The Tumbling Bull!

[MadInventor]

I think I can get your point, and I can say I partially agree with you on this one. I like the classic Tamiya models as they were "suitable for radio-control", highly realistic, and such, but models like the Tumbling Bull just go back to their 30-years tradition of cartoonish vehicles, like the Wild Willy Jeep. I am building myself a custom tractor more on the scale fashion, but I can still appreciate this cartoonish vehicle. Now, if we would start talking about what Tamiya should have made, I believe they should have started been making tractors DECADES ago. You guys don't see that if it wasn't for tractors there would be no food. There are companies like ERTL that has been making scale tractors for decades with lots of success, and they have a large following worldwide. The guys from Tamiya would have made even better scale models than ERTL, but you see, this company has lost a lot of its charm, and you really don't see much effort from them on the new products.

Yes, there is something like a Tamiya spell.

Now I gotta go and resume my Bruiser restoration work...

Like this comment a lot . A decent heavy duty tractor, preferably 4wd, would have a lot of appeal for me, but it would have to be in 1/10 scale. Make it in 1/10 and it's easy enough to get the R/C gear and batteries in, and a motor with a decent power output.

[WillyChang]

Aren't there German companies making very nice scale models of farm machinery already?

Heavy duty means metal, not plastic

[mongoose1983]

Here's some fantastic pictures (thanks to my good friend Crash Cramer) of the tractor that probably inspired Tamiya, a vintage German Porsche Diesel "Junior"!

Y'all have a good Friday!

[WillyChang]

Who says Germans have no sense of humour...

recent Porsche ad

 

[WillyChang]

Probably clocked up those miles going interstate between the towns