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Siku figures sound quite malleable, perhaps Britains workers can be softened up too. If so, I may have plans for Mr & Mrs potato picker...

Thanks Tris I may dig out my old set, though from what I remember the figures I had (late 80s) were inferior to the Britains/Herald ones

Spot on. Going back to my original link I noticed the guy in the corner wearing green boots and fork (who looks like he's fending off some inordinate animal) i was initially dismissive, wondering how easy/practical it would be, but it's only a short distance and gravity assisted...

Ouch, just looked at Amazon prices Thanks for the reference though, the library might have it.

Thanks

yup nice one milo. Bit of a difference in weight between that and a hay bale.. it looks like Britains got the scale of the small rectangular bales slightly wrong in that case.

Did you mean this?: http://www.gaugemaster.com/search_results.asp?OB=c_a&searchstring=1:32+preiser&andor=View&searchtitle=1:32%20scale+Preiser&style=main&method=kws&strType=arch These are quite good (if expensive) but not many farm labourers Is there a site with pictures of most, or all, past-present Britains farm figures? Unfortunately I sold all mine 10 years ago

Your right perhaps shes been working out! Ideally I need a figure dragging or rolling a bale, but I've not yet seen one I can modify. This image was the inspiration:

Wasn't the original metal trailer one of the first implements that Britains released?

I've been after a Britains figure who I can put on a full bale wagon, throwing the bales onto an elevator. I came across this on Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=170283547169&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=007 (the one left of the scarecrow in picture 4) I'm pretty sure I've seen her before somewhere and she wasn't carrying a bale originally. Does anyone recognise the red haired lady in the blue shirt?

9565...I thought the original with red chassis and metal racks was #130F?

John Deere 6630 and grain trailer passing through town

For anyone doing a quick repair or small paint job, I found a reasonable match for Deutz green in Antics model shop and used it on a DX6.50 cab roof:

I might try this, thanks

good idea. For quick hills I used to stick flat polystyrene slabs on top of one another with pva glue and cover with flock. Shape with a hot wire cutter or polystyrene cement.

Super6 saves the day, merci beaucoup Is this type listed in Pullen's tractor book?>

On the subject of unusual Deutz 4.57's, how rare/common is this bizarrely coloured un-branded Deutz: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=170279714078&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=007

Can you operate the wrapper from the cab? Cheers Chris

These are fantastic, so professional. Don't you have a job to go to Richard, or do you freelance for a photographic agency?

How many John Deeres does one need?

Still cant find anyone who sells original or authentic Deutz green in 100ml bottles

Doh! and it actually says so as well It looks so convincingly like the bigger version..

Look at this blue 760: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=400006742902&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=027 Lely conversion?

This looks like an interesting display surface, a chanille table cloth apparently. The lighter areas look like flattened stubble http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=170276694069&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=007

Lovely pictures of a lwb on the Britains blog: http://britainsfarmtoys.blogspot.com/