David McCormack

David McCormack

The 5088 was originally a gray wheeled model, and now benefits from "new" 1/64 scale wheels and added decals from a Case IH MX 110. The disk is the regular 1980's Ertl with clip on wheels, the customization is totally reversible, and the wheels raise and lower (independently though). Unfortunately the wings still stay "up", when in working position.

How I did it: Re-moveable duals on an IH 5088

I made axle duals on one of my 1/64 IH 5088's using a short piece (long enough to hold 4 wheels on the tractor) of 1/8" diameter steel rod, I ground the original axle off and removed the old wheels, bored the axle holes in the frame to 1/8". I had an MX-110 w/duals that donated the rear wheels (to get "new 1/64" size wheels), the holes in the new wheels were bored to 1/8", I put the new 1/8" axle in the tractor and slid the inside wheels on, then painted the exposed axle (black), I slid the inside wheels into the paint to get some in between the steel and plastic rim to "glue" them in place and centered them on the tractor. Once the paint was dry the inside wheels were on solid and the wheels and axle turn as a single unit, the outside duals just slide on the stubs and hold in place with friction. The duals hold on tight enough that they turn with the axle and don't "roll" off if you were to push the tractor around. I'm sure if you put the duals on and off a lot you'd wear the layer of paint done and have to repaint it.

The hardest part of the job is getting the original wheels off of the tractor without ruining them, the rest is easy and fast.

The MX-120 has removed front weights and a quick-tach loader, one pin holds it on (original rivet) the loader towers have pins that sits in holes in the sub frame which has been permanently attached to the tractor frame. The loader is as rigid as the Ertl mounting was. The parking stand is separate and the loader just sits on it. The loader clears the front wheels better than the original mount since the towers actually are now slightly narrower at the bottom for this reason.

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