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think it's called smoke grey

nice going mark , but that first side on pic of that dusted ford looks like it's about to collapse in the middle 

first off mark you got to get it to fendthead for some cow muck weathering then you got to remove a door , break & remove s few windows & then rip at least one mudguard off, reverse ot least one of the rear tyres & change the colour of one of the wheels & fill the gap between the rear wheel & the mudguard with dung , & possibly weatherup any detail of the wheels as they'd be completly covered

:D  Will do Marcus.. I am sure I could 'borrow it' for a weekend sometime mate if you ever fancy doing your own 

wouldn't have a clue where to start mate 

screeners, diggers,plastics.cardboards, carrots ,potatoes , bmw's/ new masseys,old masseys, compactors , ...................it's all too much i cant keep up  \ ;D

thats not good mark , but it does seem she didn't want to go without getting the best from her !

when you go pick her up , keep matey occupied & get that splitting track & the clutch alignment tool will ya , i'll be down at tims waiting !

nice work chap , should never have been a 56 

ah so thats the chap that ruined deep purple  :D

  you'd think as a 'one off' special edition MAN tractor unit it would have been kept original 

look forward to that 

aw tim that 80 is right up your street ! as for me i'd be happy bumbling about in that 352 !

I stand corrected, I just assumed that the griffon was 2D, then again with custom paint jobs anything is possible (to an extent)

Two great paint jobs by the way Peter

agreed anything is possible , i suppose the standard angry pidgeon is 2D but got to say the decals on the model really set it off  

convo, have you got pics of the real thing mate  :)

got to say was never a scania fan as i found the original 4 series was an awfull truck have to say i'm reasonably pleased with mine & quite liking it , dont tell tris

no problem mate , i've also added, an AGRI type tractor tyre from a mechano set years ago that also helped with traction !

I'm pretty sure that's not the scanny griffon Marcus, I think the scania one is 2d and pretty sure it's just the head

the scania griffin isn't just done in 2d but still a great flourish for those trucks though 

your mate has a copy right on the scania griffin ?

got a nice finish on them though !

Any grease nipples he may have missed Marcus

well it wouldn't hurt to give it a quick squirt of WD40 when it's all back together would it

to be quite honest bill , if the only thing people moan about is a reversed tyre , the model it'self had been approved !

remove the cogs/gearwheels & clean them up with a small file , it's usually the remnants of the casting  that stops them from going around , same as the cam that moves the bales along in the lid of the pick-up reel area

cracking updates mark  good to see it being updated , the ford line up looks well mate , got some nice classics now 

Swish . nice word mate !

some good pics mart, looks like it's still all going on for you there mate , well done 

Really pleased with this magnificent Truck from Convo 

really liking that mark , they always look better when they don't have pictures of tractors covering them , sometimes less is more , he did a really good job of that 

shame siku dont do a DAF XF or VOLVO FH like wassa name ? um ....you know .... ? the real people who do the haulage

had the boys this weekend  & i forgot all about toytrack & rather narked with myself    as toms been looking forward to going this year , poor lad looked really dissapointed 

gutted  \

think i know where you mean tim , i used to work at moolham farm, i think i was the last tractor driver to actually work the farm before it folded , crippled by the debt the owner at the time gambled any funds he had away    i left before i was asked to go , it was a great shame , a good farm wasted really, run by a man who only knew what was what from books & that was read from the bottom of a whiskey glass

shame  he's had to give pottery farm up , the familly been there for years    really nice bloke tony is , i think his boy russel is working for graham farmer up over eagle cross way.

i saw tony up over at moolham a while back , i think one of the Lane brothers left him some land when he died.

Oh well mate... at least its repairable then.. fair play to you for putting these implements into preservation as well Tim... Pictures of the MF37 as well sometime please.

I think I've got one as well... unless Marcus has sold it for scrap  :D

marcus who 

indeed i could tim ,  many  puncture repairs on that old girl have i done ,

many many,     ...............

many ,many,many   

...........to many  \

far to many

far more than i'd have liked 

more than i'd like to remember 

i used to hate that thing  :'(

;D ;D

yeah i got a lot of stories about that old girl , like about the time i went hauling pig slurry with it , & the other time i went haunling pig slurry with it....... ohh & there was one time i went hauling , ah ........er pig slurry with it 

nah nice find mate , i take it you got it from tony brown ? last i saw it it was backed up in the gateway just before you get in the yard & was having problems with the pump, last couple of years i been thinking about seeing if he'd want to sell it , but didn't even know if he still had it !

but yes i've done a few thousand gallons with it up at cricket , of which a few of those loads you were sat up the cab with me mate ! mainly for the pigs , 2 days a week every other week if i recall but as well as the silage effluent, & washed out for clean water to soak the silage sheds out to get them scrubbed up for more silage .

first i used to haul it was that knackered 2wd 698  ! & the 3080 ,even used that old 590 with the wondering steering & wallys 290 for a few days !  good lord they never got out of low range all up past the court until the top fields  & even then that was only for a 100 yard stretch !  but the 698T was the kiddie to drag her about , i always thought the 2wd 698 & that tanker always made a great photo oppertunity, unfortunately another chance i didn't take 

thanks for that tim , made me smile that has