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John Deere Van Brunt Grain Drill Model - A 1/16 scale die-cast metal model of a John Deere Van Brunt grain drill. The model is constructed primarily of green and yellow painted die-cast metal with a silver-toned metal front guard and a wood-textured footboard. The unit features rubber tires with deep treads mounted on yellow-painted metal rims. The mechanical details include a row of rotating disc openers connected to the seed hopper by flexible metal coil hoses. A set of metal drag chains is suspended from the rear frame beneath the footboard. The top of the hopper is fitted with two hinged yellow lids. The front hitch assembly is movable and includes a black metal drag chain and a removable metal hitch pin. The rear of the green hopper features yellow printed text reading JOHN DEERE and VAN BRUNT. A small yellow logo is printed on the top-left rear corners of the hopper reading JOHN DEERE MOLINE, ILL. with the leaping deer device. Technical specifications are printed in yellow below the model name: 13 X 7 MODEL-FB SER.-516. A list of U.S.A. Patents is printed on the right rear: 2 391 975, 2 443 727, 2 454 701, 2 498 686, 2 532 577, and 2 524 385. A white rectangular adhesive label on the top lid has handwritten text in blue and black ink reading JD Precision Grain Drill. A second small white adhesive label on the front guard rail reads Includes Hitch Pin.