Was just curious about something, and thought I'd make an attempt at plumbing the superb expertise available here if you don't mind...
There have been several potential projects I have 'waved-on' because one of the main ingredients has been the Holt, or agricultural-style, track assembly layout. I don't suppose anyone might know of a source for just the track assembly of a Holt in 1/35 or 1/32nd scale? Possibly even a farm or agricultural source? Heck, I suppose I could make a diecast setup potentially work.
Yeah, I know...it's a bit of a 'cheat', but would save oodles of scratching time
I've only ever seen a white metal kit in OO scale (1/87, I think); a diecast model in 1/48 costing $600 or so (gulp!); and I think someone makes/made a 1/76 scale resin kit. And that's all I've seen, I'm afraid... The first two were railway and agricultural equipment modelmakers respectively.
And some firm called BK makes a 1;76 Holt , I found this reference - "Some new models now available from BK Modelcraft. These include a Holt Tractor and gun",
Ah yes, BK Modelcraft are the ones I was thinking of with the resin kit. I think they may now be defunct, though.
There's also Rio Grande Models, they're the ones I mentioned who make agricultural and railway related kits in 1/87 scale (I posted about them ages ago but no-one took a blind bit of notice ) - go to the bottom of the linked thread:
Ah yes, BK Modelcraft are the ones I was thinking of with the resin kit. I think they may now be defunct, though. There's also Rio Grande Models, they're the ones I mentioned who make agricultural and railway related kits in 1/87 scale (I posted about them ages ago but no-one took a blind bit of notice ) - go to the bottom of the linked thread: http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=63528&subForumID=169814&action=viewTopic&commentID=5037980 Of course, these are all in completely the wrong scale for Treaders!
Rio Grande are the ones listed in the link in my first post. They also do a Best tractor that might form the basis of an early US tank attempt if you like modelling with a microscope.
Treadhead - Best Tractor merged with Holt Tractor; forming one company. In my manual collection I have the Artillery Tractor, 20 ton Holt 120HP. It has umpteen photos, and I would attach a few if I knew how. Contact me off-site and I'll scan the track link assembly for you.
Having dug around a little more, I found that BK Modelcraft ceased production in January. I rather get the impression they were a very small outfit, literally a one-man operation. I suspect Jorg Schneider's models of the Holt and 8" howitzer on Landships were made from their kits, as several of his others were from BK's kits:
On the plus side, it seems that Matador Models have taken over their range (although the Holt and 8" howitzer don't appear on their listings, they made produce them again with luck):
This is, of course, completely academic on this particular thread as they are entirely the wrong scale for Treadhead! To get back to his original query, no-one so far has found either a 1/32 or 1/35 scale kit of the Holt tractor.
1/87...HO scale,....1/76th...Sheeeesh! Why is it I can never find what I want in armour in 1/35th, in aircraft in 1/48th, in ships in 1/350th and just about nothing available I really desire in a WWI set of clothes???
Boy!.......if I didn't have to 'make-a-living', I'd set out scratching about a Baker's Dozen of things I'd like to see made myself!!!!!
Tread.
Sorry....my apologies for taking the rather self-indulgent 'shot' at taking the chance of posting the Matrix Fight smiley.......
PostScript: O.K......now, just to keep things as complicated as is possible...how many different variants of Holt's were there?........Wait!......don't tell me, 50 right?