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The Lot 7 Berliet, replacing the GMC (ex-US Army), which was assigned the same function in the French Army: ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img924/8838/ibG60r.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img923/3808/stJOVv.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img922/5503/7E6Pu8.jpg) To be continued. Guy
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The GBC 8KT fitted with a maintenance shelter: ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img924/8917/DUQ7i4.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img924/2815/uvjutP.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img923/9719/pXAHGw.jpg) Regards. Guy
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As the vehicle was sold in large numbers, Berliet equipped with a Diesel engine export trucks and, in response to requests from the French civil market and some Fire Brigades, with dual wheels on the rear tandem: ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img923/6996/N6cfmW.jpg) Berliet GBC 8MT 6x6/2 truck fitted with a Coder water tank and a rear engine-driven fire-pump (Solido model, to be modified), ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img923/3154/JuiClM.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img922/764/mZVi4j.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img923/9468/8bOgBS.jpg) As a bonus, a Berliet GBC 8MT used against forest fires: ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img924/804/rRcfnC.jpg) Regards. Guy
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Demonstration vehicle of a Dutch trailer manufacturer delivering a plant equipment item: ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img923/6075/CeJYA8.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img922/278/HngTNK.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img922/379/cayotA.jpg) Scania R530 6x2/4 tractor and Broshuis 4 AOU-16-40 extendable 4-axle low bed semi-trailer (WSI models) carrying a 24.2 tonnes Hitachi ZW 310 4x4 articulated wheeled loader (TMC-Hitachi model), ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img923/7012/vUUZKE.jpg) Regards. Guy
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In the seventies in Great-Britain: ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img922/8026/O9kOUy.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img922/5333/r4nESE.jpg) Mc Cormick B 250 farm tractor 4x2/2 (modified Matchbox model, to be repainted) and Newland Engineering WS-?? elevator/conveyor 1+1-axle trailer (modified Corgi Toys model), ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img923/4066/sEzCYv.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img924/728/wO0sre.jpg) Regards. Guy
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More recently but in Great Britain still, transfer from the prefabrication area to a bridge construction site: ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img923/6571/VYLEQ4.jpg) FAUN Goliath 8x8/4 tow truck (modified IMC model) and Nicolas R12-T240 12-line modular trailer with rear cab (modified Corgi modules) loaded with a 182.4 tonnes Banagher Precast Concrete Ltd bridge precast box girder (Weiss Brothers load), ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img923/3373/d8py88.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img924/7339/Lpm3IY.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img923/9949/KuBrtc.jpg) To be continued. Guy
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![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img922/8431/4iHEYm.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img923/1632/Phbp1S.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img923/7981/4C0oVP.jpg) Valmet 890.3 auto-loader forwarder articulated 8x8 (tracked) fitted with a Valmet/Cranab CRF 14 hydraulic timber crane equipped with a Valmet G36 timber grab (Sword model)(*), ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img924/8319/4Vs7If.jpg) Note (*): one day, the forwarder should end as a load for a road combination made of a Mack Granite GU713 tractor (modified First Gear model) and a Witzco-Challenger NGB 60 lowboy (modified Joal model). Regards. Guy
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Late seventies, road transport to Antwerpen harbor of a container to be shipped to the States: ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img924/3401/cBBB3s.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img922/8384/9m8M5q.jpg) Ford HA 4234 Mk1 6x4/2 tractor (modified Tekno model) and Nooteboom ODU-32VV 1-line extendable ultra low bed (modified WSI-NZG model), loaded with a 20' sheeted open top maritime container of an unknown manufacturer (Tekno model), ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img922/28/BuxTkx.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img924/7637/SNMhFI.jpg) Regards. Guy
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In Belgium still with a more modern transport: ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img922/5534/ObLRBt.jpg) MAN 33-502 DFT 6x4/2 tractor (modified Conrad model) and Goldhofer STZ-L4-44/80A 4-axle extendable low bed semi-trailer (modified Tekno model) carrying a Babcock & Wilcox iron works gas effluents cleaning filter on its wooden transport cradle (Corgi model), ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img924/63/vEE7pz.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img922/8343/zOlSAP.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img923/9683/917WIA.jpg) Regards. Guy
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On the quay of some Italian harbor, soon after the Luxemburg-based Faymonville took-over the local heavy haulage equipment manufacturer: ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img924/9260/zigUqr.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img923/1363/4bjKg8.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img924/6598/H3baxj.jpg) Cometto MSPE 12/4 2.43 (40T) 12-line 24x8/24 self-propelled modular trailer (Conrad model, hydraulic motors to be added on wheels 2,5,8 and 11), carrying a 348.3 tonnes Siemens UHVDC 800 kV/321MVA electrical transformer (Conrad load), ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img924/6472/bjgbih.jpg) To be continued. Guy
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Railway equipment haulage in Germany: ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/v2/800x600q70/924/kahMX5.jpg) Scania R500 6x4/2 tractor and Nooteboom EURO 48-02 (P) 2-line modular semi-trailer with extendable/widening ultra-low beams (NZG models) loaded with a 12.09 tonnes Waggonbau Graaff 2 UIC-G OCEM 29-KKuw 1+1-axle box wagon (Lima model, front and rear couplings to be modified), ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/v2/800x600q70/923/5DWRIR.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/v2/800x600q70/924/IRZ0so.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/v2/800x600q70/924/0Q68Pv.jpg) Regards. Guy
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That Sword logger is amazing! They made some tree harvesters too and they're all beautiful little models. I don't have them so it's nice to see them here.
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Jamiescotland, I agree with you: both Valmet models built by Sword in a 1/50 scale are full of details and amazing. The tracked 445 EXL Valmet unit is shown somewhere else in this topic, as a load on an European Mercedes-Benz/Nooteboom combination. In France during the same period: ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/v2/800x600q70/924/yxBQ5J.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/v2/800x600q70/923/sckxmS.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/v2/800x600q70/923/1m9hcZ.jpg) Volvo FH3-T540 6x4/2 tractor (modified IMC model) and Broshuis SP A 4ASD 18-40-1 4-axle extendable low bed lowboy fitted with 4 wheel wells (WSI model) carrying a 30.3 tonnes Doosan DA 40 articulated 6x6 dumper (Glover World model), ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/v2/800x600q70/922/0XaSkZ.jpg) Regards. Guy
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Two European rear-tandem trucks fitted with Meiller bodies (Mercedes-Benz and SAVIEM) produced in a 1/50 scale by Conrad: ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/v2/800x600q70/924/BAUrTt.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/v2/800x600q70/923/f2iurM.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/v2/800x600q70/924/paxHoY.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/v2/800x600q70/922/aCWFxp.jpg) Regards. Guy
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Latest model made by Jean-Jacques from a Tekno kit, a Ford Transcontinental tractor, towing a Conrad tank semi-trailer: ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/v2/800x600q70/924/MrD5Am.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/v2/800x600q70/922/PMitZV.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/v2/800x600q70/924/8mvFsx.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/v2/800x600q70/922/zK8iaZ.jpg) Regards. Guy
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The Ford tractor (Tekno kit) with a tipping semi-trailer (MiniCams kit): ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/v2/800x600q70/922/q63qQQ.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/v2/800x600q70/923/StKeGP.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/v2/800x600q70/922/p7U4P8.jpg) Building the Tekno kit: ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/v2/800x600q70/924/eOYDF6.jpg) Regards. Guy
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On a construction site in Belgium in the sixties, one of Liebherr's first items in that field: ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/v2/800x600q70/923/YrPnT6.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/v2/800x600q70/924/hV8oaT.jpg) Liebherr Form 6 distribution crane with folding tube mast and lattice boom lifting a site 2-wheel barrow (NZG models), ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/v2/600x800q70/923/FsqmS9.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/v2/800x600q70/924/zB6ySa.jpg) Regards. Guy
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Distribution crane road transfer between 2 construction sites: ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/v2/800x600q70/924/5y0Mxr.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/v2/800x600q70/922/vxIIzv.jpg) ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/v2/800x600q70/922/PNbFsF.jpg) DAF 1600 DF 4x2/2 tractor (WSI model) and Liebherr Form 6 distribution crane with folding tubular mast and lattice boom equipped with 1-axle transport axle (modified NZG model), ![](https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/v2/800x600q70/923/OD5LVD.jpg) Regards. Guy
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