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Hi Guy,
this factory fresh - or recently restaurated? - Berliet GBO is on its way to the Bac-au-Sable event, right? Thats what I love about France, when you hit ther road with a classic truck, which is not that fast like its modern counterparts, all the other truck- and cardrivers treat you with alot of repsect, enthusiasm and support. Well, I only have whitnessed the classic truck meet in the region of l'Alsace-Lorrain, but the reaction was so different and positive I vividly remeber it.
Happy Easter to you all,
Max
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Max, Many thanks for your positive comment about French vintage trucks collection. I never had the opportunity to attend the famous yearly "Bac à Sable" (sand pit) gathering in Leonart quarry site in Alsace: you're probably living closer from there than I am down here on the Mediterranean coast), but I have seen many pictures of it. Just for the fun, a 6 minutes video showing quite a lot of old trucks participating in 2016 to that event: https://youtu.be/FfMvys7qjv8Happy Easter to you as well! Guy
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American trucks in Jean-Paul's collection:     Regards. Guy
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Part of Jean-Paul's fleet, a Renault tractor and its Joal lowloader modified by Jean-Francois:   Jean-Jacques' duo of Buchen Mercedes-Benz by Conrad:   Regards. Guy
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Other JJ's Conrads:     Regards. Guy
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Guy love your Renault models and glad to see you post pictures of the Volvo’s used over here in our neck of the woods, I think The Q, Claus and I are the only Volvo fans here in the States. I believe Ken may also be coming over to the Volvo side he just refuses to admit it.
Steve
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Old Magirus-Deutz trucks, one with the 1st Stetter cement mixing drum, the 2nd with a hot tar spreading equipment (Jean-Jacques' collection - Conrad models):   Regards. Guy
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Berliet Teckel lowbed truck delivering a rotary printing machine, both built by Jean-Jacques from Minitrucks kits:     Regards. Guy
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Miscellaneous heavy haulage operations performed by the Tonkin Replicas Nicolas Tractomas ballasted tow truck, heavyweight "flagship" in Jean-Paul's fleet:     Regards. Guy
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Guy the liquid asphalt truck is a nice looking unit, I’m assuming all scratch built.
Steve
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Steve, The Magirus-Deutz liquid asphalt truck was produced by Conrad in very limited series, apparently: when I first saw it, I thought that it was just the fitting of a Minitrucks body on a Conrad mixer chassis but its asphalt body seems slightly different from the Minitrucks product. Here below pictures of both products, the Minitrucks model (100% in resin and produced for Procar, on the left) and its Conrad counterpart (right picture):  Not the best pictures for comparison, I agree, but looking closely on both models, one can find minor differences. Jean-Jacques got it, for a good price, from the Angego retail Manager when he was selling models from his own collection. I hope it helps. Guy
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Guy thanks for the pictures and information, I have never seen either of those tanks before that’s why I figured it was scratch built.
Steve
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The "television cab" Bernard TDA 180 tractor posted earlier with its matching Trailor bulk tanks semi-trailer (Minitrucks kits):   "Oldie" reefer semi-trailer in Jean-Paul's fleet (Tekno model):   Regards. Guy
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1960s bulk cement delivery somewhere in the South of France:     Regards. Guy
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Joal tractor and lowboy modified by Jean-Francois, now in "Jean-Paul Transports Co" fleet:    Regards. Guy
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Two combinations in Jean-Paul's fleet. The tanker semi is from Corgi while the 2-axle flatbed was originally an old French Dinky unit:     Regards. Guy
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In addition to the 1/50 Volkner Mobil luxurious motorhome, presented here some time earlier, Siku offered in the same scale a more affordable unit, produced by the German specialist Hymer:   Hymer Camp 644CL motorhome on a FIAT Ducato 3.0M 4x2/2 chassis (Siku model)   Regards. Guy
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Guy the load on the Dinky 2 axle trailer looks great, l love the way you guys recycle and make realistic cargo. Those motor homes are pretty wild also.
Steve
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Gege, another member of the Azur Modelisme team, was looking for a 8x8 chassis for his mods: he went for the Mammoet South African unit and reassembled on a spare 6x4 tractor chassis he had, all unused bits and pieces (cab, technical tower, ballast box, etc). That unique "WSI model" has since ended in Jean-Paul's collection:     Regards. Guy
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A few other models from Jean-Paul:     Regards. Guy
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