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No. I disagree. Messsure the bonnet length on both the Britains TW20 & UH 7810. They are both 6cyl FORDs & their bonnet lengths are both 47mm. Now messure the old Britains 6600 & Marge 7610. Both 4cyl & both bonnet lengths 40mm. The 7710 sould fall near the 4cyls with its bonnet length.

The ERTL is hopeless next to any Britains ,Marge or UH Ford. Its sitting too high for starters, bonnet is too wide,detail is s**t, & the cab is the worst ive seen for a 1/32 in both Q & SQ . The SQ cab roof on the ERTL TW is awful.

The Britains TW20 casting is the better option by far if you want the tractor to blend in well with the rest of the Fords. Just give it bigger boots.

But just because they were both 6cyl doesn't mean that their bonnets in real life were the same length, by that logic the TW-25 and TW-35 would also be the same. I put Britains wheels and cab roof onto an Ertl TW-20 to make it an SQ TW-15 and I'm pleased with the way it blends in.

I'm inclined to agree with SPN, the Britains TW-20 was around 1:34

What I used when making Ford decals was Eurostile, but stretched slightly

Lovely stuff Denis

I don't think front mudguards were factory-produced until the Force II TWs

I did some older wooden silage trailers, can be seen in http://www.farmtoysforum.com/forum/index.php?/topic/16892-silage-trailer/

He asked if Britains had ever done a TS115A and I was merely pointing out that they had planned to and then for whatever reason it was delayed.

When the first pictures were shown of a TS-A with front loader it was set to be badged as a TS115A. The T6020 badge on it now is completely incorrect

Yeah, Magirus Deutz were available in the UK, Warner Hall covered the development of the lorries (and the missed opportunities) in Model Tractor magazine earlier this year.

It's like the Ship of Theseus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus) or Trigger's Broom!

The Ertl TW can be made to fit in with the Britains one by putting on new shoes and cab roof

They badged it as a TW-20 first day and then realised they'd messed up - it would be a TW-20 in about 1:35 or so - hence why it was changed to a 7710, which the size suited better, even if the engine block didn't. Why it was then rebadged as a 5610 is anybody's guess

Maybe paint the front hubs blue

Are the rear mudguards a little too angular and not rounded enough? Also I didn't think that front mudguards came as standard until Force II?

The bigger back wheels look better than on the Britains

Warner Hall said in one of his Farm & Site articles that his prototypes were the closest anybody would come to a blue production model

Wow

Axle from a JD4020, large tyres from Henri Walker

Plenty of Photoshop went into that picture  .

It almost looks like it's 1:64!

Oooh an Imber was used eh?! Nice idea, was it difficult to dismantle/assemble? The TS looks mint Ciaran 

Imber cab screws off easily enough

When first writing about the development of these trailers in Farm & Site, Warner Hall said they were 3/4 tonnes

I use the windows from Britains boxes, cut to shape

Try rorsday (Rory Day, Classic Tractor editor), there was a feature on Mick Cooper in CT a few years ago

Was a bit alright! Header and chute (shortened) from a Britains Claas, Siku wheels and a lot of styrene!