Very true. That was overly terse, even for Randy.
Let me see if I can provide details:
The first of a group of French trucks created by Paul Heiser, these 1/87 (HO scale/18mm) models are cast in white resin. Two different variants of the 4.5 ton Matford F917-WS heavy trucks are available; the fuel tanker shown and a cargo version.
The tanker is available individually for $19.50 USD and the cargo trucks are $28 USD for a pair – one with canvas top and the other with an open bed.
These kits require some cleaning before assembly but can be completed by modelers with average skills.
The F917-WS was the result of a joint venture of Ford and Mathis and was built in Strasbourg beginning in the late 1930s. Originally supplied to the French army in the lead up to WW2, production moved to the newly completed Poissy plant in 1940, as it was further from the German border. After the Armistice, the Germans kept the production lines to augment their transportation requirements with manufacturing continuing through at least 1942.
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