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GuyM
Posted: Monday, August 05, 2024 1:52:47 AM
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In Europe these days, haulage of farm tractors by a specialized Dutch transport company:







DAF/De Rooy XD-450 FA 4x2/2 truck with a low loader body (WSI model) carrying an articulated 4x4 John Deere 9620 R tractor and its 4 John Deere 800/70 R38 outer wheels (Athearn model) and towing a ????/De Rooy 3-axle low loader trailer (WSI model) loaded with a John Deere 8430 4x4/2 tractor (Siku model) and a John Deere 7520 4x4/2 tractor (Athearn model, cab glazing to be added),



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Hello Guy, that's brilliant to see! I had read somewhere that someone thought the Athearn Deere tractors were too small to be 1:50 scale, but your photo shows them to be just right. What do you think? Can you do a side-by-side comparison? Cheers, Jamie. p.s. those Athearn Deeres are very hard to find in the UK! p.p.s Athearn also make a Deere combine harvester in 1:50 which looks like an excellent little model, but which I've seen go for quite high prices on Ebay on the rare occasion one turns up.
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Jamiescotland,

Using Tractor Data website infos:
- length of JD 9620R: 695cm, Athearn model: 14cm, which equals to 1/4964,
- width of JD 9620R: 374cm, Athearn model: 7.7cm, which equals to 1/4970,
- length of JD 8430: 556cm, Siku model: 11.50, which equals to 1/4834,
- length of JD 7520: 556cm, Athearn model 11.6cm, which equals to 1/4793.
Athearn JD tractors seem to be in the 1/48-1/50 range.

Pics of the 3 models side-by-side:



For info, the Athearn JD 7700 combine was posted on page 23 of this topic:



I hope it helps.
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Jamiescotland
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Oh that's great Guy, thank you!! I would love all of the 1:50 Athearn John Deeres. I've always been interested in farming models, and that's how my model obsession began. I shall have to search for the Athearn models, but I have very little money at the moment. I will do a post on all my 1:50 farming models soon.
GuyM
Posted: Tuesday, August 06, 2024 3:59:20 AM
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Jamiescotland,

The French website "Collect World" have a few Athearn models, all for sale at less than 50 Euros (which, when shipped to UK, should end at a reasonable price): https://www.collect-world.com/fr/bo-miniatures-agricoles-c109/fabricant-88-athearn.html

I hope it helps.
Guy
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Posted: Friday, August 09, 2024 3:22:12 AM
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A Dan Toys model, French modern reproduction of a Dinky Toys Thornycroft/Crane combination produced in the sixties:



is the starting point of the British combination below:



Scammell Crusader 6x4/2 tractor (modified Corgi model) and Cranes ultra-low bed 2-line semi-trailer (Modified Dan Toys model, to be completed) carrying a 23.2 tonnes Manganese, Bronze & Brass Co Ltd scimitar boat propeller on its wooden support (modified Dan Toys load, to be completed),







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Guy

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Oooh Guy; You knocked it out the park with the Scammell Crusader. Great diorama material. CAW
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Quinella wrote:
Oooh Guy; You knocked it out the park with the Scammell Crusader. Great diorama material. CAW


Craig,

Many thanks for your support.

Guy
GuyM
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GuyM wrote:
Hornby Hobbies Ltd, current owner of the Corgi brand, recently reproduced [...] old Corgi Toys models dating back from the sixties: https://corgimodelclub.com/en-ie/collections/corgi-authentic-re-issues .
It should be noted that approx. 20% of these were in a scale ranging from 1/48 to 1/52. [...]


That figure jumps to the 30% mark in the 1/48-1/52 range, thanks to their last repros.





Citroën ID19 4x2/2 estate car, fitted with a roof gallery with 4 skis and hand poles (modified Hornby-Corgi Toys model, to be completed),





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Guy
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Other model - in a 1/52 scale, as per Hornby - reproduced with the golf cart in its trunk:







Imperial Crown Coupe 4x2/2 car (modified Hornby-Corgi Toys model, to be completed) and golf cart 1x0/0 of unknown brand/technical details (Hornby-Corgi Toys model),



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Guy
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In the seventies in West-Germany:



ABG Alexander 128 2x1/1 road roller on a 2-drum chassis (Cursor model),







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Guy

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In West-Germany still, with what can be considered as the drop-off box ancestor(*):







Mercedes-Benz Unimog U416T 4x2/2 truck with Ruthmann drop-off chassis (modified Siku model, to be completed) and Ruthmann Cargoloader HD 1050 drop-off sheeted dropside body (Siku element),



Note (*): purists modellers may have noted the lack of consistency of this model. If the rear chassis seems to be 1/48 in width, the front part of the model is fitted with a cab generally found on other Siku 1/55 Unimog units: hence my arbitrary choice of the overall 1/48 scale for that model!

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Guy
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On "the Other Side of the Pond", a delivery truck:





International Durastar 4100 SBA 4x2/2 truck with Morgan delivery box (First Gear model),





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Guy
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Clark-Michigan 125B 4x4 articulated wheeled loader (left) and Michigan 175C 4x4 articulated loader (right): Conrad models.

To be continued.
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To be continued.
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Two classic Conrads there. I have two 175s, one with black arms, one with yellow, but I still don't have the 125.
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3-axle Volvo FH tractor realized by Jean-Jacques from a Tekno kit:









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Road haulage of a maritime container in Holland:





Scania T 143H 4x2/2 tractor and Pacton Flex-XL 3-axle extendable chassis (1x20', 2x20', 1x30', 1x40', 1x45') container semi-trailer (WSI models), loaded with a CEC 20ft container (modified Siku model, to be completed and repainted),





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