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The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter light truck fitted with a specialized body equipped with an ambulance litter, a stretcher, first aid equipment, etc:    Regards. Guy
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Road haulage in Belgium during the potato harvest campaign:  Scania S730 6x2/2 tractor and Van der Peet 3-axle Kolibri belt discharge dump semi-trailer (WSI models),    Regards. Guy
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  Mercedes-Benz Arocs 3351 LS 6x4/2 tractor (modified IMC model, to be completed) and Nooteboom MCOS 48-03(EB) 3-axle lowboy with tilting front bed (modified Conrad model) transporting a 31.28 tonnes Valmet 445 EXL tracked forest harvester with a tool carrier hydraulic crane and a Valmet 385 hydraulic harvester head (Sword models),   Regards. Guy
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Back to Switzerland with a large Swiss plant equipment company:    Scania P124-T410 6x4/2 tractor (Tekno model) and Crane-Fruehauf 3-axle flatbed semi-trailer (modified Corgi model) equipped with an Atlas 125.1 traveling hydraulic knuckleboom crane (Corgi element), a brick grapple and a pallet fork (Lion Toys elements), carrying 14 brick pallets of 28.28 tonnes (WSI parts),  Regards. Guy
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In Holland, road trial, by a plant equipment hiring company, of an equipment transport combination leased by a local trailer manufacturer:  IVECO AS 440 S57 TX/P 6x2/4 tractor and its Nooteboom MCO 48-03V (VM) 3-axle extendible flatbed semi-trailer (WSI models), loaded with a 1.79 tonnes Caterpillar 301.7 CR tracked mini-excavator with front blade (Diecast Masters model) and its removable working tools (Diecast Masters elements), a 4.58 tonnes New Holland C 238 tracked compact loader (Motorart model), a 2.4 tonnes Neuson 701S 4x4/0 compact skid-steer loader (Universal Hobbies model) and a 2.66 tonnes New Holland L 218 4x4/0 compact skid-steer loader (Motorart model),    Regards. Guy
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Guy: I love the red Iveco with the equipment. If you remember the Bobcat rig with four pieces of Bobcat equipment, I loved that piece though it wasn't as realistic as yours. Yours also offers different pieces of equipment. Good looking rig. Craig
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Craig, Many thanks for your support. As far as I remember, the Wan Ho set you refer to is made of various scales: the tractor is undersized (a 1/53 scale Tonkin crude reproduction?), while the 48' flatbed seems to be a true 1/50, same for the Bobcat units on its flatbed. I have found a few of those semi-trailers for mods: frames under the bed are far too thin and their landing legs oversized, but all should become excellent Dorsey FB 48' units (see one below being modified, with a WSI tractor):  I hope it helps. Guy
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Guy: That Bobcat Freightliner is touted by at least one "old" Dealer as 1/50 scale. It is a cheap reproduction. I did like the flatbed though you are right about the landing gears and frame. The bed of the flatbed and those gorgeous chrome wheels made it work for me. When joined with a Conrad Freightliner cabover, it's a good looking rig. Be well. Craig
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 As Europe is encountering heavy weather these days (above, near Montpellier in South of France - January 2023), a motorway snow plow:    Mercedes-Benz Arocs 3341 LAK 6x6/2 truck, with an on-board genset and a tool front plate (modified Conrad model) and equipped with a Schmidt Cirron SL 30 snow plow and a Schmidt Stratos D 60 covered dumpster/spreader equipment (Conrad elements),  Regards. Guy
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Back to Holland with a construction materials delivery combination (modifications in progress):  Scania S730 6x2/4 tractor (modified WSI model) and Floor FLO-18-30S2 3-axle "stone carrier" semi-trailer equipped with a Kennis 16000R 46-1 traveling hydraulic crane fitted with a bricks grapple (modified Tekno models, side boards to be repainted), loaded with 14 pallets of bricks of 28.28 tonnes (WSI elements),    Regards. Guy
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Quinella wrote:Guy: That Bobcat Freightliner is touted by at least one "old" Dealer as 1/50 scale. It is a cheap reproduction. I did like the flatbed though you are right about the landing gears and frame. The bed of the flatbed and those gorgeous chrome wheels made it work for me. When joined with a Conrad Freightliner cabover, it's a good looking rig. Be well. Craig They made a updated version with a norscot Pete 379 and the S750 and E35
Remember when it comes to equipment the older and more obscure the better A Cat 225 will beat a 320EL hands down
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Renault C260 6x4 hookloader tipper, built by Jean-Jacques using MiniCams chassis and cab kits:    To be continued. Guy
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Still working on the 1/50 model of the Nicoletti set below:  Following some search on the SAVIEM 6x6 tractor used by the South-East of France company, Jean-Francois decided to modify an old Conrad MAN 6x4 model:    Regards. Guy
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Miscellaneous models from Jean-Jacques, a DAF tractor and a D TEC/VMA manure tank semi-trailer (WSI) and 2 CoGeBat sets, made of a Corgi flatbed and a Conrad lowboy, towed by a Renault tractor (Tekno kit):     Regards. Guy
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MAN TGA 26-533 DFT 6x4/2 tractor and Nooteboom FT 43-03V 3-axle container carrier semi-trailer (2x20', 1x40', 1x45') with double extension chassis (modified Conrad models), carrying 2 Umformtechnik 20ft maritime containers (Conrad elements):     Regards. Guy
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Two trucks of the German concrete manufacturer/distributor Readymix:   - left: Mercedes-Benz 2633 L 6x4/2 truck fitted with a Liebherr HTM 602 concrete mixing drum (modified Conrad model), - right: Mercedes-Benz 2632 L 6x4/2 truck equipped with a Putzmeister M 31/27 concrete pump/delivery beam assembly (modified Conrad model). To be continued. Guy
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The Mercedes-Benz truck with the 1988 SK cab:    To be continued. Guy
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The "ancestor" Mercedes-Benz unit fitted with a NG cab (which was first issued in 1973):    Regards. Guy
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   MAN TGA 18-530 FLS 4x2/2 tractor (Conrad model) and Fruehauf-France Multiloader Classic 3-axle flatbed semi-trailer (modified Corgi model), loaded with 8.2 tonnes of 7 metallic beams prefabricated from IPE 100 beams by Legoupil Industrie for an industrial building (Corgi elements), Regards. Guy
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