I'm just in the very early planning stages and don't really know what I'm doing but I've never let that stop me before.....
First I'm not a rivet counter what ever I do will be a "representation" of an actual shovel...
I'm thinking this could be made to look similar to a Bucyrus-Erie 10B or a small Lima
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52106558862_2fc60cd84e_z.jpg)
And this could be a Northwest 88B ish...
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52108093695_90eb554b37_z.jpg)
I know they are not perfect matches but to be honest I don't have the skills to make a perfect scale model but I think it would be fun and unique if I could make one work....
If not then I'll shelve the white shovel and make a cable hoe or dragline out of the green one.