Oxford 1/76 Scammell Showtrac Carters Diecast Model

Enter another great Showman livery on the Scammell Showtrac,  which has been a favourite hard-working, heavy duty vehicle for circus and fairground operators for generations.

John and Anna Carter founded the Carters Steam Fair in 1977 and promoted the Fair as the world's most beautiful authentic vintage funfair. All the rides were lovingly restored and maintained by the family at their Maidenhead base and comprised a wealth of fairground favourites from the 1870s right up until the 1960s. The Steam Fair was also accompanied by equally vintage fairground living quarters as well as historic heavy duty lorries, including the Scammell Showtrac.  John sadly died in 2000 but a second generation of the Carter family took over the management right up until 2022 when it made its final UK tour.

Representing one of these heavy duty fairground vehicles is our highly decorated Scammell Showtrac. It appears with a bright red upper and black lower body, heavily masked in dark red with a mass of gold lettering and gold coach lines with the remaining trim finished mostly in black, including the vehicle interior. The John Carter and Sons Maidenhead lettering is also printed on both the cab doors. The distinctive Scammell radiator grille is black/red with a silver surround with the registration plate HTO 221 positioned on the bottom edge. A finishing touch sees the addition of a centrally placed orange roof beacon towards the back of the cab.

Oxford's 1/76 scale, or OO gauge Showtrac model is a fitting tribute to the Carters Steam Fair, which gave so much pleasure to fairground lovers young and old for so many years.