, i.e. left hand down/right hand down/straighten up.
Finally - shouting the distance left to move, i.e. four feet/three feet/two feet/one foot/six inches/STOP. (This is particularly useful for the hitching up procedure.)
Just as an additional point - I find that most female passengers tend to wave their arms about which doesn't always make clear what they want anyway, and most of them don't seem to be able to let go of their handbags whilst all this is going on.
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The other lesson, Jill, as we saw in COTY, is not to take the dog out of the car either.
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