Features

Let it snow, let it snow

1/15/2025

By Tom Hanshaw

Note: This feature is in the February TT&C 2025 issue.

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Builder puts POWER into models

1/10/2025

By Larry LeMasters
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Crane Expert takes collection to New Heights

12/16/2024

By Luann Dart
Note: This feature is in the January TT&C 2025 issue.

Carsten Bengs has 26 O&K models, including mostly excavators and wheel loaders, but also two rope shovels.

Special models in the collection of Carsten Bengs are his AKV Bochum models, which include seven with lifting capacities between 25 tonnes and 160 tonnes, made by Conrad and NZG.

German collector Carsten Bengs has translated a childhood fascination with construction equipment into an extensive collection of cranes and excavators, authorship of three books and regular reviews in Toy Trucker & Contractor, and even a career.

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Carsten Bengs’s collection also consists of a few YCC models. The legendary Gottwald AMK 1000 in Riga Mainz colors is one of his favorite models. Right beside, the LTM1800 in Thömen colors is assembled with a luffing jib, followed by the LTM1400 in Franz Bracht colors.

In 2013, Carsten Bengs did a review in Toy Trucker & Contractor of the WSI LTM1500 model in a unique space. That year, his house was built and he used the scene for some photos at the home’s foundation.

Crane is IMPRESSIVE - Mammoet flagship

12/14/2024

By Carsten Bengs
Note: This feature is in the January TT&C 2025 issue.

The SX2D4F2B configuration for windmill assembly, with a shortened length.

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The SX boom and derrick with a 400-tonne maximum counterweight.

The base boom with railings and SX boom.

SPOTLIGHT on R/C - Jan. TT&C

12/11/2024

Owner and Builder: Kevin Eversole, Chesterton, IN
MODEL: 850 Dozer
Manufacturer: Lesu
Where to Buy: www.rclesu.com/index.php?c=content&a=show&id=842

Photos in the January TT&C 2025 magazine.

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Driving through History with Branch Motor Express

11/15/2024

By Jim Livermore
Note: This feature is in the December TT&C 2024 issue.

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Branch Motor Express was a large trucking firm located in the eastern United States. At its peak in the 1970s, the company’s territory included approximately 60 terminals across 16 states, extending from New England to South Carolina, and as far west as Missouri. Its fleet consisted of approximately 900 road tractors, 400 straight trucks and over 2,000 trailers.

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Building Massive Mining Machines, one LEGO brick at a time

11/13/2024

By Larry LeMasters
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SPOTLIGHT on R/C - Dec. TT&C

11/6/2024

Owner: Daniel Rooker - Harrod, OH
Contact: www.facebook.com/daniel.rooker1

Model: Kenworth W900, RC4WD Lowboy with custom Jeep and Stinger

Manufacturer: True Scale RC / RC4WD

Where to buy:
• www.truescale-rc.com/
• https://store.rc4wd.com/RC4WD-114-Lowboy-Trailer_p_4178.html

Photos in the December TT&C 2024 magazine.

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Special Foundation Machines ready to work

10/15/2024

By Carsten Bangs
Note: This feature is in the November TT&C 2024 issue.

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For many years, the Bavarian model manufacturer BYMO made die-cast special foundation models for Bauer. Bauer is a leading manufacturer of these complex machines, which are being used worldwide for foundations of skyscrapers, bridges and other huge buildings.

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SPOTLIGHT on R/C - Nov. TT&C

10/10/2024

Owner: Joey Schlatter, Francesville, IN

Model: CAT 730 Articulating Dump Truck
& CAT 950M Loader

Designer: Lasse Anhanger

Where to Buy: https://cults3d.com/en/users/burnie222/3d-models

Photos in the November TT&C 2024 magazine.

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