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I've never seen one in the flesh, but that looks like a very tidy job. 

I always like to spy on other people's farms.  Good pics.

Thanks again folks. 

spot on john, have you any more pictures of the complete set up on the nh mate??

Not happy with the 6080, Sean so have ripped it to bits again.  Hope to get it done soon, but got a lot of other stuff to do. 

Very impressive line up. I don't think I've ever sen so much red-yellow in one place. 

Seems there are a few 'collectables'  not making what they were even a few months ago.

Very nice line up of machines and very well photographed in that setting too. 

Bought a 1tb hard drive to backup all my stuff in order to clean out a PC. Did so and found the new drive has corrupted the data somehow. Currently running recovery software to try and get it back - only 23 hrs to go.  >

You'll see better once they're cleaned up. Hope you snagged the scraper and the trailer wheels too, while you were there. 

Thank you everybody. 

I'm not a huge JD fan, but I have to say that is one impressive line up! Very serious standard of modelling. 

Big operation! Lifter doesn't seem to be using GPS either 

Clever idea with the strap hanging from the elevator for the truck drivers.

Its from an Accurate Armour gun tractor resin kit, but to be honest I only used their cab, wheels and part of the chassis (which was twisted by the way!!) the rest of it is scratch built. Its in 1:35 scale, but it looks fine next to everything else.

I fancy one of their Ruston Bucyrus kits but they're not cheap. 

Doesn't look rough to me either. Very nice job. 

I decided to  have a go at some decals myself and I'm not sure about them, it's difficult to match the decal to the paint colour.

Couple of people asked what it is from - a 4m Replicagri power harrow cut down to 3m and harrow tines from a Joskin scarifier  but the rest is scratch built.

Just what we expect from you Damian - brilliant. Just the right faded chassis colour, rust & grease and I do like the eyes on the wires. 

Good find on the tyres Marcus

I think you're getting the hang of it Mark 

Hmmmm......a bit messy on the load, and I reckon we could follow you home bt the trail of carrots dropping off the loader.  ;D

Why on earth am I looking at a vid of a view from a tractor cab? 

Oops! Will she climb out if the drill were dropped off? (assuming you can get it off  ) But then I suppose you've got to wait for a frost to retrieve it. 

Sowing beans? 

Not a real pig because there is still some grass left 

TT reckons the hens are (maybe!) L to R, ISA hybrids, Rhode Island Red male, Black Rock, Leghorns 

As above - most outdoor jobs in winter. Lifting and feeding turnips (swedes) by hand then forking them out the trailer to sheep on the grass.

Or moving electric sheep nets on swedes when wellies stick in the mud and the hoggs are so ravenous they get tangled up trying to get to fresh feed and the net is catching on the swedes, and it's snowing.

.... We don't have sheep anymore   

Strangely, neither do I. 

ah well thanks lad but i cheated for that picture is a year old art least but there is'nt much different 

Don't believe you FM - I reckon that pic is 9 years old ;D  You've kept her very tidy though. 

Oh dear, I can remember singling by hand. I twas a good day if there were four or five of you, but on your own like that pic it was a killer. 

We grew a lot of sugar beet and veg and in the 60s father bought a 'gapper' - 3 big scalloped steel wheels mounted at an angle to the rows which moved the soil in 4" blocks and left the plants in the scallops. It was OK if all the seeds sown had germinated.

We stopped growing when the sugar beet factory at Cupar in Fife closed in the 60s. Up until then we used to haul the beet to the station and tip them into railway wagons (basically the old 'coal wagons') for delivery. 

Will do my best to get there - never been to Birmingham before. 

Just caught up with the last three pages and my poor little peasant farmer brain is well confuzzled. 

Lovely model PR. A bit of a coup to get the prototype too - nice one. 

I have a very early memory of driving one of those on a neighbour's farm. They were great for kids with the bench seat.