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1) 1/50 Ertl 850c Dozer

2) 1/64 Ertl John Deere excavator, no model number specified

Seeing as a few of the other members posted up pictures of their construction collections, I thought I would do the same. The pictures are in no particular order of brand or scale.

1) 1/32 Ertl John Deere 320 skid steer

2) 1/16 Ertl John Deere 320 skid steer

Some great pictures mate, lots of nice finds there 

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What's the second picture - a topper?

Hi Kevin, nice pictures. The second picture is a rough cut brush mower, mostly used for large landowners with large lawns or areas to be brush cut. Over here you can tow them behind a lawnmower or ATV, I am not sure if they do the same over there.  \

Very nice, the detail of your conversions are amazing! 

I was venturing through the Customs and Display Journals section in TTS today, and came across this post. Made me chuckle, looks like he needs to do a bit of re-wording  :D

http://www.toytractortimes.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?t=17579

Looks like it is out now... I will place my order tomorrow

http://cgi.ebay.com/1-16-Massey-Ferguson-98-High-Detail-Tractor-Awesome_W0QQitemZ300101280578QQihZ020QQcategoryZ741QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Fixing the neighbour's wheelie tractor...should be running in a few days 

Second oldest fish in the fish tank is beginning to pass  :'(

reaching low 20's today....gonna get burnt watching the footie! :D

You all over there seem to be getting the better of the weather as of late. Only 6 degrees here now, and that's the warmest it's been in days! 

Nice pictures mate, the carpet farm is as busy as ever. 

Impressive work on that mate, looks incredibly realistic like the real thing 

Looks great will, might have to try something like that for my 1/32nd models at some point. 

Certainly is an odd machine, nice pictures mate. 

Who knows Marky, put her and Fanny together and you might have one barely running tractor  :D

Why would that annoy you Beetie   Get it read and then you can drive 

Just the time to do the classes mate...takes away from FTF and tractor wheelie time  :D

Oh yes, and they said I couldn't do a wheelie with the car  :'( :D

The size of one of the local wild turkeys feeding under the bird feeders this afternoon...I wonder if someone has been purposely been fattening it up  :D

This at my spot on the table at supper time...have to read parts of it before driving classes start in May. 

Excellent Tim......

Just had a good read through the past three Journals......Keep the good work going mate...... :)

Cheers Martin 

ALL OF THEM TIMMY and the eggs oh and please make sure all the leaves, twigs etc are in the same place too  :D

PWTTTTTTTHHHHHHH  :P

May get a new group photo tomorrow 

I'm surprised Tight Wad hasn't seen this topic yet  :D

Very good Tim! 

Cheers Will

cool  wouldnt lke to see the stx and the tj arguing over an egg  they would be in a mess 

Cheers Rich

Happy Easter everyone

Nice one Timmy, what an imagination and at least my "deer" isn't that yucky yellow & green  :D How many HP does my deer have  :D

Cheers mate...the deer has 4 deerpower, one for each leg  :D

:D :D   Typical of old tight as bark on a tree  Ben to go hock his egg........and scott riding one of his zoo animals  :D :D :D  damn funny story

Cheers Rick

I can agree with that... very good Timmy B... cracking story (no pun intended)... fancy old Evil Bazza trying to nick my egg 

I have rubbed him out of my copy of the group photo  :D

Cheers Marky

I'm not in the group photo  :'( :'( :'( :'( Can we all gather back please and have another one taken  :D

Please don't tell me you are going to make me haul al of those tractors back outside to get one picture  :D

Today on Easter Sunday, the farm hosted a tractor egg hunt for several of the members of FTF. The objective of this event was for each member to drive around on a tractor, and pick up an egg with a jumbo Jaffa Cake inside. The event was a big success, and the farm would like to host more FTF events in the future with more members.

As Marcus could not make it to the egg hunt, he volunteered to hide the jumbo easter eggs around the farm on Saturday evening:

All of the members that participated got up early on Easter Sunday, and arrived at the farm around 7:30. They then got in their tractors, and waited until the farm owner gave them permission to begin:

As soon as the farm owner blew the whistle to begin, the tractors scrambled everywhere:

First off is Andy the boss racing down the farm track on his new New Holland 4wd:

He spots a bright orange egg at the end of the track, sitting on top of the dirt pile:

Next up is Jason in a Case Quad Trac:

He spots his egg near the woods after a bit of searching:

After Jason is Gavin on the old IH 560:

He spots an egg in the pig pen almost instantly:

Next comes Ben:

Ben finds his egg right near the grass plants by the road leading to the entrance to the farm. Some members claimed to have seen him driving his egg away to a pawn shop to exchange for 99p:

After Ben follows Marky:

Marky finds his egg at the base of the oak tree in the middle of a small grass field:

Following next is Nathan:

Nathan finds an egg with his favourite colour on it under a bridge:

After Nathan comes Sean roaring along in the IH 5288:

Sean finds his egg in the middle of a new field started last spring on the farm:

Garret and Mark follow after Sean:

They both found their eggs on the sides of the large field:

Following next is Rick on a John Deere utility tractor:

Rick finds his egg near the new field the farm recently started:

Following up are Martin and Will:

Each of them find their eggs near the large field:

Last but not least, Scott takes up the lead using a different means of transportation:

Scott finds his egg at the base of the compost pile:

Even though he was not invited, the evil Bazza made an appearance at the event:

After trying to steal Marky's eggs and failing, he went to look for his own egg. Fortunately he found an extra one on the road to the woods:

After everyone was done collecting their eggs, they lined up across the firm and dry part of the large field for a group photo. Everyone even decided to include the evil Bazza in their photo:

Visible in the pictures are some signs of new life of the farm. After Easter, the grass seems to grow again and the trees begin to grow their leaves again. Spring has officially arrived, and it will not be long until it is in full swing:

That's all for this week folks, hope you enjoyed. Next week will be Farm Journal #1

Nice work Ben. .  .does my bum look big in those overalls?!!  :D

I used the dust saved from sanding blocks down mixed with PVA to fill in the gaps Ben, works well. Could use sandpit sand in the same way though.

Now, what was it you were saying about Mark and Erecting? I know the man is a recent father but please, this is a model forum!! 

:D

Oh deere Tris, you never fail to make me laugh!! Good to have you back mate  :D

Some good pictures Ricky, looks like it was a good show. 

Go on and post them up Ricky, always interesting seeing pictures of farm model shows on your side of the pond. 

It has to virtually stop to change direction I believe, will try though Tim. 

Oh no it doesn't, you just have to be quick about changing the pedals if it is the lawnmower series I am thinking of