Porsche diesel Master 419

The Porsche Diesel-Master 419, with its hood looking like the brow of a sperm whale, the wealth of details and the bright red paint job corresponds admirably to the Porsche tractor, for those who can remember seeing a live-size one in the field. The model built in 1961 was the last in the Porsche tractor tradition. In 1963 production was discontinued.

We commissioned in Nový Hrádek in the Czech Republic to reactivate their dies and among other things to equip the tractors with tire rims made of metal instead of plastic. The models are an exceptionally good value. The 1:25 scale tractor models have a durable clockwork drive with 3 forward gears, a neutral and reverse. The clockwork drive is wound up with a square section wind-up key. All models are equipped with a handbrake and can be steered. The tractors and trailers are in a scale of 1:25, so they fit model trains with a scale of 1:22.5.

We do not want to tire of emphasizing how vanishingly small and soon probably completely disappeared the share of mechanical tin toys from European production. Since the relocation of almost all tin toy manufacturing to the Far East, the manufacturers remaining in this country (as in the rest of Europe) are often left to fend for themselves. We have collected some of their products: historical car or tractor models and corresponding trailers or a cable car. For the tractors, the company Kovap in Nový Hrádek in the Czech Republic has partly reactivated old tools and is reassembling steel rims instead of plastic ones for us. All vehicles and trailers are kept in 1:25 scale, so they fit model railroads of 1:22.5 scale. Some classics produced for decades, such as the calculation monkey Consul, have virtually disappeared - we have only found a manufacturer in India, which manufactures it.

Not suitable for children under 3 years. Risk of suffocation due to small parts that can be swallowed.