The official website says that since 1987 the company has been run by Gunther Conrad assisted by his wife Gerde and their son, Michael.

While NZG Modelle focuses more on construction and earth moving equipment, Conrad's line-up centers more on a variety of commercial trucks themselves.

Several models, however, are quite distinct, like stationary construction cranes, tunnel borers, and jackhammer trucks.

Lately, some NZG Models have been marketed under the Conrad name, but normally the two companies remain fairly autonomous from one another, while competing for similar contracts.

Intricately detailed cooling fins under the rear of the tanker were surprising considering one couldn't even see them unless the model was turned over.

This kind of relationship, however, was somewhat more common in France where even Citroen (for a time) made its own promotional models.

[7] This marketing relationship also emphasizes the probability that, to avoid confusion, there was more interaction between the different German firms making the models.

Conrad model cars were packaged in boxes virtually identical to those of other German manufacturers like NZG and Cursor.