This is a Terberg F1900 8x8 dumper manufactured in Holland during the 1980s, several of which were operated on an open pit coal site in Leicestershire, England by Al Richards Contractors. Along with a few larger F2000 models which used the Volvo F10/F12 cab, these trucks were fitted with high volume coal bodies by Nooteboom, now better known for their heavy transport equipment. The model is based on a Memo chassis and Herpa off-road wheels and tyres, a heavily kitbashed Kibri dumpster body including a recess for the tipping ram, and the cab is a kitbashed ROCO Renault cab with scratchbuilt parts. The model was weathered and then finished in Humbrol Glosscote to try give the effect of being wet, although, as Andy says, "I'm not sure this actually worked!?" Decals are a mixture of custom, TL and Bastian items.

Posted December 10, 2004