Valley Axe Man

Cheers Tris and Sjonnie your comments gladly recieved, there's one or two more ideas floating in my head yet..... we'll have to see what happens next! Although it not that far away to Toytrac so i'd best get my finger out if i'm going to get display built!! Here a couple of pics of the Major that powering the Splitter, hope you guys like it

Cheers John, aye bloke in workshop a bit handy with a gas axe an a welder I'll try an get a better pic of the major

Hi Erik, glad you like the Splitter, the farmer is by G and M Originals of Nottingham England, they do 3 different styles, the one pictured standing, one seated with legs apart ( straddling gearbox) and one seated legs together (best suited to flat floor models) but they compliment the models nicely, and a reasonable price too Bruder have realesed male and female figures in a loose 1/16th scale too

Wish lists are wonderful things! just finding time and the right parts to do what you want to do but it'll make an impressive collection and display

Here's some pics of another creation for down in the woods to keep my winch tractor company, This Log splitter just a workshop made one, out of an old hydraulic ram and a few rusty lumps of steel, nowt fancy but functional The model made out of Plastruct box and tube, with single 14s electical wire for the hydraulic pipes. Pics show it hitched up to a 2nd weathered UH major, this one painted up like an "older" restoration but with a very oily engine

Sounds like you had a grand day then Bill and a couple of additions to the collection too though i hope you've got room for them!!, I look forward to the pics and glad that advertising for the Aberdeen show going like hot cakes .....there we go back to cake again its a wonderful word that fits almost every occasion

Looking good already you must really like your forestry equipment. and by the look of it it'll be a great display too

Sounds good, i too can't wait to see the display when its finished

Well done, a different and unique conversion, are you putting your Valtra to work on a display or is it just for the shelf?

Pies Damian?? Yes please!! ....... Now your talking Have you ever wondered why pies have that little hole in the middle on the top? Its so you can pick four up at once with one hand!!! :laugh: Pies.....Cake.....and Model Tractors!!!! What a perfect way to spend a Sunday

Cheers for that Bill, i'll look forward to your pics an auction results, although storage space is one problem faced by collectors of full sized and model tractors and machinery, the other is having the finances and funds available for spending! :laugh:

SHOW NEWS UPDATE, Harold now informs us that all tables now booked and delivery arranged, There are signs being printed and sorted, The list of Raffle prizes has grown immensley after some very kind donations and welcomed support. Selected items being organised for Auction throughout the day, as well as tombola's by Clic and the Northwest Air Ambulance, confirmation letters have been sent out at those who applied, so with nearly 3 weeks left to go, lets hope we haven't forgotten anything! Fingers crossed its a great day and we hope to see some of you there

Good luck at the sale tomorrow Bill, hope you find a bargain or 3 ;)

Cheers Tris and Sean, your comments greatly recieved, although Tris i'd rather hope it be up the hill with a strop an winch cable to the trunk pullin' away like a gud un! But i knows what you mean Sean sometimes its the getting motivated part to crack on with a build especially when work gets in the way Watch this space though 'cos i've cobbled another Major together out of left over parts from a couple of other builds (that seem to have been put on the back burner) for another tractor to go an play in the woods with! :laugh:

Weathering now nearly completed, done by hand with a standard craft paint brush, and a detailing paint brush for the finer bits using (Games Workshop) CITADEL colours and washes, to get the desired effect

No Probs Tris, on with it already............ just waiting for for a bit of weathering to dry off more pics soon

Aye Tris, you heard the word "cake" I'll bring some down to Wincanton for those that missed out at Annandale and seeing as mum doesn't do mail order, it be rude not to bring any

Thats a real shame, The 100 series were leaders of the day, they had the telescopic pick up hitch, that a lot of folk said was a waste of time, but 30 years later in todays agriculture even the yard tractor has a telescopic hitch! and the sound of that leyland 6 cylinder is 2nd to none.

Cheers Tris, as and when bits get done i'm sure they'll appear on here and when its finished i'm sure it'll make it on to a table at toytrac, if not this year then probably next but will have to remember the cake when i do :laugh:

Aye there be a special cake for sunday afternoon bud! It be good to be upstairs again, alot warmer than in the pens, although some did say it was the best place for us!! :laugh:

I'm hoping to put it to work in a 1/16th forestry display sometime Tris, theres a few odds an sods thats going toward the project and an idea or 2 floating around, It different doing 1/16th, just a bit different and a change from the norm and our usual 1/32nd forestry scenes. I can't say when the display will be finished but it'll appear somewhere Thanks for your comments though they appreciated I'm hoping o get a few more bits finished for Lanark Bill, although it not Forestry, but there is one or two new bits that i'm keeping under my hat until then Ps it not a fordson shaped cake either hahaha

aye thats the one Ben, owned by Thomas Blades, he also owns a Marshall 125 now, and still got various Leylands about him too.

Cheers John, It a bit of something different to Uh normal releases, Yep Bill It'll most probably be at Lanark amongst a few other bits an pieces

The 100s get used daily, though not as mainline tractors these days, this year i'm aiming to get pics at first cut when they take them chopping with a claas jag 62. I've a few Marshall models about the collection, i've seen the ones that you do, mmm nice :)

Here a few of my photos of Marshalls 100 series tractors, Taken out and about and at Gt Ecclestone Agricultural show and Tractor Pulling, usually held 3rd weekend of July every year. There might not be many Marshall men on here but these belong to a Local Contractor, Who owns both the Golden Harvest and Green and Yellow versions of the 100, and the 904 that sneaked in the photos too,The Green and Yellow actually being produced as a special by the factory for a order as a special request and the straight pipe makes the 6 cylinder sound awesome