Dinosaurs

Small dinosaurs from the dollar store.

Red and orange, obviously, plastic with no flash.

The dinosaurs are a mixture of old and new style dinosaurs.  Wisely they have them over size feet so they stand up well.

Rather classic brontosaurus pose.

You get one of each dinosaur in each color.

I think this dimetrodon is the best figure.

The ankylosaurus seems a bit hunchback.

The stegosaurus is a bit thin, but not bad.

Nice pose here.

The velociraptor is a bit out of scale, being a bit large compared to the other ones in the pack, but still an interesting model with a giant claw on the feet.
 

5Ton Tractor Truck

Roco 5 ton tractor truck.

Despite being at least 40 years old this is a great model.

Usually it gets paired with the large fuel trailer.

It can also be used to two the M26 Dragon Wagon trailer.

Painted with Testors 1911 olive drab.

This is one of the US vehicles that got an overhaul recently as my nearly 3 years long US Army quality upgrade continues.

I have a large collection and it takes a while to get everything looking nice.

So far I have upgraded over 700 US Army vehicles, either by repair, conversion, assembly, basic painting or detail painting.  I consider the base color, olive drab in this case, and one other color to be detail painting, in this model the black tires.

This project has been eating up my model spare parts too.

This one, however, was complete and not extra parts were needed.

A good truck and I am happy to have it in my collection.
 

Roco Van Trailer

Roco van trailer.

Two doors, these are often missing from used models, but are easy to scratch build.

Logistics are important for warfare and big vans like this are good for carrying many kinds of supplies particularly those that are easily damaged by rain or wind.

The landing gear work but it is not a great design.

This is a simple model and very durable.

Front end.

Bottom with retracted landing gear, and spare tire.

The top is a big rectangle.
 

Road Grader

This metal HO scale road grader has been in my collection for decades.

I decided it was time to paint it.

So I painted it.

It turned out pretty well for an old kit.

I used a soft plastic Roco driver.

Close up on the engine detail.

The wheels don't turn.

Nice detail on the radiator. 

It is soft metal and a bit fragile.

Bottom view, it's not very detailed.

Over all it's a good model I think.