International Toy Restorations Let’s See Them.

[IH1975]

I would like to see your International Toy Restorations you’ve done or are working on. I’ll start us off with this Ertl 1/16 International Tractor I did as a 706. 

[IH1975]

Here’s a International 504 I finished this Fall. 

[IH1975]

Here’s my Vintage Ertl 1/16 International Manure Spreader I restored last year. 

 

[Eberner]

Ok i'll jump in, Heres the Eska 450 I got for the grandson

[IH1975]

Very nice Restoration hope he enjoys it for years 

[KY2674]

A few customs I've done over the years before precisions and resin pullers came out. Some just weights and wheels some were more involved. 

[IHKIWI]

Nice work , those are really cool 😎 👍.....well done 

[IHhogfarmer]

On 10/23/2021 at 6:16 AM, IH1975 said:

I would like to see your International Toy Restorations you’ve done or are working on. I’ll start us off with this Ertl 1/16 International Tractor I did as a 706. 

You do nice work. My grandparents have one of those tractors but they were originally a 544. It’s in pretty rough shape which is why I think it would be great to restore. But the rear left axle housing is broke off from the rear end so I don’t know if that can be repaired well enough to hold.

[nepoweshiekfarmalls]

14 hours ago, IHhogfarmer said:

You do nice work. My grandparents have one of those tractors but they were originally a 544. It’s in pretty rough shape which is why I think it would be great to restore. But the rear left axle housing is broke off from the rear end so I don’t know if that can be repaired well enough to hold.

I have fixed broken axle housings with steel filler epoxy.

[IH1975]

21 hours ago, IHhogfarmer said:

You do nice work. My grandparents have one of those tractors but they were originally a 544. It’s in pretty rough shape which is why I think it would be great to restore. But the rear left axle housing is broke off from the rear end so I don’t know if that can be repaired well enough to hold.

Thanks for the complement. I like mixing this casing up with different model numbers but that’s what it originally was based on the 544. 

[Sledgehammer]

Not an International truck I guess but I did this one for my son a couple years ago for Christmas. Complete with walnut bed, dual stacks, custom welded trailer hitch, under bed boxes, and headache rack.

[Sledgehammer]

Slightly customized 1086 I did because Grandpas had white dual wheels when purchased new. That is in front of the barn I built for little guy this past winter. 

[IH1975]

13 hours ago, Sledgehammer said:

Slightly customized 1086 I did because Grandpas had white dual wheels when purchased new. That is in front of the barn I built for little guy this past winter. 

Very nice and a great tribute to your Grandpa. Tbe barn looks great. Thanks for sharing 

[harvester850]

Here are a few of mine in 1/16 scale.  I don't really have before pictures but these all had a lot of acres on them before they came to me.

 

[harvester850]

Some of my 1/64 creations as well.

[redturbo]

Harvester850,  you have great talent 

[IH1975]

Yes very nice Custom work. Thanks for sharing. 

[IH1975]

Here’s a 1/32 side discharge Manure spreader I Retroed back to a IH a couple years ago. Still have very little to finish yet. 

[Sledgehammer]

@harvester850 love the 1/16, 686. I’ve been hoping they would use the hydro 70 base and make one for sale. That is the first one I’ve ever seen. Looks nice!  I have always kept an eye out for one to match my real 686. Thanks for sharing 

[Eason]

GREAT THREAD!!!!

 

[twostepn2001]

A friend had this Ertl Precision 1206, or l should say a box full of 1206 precision parts. We done a little horse tradin' and he built this 1206 for me out of some of the spare parts. l printed then added the decals on the IH oil filters. lf any of you are on Facebook and interested in restored and customized toy tractors, go to the Pirate Farm Toys page. lf l did it right  here is a link to it:    https://www.facebook.com/groups/227118887759457

[IHC5488]

On 5/13/2022 at 12:48 PM, harvester850 said:

Some of my 1/64 creations as well.

I noticed some of your creativity had come from the larger scale models that are in the fields.  Good work and great attention to details.....

Thanks for sharing.

[Rick G.]

Here’s an old ERTL IH 1256 I bought in a garage sale for 1.00 back around 2013.
It was rode hard and put away wet lol. It had the ice cream box cab on it. 

When I went to restore it, I decided to remove the cab and make it an open station tractor with fenders and make it a 1456. 

I stripped the paint, repainted it, used new tires and decals.

[Milovan]

Good day, I’m Milo. Living in Ontario Canada, my dad was a welder for International Harvest. Then for JI Case when they bought them out. My dad did purchase a few farm toys, and of course me being a little boy I played with them. My question is do you restore them and roughly what are we looking at in terms of price. Willing to exchange information and a price quote. 
please and thank you.

Milovan

[IH1975]

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