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new HO scale deuce model

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They have been out for quite a while, I have about 6 of them I bought back in 2005. Very detailed trucks.

If you go on epay, and search roco minitank, you will find the first run trucks. I will have to find the pics of the trucks I did.
 

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So I guess this is just a new run, we both looked last Christmas, and couldn't find any (not even on epay). We found older ones (211 ? 135 ? don't remember now), but no M35A2s.
 

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herpa took over roco, eather reintroduced some, just kept on producing some, stopped making some, and added some new ones to the line

trident is another great maker of 1/87 green iron, there is a RUSSIAN 1/87 model maker that's has some nice Russian trucks, I have a tractor, ribbon bridge transporter and folding bridge transporter
 

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I think it was last year that Herpa took over for Roco. I spent a lot of money through Walthers on vehicles, I have the standard M35a2's, those gun trucks, a fuel tanker, UH1 helicopters, AH64's and a bunch of others.

The early production of "M35" is actually the CCKW352. Like I said go and type in roco minitank. and you will see usually about 8 pages of trucks. I sold a couple extra M35's that I had to some other members last year.
 

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search "minitanks" on ebay. there are lots of them.
or just ROCO
the M35s that I have are the current style, I even have one with the #7 wrecker kit,
I found that if you find the brand name in Walther's, then go to the brands web site, there will be a lot more listed then what Walther's carries,
also back in the 60s, there was a guy (ROSOKOSKY not spelled right) that had a line of 1/87 military that was very similar to roco, but FAR better, the SECOND roco production was with these molds after roco took his line over, the ORIGNALS are highly sought after
 
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Here are some of the roco stuff I have........

I have yet to build the helicopters.

The 915 w/871 are from Trident.
 

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that roco works too, but minitanks keeps everything military :)

also, ebay sometimes has cheaper prices, and alot of older sold out things that walthers doesnt have.

another thing is that for some little pieces of plastic there awfly exspencive.
 
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Gunboy1656,
My dad retired this year, and has been getting back into the trains. He likes to model the transition years - late steam, early diesel; so a model of my truck wouldn't be totally out of place (at least the frame and cab are ~1951). We've both looked casually for an HO model over the last year.

I like your w/winch ones.
 

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Gunboy1656,
My dad retired this year, and has been getting back into the trains. He likes to model the transition years - late steam, early diesel; so a model of my truck wouldn't be totally out of place (at least the frame and cab are ~1951). We've both looked casually for an HO model over the last year.

I like your w/winch ones.
My gun trucks have white stars on the doors, but do not come with winches. I just looked at them and realized I have 5 of those gun trucks.
 

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I had found a site over in Germany that made an M125 10 ton cargo, but the link i have is dead now.

EDIT found link, does not show the M125 anymore, but does show the M123.
I think the site your talking about is UNITED FUN.COM, I have had that link on my desk top for years. I just googled and got it up(on my laptop), it shows both the 123 and 125 but not in production
 
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Great, now I have to dig up a m818 and tanker trailer model to put on my desk!
check UNITED FUN. COM, I found just that last night, in fact when I saw it, your name came to mind, you will have to go though the different makers till you find the two models
 
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