The Budgie Bedford TK Crane . available in green & orange finish. Budgie in detail...

The Budgie Euclid 21 Yard Scraper . available in lime green, yellow finish at 00 scale. Budgie in detail...

The Budgie Euclid Mammoth Articulated Dumper . available in red yellow & green finish. Budgie in detail...

The Corgi Machinery Carrier with Priestman Cub Shovel . available in blue silver red and yellow finish. Corgi in detail...

The Corgi Mercedes Benz Unimog Rear Dumper The early version introduced in August 1971 was very detailed with mirrors etc. The later version from 1976 was simpler but more robust. Cost 3/6 available in yellow & blue finish at 1:44 scale. Corgi in detail...

The Corgi Warner and Swasey 4418 hydraulic crane .Cost 18/6 available in yellow finish at 1:47 scale. Corgi in detail...

The Corgi Euclid TC12 Tractor Made from October 1960.Cost 9/11 available in yellow finish at 1:41 scale. Corgi in detail...

The Corgi Euclid Tractor with Dozer This was a re-release of this dozer but with a cental lever for raising the blade. . Corgi in detail...

The Corgi JCB 110B Crawler Loader First in JCB colours, also produced in orange with white cab and shovel in 1980. Features a rotating the control knob at the rear moving the arm together with levers at the front. available in yellow, orange finish at 1:47 scale. Corgi in detail...

The Corgi Mercedes Benz Unimog with Goosneck Dumper . available in yellow & red finish. Corgi in detail...

The Corgi Dump Truck .Cost £1.55p available in yellow finish. Corgi in detail...

The Corgi Priestman Boom Crane with Grab Fitted with working grab. available in orange finish. Corgi in detail...

The Corgi Mack Priestman Crane Truck Introduced in October 1972.Cost £1.75p available in red & yellow finish at 1:48 scale. Corgi in detail...

The Corgi Giant Tower Crane .Cost £1.75p available in white & yellow finish at 1:48 scale. Corgi in detail...

The Corgi Junior Concrete Mixer . available in white blue & red finish. Corgi Junior in detail...

The Dinky Johnson 2 ton Dumper . available in yellow & orange finish. Dinky in detail...

The Dinky Blaw Knox Bulldozer Introduced in January 1949. Supplied in a blue striped box marked Dinky Toy but the baseplate is stamped Dinky Supertoy. The model has a lever operated blade and rubber tracks renumbered No961 from 1954. Made until 1964.Cost 10/8 available in red, yellow & grey finish. Dinky in detail...

The Dinky Muir-Hill Dumper Truck Introduced in 1948, a driver was fitted to the swiveling seat of the dumper that had a steerable front axle and tipping body. This example was supplied in a blue striped Dinky Supertoys box as No962 from 1954. available in green & brown finish. Dinky in detail...

The Dinky Coles Mobile Crane Released in Jan 1950 at 9/11. Renumbered 971 March 1954. The price changed several times:

• June 1955 10/6
• December 1955 10/9
• April 1957 11/6
• May 1959 11/-
• May 1961 12/-
• May 1962 13/-

which was the price until last catalogue appearance in August 65. Remained unchanged throughout life with no plastic parts.Cost 9/11 available in Yellow and Black finish. Dinky in detail...

The Dinky Foden Dump Truck With Bulldozer Blade. Advertised in the October 1961 Meccano Magazine. Based on a Foden FGD6/FED6.Cost 16/3 available in red & silver finish. Dinky in detail...

The Dinky Muir-Hill Dumper Truck A driver was fitted to the swiveling seat of the dumper that had a stearable front axle and tipping body. This example was supplied in a blue striped Dinky Supertoy box. A later version had a yellow and red box and rubber tyres.

The model also had a driver with fawn or blue overalls. Also sold as No562. Advertised in the December 1955 Meccano magazine for 7/3. In August 1957 was illustrated in Meccan Magazine priced at 7/9.Cost 7/- available in yellow finish. Dinky in detail...

The Dinky Muir Hill Loader and Trencher . available in yellow finish. Dinky in detail...

The Dinky Jones Fleetmaster Cantilever Crane Shown in Dinky catalogue No6 May 1970 for 24/-.Cost 21/- available in red/black, yellow, metallic red finish. Dinky in detail...

The Dinky Eaton Yale Articulated Tractor Shovel The all yellow version with yellow hubs may have been a promotional model. available in orange & yellow finish. Dinky in detail...

The Dinky Ruston Bucyrus Excavator 1963 was the year of the giant excavator. In the Meccano magazine, June 1963, Bruce Mayne reported on the production and deployment of, at the time, the world’s largest excavator; a walking dragline, manufactured by Ransome-Rapier (Sheffield) later to become NCK-Rapier.

In the September edition, an advertisement focused on the October release of Dinky Toy’s Ruston Bucyrus (975) excavator.

The Ruston Bucyrus released in October,1963, had a length of 190mm (7.5”) and cost 27/6 (£1,7 shillings and 6 pence), rising to 28/- in 1966. The model had a primrose yellow plastic cab sat on a red platform and tracked base, with its black rubber tracks. The four control mechanisms are painted green. Additionally, a toggle pull at the rear allows the bucket to be emptied. The Ruston Bucyrus was withdrawn in 1966.

The actual excavator was manufactured in Lincoln by Ruston and Hornsby in collaboration with Bucyrus-Erie, from Milwarkee, hence Ruston Bucyrus. The excavator was powered by a Ruston-Paxman engine. The machine weighed 46.5 tons.The cables enabled a lifting capacity of over 33 tons.

Cost 27/6 available in yellow & red & green finish. Dinky in detail...

The Dinky Michigan 180 III Tractor Dozer Shown in Dinky catalogue No6 May 1970 for 18/11. The first 500 models made were promotional for Michigan U.K. Cost 18/11 available in yellow finish. Dinky in detail...

The Dinky Shovel dozer It has either silver or black tracks and was issued in a bubble case with card plinth. available in yelloe & orange finish. Dinky in detail...

The Husky LoadMaster Shovel . available in yellow, orange finish. Husky in detail...

The Impy Mobile Crane . available in yellow finish at 1:76 scale. Impy in detail...

The Lone Star Builders Supply Lorry Foden Half Cab available in green finish. Lone Star in detail...

The Lone Star Builders Supply Lorry Foden half cab six wheel flat truck. available in green & yellow finish. Lone Star in detail...

The Matchbox Taylor Jumbo Crane moving jib available in yellow & red finish. Matchbox in detail...

The Matchbox Case Tractor Bulldozer Fitted with rubber tracks. available in red & yellow finish at 1:82 scale. Matchbox in detail...

The Matchbox Caterpillar Bulldozer Caterpillar D8. This model was 46mm long. available in yellow & red finish. Matchbox in detail...

The Matchbox Weatherhill Hydrualic Excavator This model is 58mm long. available in yellow-orange, yellow finish. Matchbox in detail...

The Matchbox Magirus-Deutz six-wheeled crane . available in silver & orange, tan & orange, grey finish. Matchbox in detail...

The Matchbox Aveling Barford Tractor Shovel . available in yellow, yellow & red finish. Matchbox in detail...

The Matchbox Hatra Tractor Shovel Shown in the 1969 catalogue.Cost 2/4 available in orange, yellow finish at 1:100 scale. Matchbox in detail...

The Matchbox King Size Weatheril Hydraulic Shovel . available in yellow finish. Matchbox King Size in detail...

The Matchbox King Size Muir Hill Dumper . available in red finish. Matchbox King Size in detail...

The Matchbox King Size KW Dart Dump Truck . available in yellow finish. Matchbox King Size in detail...

The Matchbox King Size Caterpillar D9 Bulldozer . available in yellow finish. Matchbox King Size in detail...

The Matchbox King Size Hatra Tractor Shovel . available in orange finish. Matchbox King Size in detail...

The Matchbox King Size Allis Chalmers Earth Scraper This model has 2 variations: K-6 A1 with silver metal wheels and the K-6 A2 with red plastic wheels. However some models had the front grille with or without silver.Cost £1.99 available in orange finish. Matchbox King Size in detail...

The Matchbox King Size Curtis Wright rear Dumper . available in yellow finish. Matchbox King Size in detail...

The Matchbox King Size Aveling Barford Tractor Shovel . available in light blue finish. Matchbox King Size in detail...

The Matchbox King Size Scammell Mobile Crane . available in yellow finish. Matchbox King Size in detail...

The Matchbox King Size Bedford TM Skip Truck maked Hales Containers available in orange finish. Matchbox King Size in detail...

The Matchbox Major Pack Whitlock Dinkum Rear Dumper . available in yellow finish. Matchbox Major Pack in detail...

The Matchbox Superfast Crane Truck . available in yellow finish. Matchbox Superfast in detail...

The Matchbox Superfast Faun Dump Truck . available in yellow,red & yellow finish. Matchbox Superfast in detail...

The Mini Dinky International Bulldozer . available in yellow finish. Mini Dinky in detail...

The Mini Dinky International Skid Shovel . available in yellow finish. Mini Dinky in detail...

The Mini Dinky Euclid R-40 Dump Truck . available in yellow finish. Mini Dinky in detail...

The Spot-On Caterpillar D9 Bulldozer . available in yellow finish at 1:42 scale. Spot-On in detail...

The Unknown Komatsu PC02 Mini Shovel Possibly a goodswave GSW90021S at 1:21 scale. Unknown in detail...

The Unknown Komatsu PC45 Mini Power Shovel . available in green finish. Unknown in detail...