The tractor has just arrived, it is essentially the same as the Airfix one but has a bucket on the front and a container on the rear.
This is a 1/35 Thunder Models US Army Loader, I will probably finish it in civilian guise of some sort.
I will not go through the build, expect for where it differs from the Airfix tractor.
So while, the barn and its base dries out, on with the tractor.
I have already spotted extra etched material - very coppery coloured and some nuts on the sprue, these were not in the other, they fit around the engine casing.