What a splendid little model, it is so tiny, yet so well detailed. 'Massey Harris' is cast into both sides of the fuel tank, the engine detail is superb. A fine piece of modelling.
There were two issues of this tractor; 4a and 4b. This is the second release, 4b, which came out in 1957 and remained in production until 1960. The easiest way to tell them apart is the mudguards. Only the first one had them, with a total disregard for driver safety they were omitted from the second release. The second one also has a separately cast driver and is a hollow casting, it also has solid front wheels rather than those nicely authentic spokes.
The tractor was always red, early ones have gold detailing. The rare one is the second release with plastic wheels. With either wheel style though the second release is generally harder to find than the first version.
