Other stories in the May TT&C 2017 are:
• Vladimir Chekhuta pioneers technology to build models by Larry LeMasters
• Modelshow Europe in Ede, Netherlands by Larry LeMasters
• Always something NEW at Toy Fair by Mark Macreading
• New Zealand collector shares enthusiasm by Christopher Moor

The Schwing S 43 SX III is NZG’s premiere of a mobile concrete pump from this leading German manufacturer. NZG did an amazing job with functionality, details and especially the fully functional boom kinematics. The major dimensions were copied correctly, too. 
Presented at the International Toy Fair in Nuremberg, Germany, were the standard Schwing livery in white and also the Weber company livery. Weber is an Austrian company located halfway between Telfs and Innsbruck, providing services regarding concrete transport and pumping. 
Schwing was founded in 1934 and is now a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of concrete production and handling systems. It is headquartered in Herne, Germany, directly in the heart of the Ruhrgebiet area. Schwing Stetter, a leading company in making concrete transport vehicles, is a subsidiary of the Schwing Group. 
In 2012, the Chinese construction company, XCMG, merged with Schwing. Today, Schwing still operates under its traditional brand and no products show a hint to the parent company, XCMG. 
The company’s facility in Herne is right across where the whole region celebrates the Cranger Kirmes each August. Cranger Kirmes is a huge parish fair similar to the Munich Oktoberfest, but with a higher number of visitors. During this celebration, Schwing always shows a couple of fully extended pumps with Schwing flags, which visitors can see from the coasts.


The carrier
The 1/50 scale Mercedes-Benz Arocs 8x8 carrier travels on four axles, with the front ones being steerable. The steering angle is sufficient and all wheels easily rotate and feature authentic tire rims. NZG also nicely copied the drivetrain with a crankshaft, fuel tank and sideways protection. Even the little yellow keys to stop the vehicle on slopes are a nice eye-catcher. All axles come with the dirt protection.
The Arocs cab cannot be tilted; the interior is nicely copied with seats and a steering column. The small steps look authentic in black, with anti-slip protection. Of course, detailed windscreen wipers and mirrors are included. The typical Mercedes star is clearly visible in the radiator grille. All lights are also integrated into the cab and bumper bar.
Really amazing on the Weber livery is the accurate printing of all the signs. The cab front shows the nice Weber logo, which is a white cloud with the name inside. Beside it, “beton-pumpendienst” and “beton-transporte” are printed. These are the German words for concrete pump rental services and transport of concrete. On the right and left side of the grille, “Tirol” is printed; Tirol is the region in western Austria where Weber is located.
On the cab side, the logo of Tirol is also nicely printed. Here, we can find the fleet number, “013,” as well as another Weber name on the door. Also, the carrier type, 3542, is printed on the door. NZG also included the registration plate. Here, the “A” indicates that the vehicle is registered in Austria and “IL” stands for “Innsbruck Land.”

Other stories in the April TT&C 2009 are:
• Toy Fair 2009 by Mark Macreading
• 2009 Custom Built/Scratch Built Projects
• Brian Cowdery Makes Toys for (Big) Girls and Boys by Nancy Leasman
• John TeStrake, Truck Historian by Dan O'Keefe

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Other stories in the March TT&C 2013 are:• Don and Brett Stephens Built Their Collections “Model by Model” by Larry LeMasters
• Stan the Moving Man by Cindy Ladage
• Hayes Trucks of CANADA by H.A. Nertz Tranasky

Tim Montgomery grew up with farm toys and toy trucks more or less surrounding him. The 55-year-old from Lone Tree, Iowa, said, “Dad worked for International Harvester, so I always got red farm toys at Christmas through the credit union that offered them. 

“I started collecting with a dual interest in farm toys and trucks, but immediately noticed you could
buy a lot more trucks for less than you could farm toys. So I just went from there, and at toy shows, trucks would jump out at me and I would buy them.”
As a kid Tim also had farm toys and trucks, including Tonka, Buddy L and Structo from the late 1950s and early 1960s. His preference is for the larger trucks, like those in 1/16 scale. 

“The bulk of my collection are those in larger toy scale. Those are the trucks that I remember and, as a kid, would see the ones that you wanted up on a shelf
when you went to town. There weren’t any 1/64 scale when I was young, except for the Matchbox line, which I also do collect.”

As a high schooler, Tim drove trucks for a fertilizer company and got a lot of experience driving truck “at a tender age,” he said. He worked for a company that ran many sprayers and had to have delivery trucks to go from the facility to the sprayer in the field. He, in fact, works for a fertilizer company today as a sales agronomist.

Like many collectors, Tim’s interest waned after high school and college, until one day in 1982 he visited a farm auction that had toys advertised.

“It was at a really remote place that had some nice toys advertised, and I figured it wouldn’t be any big deal to buy them.” At the auction, he realized it was a big deal. “I actually didn’t buy anything, and afterwards I thought I had to find out more about what this collecting was about.”

After that, he discovered there were older families in older homes, and they were cleaning out their attics or planning on moving, so they just wanted to get rid of stuff. 

“In those days before eBay, values were more vague.
Also, people knew that I was collecting and buying and called me. “Sometimes it’s worth the effort, and at times it’s not worth the effort at all, but you always go and take a look.”

Other stories in the Feb. TT&C 2013 are:
• TT&C’s BEST Replicas of 2012 by Mark Macreading
• Mitch Griess Created the Oilfield Dioramas by Dee Goerge
• Art Catino Specializes in MINING Equipment by Katie Navarra
• ​Bernie’s WOODEN Beauties by Cindy Ladage

William Shakespeare once famously wrote, “What’s in a name?” In the more than 600 years since Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet, philosophers have often pondered the value of a name and how it influences a person’s character. 
Few collectors have been more influenced by their names than Turky Burky of Charleston, S.C.
He was born Werner Burky, but when he was just 2 or 3 years old he had difficulty pronouncing the name Burky.  
“Every time I said my name it came out sounding like Turky, not Burky. My mother, Pat Burky, thought it was cute, so she started calling me Turky Burky. The name stuck. 
“All through grammar, junior and high school my close friends called me Turky. My parents gave me a 1970 Monte Carlo when I left for college, and my mother had vanity plates put on the car that read ‘Turky.’ I’m nearly 60 years old now and I’ve been called Turky all my life.”
Burky fell into his lifelong career almost as easily as he fell into his name, both of which led to his collecting model trucks. In September 1978 Burky rode his 1976 Harley Superglide to Atlanta for a Kruse Antique Car Auction. On Sunday when he left to return home, the weather had changed and it was sleeting and raining. 
Burky stopped at a Village Gulf station in Smyrna, Ga., hoping to rent or buy a small truck to carry his Harley back to Charleston in. 
“There was an old man there and I tried to buy his 1968 Ford Fairlane Ranchero sitting out front. He said he would not sell it because he was retiring and wanted it to pull his fishing boat. Instead he offered to sell me his 1970 Ford F-350 tow truck for $3,500.  
“I didn’t want a tow truck; all I wanted was a warm dry ride home. We haggled for nearly four hours and I finally paid him $2,200 for the tow truck. With a little work we got the Harley on the back of the tow truck, tied it to the boom and I headed toward Charleston on I-20.”
Just before getting to Augusta, Burky spotted a 1975 Olds 98 on the side of the road with the hood up and steam rising “like a genie out of a bottle.” He pulled over and offered to help the man, who asked Burky to tow him to the next town. Burky was surprised by the request at first, until he remembered he was driving a tow truck.  
“I knew how to hook up a car,” Burky said, “so I hooked the big Olds up from the front and sort of tiptoed the tow truck to the next town with a service station. 
“The man asked me what he owed me but I didn’t have a clue, so he paid for the gasoline to fill my tow truck. When I got back to Charleston within two weeks I was in the wrecker business.”
Today Burky has 25 tow trucks including the original 1970 Ford F-350 he purchased back in 1978. To complement his towing service, Burky started collecting model tow trucks.