The First Replica In December of 2016, our New Holland contact reached out to ERTL to tell us that New Holland had purchased at auction a 1939 Ford 9N tractor that had been painted purple and marketed as the “Survivor” tractor by Charles Beaver. The purple color represents hope, all types of cancer, and people who have survived the disease. He asked if ERTL could produce a replica of the …

Greetings from Dyersville!It has been an exciting month for me as we welcomed another grandchild into our family. My daughter gave birth to a baby boy named Beckett. What a blessing he is. Here is a picture of him along with his big sister Ivy.Thank goodness the weather cooperated to let us visit Beckett. The last month or so we’ve had bad weather every week. Towards the end of February, we …

Greetings from Dyersville!We’ve received very good responses on our 1:16th IH 1460 Prestige Select™ Combine. We are nearing the end of the ordering period, you have until February 27th to contact your local Case IH Dealership to get yours on order. If you would like to read more information on this project, you can view the flyer here.We had some good “inside” information on this un …

Greetings from Dyersville!Happy 2023! I hope everyone is doing well so far. We’ve been busy these last few months. In December we attended the John Deere Parts Expo in Houston, TX. At the show we announced our next Prestige Select unit which is the 1:16th John Deere 8850 Tractor (Stock # 45855OTP). When this tractor was introduced in 1982 it was the largest tractor in John Deere’s li …