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 MAN TGE 4.180K 4x2/2 double cab light truck with Schoon dropside body* (Conrad model) carrying 4.04 tonnes of Barthe bricks (WSI elements),    Note*: in a foreseable future, the model should tow an ECIM PE 35 TA 350 2-axle low bed light trailer (Creatpshop kit to be built) loaded with a Wacker-Neuson 701S skid-steer compact loader (Siku model). Regards. Guy
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In 1995, MAN Nutzfahrzeuge proceeded to a consumption road test between Edinburgh (Scotland) and Bari (Italy). The test involved 3 road combinations (two 463hp tractors and one 422hp unit, all towing specially-designed Kögel box semi-trailers), which will only use in average 25.8 litres per 100 kms (the continental European consumption calculation figure is in litres used to drive 100 kms, while UK is indicating driven distances for a fixed volume of fuel). That exceptionally low value (a cost-conscious driving method combined to low drag coefficient sets) contributed largely to MAN Trucks sales expansion in Europe from that date:    MAN 19.422 FLS 4x2/2 tractor and Kögel Phoenixx 3-axle streamlined box semi-trailer (Conrad models, fifth wheel and king pin to be modified),  One 463hp set which took part of the Eco-Challenge:  Regards. Guy
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Two versions of the same Demag excavator - before the range was taken-over by Komatsu - reproduced in a 1/50 scale by NZG:   - left: 1st generation Demag H55 tracked excavator (NZG model), - right: 2nd generation Demag H55 tracked excavator (NZG model). To be continued. Guy
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The first version H55, which replaced the Demag H51 range from 1982:    To be continued. Guy
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The second generation H55, produced by Demag from end of the eighties:    Regards. Guy
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Short trip to Holland with a combination supplying a truck parking lot construction site:    Scania R580 4x2/2 tractor (modified Universal Hobbies model) and Netam-Fruehauf ONCRK 39 329A 3-axle flatbed semi-trailer (modified Corgi model) loaded with 14 Stelcon M-Plaat AA concrete slabs of 26.6 tonnes (WSI elements) and a Hiab 130R knuckleboom hydraulic crane on its traveling structure (modified Lion Toys model),  Regards. Guy
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GuyM wrote: [...] The Autaa combination has, since received a more plausible load (found for sale in a French model shop):  Volvo FH04-T540 6x4/2 tractor and Nooteboom MCO-PX-85-05V(V) 5-line lowboy with an extendable low bed (WSI models), carrying a Demag AC 250-5 hydraulic telescopic crane on a 10x4/10 Demag carrier (modified IMC model),   Regards. Guy
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Capelle, another French heavy haulage company:   Mercedes-Benz Arocs 3353 semi-SLT 6x4/2 tractor (IMC model) and Nooteboom EURO-PX 114-24(ICP) 4-line extendable ultra-low bed semi-trailer with 2-line integrated dolly (WSI model) loaded with a 64 tonnes Prysmian Windflex XLPE 66 cable drum for an offshore wind farm project (IMC load),   Regards. Guy
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GuyM wrote:[...] As Europe is encountering heavy weather these days [...], a motorway snow plow: [...]
Mercedes-Benz Arocs 3342 LA 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), |...] On another forum, a member indicated - rightly - to me that Arocs trucks are, either 4440 or 4442, but can't be 4441s (410hp being a power figure assigned to Actros units only). Moreover, the "K"digit is not mandatory as the 6x6 truck is probably built from a bare chassis-cab unit and not from a tipping body unit, which - with Mercedes-Benz - is represented by the "K" digit (for "Kipper" in German). Therefore, modifications made above: sorry for the mistake. Regards. Guy
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Love the Demag H55s. I have both models and think they're great. I need to replace the tracks with metal ones and maybe add black window seals (something I do on a lot of older diecast models!)
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Scania 770 S 8x4/4 tractor and Broshuis SL2-3+7 semi-trailer with 7-axle extendable low bed and 3-axle extendable integrated dolly (WSI models) carrying a 91 tonnes Brush electrical alternator in its maritime transport cradle (modified Corgi load),     To be continued. Guy
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   The Felbermayr combination reproduced in a 1/50 scale by WSI:  Regards. Guy
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Back to France in the seventies:   SAVIEM 32-280 DHT 6x6/2 tractor (modified Conrad model, to be completed and repainted) and Kaiser/???? shortened SPGL 2-axle flatbed semi-trailer (modified Corgi model, to be completed and repainted) carrying 5 Baudin-Chateauneuf 250x150 structural beams of 14.02 tonnes for industrial buildings on their wooden transport structure (modified Ladeguter Bauer load),   Regards. Guy
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In the sixties, on an US Interstate motorway:  Ford HDT 1000/235 4x2/2 tractor (modified Corgi Toys model, fifth wheel to be painted) and its Fruehauf FB-F2-32/150/96 2-axle reefer (modified Norscot model, to be painted),    Regards. Guy
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Back from when I started truck modelling (some models being saved from my childhood are in a smaller scale than 1/50, wise collectors will recognize them!), some vehicles of a transport company operating in the Algerian desert:  With, from left to right: - Berliet TLM 10 4x2/2 tractor with winch (modified Dinky Toys model) and Titan France 1-axle oilfield flatbed semi-trailer (homemade), carrying a drilling site cabin of unknown brand (homemede), - General Motors Co/???? modified CCKW 353 6x6/2 truck with dropside body and recovery lifting beam (modified Verem model), towing a Bantam T3 1/4 Ton 1-axle trailer (modified Solido model), - Citroën/Herwaythorn modified T46 4x4/2 light truck with dropside body (modified Dinky Toys model) and Bantam T3 1/4 Ton 1-axle trailer (modified Solido model), - Unic ZU121 4x2/2 tractor and Trailor 1-axle pole carrier semi-trailer (modified Dinky Toys models) loaded with 16 Acieries de Pompey 316L 8" sch.180 oil pipe-line lengths (homemade), - SIMCA/Marmon-Herrington Cargo F59 W 4x4/2 truck with oilfield body (modified Dinky Toys model), - Hotchkiss M201 4x4/2 open cross-country car (modified Dinky Toys model). To be continued. Guy
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Another combination, dating back from my "Sahara desert" period:  Berliet GBO 15 P 6x6/2 oilfield truck with 5th wheel, lifting poles and winch (modified Dinky Toys model) and Coder 2-axle oilfield flatbed semi-trailer (modified Solido model), loaded with 6 Vallourec 16" 316L gas pipe-line lengths (homemade, to be completed),    The model was extensively used since my childhood: sorry for its poor overall status. As a bonus, the same truck used in the Sahara desert by the SN REPAL, the Algerian oil and gas national company. It must be noted - the man near the tandem being used as a comparison tool - that the Dinky Toys model was produced in a smaller scale than 1/50:  Regards. Guy
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 OMG why does nobody make these trailers anymore?
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Who makes that trailer?
Ross
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