Valley Axe Man

The first of the agricultural trailers that i bought, this one a 4 ton Petit, built by RJN Classics, and comes with removable grain extensions......

" Three wheels on my wagon...... errrr tractor!!!" The collections two rowcrop tractors, both standard UH in Super Major form and Nuffield Universal 4

It probably would work Sean, but the bales would have to be made of the right stuff, dense enough to pack into a bale but loose enough to allow the tines to bite in.

Glad you like the Leyland Bill, it's definatley something different, but also glad it brings back happy and good memories for you from days gone by

Cheers Justin, i'm hoping to get on with them sooner rather than later

"The RJN Roadless Triplets" ...... although i do have one RJN Roadless missing from my collection at the moment, a Blue and orange Super Major version... but given a bit of time i'm sure one will appear to fill the gap

Next up a pair of RJN Classics Roadless 6/4's, An early green and yellow version and the later blue and grey.

Cheers John, Credit for the Leyland has to go to Andy Years ago i told myself i'd steer clear of 1/16th and only collect 1/32nd but how times change!!! There still alot more to come to tempt you even more!!!

Thanks Justin, there still more to come so watch this space....... Funny you should mention the 4600 and 6600, both ongoing projects but the workbench a bit crowded with other stuff too, at the last count there was a Nuffield Uni4, the 4600, the 6600, another Doe, a 6 pot major, and a pre force 5000 thats in the process of gaining a turbo..... a bit more poke for the chopper!!

Thanks Shaun. Work does get in the way alot...... but it gives me the money to spend on the collection The Doe's, Timber tractors, Majors, 4000s and the 5000s are my handiwork, but the rest are either standard shelf models or handbuilt low volume. Is 1/16th big?....Yes.....Is 1/16th expensive?.......It can be!!........Is it something a bit different?......Definatley!!!!

........ And the tractor

Another Classic ploughing rig....... this time an RJN Roadless New Performance Super Major with RJN 3 furrow Ransomes plough The Plough.......

........ And here's the Ransomes plough coupled up to my RJN's County P50 crawler that it was bought for........ Classic Steel tracked ploughing rig

After a little bit of hunting i tracked down my Ransomes trailed plough.... built by G&M Originals

A couple of close up pics of the flat 8 grab pics show tines raised, and lowered

I'll take some better pics of the Ritchie grab David, I struggling to find a decent match for a 1/16th scale bale, unless i have a go and try and make my own. Glad you like the Leyland, there a few Nuffields an a couple more Leylands floating in the collection somewhere.

Aye your right there Joe.... some of Andy's builds with them included would be serious kit. Expensive but priceless

The Ritchie Flat 8, with working tines. better pic to follow.

Next up another Blue..... but not a Ford or Fordson, a Leyland 384, by RJN Classics and heavily worked on by Andy at Classic combines, with the addition of a loader, a Duncan cab, and rear oil drum counter weight. A loader wasn't much use without atttachments so Andy supplied a muck fork, dirt bucket and Ritchie flat 8 bale grab. This is another model thats on Andys website, also in the pipeline for attachments were a bale spike and Andy has mentioned a couple of other ideas so time will tell

Another DBP County, a 754 this time but although it takes up space in my cupboards, it is my mum that is the owner of this tractor, the blade built and added by DBP.

Sounds like it could get a bit expensive for you David..... Especially if you start talking to Andy Sewell, i only really set out to buy a rotoflail and weeks silage trailer, but 5 years or so down the line there are various expensive builds with my name penciled in beside them!! 1/16th has come on a long way in recent years, admittedly UH make one or two mistakes as they do in 1/32nd but my advice would be, if you've deep shelves, and deeper pockets then go for it bud!!

Thanks David, There only one problem with having alot of 1/16th...... an thats storing it all, most of it doesn't see light of day........ but it'll all get posted on here by the time i'm finished

Cheers Joe, glad you like the collection so far. yep Dad spent many an hour discussing that poole trailer with Andy, was only right to continue with the project There's still more to come!!

Thanks Wil i'll get some more posted up over the next few days.