Jamiescotland,

Your quote below your Flickr picture: "For only £10, Burago has done a great job producing a detailed 1:50 tractor model. Plenty of detail like grab rails, mirrors and lights. I've painted the wheels silver and roughed up the tyre treads. I will add a green tint to the cab glass."

I agree with you: these Bburago tractors are pretty well modeled for the price. I bought each set in Italy for less than 15 Euros (trailer included, mainly plastic in most cases). For an unknown reason, trailers were equipped with a sort of gooseneck allowing them to be hooked high onto tractors. I have modified all of them (both tractors and trailers) to have a lower towing point, so I can now hook any Bburago unit with any Siku 1/50 farming models.

Bburago have also produced 4x4 New Holland and Valtra tractors, both in a 1/50 scale: apparently, these are getting difficult to find these days.

I hope this helps.
Guy

Volvo F16-P470 6x4/2 log transport truck equipped with an Atlas-Weyhausen 130.1 hydraulic crane (Conrad models) + Glogger 1+2-axle log transport trailer (modified Conrad model) loaded with 18.50 and 21.12 tonnes of poplar tree logs (homemade loads)





Regards.
Guy

Painting and dry-fitting of the Minitrucks kit elements:









To be continued.
Guy

any outrigger and spreader pads included with this wrecker since the crane portion can turn to the side?

The Paris Fire Brigade wrecker during towing operations of a broken-down Unic V270 tractor (Minitrucks kit):







Regards.
Guy

As I have very little details about Microlink-Scoop models(*), any additional info is more than welcome:





- left: Volvo BM L 150C 4x4 articulated wheeled loader with front tool carrier plate and removable bucket (Microlink-Scoop model)
- right: Volvo BM 180Co 4x4 articulated compactor with front tool carrier plate and removable bucket (Microlink-Scoop model)

Note (*): it seems that Microlink Industries Ltd took ownership of the Corgi Toys Swansee factory late 80s, soon after this reputable British model company was bought-out by Mattei. In the same period, Scoop got Volvo rights to produce some of their models in a 1/50 scale - pretty well modeled, to my own opinion. Has this copyright gone later to Motorart? Joal? Cararama?

To be continued.
Guy

The Volvo BM compactor, derived from the same chassis:







Regards.
Guy

Unit recently produced by Bell - South-African manufacturer of plant equipment, a B60E articulated dumper (USK Scalemodels), which should end as a load for an American heavy haul 1/50 combination (work in progress):







To be continued.
Guy

which american heavy haul are you gonna use? lol...

Above message should include "the only mods being the replacement of the dual-tire 2nd axle by a lifting single-tire unit" instead of "the only mods being the replacement of the dual-tired 2nd axle by a lifting single-tire unit".
Sorry for the" tired" 2nd axle!

Guy