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Guy: You are right about avoiding license fees. But these are actually pretty good quality for the money. You can buy one sometimes as low as $12.00 give or take. The tank trailer is cool. And the wheels ae super. I probably have purchased three dozen of thses oveer the years. Craig
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Craig, Many thanks for the info on the Citgo model: they are pretty rare (and more costly) on that side of the pond. Another Mack (fully licensed):  Mack Anthem 64T 6X4/2 tractor and Trailmobile ?????45 2-axle box semi-trailer (First Gear models),    Regards. Guy
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 - left: Minitrucks cab kit on a Conrad tipper chassis, - right: Minitrucks kit. Both models are built by Jean-Jacques. To be continued. Guy
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The Magirus-Deutz tipper:    To be continued. Guy
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The Hanomag-Henschel tipper:    Regards. Guy
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Guy: The Mack Vision trucks are terrific. I used to have maybe a dozen. The quality is great. The various logos were great. I think they are 1:54 scale. As I remember, First Gear made Freightliner versions too. thanks,Craig
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Craig,
Sorry to seem to contradict you but the Vision box semi-trailer could just be a 96'' wide 45' long Trailmobile trailer in a 1/50 scale (2.44 meters wide, 13.72 meters long), while First Gear also produce unknown brand 102'' (2.59m) wide 53' (15.6m) long units in the same scale.
I agree with you, the Vision box trailer looks smaller than its counterpart in that case.
I hope it helps.
Guy
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Guy: Google First Gear 1/54 Mack Vision trucks and you will see some of the various trucks they made. Craig
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Craig, You are right about the Mack First Gear scale: I recently found these 2 pictures on e...:   I hope it helps. Guy
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Soil removal by Jean-Jacques. The Magirus-Deutz tipper (Minitrucks cab on Conrad tipping chassis) being loaded alongside a Berliet tractor and its tipping semi-trailer (Minitrucks kits). The cable excavator is a 1/50 NZG Menck & Hambrock model:     Regards. Guy
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Willeme logging truck (Minitrucks kits), by Jean-Jacques:     Regards. Guy
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GuyM wrote:The same crane in its roadable version. Shield Bantam T35 lattice crane with grab on a White WC22 Mustang 6x4/2 truck, roughly changed into a crane carrier at minimum cost (SpecCast model):  Regards. Guy Guy, est-ce une version du commerce ou une version faite maison? Merci de ta réponse.
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Pascal,
Ce modèle SpecCast est intégralement du commerce, sans modification de ma part.
This SpecCast model came direct from the shop, I didn't change anything to it.
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Other Willeme transports:   The Willeme truck, together with a Berliet unit (Minitrucks kit):  The Berliet truck, converted into a logging combination:  Regards. Guy
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  - Left: Renault R 2087 4x4/2 light truck, fitted with a Guinard tank/fire pump (Solido model), - right: Renault R2087 4x4/2 light truck with a sheeted dropside body (Verem model to be modified*)), towing a modified Ben Hur Mfg G 527 1-axle tank trailer (Verem model). Note (*): transmissions/axles to be modified. To be continued. Guy
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In Europe, beginning of the nineties, sleeping compartment over the cab trucks began to appear, aimed at optimizing the overall length of heavy vehicles. Late nineties, a modification in European rules related to useful boxes lengths only (cabs excluded) led to the extinction of such practices:  DAF FAS95-360 Ati 6x2/4 truck fitted with a bunk-over-the-cab device and a large volume Kögel box (modified Tekno model(*)) and its matching Kögel 2-axle close-coupling large volume box trailer (Tekno model),    Note (*): one of the Kögel box door (fragile) on the truck was glued in closed position. Regards Guy
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Multiple winner of the "24h du Mans" endurance car race, H. Pescarolo created his own car race team, Pescarolo Sport, which will be finally bought-out in July 2010, following some financial problems:   Scania R620 4x2/2 tractor and Krone ???? 3-axle semi-trailer upgraded into a race assistance box unit by the French truck body builder Toutenkamion (?) (modified(*) Universal Hobbies models),   Note (*): tractor's fifth wheel and semi-trailer's king pin were modified to accept WSI models. Link to the Wikipedia article dedicated to H. Pescarolo (in French, sorry): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Pescarolo . Regards. Guy
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