Does anyone make a tractor?

Modeling Subjects Autos
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Hi gang,

I am on the look out for a farm tractor model to convert into a pulling tractor like the ones in tractor pulls. Does anyone or did anyone ever make farm tractor kits?

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Ertl made some farm equipment including at least one tractor, I see them on ebay occasionally but they don’t go cheap. I’m also not sure of the scale.

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I’m pretty sure they came in 1/25th scale, saw them occasionally as a kid but they where kind of stonedead in our fast cars-world at that time.
Would love to build one today. Not long ago there was a back-hoe tractor from AMT/ERTL reissued, think it was a John-Deere?

Niclas

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I don’t believe there are any 1/25th scale tractors currently in production, however in ther past Ertl produced three tractors :
1155 Massey Ferguson

1466 International harvester

4430 John Deere

These still pop up occassionaly on ebay. AMT/Ertl repopped the JD about 5 years ago for John Deere dealers. They are slightly more plentiful. Also AMT produced the Meister Brua pull tractor comlete with 3 Aires Hemi engines a few years back.

The tractors in the above pictures are not quite box stock. I adjusted them to fit the dioramas they’re in.
Carl

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Your best choice would be the rare Meister Brau pull tractor as mention in previous email, the kit was introduced in the mid-80’s by Amt/Ertl, this one was a real show beast like you see in pull tractor shows, 3 engines inline, extended frame, extra beefy mud traction tires & a lot of shiny chrome, really nice kit, with all those high performance parts fitted for pull & show tractors, but not a big sale succes was discontinuated in the early 90’s. was not remarketed since then.

If you need a starting base try the 70’s 80’s ERTL kits, like mention earlier, the JD in farm version & also construction back-hoe version was repop back in the late 90’s after a long retirement.

Check eBay, some still show up from time to time…but the Meister Brau kit is not cheap!

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Those are some great dios Carl. Different and very well done.

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Thanks guys,
I have been looking and will keep doing so, I thought that I remember seeing tractor kits as a kid. I just wanted to make sure that I wasnt out chasing ghosts.