An engineer who was “bored to tears” in retirement built an 8ft-long remote-control transporter lorry with a tank on it and is now selling them at auction where they have an estimate of £ ...

Ten years later he had designed and built a highly-detailed model of a World War Two-era Sherman Tank and Scammell Pioneer Tank Transporter lorry.

Roland Hopper, 79, who lives near Saffron Walden, Essex, worked on the 1:6 scale model Scammell Pioneer Tank Transporter and Armortek Sherman Firefly Tank on and off for 10 years.

He then decided to construct a 1:6 scale Scammell Pioneer Tank Transporter from scratch, having previously restored a full-sized original for a hobby project.

He then decided to construct a 1:6 scale Scammell Pioneer Tank Transporter from scratch, having previously restored a full-sized original for a hobby project.

An 8ft-long (2.4m) remote control transporter lorry and tank built by an engineer who was "bored to tears" in retirement has made £20,000 at auction.