Valley Axe Man

Anybody's thoughts on this?? Seems to bring mental images of next releases also being limited run Gun Metal and Gold versions?? Maybe i should bite on one as i have the other four red and one black...... but somehow doesn't look as appealing in white. Thanks to David (DM434) for the tipoff about them http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Universal-Hobbies-1-16-Case-IH-1455XL-Tractor-White-Beauty-Edition-1-of-10-/122513751929?hash=item1c86637f79:g:Ln4AAOSw8lpZJYpb

Bit of a clean down and wipe over ready for her first show of 2017 this weekend, the weather's looking good, last year she was one of 200 tractor entries, though i not sure how many are booked in for this year, there's at least 92 others as i've been given number 93 hopefully some photo's from the weekend to follow News update.... could be a little damp for the first day of the show.....showers expected for Saturday..... but hey-ho what will be will be,

A little bit of "Doe" history from way back in '62......

A couple of Archie Kidd brochures that again i forgot that i'd mis-placed......

Not really new brochures, but forgot that i had these and found them whilst looking for my Taskers Spreaders brochures to copy for Alf....... A Nuffield Universal Brochure and Price list, Spec sheet for a Leyland 4100 and a JWD range brochure

Sounds like you were really getting into it Stan ...... Does this mean we could see a Farming Simulator version of Mill Farm Organics??

Be a nice thing when you've finished it Martin, Looking forward to seeing more as work progresses, and good to see you still got that classy Defender workbench

Cheers for that Barry, might have to have a better look at one next time i see one, wouldn't mind the odd one in my collection of 32nd models

Nice collection Barry, How do you rate the Unimogs?

looks like you've been keeping busy and been clocking up the miles touring about there Smithy

Very very nice , by the looks of it your the envy of many Martin....

Fingers crossed James though thought it wouldn't be a 5 minute job with your sizeable collection to get through

Hope the Boiler inspections went well James

A little update, Think the New Years resolution sort of fell by the wayside..... Weekends seem to be flying by and freetime seems to be abit thin on the ground but had her out the other week and took her for tour and tackled the climb of Jeffery Hill, stopped at the top to take in the view looking back over Chipping from my dad's final resting place, She climbed the hill no problem but it cleaned her out and blew a few cobwebs from the stack And down at the yard..... bit of a fleet photo Hoping it'll not be too long afore she's out and about stretching her legs again burning a bit more diesel

Cheers Erik and Martin, Well you never know down here bud .... always be prepared if you find a wet spot, or might come in handy if we end up with a trailer rolled over or laying in a ditch hahaha. No problem the two nuffys in the background Paul the one on the left is UH's Universal 4 and the one on the right is a RJN 10/60 with 14x30's and front tombstone weight.

It's been a while since anything came to join the collection , but the wee fella "Dodgy" Dave picked this up for me at Spalding last Sunday ,..... a RJN Nuffield 10/60 fitted with a Boughton hydraulic winch

Very impressive work

The bonnet and panel came off Phil Hairsine, he'd built one up for Stuart Borthwick and set about casting a couple,He had plans to build a handful of 802's and 804's but it never happened so before he passed away he gave me a bonnet and panel and said one day i'd get round to building myself one.

Cheers Paul, sort of been inspired to do a bit more to it as quite fancy seeing it paired up on UH's new Tarrup 1350

Loving the 3 cylinders together in that pic Justin fantastic

Cheers Sean, the dash panel is off the original scaledown down Leyland 384 but the console itself was one of the the castings that came along with the bonnet, just needed cleaning up and then shaping abit more to the inside of the cab. Like your idea of using Marge wheels, on the real 4wds they were more fitted on narrower rubber. don't quite know how long it'll take me to get it finished, More updates as work progresses

Cheers, from memory Paul it's a Dave towse donor 804 for the cab and floorpan, and a good few years ago i got given a couple of resin Leyland bonnets, and a resin cast cab interior, that Phil Hairsine had cast after he'd done a similar build of an 804 for Stuart Borthwick, Phil put his on a scaledown Nuffield 4/65 chassis, but i had a part built Leyland 384 so i used that instead, it's been on the bench for about 2 years but keep doing a bit to it, it's just recently started sitting on imber rears and UH renault hedger fronts, as there's a similar specced Leyland 802 parked not far from the yard where i keep my Major. Floorpan still needs abit more fitting as does bonnet but am getting there slowly.........

Cheers Ben and Martin , Aye she'll be an 802 bud, most probably a Marshall

Don't really do much in the way of 32nd scale stuff these days but playing about with this as time allows....