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K12B Scammell Crane Truck Issued 1969. All England castings.
Converted to Superfast around 1971.

Body: Yellow, light orange, orange, silver & orange or silver & red.
Base: Silver or red.
Crane boom: Light orange, orange, red or dark red.
Boom pivot: Type A - closed; type B - open.
Hydraulic sleeve: Red or black.
Windows in truck's cab: Clear.
Window in crane's cab: Green or clear.
Wheels: Black plastic tires (BPT), five spoke (5S) or five spoke star (5SS).
Reinforced: Lugs added under fenders of rear wheels.
Hooks: Silver or gold plated. Hole on either right side (RS) or left side (LS).
Labels: "Laing".

1. Yel body/sil base/clr windows/dk.grn in crane/boom pivot typ A/blk hydraulic slv/BPT/silver hook/RS hole.
2. Yel body/sil base/clr windows/dk.grn in crane/boom pivot typ A/blk hydraulic slv/BPT/silver hook/LS hole.
3. Yel body/sil base/clr windows/dk.grn in crane/boom pivot typ A/red hydraulic slv/BPT/silver hook/RS hole.
4. Yel body/sil base/clr windows/dk.grn in crane/boom pivot typ A/red hydraulic slv/BPT/silver hook/LS hole.
5. Org body/sil base/clr windows/dk.grn in crane/boom pivot typ A/blk hydraulic slv/5SS whls/opn blu xle cvr/sil hook/RS hole.
6. Org body/sil base/clr windows/dk.grn in crane/boom pivot typ A/blk hydraulic slv/5SS whls/opn blu xle cvr/sil hook/LS hole.
7. Lt.org body/sil base/clr windows/dk.grn in crane/boom pivot typ A/blk hydraulic slv/5SS whls/lugs added/opn blk xle cvr/sil hook/LS hole.
8. Lt.org body/sil base/clr windows/clr in crane/boom pivot typ B/blk hydraulic slv/5SS whls/lugs added/opn blk xle cvr/gld hook/RS hole.
9. Lt.org body/sil base/clr windows/clr in crane/boom pivot typ B/blk hydraulic slv/5SS whls/lugs added/opn blk xle cvr/gld hook/LS hole.
10.Lt.org body/sil base/clr windows/dk.grn in crane/boom pivot typ B/blk hydraulic slv/5SS whls/lugs added/opn blk xle cvr/gld hook/RS hole.
11.Lt.org body/sil base/clr windows/dk.grn in crane/boom pivot typ B/blk hydraulic slv/5SS whls/lugs added/opn blk xle cvr/gld hook/LS hole.
12.Org body/sil base/clr windows/dk.grn in crane/boom pivot typ B/blk hydraulic slv/5SS whls/lugs added/opn blk xle cvr/gld hook/LS hole.
13.Org body/sil base/clr windows/dk.grn in crane/boom pivot typ B/blk hydraulic slv/5 spk whls/lugs added/opn blk xle cvr/gld hook/RS hole.
14.Sil & org body/red base/clr windows/dk.grn in crane/boom pivot typ B/5SS whls/opn blk xle cvr/red MX plastics/org boom/gld hook/LS hole.
15.Sil & red body/red base/clr windows/dk.grn in crane/boom pivot typ B/5SS whls/opn blk xle cvr/blu MX plastics/red boom/gld hook/LS hole.
16.Sil & red body/red base/clr windows/dk.grn in crane/boom pivot typ B/5SS whls/opn blk xle cvr/red MX plastics/red boom/gld hook/RS hole.
17.Sil & red body/red base/clr windows/dk.grn in crane/boom pivot typ B/5SS whls/opn blk xle cvr/blu & red MX plastics/red boom/gld hook/RS hole.
18.Sil & red body/red base/clr windows/dk.grn in crane/boom pivot typ B/5SS whls/opn blk xle cvr/blu & red MX plastics/dk.red boom/gld hook/RS hole.

Interesting but left or right handed hooks is a little too pedantic for me. Rest of differences though are noted. Would you for instance still be looking for a BMX version with red and blue operating feature parts with an opposite handed hook? Surely not.
The left and right hooks would surely be a throwback from the twin boom K2 Scammell, yet most of those I've seen aren't handed as you would have expected.

Very nice display again Charlie,

I don't recall seeing the orange version in our toyshops when these came out new. So the pick of these for me to add to my yellow and silver examples would be the orange with the clear windows on the cab and crane.

Thanks for another group of variations.

Bert

The five spoke mag wheel orange version is one I have never seen before. Fantastic !!

Gotta be an orange truck with a yellow crane on it somewhere.

Tinman wrote:Gotta be an orange truck with a yellow crane on it somewhere.

Yes, I agree and it is probably in the bottom of that barrel Zbret frequents.
To follow on from Joe’s comment it is interesting to note that when they introduced the casting for the Big MX series the first crane boom was still orange on the new casting to accommodate the gear mechanism as Charlie has here with variation 13 before they were changed to red colour to go better with the silver bodies.

Bert

Just amazing how many variations there are of this model, recently had these 3 together.
One in the box has a orange/ yellow chassis/cab and a yellow crane, right hand one with an unpainted jib and the prepro model on the left. J

nearlymint wrote:Just amazing how many variations there are of this model, recently had these 3 together.
One in the box has a orange/ yellow chassis/cab and a yellow crane, right hand one with an unpainted jib and the prepro model on the left.

K12b.JPG

J

Love that one with the unpainted boom!

Tinman wrote:

nearlymint wrote:Just amazing how many variations there are of this model, recently had these 3 together.
One in the box has a orange/ yellow chassis/cab and a yellow crane, right hand one with an unpainted jib and the prepro model on the left.

K12b.JPG

J

Love that one with the unpainted boom!

Yes I really like it as well, model came with some other trials so maybe they looked at selling like this initially.
J

Hi Jason,
Very nice group of color trials/prepros. The one with the unpainted boom surely stands out. I like this model especially the early ones with black plastic tires. Cranes were always my favorite.
Thanks for posting the picture.
Charlie