International 5488

[Espeefan]

Very cool, Travis. I'm also a huge International tractor fan too. I used to collect a lot of the Case IH / IH / Caterpillar Ertl replicas when I was young and growing up, but I sort of lost interest in them after I realized it was more fun to have models that moved on their own, rather by me pushing them around. That and a guy starts to run out of room after a while. I still have all my Ertls, and I've recently started collecting some of my favorite IH Ertl Precision tractors. The 5488 is one of my all time favorites, so your build is really cool. I'm curious how you worked the FWA axle gearing out with the smaller tires. Also, where did you find the tires?