Andy

Thought I'd share the recently photographed 'Vintage Harvest' piece from the above. Quite an incredible piece in terms of detail and extremely weighty but not to many people's tastes. If anything, good inspiration for a 1/32 diorama if you can machine the loader!

1 hour ago, catkom3 said:

I'm still having issues, When I first launch my browser ( Brave ) I get a message saying " page cannot be found ", I have unread content set as one of my favourites, But when I click on the unread content everything comes up no problem,??

Regards

Joe.

Sounds like your browser may still be trying to find cache files of the forum located at the old location. Have refreshed or removed them joe? 

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15 minutes ago, catkom3 said:

Yep I tried at least 4 times with differing URL address's, Played fine on 32Models, But copy pasteing into an empty URL, it played fine but than ran onto the next video,??? It may be because Atte has them on " Watch " 

Regards

Joe.

 

The developer has just told me FB recently changed their coding for embeds (yet again) so it'll transition through on next forum update, including total embedding of FB posts also. Will notify on the update page once its working again. 

Just now, catkom3 said:

Thank you Andy, I did that, But the following video, was not fit for a family forum, A wee bit ladish,?

Regards

Joe.

Hi Joe, I was tinkering to see why the link would not embed into the post. You tube seems to have no issue. FB shouldn't either. 

2 hours ago, Tractorman810 said:

asked to log in as per mikes post, got told some sfifs key did not  match ?? closed safari and then  re opened and in fine mate, threw me at first mind 

small update andy ,have also had to refresh my bookmark in my favourites as well ,as the original was opening as page unknown ?? showed me as logged in  at the top mind 

That’ll be because we’re now located at farmtoysforum.com rather than /forum I think Sean. I’d done the same. 

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11 hours ago, SPN said:

Great to have black text on white background back

The grey and purple thing was very hard to read

This default theme will still be available even when the alternative is back. It's perfectly reasonable to have a choice so that's why we'll keep it running. 

We've just had to reset the theme back to the old one temporarily whilst reviewing a few 'bugs' that have crept into the new one. It'll revert back once this has been resolved.

On 2/18/2021 at 8:51 AM, robbo said:

There has been some discussion recently on what some newer models from the likes of UH are making, here is proof that some golden oldies also still command good prices albeit in a mint condition.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Corgi-Toys-54-Fordson-Power-Major-Tractor-with-Half-Tracks-original/324485387880?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

I was watching it thinking that if it didn't make any more than £50 then I might have a bid, we are way beyond that now

Corgi's are commanding decent prices currently. This one is probably more desirable as it is hard to find with complete original tracks. Would not surprise me if it got to £200.

13 hours ago, Tractorman810 said:

all seems ok andy ,but i do have a complaint  , which i feel requires my plastic 50p back, following last nights un expected talking  with the other half , i now have a list of stuff to do as long as my arm for me week off due soon,  cant help but think this wouldn't have happened had normal service been in progress  

Still a bit more work to do which should complete early next week.

15 hours ago, mb86 said:

I have just posted some photos on my collection topic from my phone, the quality of original photo was a lot better than what I can see on the forum, do I need to change a setting somewhere?

Could you post a link to the topic please Martin. There should be no change to images. 

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There was a minor server glitch I think Smithy which might explain that brief outage you saw. The Image top left as Gav says is a link to home but it's main purpose will be the forum logo. A new one at that as we make some changes to FTF for 2021. It's being tweaked to better display than current position though! 

There were a few American sellers churning these and the Deutz Allis out, sometimes under £100 a few years ago. Obviously the hassle of getting them over the Atlantic but a good investment going by today's values.

1 minute ago, Tractorman810 said:

Phew glad it  wasn't that plastic 50p i put in the leccy meter sunday eve after all andy 

Thankfully not this time! Some will notice we have also re-introduced signatures within the forum. If you had an existing one, you might need to reupload the image.

Please accept my apologies on the recent outage. To put it simply. Some of FTF's DNA deep within the system from year's gone by inadvertently corrupted a fairly standard upgrade so needed a specialist to clean up the old mess and get us back. Should be fine now.

Just a footnote that we will be carrying out some other work to the forum in the coming weeks but should not result in downtime. I will try and warn in advance if it does! 

It's a bit of minefield but I suspect some rules and practices will change as the year moves on, especially for B2C transactions. There should not be any significant adverse additional charges for the customer in the UK or EU (from a VAT registered seller) albeit shipping costs have definitely increased and there may be a handling fee.

I think the main problem area are sales between private individuals including those attending shows to sell across the borders. They won't have the VAT registration as a means of reclaiming the tax paid. I'm sure a business attending a show can make a temporary import/export declaration and account for the  actual sales at their usual accounting dates throughout the year. Again though, paperwork for the seller will be essential and could be problematic (time consuming) if you get the wrong customs official at the border. 

Out of interest Cyril or anyone in the ROI, how do the parcel motels work North of the Border? Are people moving to using these more now? 

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On 21/01/2021 at 4:25 PM, Janval said:

Keep in mind that all sellers that have an interest in dealing with anyone outside EU are supposed to withdraw "EU VAT" before British VAT applies, so the difference shouldn't be all that big. It all depends on the seller however. 

This means you should receive an invoice "VAT Free" from EU and pay VAT upon arrival. You're not supposed to pay tax on taxes regardless of borders. Sellers can easily choose not to comply, but that's not how it's supposed to be working. I always ask that question, if they're registered for it and that I have to pay VAT upon import.


Btw. Nice touch with the postman claiming in the taxes  That doesn't happen up here..


Edit: https://www.ecovis.com/global/vat-on-e-commerce-in-norway/ Here's a link on how this system works in Norway, don't know what the British system is called, but I'd expect it to function somewhat the same way - besides the fact that this places the responsibility on the sellers to register and report the VAT, not the postman  No costs to it as I could see.. Just a bit of extra work I suppose.

That's exactly correct. From what we've been told, there shouldn't be any VAT on the supply from the vendor. From UK to EU, there shouldn't be any VAT within the transaction if that seller is VAT registered. From that the type of goods and value then dictate the fee at border. If the goods are 'used', that also makes a difference to something brand new. 

41 minutes ago, Stabliofarmer said:

I'd be interested to know the story with the E27N's. 

Are they built using the original 70 year old tooling? just with the axle area of the mould modified? Surely they either haven't kept hold of the moulds for all that time, or they weren't in good enough nick to use for a production run of 7500 items.

Which would suggest they are new toolings... in which case why on earth make them so close to the original. Surely if you where making new tooling you'd go away and make a model that meets the same detail standards as the recent heritage range. To have an anniversary model and not demonstrate how the companies skills have moved on doesn't make much sense to me. Even if they kept the main casting and just put a new set of wheels and steering axle on it would be a significant improvement.

Equally why not use the tooling for the plinthed 8715 version? Was this a diecast or a resin model? Either way it was a much more realistic representation than this new release.

Maybe its just me, but if I wanted a heritage Britains item, I'd buy the vintage one, with actual heritage, not one that's just rolled of a production line thousands of miles away. Having said that I'll still be buying one or two of these releases because of the price 

It'll be new tooling and copied on the original toy. We explored re-running their old TW tooling to re-produce the County that never was (in blue) in the early years of discussions with the then head of Britains, Craig Varley. He advised that most was lost or destroyed in the transitions between factories. We also provisionally planned to run the Ford Highway tractor Ltd Edition with the old Rear Dump Trailer as a special set but again, the lack of tooling for the latter ruled it out. Would have been a smart set mind you!

There seems to be a thing currently with re-running vintage issues with Dinky Toys being reproduced. These have proved to be pretty popular.

There used to be great dialogue with the company and for all the time he was complained about, Craig Varley was probably best one they've had since the early 00's. Both he and FTF members were instrumental in getting some great advancements in the Britains lines. Particularly the new rear hitch, the Internationals, Fords and classic Deeres. Rory Day played his part too. It's a different company now though, with good intentions, but looks to have a rather hazy approach to product development!