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The IVECO/Schmitz-Cargobull combination:    To be continued. Guy
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The Scania/LAG outfit:    Regards. Guy
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Built by Jean-Jacques, a "civilian" Pacific M26 (1/48 Gaso-Line kit):     Regards. Guy
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Those plain white trucks and trailers are crying out for decent paint jobs! I've often though about painting something by hand on their sides, maybe a landscape. It's on my list of things to do!
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GuyM wrote:Built by Jean-Jacques, a "civilian" Pacific M26 (1/48 Gaso-Line kit): [...] The Pacific M26 and its tank transporter semi-trailer (Gaso-Line kit):    Regards. Guy
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Back in USA:   Gerstenlager rescue body on Mack C 95F 4x2/2 chassis (Signature Models model),   Regards. Guy
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In the 80s, "The A Team" TV Series(*), starred 4 ex-US soldiers, who escaped from a military prison and ran through the States as soldiers of fortune in their customized van. The vehicle, reproduced in a 1/50 scale:  General Motors Co G2500 Vandura 3rd Generation 4x2/2 van (Hot Wheels model),    Note (*): link to the TV Series page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_A-TeamRegards. Guy
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During the short collaboration between WSI and Tonkin Replicas - leading to IMC - the Tonkin Replicas Europe subsidiary produced some excellent 1/50 models (including the 8x8 Nicolas Tractomas). An US model of the same period:    Peterbilt 587 6x4/2 tractor (Tonkin Replicas model) and East Manufacturing Corp. BST 48 2-axle flatbed semi-trailer (modified Sword model), loaded with 5 Rensco 28" XS gas pipe lengths of 22.98 tonnes (modified Corgi load),  Regards. Guy
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One of the 683 HDTs (Heavy Dump Truck) ordered to Mack by the US Army in May 2018:   Mack Defense M917A3 8x8/2 truck with JWFDS armored cab and Crysteel Manufacturing dump body (First Gear model),   Regards. Guy
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Back to Europe with a British transport company specialized in wood haulage:  Scania R144L-580 6x2/2 tractor and Dennison ETS 2 chassis with sliding poles 3-axle wood carrier semi-trailer (Corgi models, to be modified) loaded with 40 tonnes of timber (homemade),    Regards. Guy
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Nice truck Guy! That's not that far from me up here in the Scottish Highlands.
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Jamiescotland,
I spent approx. 6 years in Aberdeen at the turn of the century (working on an offshore project): are you from the Scottish Highlands?
Guy
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Oh great! I know Aberdeen a little, but I live on the West coast - Fort William - right in the mountains. I'm English but I've lived up here for 23 years. There's a big saw mill near me so the roads are full of log lorries and Tigercats!!!
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   Mercedes-Benz 1936 AS 4x4/2 tractor and Acmar bitumen spreader tanker on Fruehauf-France 2-axle semi-trailer fitted with directional axles (modified CEF-Replex models),  Regards. Guy
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In Germany, two generations of refuse trucks:   - left: Mercedes-Benz 2628 L 6x4/2 truck with Schörling 4R21 21m3 refuse body (Conrad model), - right: MAN TGA 18 310 FK9 4x2/2 truck with Haller M15 X2 15m3 refuse body (Conrad model). To be continued. Guy
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Early 80s, the Schörling refuse body:    To be continued. Guy
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The Haller refuse body, during 2000s:    Regards. Guy
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Jan de Rooy was famous in the Dakar rally with his DAF monster trucks in the eighties (he participated from 1982 to 1988), when power and speed were not limited. He won the "Truck" category in 1987, but as one of his fellow died during the race in an accident, DAF and J. de Rooy stopped participating. He came back in 2002 only, always on DAF models, to be soon replaced by his son on IVECO race trucks. A DAF race truck engaged in the Dakar rally in 2005:   DAF CF75-800 FAV 4x4/2 race truck (Diamond Label model),   Regards. Guy
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Good grief. What a story. Can you imagine racing in that thing/ Thanks for the info. Craig
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Craig, De Rooy produced with DAF some "monsters" of 1200Hp for the Dakar race, like the TurboTwin with 2 engines, already shown in this forum: http://208.106.248.173/default.aspx?g=posts&t=139055&p=79 The most famous picture shows the DAF truck speeding at approx. 200km/h, overtaking the Vatanen Peugeot rally car: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f26nfGvVzHEI hope it helps. Guy
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