Andy

We had many images lost as a result of this. The content is all there, it would just require either relinking or re-uploading to the forum's image hosting. In the early years, capacity for images was limited so photobucket was seen as a godsend! Fast forward to today and it costs around £10 per month with Amazon AWS with our image storage currently sitting at 275 GB. Ten years ago this would at least be £100+ per month!

I'm led to believe the problem has been resolved now. I just performed a test here and upload worked fine. Any further issues, please post in here!

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Update - seems images are uploading however system glitch in recognising successful upload. Tech support is on-going but as a work around for the time being - when you upload, after the error comes up, refresh the page and go into the post and the image will be there, to which you can then submit.

The issue has been reported to Amazon so looking for a response hopefully later today.

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We use Amazon AWS for storage so will check and see if anything their end is holding things up.

Yep! Although I know very little about who was behind this maker. They produced some lovely tractors and combines.

What a wonderful model this one is and for a 1/16 piece, weighs a considerable amount indeed! I've not seen another one from memory so is a pretty rare piece. Just not everyone's preference with it being in 1/16. Not too many real examples about either I would think. Pictured is one of Crawford's, sold a while back.

Yes Joe. Not the type of implement on everyone's list but not sure there's many more like it in 1/32 scale.

Did the 115 pcs relate to the real tractor production too David? I got that impression from the certificate but wasn’t completely certain.

One of the most delicate 1/32 scale items I've ever had chance to handle. Brass detailing and superb refined parts! This example was factory built but also available as a kit. I quite like the colour scheme on this example, which was recently sold with us.

A recent model to pass through the auction room and one of the more unusual pieces in 1/32 to come across. Produced and Sold in Kit Form although I believe some were factory made (only 115 in either format).

North West Farm Models also attending via their website. S Frater attending via website.

I think it's safe to confirm the following in attendance through what's on social media or websites etc. G&M FM - New Models etc RJN - Hand Built to Order Classic / Vintage Andy's Dad - Obsolete Models 1/32 farming models - Custom Work, Parts etc Any others to add?

That's the only reference I can find Mike. The vendor advised they were from India so probably bought them from ebay! but no apparent further background.

We recently came across a batch of what appears to be Indian made model tractors that were sent to us. Approx 1/24 scale? Similar in concept to the old Milton / Maxwell issues but modern takes. Notable strong scent of paint on them and fragile is an understatement! With the Massey branding, plus others including John Deere, I wondered if anyone had any further information.

Have you tried contacting Colin Mike? If you find out, it would be good to have a list on here as I'm sure many will be asking the same question.

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Apologies, we should have had now resolved all the recent problems. The forum and images have been hosted with Amazon's AWS Cloud servers since the last major update. We had an authentication problem with accessing the account which knocked it offline briefly.

An interesting one! Any sign someone has over painted the yellow to match it all to that colour? Otherwise I'd say a great rare find!

I wouldn't think NWFM would have bid it up that far. I would like to think if its cheeky price fixing, it is usually done a bit more discretely! Could have been disgruntled customers wanting to plonk a lovely great £500 end of item fee on the account though! Or just two bored individuals having a laugh. Maybe even NWFM having a go at quirky advertising of their business! I bet plenty people have gone on to view the seller's other listings! Either way, the price is nonsense to the extreme.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BRITAINS-1-32-SCALE-VALTRA-VALMET-8750-TRACTOR-WITH-SNOW-PLOUGH-/114753088550?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286 It’s obviously not going to be paid and is a scam bidding war but why?

There will be two versions Joe, this lower graphics one and the more modern take which we previewed previously. Due to some of the new features being launched, we'll likely keep this one as the default option.

Very similar. I don't think there's much difference in the quality albeit majority of Country Artist range is a lot cheaper than BFA.