Andy

I do think the photos are great and of excellent quality, and while acting against people simply stealing the photos is fine, I do feel that we should all meet a set standard if posting images on Farm Toys Forum. i.e. please only add a watermark in the top right, top left, bottom right, or bottom left areas of the image, in a sensible font and size (Times New Roman, size 10 for example) That way, everyone can enjoy the images. If you suspect someone is stealing images without permission, please contact me via PM or email.

Sonny. What about this set? Danish also?

I have added a new topic to report QC related faults. Will do the same for UH and siku and will forward lists on to the relevant contacts. For Britains - http://www.farmtoysforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=17717.0

Report any QC related problems with UH models here. A short comment describing the model, and the fault.

They are fairly large scale - 1/16th (ish) Although the earliest model was this one I think, which is 1/64? Made of wood. And the next pic is the MF model, didnt realise they make a fair bit of money!

You may be more inclined to think Lego is the stuff which you stick together to build things, but the brand also produced a line of premade toys, including these two ferguson tractors. They are collector gold nowdays, and rarely make less than ?400. These two appeared on ebay yesterday, I never knew a red one existed, and it is almost impossible to find boxed examples.

I have a feeling the old farm tooling may make an appearance from reading that Q&A session.

This should be the case yes, anyone who finds one, please post it up.

I recieved confirmation yesterday that Corgi will be releasing a line of 1:43 models in the second half of 2008. I will see if we can get any sneak previews!

I have been talking to ROS, and they should have a some more info and images on new releases in a week or so.

Thanks Brian, It will be a shame to miss you. Regarding T-shirts, I will get an order form setup. Will be easier I think, but you will need to be quick if you want it ready for Spalding.

Oh dear! I will let them know, but make sure you tell the supplier too, as it may be just 1, or whole batches like that, thus need to be checked!

I will try and get round and get some stall pics before it opens, but you can get some member "action" shots throughout the day if you like Ben! Regarding cakes, I will get a selection made, and yes, my sister (mel) will be making them I will have the shirts in large mostly, think that covers up to 44inch chest, but will also have a mix of smaller sizes and larger. If anyone wants anything specific, let me know!

We have just recieved our table allocation for the show in October. For everyone who attended in April, we are in the same position as that show. Just inside the entrance to the small hall. The format will be similar to the show in April, where we plan to show a model display farm, with hopefully, a few member models as show pieces. We are very lucky again to have one of Graham's buildings on show (pics to come soon), which we will be giving away as a raffle prize at the end of the day. On top of Grahams shed, we will be offering several other excellent prizes in the raffle, including a gold FTF model, and a collection of others from Britains and UH...so dont forget to visit us for tickets! We will be showing off all our limited edition models thus far, so the DT Ford 7000 and the Britains Ford 6600. We also hope to announce the next FTF model at the show, but this is yet to be confirmed! There will be a slideshow of information and details relating to FTF, hopefully giving people incentive to sign up. It would be good to have a live FTF broadcast, but the exhibition hall doesnt have internet which is a shame. For the first time, we will be selling FTF Polo shirts. There will be a limited number to start with in an attempt to gauge interest, with the hope of providing many more! We also will be offering lovely cakes and snacks to anyone who comes and has a chat with us, and of course, it will be great to talk to as many members as possible! I look forward to seeing you! If anyone has a question about the show, just give me a PM, or email me on info@farmtoysforum.com PS: I managed to get Colin Boor to open the model competition to customisations, so would be great to have a few entries from FTF members

Who is planning to attend from Farm Toys Forum? I'm flying in to do a feature on the show on the 13th and 14th, so would welcome any members to meet up with, or even travel down there with. Should be a great show!

Yes, We will be there. There will be a new topic opening next week regarding what we plan to do, offer, show etc..

Looks good Geoff. I see that the joomla framework is being used more and more for such websites. I use it for FTF and it is really good and simple to work with.

The John Deere artic looks nice. Trying to get C Varley to take one to the meeting on Friday, so we can get a closer look.

Its hard to say, as I think that particular tractor fluctuates in price, a lot more than other Britains. If really excellent along with the box, you wont be far wrong with ?50

Price wise, I would think it would be ?100 mark? Stan or Jason could prob confirm though?

Do ROS produce their models in Italy? It looks good and is something different, which has to be appealing. Photo from MS24

It does look nice. A lot of time and investment gone into that, I'm sure it will go down really well!

It depends alot on the weather really, and what your after. If its new models and conversions, you will be spoilt for choice at both Spalding dates. If its more obselete older models, its touch and go at both dates, but always interesting to try and spot something. I hope to come down to Toytrac this year for the first time. We are obviously having an FTF stand at both events, so make sure you all come and say hello, and maybe pick up a limited FTF tshirt!

Congratulations Sean, I've read this from start to finish and that is just fantastic work. Well done!

Thanks Tim for this information, slightly depressing that Christmas is already on the horizon and yet, we still havnt had our Summer in the UK I wondered when we would see the 1/32 STX, looks ok.