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I found a bit of a difference in tow of these models I have in my collection but find no reference to them. Has anyone else seen this? On the right side engine cowling one of the models has "DEERE" marked very clearly and the other one does not. I suspect it is simply a filled in die at one time, but don't know if this would class as a variation or not. My apologies for the picture quality.

Cam

pic quality is ok on my end...but ill check mine and get back to ya

Hi Cam,this is certainly not a variation.
This was possibly caused by clogging,perhaps dirt or metal dust accumulation in the text depressions of the moulds that had gone unnoticed during production.
Its an oddity if i might add.
numi

Hi Cam, when you check models closely like this you can find all sorts of very small differences due to die wear, contamination, flash-over, etc. Things like the clarity of wording, differences in cast lines, incomplete fine detail like rivet lines, door handles, etc can be affected. I find it all part of the fun and well worth mentioning in case it leads to some interesting discussions. I think Nick often mentions significant differences when numbers are involved. I've checked mine and I don't have this one unfortunately, but it's something I'll look out for now

Thanks for the information. I would imagine there would be unlimited variations if we tried to account for every tiny thing.

Cam

johnboy wrote:Hi Cam, when you check models closely like this you can find all sorts of very small differences due to die wear, contamination, flash-over, etc. Things like the clarity of wording, differences in cast lines, incomplete fine detail like rivet lines, door handles, etc can be affected. I find it all part of the fun and well worth mentioning in case it leads to some interesting discussions. I think Nick often mentions significant differences when numbers are involved. I've checked mine and I don't have this one unfortunately, but it's something I'll look out for now

Well slated Johnboy,thanks. How have u beeing doing lately??
numi

numi wrote:
Well slated Johnboy,thanks. How have u beeing doing lately??
numi

Hi Numi, I'm busy but doing fine thanks, hope you're well & keeping out of mischief Nice to see you back on the board and looking forward to your next minty htf

johnboy wrote:

numi wrote:
Well slated Johnboy,thanks. How have u beeing doing lately??
numi

Hi Numi, I'm busy but doing fine thanks, hope you're well & keeping out of mischief Nice to see you back on the board and looking forward to your next minty htf

Good to hear that ure ok Johnboy and thanks for responding.Being busy is good if ure doing good !!
Yeah,im keeping out of mischief for a while but just created a new word "beeing" ...not sure what it means though..ha,ha what was i thinking??
Im happy to show my Htf when the relevant posts come up,no problem.
All the best
numi