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From 1982 until 1985 they had a lighter color blue, and the rims are more orange. The model which Schuco made was the type from 1986 until 1991, when they stopped with production of Eicher tractors fore agriculture. The model from Schuco is not how the tractor original was made, I am a big fan of Eicher tractors, I have them many years used at my farm. I rebuild the model from Schuco, how it must be, when it leaves the factory floor, I put wide tires onto it, like a Dutch contractor had in the early 90's, and I put the right colors on it, and new decals, good mirrors and lights. And a picture from the original Schuco(left) and the rebuild(right) one from my together.

This one and the 5820 are on the program to make after the LCN show in November. I hope to start with this one in late December/early January.

This model is a cooperation from me and Johan Bos, he has the CNC milling machine and he also make the drawings in a CAD program. The building of the model we do together. The front tires are from the Grimme potato harvester from Siku, and the back tires are from the JD 5820 also from Siku. The maize header can be replaced with a pick up, but this one we have to build in the future. Most people want him with a maize head, here in Holland we have a lot of maize.

Last Year in Zwolle we introduced our 2305 forage harvester, then it was still a prototype. Now we finished the model, and it looked great. Last week on the Spalding show they where at Niels his stand, and he sold 2 of them. The model is complete build up from the ground, a lot of parts are CNC milled, and some other parts are made of resin. We fit the model with a six row maize head from Claas, we also self made this one. I hope you enjoy the pictures. Ronnie

Good work Geoff, but I told you tonight when I was at your place to take a look at them live. In a few days I will post mine Big A 3500 also here, this one is almost finished, needs only a paint job. Geoff and I built this machines together, and in the post above where a link to a New Leader fertilizer spreader. That's funny, because I built last week a New Leader spreader fore the Big A 3500. Ronnie

The 6000 series I don't going to make , only a few conversion perhaps fore myself, because there are already a lot people who made this one. The 7000 series on the other side, there is nothing in 1/32 scale, at least not a perfect one at the time(there are some close by). The 7000 series will maybe come later this year from our hand, we are at the moment looking fore it how to built it, and Johan is busy with the drawings, and I took the measures of the real tractor, there is one in our barn at the moment from a neighbour farmer, which do customwork fore me.(7810)

So John, fresh from the press this tractor, and you chanced it already. But this look great man, it gives the tractor a big look.

Here 2 pictures of the real machine, one with pick up, and one with maize head. (pictures are from Farmphoto.com) And the next picture is from his older brother: Hesston 7655 Field Queen. The left model (with 4 row head) is build by me in 2006, the other one is build by a mate of me (Richard van der Veen) last year. We had a few orders of this machine, but I was very busy with the John Deere 4000 series, so Richard took this job on him, and built for me the one with pickup, because he used my model to copy. Greetings Ronnie

The base of this model is a mix of 2 tractors, the front part is from a 3140/3350 from Ertl, and the back with cab is from #66 Ertl. We put the 2 together, because the 3140 original from Ertl doesn't have the right dashboard, and the SG2 cab is also no good. The back part of the #66 is very good to use with the right cab and interior, the rooftop of the cab is again from the 3140, but this one is shortened and chanced a little bit fore a better look. To put this 2 models together was not an easy job to do, it take a lot of time and thinking work, before to came to this result. Greetings Ronnie

After I done the 4000 series and 2000 series, it was time fore the 3000 series. I started with the 3640 with fronthitch, at the time in 1985 I liked this tractor very much, especially with the front hitch with p.t.o, it was not a standard thing in that time. The tractor filled the space between the 100hp 3140 and the 128hp 4050 from the USA. I used a PMA fronthitch which I chanced a little bit, and put onto the p.t.o myself. Let's go to see some pictures.... Next 2 pictures with frontmower and haywagon fore feeding the cows in summertime at the barn, with fresh grass. And a picture of the real one Greetings Ronnie

Here is my Hesston (Fiatagri) 7730 harvester, this machine was a wish from me quite a long time. Fore a few years back I build his brother: 7655 Field Queen, so this one I wanted it too. It was a lot of work to build this one, we had the luck, that there was a real machine on only ten minutes driving in the area, where I can go fore measures and to take a lot of photo's. On the photo's is the machine almost finished, there must be some hydraulics on it, and 2 or three other things to do. I hope you enjoy the pictures... Greetings Ronnie

In Europe it stayed the 55 series, but they where exactly the same as the US 60 serie, only the back mudguards are different, and of course the frontweight and the lights. They where only fore a short time available, and they where replaced fore the 7000 and 8000 series.

The first one I built was the 4450 kit from Cethena from Belgium, this was in 2002, after that I built a lot of kits from Tyro Toys and Scale Down. In 2006/2007 I start this series of John Deere with the 4230, this one you not yet seen, because I am busy at the moment with the 4430 and 4630, when these are finished i will show them here. The 40 series are complete ready at the moment, and will show them tonight or tomorrow. The latest one I finished was the 4255, and this was 2 weeks ago. I built a lot more of JD, such like the 2000 series and a 4620, I think i will show you the pictures next week.

And here are my 55/60 series I built, this are the tractors with the exhaust on side of the cab, and different mudguards, this where the last JD's with the SG2 cab. Here in Europe it stays the 55 serie, but in the US it changed to 60 series,in the US they had also the short mudguards in the back, in Europe the mudguards are longer and wither. On the pictures from left to right: - 4755 (European) on duals - 4955 (European) - 4560 2wd USA version (this tractor has no Intercooler) - 4760 on row crop duals (One of my favorits) USA version - 4960 USA version

Here are the complete serie of the 50 series I built. From left to right on the pictures are: - 4050 with large tires (it's a exact copy of my real 4050 where i worked with on my farm) - 4250 2wd, this is a USA version - 4350, this one I not built myself, but bought it in Zwolle a few years ago - 4450, this was a Kit from Chethena from Belgium, I built it fore eight years ago - 4650 on large tires (European version) - 4850 on duals, this is a USA version And then the 55 series, this are the tractors with the exhaust on the bonnet. From left to right: - 4055 on row crop for sugar beets - 4255 on duals - 4455 (European version) - 4755 2wd USA version - 4955 (European version)