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Short stay in Holland when DAF, then a local trucks manufacturer, built in addition a full range of drawbar trailers and semi-trailers (models being modified):   - left: DAF T 1502 DD-265 4x2/2 tractor (Tekno model) and DAF TAL 2400-1300 2-axle dropside semi-trailer (Lion Car model being modified, landing leg and spare wheel support to be added, model to be painted) loaded with sheeted boxes (modified Corgi load), - right: DAF TE 2000 DH 4x2/2 tractor (modified Lion Car model, to be painted) and DAF ETAL 3224 2-axle box semi-trailer (Lion Car model being modified, landing legs to be added and painted). To be continued. Guy
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The DAF combination, largely found in the fifties/sixties on Dutch roads:    To be continued. Guy
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DAF revolutionized the European truck with its spacious and luminous 2600-series cab in the 60s, then its tilting cab late sixties (among which the new 2000-series models). As a result, the local truck manufacturer expanded internationally:    Regards. Guy
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Other DAF truck from the same period in France:  DAF T1800 DS 4x2/2 tractor (modified Lion Car model) and Fruehauf-France 1-axle tanker semi-trailer (modified Corgi model),    Regards. Guy
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Last DAF tractor of this series, a 2600 unit, which largely contributed to the international expansion of the Dutch truck manufacturer:    DAF TE 2600 DP 4x2/2 tractor (WSI model) and York Trailer Freightmaster 40 2-axle box semi-trailer (Conrad model being modified, side walls to be completed),  Regards. Guy
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Volvo N88 6x2 tractor built by Jean-Jacques from a Tekno kit:     Regards. Guy
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The Volvo N88 tractor at work:     Regards. Guy
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Short trip to Sweden with a construction equipment delivery:   Mercedes-Benz 1928 L 4x2/2 dropside truck with an Atlas-Weyhausen 140.1 distribution crane with pallets fork (modified Conrad models) loaded with 360 foundation cement blocks (CB Models load) and a Forss-Parator 1+1-axle sheeted dropside trailer (modified Nacoral model),   Regards. Guy
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In the construction process still, but in Germany this time:  MAN TGM 26-290 DFT 6x4/2 tractor with hydraulic pump behind the cab (Conrad model being modified) and Liebherr HTM 1204S DA 2-axle cement mixing drum semi-trailer (modified Conrad model),    Regards. Guy
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Somewhere up North of the United Kingdom:  FAUN SLT 50 Elefant 8x8/4 tractor, 2 winches behind engine and sheeted ballast box (Kranlab model) and its Nicolas R9-T180 9-line modular trailer (modified Corgi elements) carrying a 148.42 tonnes Royal SMIT 100MVA-220/37kV transformer (WSI load),    To be continued. Guy
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Other size, year and continent with a distribution van on the USA East Coast:    Dodge Route Van DU 102 4x2/2 distribution van (Matchbox model),  Regards. Guy
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Hornby Hobbies Ltd, current owner of the Corgi brand, recently reproduced 37 old Corgi Toys models dating back from the sixties: https://corgimodelclub.com/en-ie/collections/corgi-authentic-re-issues . It should be noted that approx. 20% of these were in a scale ranging from 1/48 to 1/52. As an example, the car below:   Ford Thunderbird H58 4x2/2 open top coupe car (Hornby-Corgi Toys model being modified),   Regards. Guy
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Guy, does that ETAL trailer have T.I.R. in the cast, or is it added?
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Modelmaniac, There are different ETAL DAF box semi-trailers produced by Lion Car or Lion Toys throughout the years: round front, square front... They all have tilting landing legs:  This is probably one of the first models to be produced and yes it has the TIR sign cast in the die. I hope it helps. Guy
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On US roads in the fifties/sixties:  Mack LJT 1D 4x2/2 tractor and Fruehauf-US Aerovan FF 32' 1-axle box semi-trailer (Corgi models: fifth wheel and king pin to be modified),    Regards. Guy
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Other US combination in the fifties:    Diamond T 620 4x2/2 tractor (Corgi model being modified) and Fruehauf-US Aerovan FF 28' 1-axle box semi-trailer (Matchbox-Dinky model being modified),  Regards. Guy
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Guy: You know that Matchbox/Dinky made a Mack B-61 for the McDonalds rig. They are still around over here. Those Macks are still some of the best diecast trucks ever. Craig
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Craig,
The McDonald's set came originally with a 6x4 Mack B61 I'm saving for another duty. It is planned to go with the future HHR Talbert 1+3-axle lowboy, scheduled for end 2024 (as per another topic in DHS Diecast Forum).
Cheers.
Guy
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