Major Range

This is a listing and variations that I know of on the 'MAJOR' series. This range was released to a larger scale allowing for more detail. A small range to collect but there are some hard ones to acquire within it. If any one has any more variants please let me know.

 

Model No.

Model

Go to detailed description if model has any variants and a picture of the model
M-1-A Caterpillar Earth Scraper GO TO
M-1-B BP Autotanker GO TO
M-2-A Bedford Ice Cream Truck

GO TO
M-2-B Bedford Tractor & York Trailer GO TO
M-3-A Thorneycroft Antar/Centurion Tank GO TO
M-4-A Ruston Bucyrus Power Shovel GO TO
M-4-B GMC Tractor & Frauhauf Tipper GO TO
M-5-A Massey Ferguson Harvester GO TO
M-6-A Pickfords 200 Ton Transporter GO TO
M-6-B Racing Car Transporter GO TO
M-7-A Jennings Cattle Truck GO TO
M-8-A Mobilgas Tanker GO TO
M-8-B Guy Warrior Car Transporter GO TO
M-9-A Interstate Double Freighter GO TO
M-10-A Dinkum Dumper GO TO

 

M-1-A

Caterpillar Earth Scraper

  
BACK Yellow body and silver metal wheels. Axles can be crimped or rivetted. M1A.JPG (20569 bytes)

 
M-1-B

BP Autotanker

  
BACK Green & Yellow body, Black plastic fine or knobbly wheels. The labels can sometimes be reverse sided, but this is more of a negative variation.

M1B.JPG (18916 bytes)

 
M-2-A

Bedford Ice Cream Truck

  

1

 Blue cab and cream trailer,' Walls Ice Cream' decals Grey metal wheels

2

 Blue cab and cream trailer,' Walls Ice Cream' decals Grey plastic wheels

3

 Blue cab and white trailer,' Walls Ice Cream' decals Grey plastic wheels
BACK A poor example but the only one I have at present to show.

M2A.JPG (28774 bytes) M2a1.jpg (54672 bytes)

 
M-2-B

Bedford Tractor & York Trailer

  

1

 Orange cab, silver trailer, orange doors 'Davies Tyres' decal, clear windows Knobbly black plastic wheels

2

 As above with green tinted windows Knobbly black plastic wheels

3

 As above Knobbly grey plastic wheels

4

 As above Black fine wheels

5

 As above Grey fine wheels

6

 Silver cab, Dark red trailer, black base ?

7

 Silver cab, Dark red trailer and doors     'Lep' decals Black plastic wheels

8

 Silver cab, Dark red trailer, black doors 'Lep'Decals Black plastic wheels
BACK   Davis tyres.JPG (179083 bytes) M2grey.jpg (61728 bytes) M2black.jpg (62469 bytes) M2B.jpg (20613 bytes)

 
M-3-A

Thorneycroft Antar/Centurion Tank

  

1

 Tank has grey metal rollers  

2

 Tank has grey plastic rollers  

3

 Tank has black plastic rollers  
BACK The 1st picture is issue 2 with the grey plastic rollers.

M3A.JPG (19157 bytes) M3a1.jpg (50482 bytes)

 

M-4 -A

Ruston Bucyrus Power Shovel

  

1

 Red side decals and green rubber tracks  

2

 Same as 1 but yellow side decals  

3

 Same as 2 but grey rubber tracks.  
BACK The 1st model pictured has replacement tracks but is either version 2 or 3. the next 2 show the difference between the red and the yellow writing on the decals.

M4A.JPG (11393 bytes) Img_0042.jpg (51694 bytes)

Img_0043.jpg (41205 bytes)

 

M-4-B

GMC Tractor & Frauhauf Tipper

 No known variants
BACK Dark red cab and silver hoppers. Added to the new Kingsize range after and seen here in that box.

M4B.JPG (33943 bytes)

 

 

M-5 -A

Massey Ferguson Harvester

  

1

 Silver plastic front wheels, black plastic rear wheels  

2

 Same as 1 but orange plastic front wheels  

3

 Orange plastic wheels front and rear  

4

 Same as 1 but yellow plastic front wheels  

5

 Yellow plastic wheels front and rear  
BACK The first model pictured has a few chips. It is issue 1. Next is version 2 followed by version 4

M5A2.JPG (14563 bytes) M5ORANGE.jpg (58254 bytes) M5yellow.jpg (58973 bytes)

 

M-6-A

Pickfords 200 Ton Transporter

  

1

 Dark blue cab and maroon bed section  

2

 Dark blue cab and bright red bed section A new version to me as I have not seen before and only just acquired it.

3

 Bright blue cab and bright red bed section  
BACK These are versions 1, 2 and 3

Img_0210.jpg (43433 bytes) Img_0209.jpg (41994 bytes) M6A.JPG (20910 bytes)

 

M-6-B

Racing Car Transporter

 No known variants
BACK Green body and silver rear door. This model was carried into the Kingsize range and can be seen here in that box. Prepro versions have Monza track instead of Silverstone on the side label.

The yellow version is a recent preproduction model found by Nick Jones. Notice it does not have the locating opening for the upper rack in the rear door - beautiful!

Some early issued versions also have this rear door feature with a shorter lug on the upper deck.

M6B.jpg (18207 bytes) M8b1.jpg (41541 bytes)

m6pp3.jpg (56638 bytes) m6pp1.jpg (82843 bytes)

 

M-7 -A

Jennings Cattle Truck

  

1

 Tailgate and trailer body in light tan Knobbly gray plastic wheels

2

 Tailgate in red, trailer body in dark tan  Knobbly gray plastic wheels

3

 As above Knobbly black plastic wheels

4

 As above Fine grey plastic wheels

5

 As above Black fine plastic wheels
BACK Version 1 is at the rear and the body is a lighter shade of tan. There are two shades of grey on these wheels, the lighter wheels are on version 2 in front. The last picture is the black wheeled version as issue 3.

It is known that there is a prepro version in metallic bronze with a light blue cab.

M7A.JPG (19522 bytes) Img_0045.jpg (59123 bytes)

 

M-8-A

Mobilgas Tanker

  

1

 Grey plastic wheels  

2

 Knobbly Black plastic wheels  

3

 Fine Black plastic wheels  
BACK This is version 1 and 3

M8A.JPG (21187 bytes) M8black.jpg (49131 bytes)

 

M-8-B

Guy Warrior Car Transporter

  

1

 Black decal lettering  

2

 White decal lettering  
BACK These are versions 1 and 2

Img_0213.jpg (45610 bytes) Img_0214.jpg (77340 bytes)

 

M-9-A

Interstate Double Freighter

  

1

 Silver trailer, one piece rear double wheels, Yellow decal   

2

 As above but 2 separate rear wheels  

3

 Grey trailers , yellow decal  

4

 Silver trailers but orange decals  
BACK Early versions had the rear doors in blue, later changed to silver or grey. The trailer dollies may be left unpainted. These are version 1, 3 and 4

The picture below will give you some idea as to how accurate Lesney were with their models, as this shows a real Freighter on the road in the US

M9A.JPG (15776 bytes) Img_0211.jpg (66385 bytes) Copy of Img_0181.jpg (24746 bytes) Copy of fg_cooper_jarrett_1c2.jpg (28326 bytes)

 

M-10-A

Dinkum Dumper

  

1

 Silver metal wheels   

2

 Red plastic wheels  
BACK This is the earlier version 1

M10A.JPG (13886 bytes)