Valley Axe Man

Finally got round to posting up some pics of the development of Home Farm & Agri contracts, ( my mums own display) taken at various shows (due to the fact it isn't set up that often at home) as the display expanded over the last few years, and will post up future developments The Buildings and scenic materials are all model railway by Hornby and Javis, and the models are a mixture, there are further idea's in the pipeline as time allows.

I think the only thing missing this year were a few more "Custom" items for sale on traders tables, Maybe because of Spalding the week before but this year seemed to have a lack, No dis-respect to Ken, Martyn, PDC, 3 Oaks or Keith Paice, or George or Graham, as they all had quality "Custom" model builds on their tables. Just from previous years shows there seems to be less on sale this year and more of the general release / obsolete stock

The 1455 in the Pictures in various mags do look good, I'm hoping to be able to get my hands on one, to add to the 1/16th collection

Looking forward to seeing them bud )

Mmm that interesting, as information regarding the 1455 leads to a delivery date early 2013. Wonder if they for dealerships?

Thanks Graham......... My Display might have been Blue, but your Leyland tractor & Weeks trailer combo does it for me Your Display was fantastic with so many hidden details that leads you to the next..... only problem was remembering everything...........Is that a sign of old age?

20 mins away from us in the Valley, will probably be calling in at some point during the day with Andy (FTF Bulkerman) so will try and grab a few pics too

Industrial Triple "D" as featured in Stuart Gibbards book "The Doe Story" And a Doe in barn find condition as weathered up by Dan Higgins

Valley Timber Services Fordson major with loader and sawbench made it down to the show, As did VTS pre-force Ford 4000, drafted in to power the logsplittter

Cheers Barry, i've a couple more pics to put up yet Just got to thank UH for making their 1/16th tractors easy to swap parts on!! :laugh:

20...... No sorry 22 Doe's on Display, 15, 1/16th scale, 4, 1/32nd scale and 3, 1/87th scale Another shot showing a couple of Valley Timber Services 1/16th scale tractors in the foreground,

Some Good pictures there Jordan

I think John built the cage wheels himself when i was talking to him on sunday, but Dave Towse of TowseTrading used to do them to sell.

Thats always the case Tris, somebody always beats you to the rare stuff!!

Aye we didn't do too bad getting back up north Barry, 5 and a half hours with a delay at Stafford and a quick toilet stop in Cheshire. Your journey home a bit bad was it??

My buys from Toytrac were....... A couple of brews........ :laugh: No seriously..... Norev's Claas Jag 690 (grass header version) & a Marge 7610 gen 2 2wd courtesy of Barry A Marge 7610 gen 2 4wd, & a pair of HLT tractor drivers off Mandy and Fraser, A Doe 180 and a Bamfords wuffler of Ken Davies, and not forgetting a handful of literature off Stephen Moate, All in a happy day of hunting

Have you recovered from saturday night yet Barry??, i must admit you did seem a bit better yesterday afternoon at the prize giving than you did at opening time

Got back about 9.45 last night..... Didn't have a bad trip until getting into delays on M6 in Staffordshire. Was great to see some of the familar faces and some new ones too, Always good to have a catch up with Barry, Sean, Tris, Mandy and Fraser...... even a bit of HLT nostalgia too Some great displays from simple 18" square boards to 24ft x 4ft diorama and the added bonus of alot of junior entries that good to see the next generation keeping our hobby alive and well for the future. Thanks must go to Jonathan and his wife for supplying a cracking bit of cake and also to Graham and Sharon for the donation of another tool/butty box Looking forward to next years show already! Hope to have the Kitchen finished by then Tris too! :laugh:

Sorry bud..... My Doe's aren't up for sale, just coming down for a display

Ahh theres a slight flaw in that Tris......... Mums in the middle of having a new kitchen fitted so due to it being like a bomb site she hasn't had the facilities to bake for this weekend. :'( Bad timing on the kitchen fitters part.

20 Doe Tractors, 2 majors and 2 Ford 4000s plus a few odds an ends of implements safely loaded ......... have i forgotten anything else?

.....Now then let me see....... snackbox filled......... Diesel tank filled........Wallet sort of half filled.......mmmmm i'm forgetting something........ Ahh that's it i'd best not forget to load the display up!!! :laugh:

Not long to go now, and looking forward to it

Thanks for posting up your pictures David, I've never been to Spalding, but done Toytrac with a display or as a spectator for the past 8 years, maybe one of these times i'll bite the bullet and turn up at Spalding, there seems to be a good choice of pretty much everything

It used to be 9 am Mike, it was last year cos i remember queing up to get in