It is set to be sold at auction - with a five figure sum expected 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 ...

When Essex engineer Roland Hopper retired he described himself as "bored to tears" and disappeared into his garden shed. Ten years later he had designed and built a highly-detailed model of a World ...

How much did it cost to make this half-ton model tank and transporter lorry? An 8ft-long (2.4m) remote control transporter lorry and tank built by an engineer who was "bored to tears" in retirement ...

An eight foot long remote-control transporter lorry and tank built by a retired engineer who was 'bored to tears' has been sold at a Cambridge auction. The vehicle went on sale at Cheffins earlier ...

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. Roland Hopper, 79, who lives near Saffron Walden, ...