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Hello Zbret, John, Jason and all,

Zbret, your K11 with blue cab and orange & yellow trailer is indeed a nice find. To date I have only heard of two others as well as yours. I have attached a photo from my archive (not my model). See also note last line below.
I studied this model in great detail many moons ago and it is a favourite of the transporters for its clever design and play value.
The rivets can be plated or un-plated type although some were coated with a waxy finish. I have attached a photo of the plated type that was ALSO used and throughout the life of the model. Please note the method of flaring of finish can vary a little.
An interesting note here is that the rivet head is on the trailer whereas on the M8/K8 the head is on the base plate.
Having never seen a yellow cab attached to a gold trailer we can safely say there was an excess of blue cabs( as apposed to excess of gold trailers at crossover point) when all gold trailers were used up, hence at least three blue cab yellow/orange combination K11.

Your model will have originally come with black plastic wheel blocks. Part way through the yellow cab yellow/orange model they changed to red wheel blocks.

There is a model currently listed as BIN item number 322087874855 for you to further compare.

Bert

Thank you Bert for this information.
The photo from your achieve, along with the example from the BIN listing, and the example that I have, would seem to confirm the K-11 Blue cab/yellow-orange trailer, as a known variation.

Interesting how this model too followed the similar (known) color variation change, of the earlier K-8. I had also noticed the the rivets were the other way around from the earlier M8/K8

The model in your achieve photo looks to be a minty example- do you have any further info about it

I'm still over the top to have acquired this model and it has become the centerpiece of my rather humble collection.


zBret

Photo showing the base rivet on my recent addition. J