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GuyM
Posted: Saturday, September 01, 2018 5:49:27 AM
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Henschel HS 140S 4x2/2 tractor + Ackermann 2-axle box semi-trailer (GMTS models)



The fully restored original combination (Ditzj picture):



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Guy
GuyM
Posted: Saturday, September 01, 2018 5:54:32 AM
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The Berliet tractor presented earlier towing a gas tank semi-trailer (Minitrucks origin):





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GuyM
Posted: Saturday, September 01, 2018 5:59:22 AM
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Part of the fleet of "Jean-Paul Transports", a Berliet TBH 280 6x4 tractor built by MiniCams with a Minitrucks TLM12 cab fitted on on one of their chassis:







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GuyM
Posted: Saturday, September 01, 2018 6:04:49 AM
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Renault 1000kg (1 tonne capacity) van, built from a Minicirque kit:



The Renault van, here together with another Nicoletti vehicle from the same period, a Berliet GDR7 tipper:







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Guy
Exkvate3140
Posted: Sunday, September 02, 2018 12:31:01 AM
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Guy I love the way the way the grill was copied to a “t” in the first picture, it is real art the way your team pays such attention to detail. Every time I see a new model in your posts I spend more time looking at the small details. That Berliet definitely looks mean enough to haul that D-9 also.
One question I have is on the old style trucks in our neck of the woods they had the most outrageous antennas all over them, from CBs to two way radios. Do you not put those on yours because you feel it may take away from the actual customization or did they have a different way to communicate and listen to hard rock while working? One of the “older” gentlemen on this forum and I were discussing this so I figured I would ask because he is shy.
Thanks
Steve
GuyM
Posted: Sunday, September 02, 2018 3:42:21 AM
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Steve,

I don't think that we went the same route than in the US, with antennas all over truck cabs. CBs and 2-way radios became popular here end of the seventies, mainly with long-distance truckers - as far as I can remember - but never resulted in numerous antennas being installed. Trucks modeled by Azur Modelisme (most of them are pre-1980s, mainly involved in local transport) do not have these antennas and if you look at restored "vintage" European trucks or models offered today by GMTS, Tekno or WSI, very few have these items, indicating that this was not a common installation within the industry.

I hope it helps.
Guy
GuyM
Posted: Sunday, September 02, 2018 4:32:30 AM
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In Tennessee, a Miller Industies demo wrecker assisting a broken-down tipper:





Century Rotator 1140 wrecking unit on Kenworth T880 8x4/4 carrier (modified First Gear model) during the recovery of a Kenworth T880 8x4/2 truck fitted with an Ox Bodies tipping unit (First Gear being modified)





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Guy
GuyM
Posted: Sunday, September 02, 2018 4:42:30 AM
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2 road combinations representative of the Swedish truck industry expansion in Europe during the seventies, built by the Spanish modeling company Nacoral, from modified Tekno molds:





- On the left: Scania LB140 6x2/2 carrier with Forss-Parator sheeted dropside body and Forss-Parator 1+1-axle sheeted dropside drawbar trailer (modified Nacoral models),
- On the right: Volvo F89 6x2/2 carrier with Forss-Parator sheeted dropside body + Forss-Parator 1+1-axle sheeted dropside drawbar trailer (modified Nacoral models).

To be continued.
Guy

GuyM
Posted: Sunday, September 02, 2018 4:45:16 AM
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GuyM
Posted: Sunday, September 02, 2018 4:54:36 AM
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In Sweden, 3 drawbar combinations produced by Tekno with, from left to right:
- Scania-Vabis 110S 6x2/2 carrier with sheeted dropside body and 1+1-axle sheeted dropside trailer (tarpaulin covers from Bemo Models origin, models being modified),
- Scania R142H-375 6x2/2 carrier with sheeted dropside body and 1+1-axle sheeted dropside trailer (models being modified),
- Scania T142H-375 6x2/2 carrier with sheeted dropside body + 1+1-axle sheeted dropside trailer (modified models)





The Scania-Vabis vintage road combination:





To be continued.
Guy
GuyM
Posted: Sunday, September 02, 2018 4:58:24 AM
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The more recent Scania R142H-375 and T142H-375 combinations:









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Guy
Exkvate3140
Posted: Sunday, September 02, 2018 1:11:06 PM
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Guy thanks for the information. We mainly had the funky antennas for certain industries such as Redi mix cement, gravel-asphalt and mainly in towing companies. In most of the gravel companies the loader operators always had the two way radios to go between the office and the trucks they were loading. Independent truckers would use CBS so the loader operator had one of those in the cab also. We used both a CB and a two way in our 988 only for a couple of years and then they came out with a Nextel which was a combination of both a cell phone and two way. They were very helpful with running the business in the day.
I like like your towing scene.
Steve
GuyM
Posted: Monday, September 03, 2018 3:54:46 AM
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Road haulage to a German harbor for export.
MAN TGX 41-680 BBS 8x4/4 tractor and Goldhofer STZ-L6 AA FR/FZ 6-axle extendable low bed semi-trailer (Conrad models) loaded with a MAN Roland Drückmaschinen AG seabox with equipment for a 34.4 tonnes Ultra RVU 5 industrial printing machine (Zapf Modell load)





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Guy
GuyM
Posted: Monday, September 03, 2018 4:00:10 AM
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Berliet TRH 350 TS 6x4 tractor + 2-line Nicolas STA 45 lowloader (MVI kits) carrying a Poclain 220 excavator (Wespe Models):







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Guy
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Volvo F88 tractor + Kögel 2-axle reefer (GMTS models) fitted with Minitrucks decals for a famous French cheese spread company







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Guy
GuyM
Posted: Monday, September 03, 2018 4:18:29 AM
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In the sixties, a Pickfords haulage set is heading South, from the Manganese Bronze Co Ltd Ipswich factory (Suffolk - England) to the Thames Ironworks shipyard:





2 Scammell Highwayman 4x2/2 ballasted tow trucks (modified Corgi models) and their Dyson 1+1-line ultra-low bed drawbar trailer (A. Smith kit) carrying a 23.2 tonnes Manganese Bronze Co Ltd 4-blade ship propeller with its wooden transport structure (Dinky Toys load)





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Guy
Exkvate3140
Posted: Monday, September 03, 2018 5:01:49 PM
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Guy the crate and propeller loads are fantastic, nice pictures.
Steve
GuyM
Posted: Tuesday, September 04, 2018 3:45:33 AM
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Steve,

Thanks for your positive comments.

During the sixties, numerous ex-US Army demilitarized trucks are turned, at minimum cost, into heavy haulage civilian equipment. Two French examples:





- At rear: White 666 6x6/2 tractor (modified Dinky Toys model) + Dyson 2-line ultra-low bed lowloader (A. Smith kit) loaded with a 62 tonnes ACB Industrie foundry item (homemade),
- At front: Brockway B666 6x6/2 carrier with modified bridge laying body (modified Dinky Toys model) and Fruehauf 1-axle + 1-line drawbar lowloader (modified Tekno model) carrying an Akerman 700 cable shovel (modified Tekno model).

To be continued.
Guy
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Posted: Tuesday, September 04, 2018 3:48:46 AM
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The White-Dyson combination:







To be continued.
Guy
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Posted: Tuesday, September 04, 2018 3:51:25 AM
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The cable shovel transport:







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