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On 5/11/2024 at 11:01 AM, NIGEL FORD said:

Hi Mike, funnily enough I found my "GREAT BOOK OF CORGI" when looking out brochures that we have now got round to putting up on ebay that was published in 2001 and I'd never had time to look at and just had a browse- only 1,051,000 of these made!!! 6/3d when new in 1960. Mainly drawings shown where you can't see the seat but one with RED LOADER...never seen one, the two photos are of silver seated items. I have a red seated tractor without loader but don't know how rare they are?  I'm astonished at just how many Corgi sold of their items in general.

Sorry your move is slow, next door been nearly a year with so many fall-through buyers.

One million of them, I guess that's why one appears in every box of loose toys, in every auction house, every week, across the country!

Had a brilliant weekend up in Aberdeen, a very friendly show, great trade, some brilliant displays! A big thank you to Andy, Brian, Atholl and the rest of the team for their hospitality!

I will add the selection of photos I took at a later date (including plenty of Johns), still not got the car unpacked yet!

All set up, looking forward to the show!

On 4/27/2024 at 5:44 PM, Idle Git said:

So ,,,,,,,, I've been wondering how to make a hundred or so bales  of straw , I've found a couple of balls of 1950's sisal string which is still the same colour as it was when it was made ,  cut it into 10 mm , 15 mm and 20mm lengths , then I roll it between my hands and all the pieces separate and looks just like straw,,,,,, so that's the easy bit ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, now how to make those pesky bales   

https://modelfarming132.blogspot.com/2018/02/making-square-bales-making-straw-and.html?m=1

8 hours ago, fordmajor said:

Drivers out of britains combines .Where they just for the combines ? have movable arm 

Is it the same figure that is sometimes found in the Livestock Truck and Land Rovers? A narrower smaller figure specifically designed for fitting into cabs maybe?

Looking forward to the trip up to the show, after ticking Moira off the bucket list this was the next aim. As Joe mentioned we'll have a few new products ready for the show too!

I like that alot, a few in those colours around here still

23 hours ago, Idle Git said:

Did come and buy a trailer of you mid afternoon james , I didnt realise who you were or else I would of introduced my self , Im the one whos going to try and convert your gen purpose trailer into a old Pettit  😁

Great to meet you and put a face to the name! Hope the conversion goes well!

Fantastic work Joe, and very nice to see. As others have mentioned its great that you've managed to get the mechanism to function too! You've got a career as a design engineer ahead of you if you get bored of retirement

For anyone at a loose end in the North West tomorrow there is a model show in Shap.

I believe it will mainly be truck models. I am going with some of my scratch builds and Marge models.

Will grab some photos if anything catches my eye!

Pleased with how this ones coming along!

Some great detail there Ian, lovely work

I'll have the Braemere Models stand there, hopefully with a few new pieces!

Awesome stuff Hugh, makes a nice addition to the kit, that will be one seriously specked tanker once you're done with it!

Fantastic Sean, they've come out really nice

Brilliant job Mark, very tidy finish!

Looking like a cracking shed Phil, great work!

Some new treads on the Welly Unimog, pleased with how these have turned out. Properly scaled 495/70 R24 wheels (41mm diameter) were way too big so these are a nice compromise at 37mm. Just got to get the facelift bonnet kit finished now!

56 minutes ago, phil phoenix said:

I guess they might sell  a few of the 710 version which I assume is equal with the Quadtrac 715, even though it looks bigger than the CASE.

The problem with this big increase in power is that the farmer will also have to increase the size of the implements that go behind them, and thats another big additional cost.

Theres a quite few 9620/40RX around these parts now, mostly by default having pinched sales off the Quadtrac simply by being the right "colour", but i'm hearing that farmers are so impressed by their 8RX's that they are thinking of down sizing  when their 9RX's come up for replacement.

Not so sure about the 8RX theory Phil, the info I've been hearing from people in the sales industry is that whilst the initial release sold well noones been rushing back to buy more, with virtually no new sales this year. The price of wearing parts, particularly tracks, and lies about how long a set of tracks will last, particularly at speed, being quoted as the main reason for not buying again.

Looks interesting Jan, I'm guessing there will be issues with the glue going much smaller than the size you have there?

2 hours ago, Tractorman810 said:

splash of ransomes orwell blue,and some white gloss on the wheels and tamiya rubber black on the tyres, tyres went on really well despite the depth of the treads, which is good. a d finally seeing as these two will be mine, started some timber, if i sell some(5 ready to paint) they wont have this, its very time consuming to fit,and not cheap either compared to the other option

 

They're coming to life with paint on Sean, have to admit I didn't think it would be possible to print what you've made, very impressive

Well into production with just a few bits left to do before release is the 10ton Fraser kit, this will be available in grain and silage formats.

A little bit further behind but the first prototype of a Bryce Suma post knocker/driver has been made, quite a few changes required with this to get all the parts moving as they should.

Out today is this KTwo Duo 1200 Muck Spreader model kit, really pleased with how this one has worked out. A little bit of a hybrid utilising laser cut and 3D printed parts to allow the angled sides to be produced.

We've been busy over the winter period at Braemere Models with a few new/re-run kits hitting the shelves, and a few prototypes nearly ready for release.

First up is a kit that's been out of production for a year or two. The Fruehauf Bulk Tipper Kit, now with decals for Fruehauf and Wilcox brands and a variety of sheet options.

Alongside the tipper I've also developed a single axle dolly based on the model we manufactured when I worked for Bradleys Group, looks the part on the 8S!