The case for 1:35 haulage is compatibility. A lorry at this size drops straight in among the figures, buildings and vehicles that may already be on your shelf, which is why it is the scale diorama builders default to. The selection here is deliberately narrow: it centres on a legendary Eastern flatbed, a machine that defined building sites and barracks yards for decades and travelled half the world in both civilian and military guise. A plain cab and an open bed make it an easy build, and an ideal candidate for a heavy coat of road dust.
1:35 is the home scale of military vehicle model kits, so a civilian lorry fits naturally into scenes with army vehicles as well as into urban dioramas; working machines at the same size are in 1:35 civilian vehicle model kits. For a wider spread of haulage in every format, start from the overview of truck model kits.
