mr softie

re reply 15, the cab on the mf 35 looks like a duncans cab off a 135, you can see where pieces have been added eg round the rear fenders and at the joint with the bonnet and the roof looks like an addition too

hi andrew i missed you again, i was in the small field with the vintage tractors and as for the que being to kinross it was more like up as far as bills front door from 930 in the morning im glad i got a quick look around in the morning it was a good selection of vintage and for one of the smaller shows an excellent variety of new machinerty as well, great pictures andrew and next show im at and your their well need to say hello

hello fellow ftf members my names brian a.k.a. mr softie, i grew up in a farming background in the stirling area and as a young person had a wide variety of britains models (sadly played with and lost the boxes), i left the farming approxamitly in 1990 to become an ice cream man (hense the name) i kept my hand in at the farm helping at busy times such as harvest and hay time  and kicked my collecting habit off again roughly five years ago, and  had lookedd at the ftf but never signed up , by chance i met bill at the g and m isle of skye hotel show and he convivced me to join and once again it taken me about 3 months to write this intro, just need to get roung to listing my collection now and getting some photos up, and the main point of my collection is john deere`s, regards brian

Well yes Brian...and cheaper that way too. I can never seem to get a right "pint" in England no real beer like McEwan's export or a "black n tan" 1/2 Export and 1/2 sweetheart stout ;)

now theres a blast from the past, black n tan uve got me in the mood im off to the off licence

No bar at Southwaite services Brian but we can met up for a Costa or a Magnum ;)

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we will arrange that nearer the time, really looking forward to this show now

just met iup with a collector who`s selling his collection and bought

a mint 8400 precision, agrisum 6920 row crop conversion,agrisum 6920s front weight conversion, a mint unboxed 3350, mint boxed britains 130 grain drill

whilst at the moira show i bought a mint boxed 3350 with genuine ertl metal britains type 3 point hitch

a 6820 conversion with front linkage and weight block

a 7430 conversion with front linkage and weight block

a 8345rt and a terraflex for my joskin tanker

a 6820 with front loader, boxed set of stoll attachments for loader

a pdc 3350 and a pdc mchale bale wrapper

ill be at the show as well, accomidation booked , thanks to bill for saving me a fortune with his advice on how excellent the displays are, zwolle will need to wait for another year

Sorry Brian I should have taken Joe over to you and introduced him too you but as we headed to looks at the Wm Nicol Magnum lorry ( Joe used to drive one ) you looked extremely busy with queues of customers. After that we just walked about and viewed and talked with folk and before we knew it it was 3.45pm and the exhibitors were starting to load up and go home. As you say it seems to be a growing show. It must be 4 to 5 years since I was last there and certainly the quality of tractors and lorries has gone up substantially.

yes bill that was the buisiest balado steam event for me in the last ten years, i was the same i saw you and joe walk past and the next time i looked up it was quarter past four, that mf 690 sat their all day on the sat as well

i think some of the cadets went and got ice cream from you  will look out for you some other time will you be attending fife show

hi andrew im not sure if im at fife yet but will let you know, a bit all over the place this year, and as bill says if im on the ice cream introduce yourself mention the ftf and ill manage a discount 4 you

very tidy excellent model, i remember when we added one to our fleet of 2 3140`s nd 2140, it was easy to identify at the other side of a field due to the black nose decal, good to see the hard work and effort to make your model

yes have to say it was one of the better shows at balado, the weather was excellent and got the attendance up on previous years, mind you not that i saw much after 11am apart for the inside of the freezer, was good to see you bill now that i realise catkom3 was the gent with that wonderful tracked mf (that sounds worrying comeing from a john deere man) wish i had had a chance to say hello, but we will meet one day, and missed andrew as well, lets hope we have similar weather next year and the show can go from strength to strength.

good man mr softie,it was a pleasure to meet you and good to hear all your john deere stories......got lots of jd info from you which will be put to good use,thanks for making the trip and i dont think ive seen the last of you....

it was good to meet you bor, and with the excellent quality of your scratchbuilds i garuntee that we will meet again in the future, keep up the good work

just in the door after such an enjoyable trip to moira, couldnt beleive the quality and hard work put in to all the diarammas on display, and im glad i managed to get across to see the show rather than just look at pictures and read reports in the magazines will attemp to get the pictures i took up when i figure out how to work this computer

a bit late with the list` and i went a bit over the top for my first visit to spalding

8295R show model

8345R , 8020 prestige

joskin vacu tanker

joskin multi thing for the tanker

pdc 6420s and 2 sets of weights

8330 tracked conversion and blue subsoiler (and forgot to get the name of the stand)

and several different variasions of the uh valtra t

model farmer hard copy (cant wait til this is a permanent feature

and had to drag myself away before i bought several of the 40/50 series conversions thought i better leave something for october

they were very nice jamie, i alomst gave in and got one, 190 euros each mind, sure if neils sees the pstr he will oblige with some more pictures of them for you

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i nearly gave into the deere`s to but it was 190 pound not euros will just need to wait til the next show

Well   I just boxed up the last 6 tractors that were finished today   the car has been valeted inside and out (gets done every 6 months the day before Spalding) the car is now packed ready to be on the road 6 o'clock in the morning :)

Hope to see a good few FTF members tomorrow (make sure you introduce yourself)

hi paul just got home and red this post, i bought a 6420s off you just after the show opened and didnt introduce myself, over the moon with the model and the 3350 is very good detail,

Brian

The only thing remember Mr Lordie is Massey mad so there will be no John Deere stuff for you

Seriously Brian if you are near Mark's you should go along since despite being Massey mad he is a great FTF member on here who we get a laugh at and with almost 24 /7. A really great character and model collector.

thanks for that bill, i wont make it down in time on saturday but will arrange an extra day for the next show

Oh yes Brian... you'll be like a kid in a sweet shop on the day I'm sure..

If you are free on the saturday before.. and near Cambridge... and want to meet some like minded... er... 'wierdos' then feel free to pop in to my place ater 10am for a coffee and a jaffa cake.

hi thanks for the invite , unfortunatly i wont make it down in time on the saturday to meet up but will endevour to ensure i have an extra day for the next show, hopefully will meet a few ftf members on sunday many thanks brian

as a newbie to the model shows and this my first trip to spalding im startin to get that feeling like a kid at christmas roll on sunday

 

You are allowed to buy another you know "laugh out loud"

i will buy another when they become available again it says a few posts ago that tere all sold and there not available on the website, but fingers crossed they`ll be available soon

a really outstanding model, over the moon with the one i purchased just wish i knew there was a few with front linkage as well, excellent model

hi bill had a good day at perth on sat and was good to meet you, graham and michelles display was first class, and the show seemed to be buzzing met a few people and was good to talk to people about models and vintage tractors, next show im heading for spalding on the 10th for the show on the 11th

hi bill lets hope for a good year and fingers crossed that the weather is good this year