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just had call from local Claas dealer and a black and white 30000 jaguar forager harvester is waiting for me to collect it - saw the real one at Agritechnica and knew it had to be done in 1/32 !

back from germany !

Fendt katana forage harvester

Claas 695 forage harvester

Valtra t in Gold/brown

Valtra n series black and white cow markings

fendt xylon

challenger rogator sprayer

amazone power harrow drill combi

kuhn 6metre folding flail topper

combines and snakes dont appeal much to me and i certainly didnt want to drag such a huge box around or on the plane !

A Ros Grimme potato harvester - arrived today , having waited over 20 years for it to arrive i have to say it is a superb heavy well made model - very pleased !

I think i may also come in the 5000+ or sad box !!!

Started collecting when i was very young and kept everything i could get and also had a couple of very friendly reps who used to let me clear the "box in the boot " !! My father also used to bring home a bag if he ever went to a show or demo .

Always thought i was the only odd person until i got in contact with Rory !!

main interest is 1965 - present day - all the stuff from my era ,

collect all tractors from all over the world but very keen on anything odd, strange or unusual .

very few filed ,tried to log them once on a database - gave up 1/2 way through the letter A !! stored in files ,boxes and cupboards in my house and my fathers !!!

more interesting would be what is everyones favourite brochure out our collections ?

Average field size for us is 4.5 acres !! biggest on farm is 13 acres and that used to be 4 fields until we removed  the hedges !! Self propelled forager doesnt take long do a field when its only 2 acres !!

i am sure the manufacturers dont like it ,but then they do put or give out the brochures along with wooly hats ,sweets bottle openers  , dvds  etc etc . so they do know what they are doing ! i am sure they will get more than just a brochure for anyone who is a genuine buyer and not just a tyre kicker !

as a youngster the local reps always used to drop in all the new brochures for me as they knew i collected them and i suppose they hoped my father would also look although it was always unlikely we would buy a combine or an artic tractor - they still dropped them in for me if they had them . so i suppose a lot may also depend on who you are !! ??

at the end of the day it is the arrival of ebay that has created a global supply and demand for all collectables be it models , brochures or mcdonalds toys ! dont forget what was free 30 years ago you are all paying big bucks for now because of ebay .

agree with Rory to a point !

not everyone can get to the shows ,demos etc , very easy for those in the trade to attend and get any brochures they want , but what if you live 350 miles away , average field size is 4 acres and farm size approx 200 acres , local machinery dealers dont even know what some of the big kit is from their own brands - quadtracs,xerion , challenger , nht9 or even a lexion !!!! Then there are brands with no dealers in certain areas ,and more and more people collecting models wanting a brochure to go with it !

most companies are very helpful when you ask ,and with the quality of most new brochures they are themselves making them more and more collectable themselves .

not that long ago we all thought that brochures would be replaced by the internet !

do the tractor companies really mind ? seems to be more and more promo stuff around if you can get to the shows , isnt there an old saying that any publicity is good publicity ??

there are many sides and opinions to this debate !!

i also have the 1959 new lines/crown leaflet , has a complete set of farm buildings and farmyards which are very very rare , when they do turn upthey either make next to nothing as nobody realises what they are or a small fortune as some people do know how rare they are !!! great hunting though !!

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yes ,i can confirm it was a ready brek farm ,i bought one set several years ago thinking it was a britains farmyard which had been taken apart but although very similar the sheds were not exactly the same , late last year however i found another complete set still in the original box it was sent in !! came complete with a bag of awful charbens animals and a wooden base board with a ready brek farm sign !!!!!!!!  still trying to find out who the maker is !

I love all the old buildings not only are they unusual and different they are also uncharted waters as nobody know much about them - happy hunting !!

Dairycrest for us ! only picking up near the main roads , approx 4" on snow on ground down here and all back roads are just frozen solid , fed up with it now !!

emptied the bulk milk tank using the slurry tanker !!!!!!!!!!

no post either for 4 days now !!!!!!!

top model harvests green beans and the bottom is a sweet corn harvester.

both models were at agritechnica and are incredible ! just wonder how much of them is resin - be interesting for the post office !

Lemken had the sprayer at Agritechnica , but only in very small numbers , they told me they ordered 5000 and UH sent 500 , and they were offering approx 40 per day for sale at the show

great model i had the last one for sale on the wednesday at the show , nice to see a mounted model instead of self propelled or trailed !

got the ropa by good luck

tried on the tuesday and sold out by 10am , tried on wednesday all sold and then another box full arrievd while i was there !!! it is one of the best models siku have made and good value for its size compared to some other models

siku profi unimog is also excellent !

now unpacked from Germany !!

ros nh 7070

ros nh hydrogen tractor

ros joskin 2.7m pasture topper - waited years for this !

ros joskin pasture/shallow injector

siku profi unimog

siku ropa sugar beet harvester !!!!!!!!!

Uh kuhn self propelled mixer wagon

uh lemken mounted sirrus sprayer - at last a mounted sprayer !

weise deutz 13006

weise fendt 615

wiking fendt 828

uh horsh joker cultivator

uh claas xerion 3800 in white

norev claas 108 combine

think thats the lot !!  just wonder if ANYONE  bought the JD show boxed set !!!!!!! ??????

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what about our black siku versions - i think the whole thing is on a self distruct mission !!

a very very nice model, I always wanted real 6800/6850 but have a 6400,n111 and m130 instead .

was it very easy to do ?

awesome model , that makes collecting worth it when there is so much other stuff available , cant wait for this to arrive !!!!!!!!

a real peach !!!!!!!!!

this was also made in france and is perfect , even has control handles , i really like this model as we used to use one of these for silage when i was very young and also for cuttin kale , i then dragged it into use again when about 12 to top grass fields  but sadly it didnt like being on a big tractor and on rough ground so i broke the gear box !!!! memories !!

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Recently purchased from France , an excellent model , it is an ih mccormick 624 , dont think it was ever imported into the uk , but such a good model and i do like ih models so it arrived !!!

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as seen in Model Tractor magazine , is this the only one in the uk ,

arrived with a lot of help from Holland - thanks Jack !!

EXCELLENT MODEL !

i think the eurotrac model was made by Henri Winter from germany as i have a second almost identical model that i purchased direct many years ago , for some reason it was made with very very bad dual wheels so it was sent to Paul for an upgrade , now looks excellent , they will make a great pair together !

the middle silver fendt is a very poor model which i think was someone trying to make a fendt evo concept tractor , but it was all wrong so my 3 year old nephew had it instead  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!