The Fordson tractor and its trailer should both receive a new coat of paint in a foreseeable future:







To be continued.
Guy

The "farming period", (temporary) end:





- left: Normag NG16 Faktor 1 4x2/2 farm tractor with lateral collapsible mower (Wiking model) and Sankey/Ferguson L-JE-40 1-axle tipping trailer (Corgi Toys model, to be repainted),
- right: Hanomag Robust 900 (S) 4x2/2 farm tractor (Siku model) and Whitlock SX3 1-axle tipping trailer (modified Matchbox model, to be repainted).

To be continued.
Guy

While they were, more or less, standardized on a 1/60 scale (before their 1/55 "period"), Siku, the German toys producer, issued a few rare models in a 1/50 scale:







Regards.
Guy

Back to (light) heavy haulage with 2 Conrad products displayed on BAUMA 2022 Goldhofer exhibition stand:







Volvo FH05-T500 6x2/2 tractor (WSI model to be completed: flashing lights, "Heavy haulage" sign) and Goldhofer Stepstar L3 3-axle extendable low bed with wheel pits semi-trailer (modified Conrad model to be completed: "Heavy haulage" sign) carrying a 24.43 tonnes Case 1021F 4x4 wheeled loader (Motorart model),



To be continued (in a few days).
Guy

Volvo last generation tractor built by Jean-Jacques from a Tekno kit:









Regards.
Guy

2 military vehicles produced by Ford for the US Army during WW2 (8523 M8 et 3791 M20 assigned to the army by end of the 2nd quarter 1945):





- left: Ford M20 armored vehicle 6x6/2 with 12.7mm machine gun (modified Solido model),
- right: Ford M8 reconnaissance vehicle 6x6/2, fitted with a 37mm cannon and a 7.62mm machine gun (modified Solido/Hachette model).

To be continued.
Guy

The M8 vehicle, of which 1209 were handed-over to 4 foreign armies (France, England, Brazil and Canada) after WW2:







Note: assignment volumes (US Army and Others) are issued from "les automitrailleuses Ford M8 et M20 de l'US Army" - D. Andres - H&C Editions.

Regards.
Guy

Oshkosh P-2530 4x4/4 tipper equipped with an Oshkosh Strait HDP 550 airport snow plow: TWH model,







Regards.
Guy

The GBC 8KT: an industrial success!
Berliet will produce approx. 17 200 of these trucks, among which 16 500 - fitted with various bodies - will be sold to the French Army in the 60s/70s(*):





Berliet GBC 8 KT 6x6/2 truck fitted with a dropside body with tarpaulin (Solido model to be modified),





Note (*): link to the "Military Today" article about the vehicle: https://www.militarytoday.com/trucks/berliet_gbc_8.htm

Regards.
Guy

Short trip to the USA with a local reefer:







Kenworth T 680 6X4/2 tractor (WSI model) and Great Dane Classic LT-50 2-axle reefer (modified Tonkin Replicas(*) model, to be completed),



Note (*): the 53ft (16.15 metres) Wabash reefer 1/53 Tonkin Replicas model, has been changed into a 50ft (15.24 metres) Great Dane reefer (below) in a 1/50 scale:



It just requires to fit the Tonkin Replicas model with slightly larger wheels, reposition forward the tank and glue Evergreen plastic sheets on both sides and roof (still pending), to get back to the Great Dane reefer width (102' or 2.59 metres) and height (162' or 4.11 metres).

Pictures from the American second-hand road equipment "Truckpaper".

Regards.
Guy