ploughmaster

To that I would say "Not genuine Britains"!!! Unless someone else knows different.

Some of you just refuse to get it don't you? A TOY is precisely what it is!

I thought it was a bit pricey too, but considering the colossal fall in the value of the £ over the last few months, I fear we will have to get used to some very big price increases on anything sourced from abroad. Is this the dealer exclusive price? Most toys/models seem to be more expensive during their dealer release than they are when susequently available on general release.

Remember that from that camera angle, perspective will make it look a little bigger than it is. I would say that it is about the right size for the machine for use as a corn bucket. There isn't really much to see from the rest of the catalogue - the new MF 7465, JCB 7230, CaseIH Maxxum 125, and Ford FW 60 are only shown as pics of the real thing. The rest of the 'new' items we have already seen better pics of on here (JD8440, JD5430i Sprayer) or we have probably already seen them 'in the flesh' - NH T6070 (which is only a redecal on the TS135), JD 7930 Radio Control and Combine Header Trailer. Bit off topic but the only other pages with new on them are in the 'Big Farm' two new trailer disc/cultivators, a Hitachi excavator, Bobcat (like the 32nd one below the JCB 416), a Chevy pick up and these:

Here's a scan from the catalogue:

There is no need for that kind of attitude. RC2 will make this kind of machine primarily for the American market. Why the hell shouldn't it be offered to Europeans as well? (There were quite a few FW60s in Europe and the UK when they were current - still are a few in fact). There are plenty of folk over here who are very pleased to have them. Nobody is forcing you to buy them. We know we shall have the MF 7465 ( ), and the T6070 (albeit only a redecalled TS135) and as the year progresses there will certainly be other introductions (perhaps including a vintage tractor ) of which we know nothing yet.

Th one it shows in the catalogue is huge - probably double the size of the old one

That looks very good - maybe on par with the recent 'Toy Farmer' series tractors - does anyone know; will the FW 60 be this years Toy Farmer model?

It is shown in the catalogue with both bucket and buck rake, so it would appear so. Hopefully they will make some extra attachments for it in the future. It certainly looks good from the pictures.

It was indeed intended for Turkey, the real thing being built in New Hollands factory there. G&M got hold of some at the time - late 2002. Cat no 40580; sold at £22 each IIRC.

As far as the German "Model of the Year goes, I seem to think that various model magazines in Germany take a vote from their readership each year prior to the (Nuremburg Toy Show). Britains won 'Toy of the Year 1978' with the MF 760 combine, but that was a UK award voted for by members of the National Association of Toy Retailers UK.

Wouldn't do you any good. The TD95D decal is indeed a sticker, but underneath the sticker is the older type of TD95D decal tampo printed on the plastic . Britains must have got the models prepares some time before New Holland wanted them and they had changed the decal type on the real thing, so Britains used a sticker with the new decal to cover up the original. It was a very limited run, but you will have to wait for DPs new book to find out how many

That's not the impression I get from this on the (English) front page: Wonder what it is?

Thanks for clarifying the position re the MF. I suspect we may see the CX rebadged as an 8080 or 8090. The CR has already had its decal updated from CR960 to CR9060 and CR9080 in the States, so I would imagine we will see it as a CR9080. Both these would be on a 6 month dealer exclusive though, so wouldn't feature in the main toy catalogue yet. The JD 9880i has already been replaced by the S960i. The Case-IH is a possibility for an updated moulding as the new Axial Flow range have slightly different panelwork. We shall have to keep fingers crossed and wait and see. Why the surprise that the T6070 is a rebadged TS135A? The 6070 was issued in the States last March, so we have already seen it!

As said by others, the exchange rate of Pound vs Euro will add around athird to the price on top any any planned increase of the Euro price. The comment from simon to the effect that they were cheap for the level of detail is also significant. A lot of people have wondered for some time how they can be making money at the old prices. Maybe now they are well established in the marketplace, they are now moving to pricing more in balance with the cost and need for profit. As for the lower production costs in China now that raw material prices have slumped, I think I would be correct in saying that the biggest proportion of the costs are in transport (mainly AFTER the product arrives in Europe!).

When will some of you get it into your heads - RC2/Ertl/Britains are toys, UH are collectors models. They are aimed at different markets. Britains will not match the detail of UH. Ever. Even if hell freezes. Deal with it!!!!

That would make it a very accurate model then! They have only recently been launched in Europe. No doubt we shall see a few appearing over the coming year.

"threaded through the bottom of the hedge" - not really an option as it would be difficult to keep it from touching the hedge and shorting would it not. Better put a foot or so to the side of the hedge.

Not often seen on one of those!!! I wouldn't have thought it was the most suitable tractor to put a loader on TBH. For myself, I've never been a great fan of fore end loaders, but they do have their place. I spent a couple of years on a 5000 acre place that had two front loader tractors (Case MXM130) and no other handler (or indeed any other tractor for that matter [apart from one Quadtrac]), so got fairly used to them. They turned out to be OK for most jobs (even loading wheat from over metal air ducts once I got used to them! )

What have they got that would 'spray up' to a 7480?? We are not in the 90's now! (Fendt with Ford casting and Deutz cab )

Siku already do make John Deere They used to have a licence for Case-IH and New Holland, but have not produced anything in the last few years so maybe they don't have that anymore. I can't really see what your point is. The recent items from Ertl/Britains have shown great improvement and no doubt will continue to do so. They are less expensive than the comparable toys from Siku , so I don't really see their popularity waning anytime in the future. Although Siku toys are more robust than Ertl/Britains, they are also a bit more expensive, so there is room for both in the market. UH are not going to have any effect whatsoever on the toy market because their products are highly detailed and pretty flimsy and look good as a static shelf model, if you can get them out of the box without them breaking. I think the survey results tend to support that and show that those who remain hostile to RC2 and everything they produce are in the minority!

All the plastic wheeled/PVC tyred 5000's suffer wheel melt unless kept in reasonably cool conditions. Most of the tractors Britains made right up until the end of UK manufacture have the same problem, although the Fordd 6600 (which had harder tyres) and the MF 135 don't seem to suffer. Indeed, the silver wheels in general are far less prone to it than the white wheels. The more recent tractors may be better, but they haven't really been around long enough for it to appear.

All the ones from 1973 on had 'Steer-o-Matic', but it simply worked by applying a little pressure to 'lean' the tractor slightly in the direction you wished it to steer, and the front axle beam swung that way in response to this. It wasn't anything very technical, and may have been something britains discovered by accident, rather than something that was intentionally designed into the model. The model you are referring to with the 5000 decal but the exhaust at the front is what is generally referred to as a 'transition' model, made when Britains were still using up parts from the previous version after the new one came out. Whilst the 6600 was first shown in the 1976 catalogue, they actually started appearing in the shops in the autumn of 1975, Ford having launched the 600 series earlier that year. Your example looks a very nice one and will be one that was sold as having Steer-o-Matic. The cab was made by the Ford Industrial Equipment Company, hence the abbreviation to FIECo. You will also find parts on some tractors of the time marked FoMoCo for Ford Motor Company (the front end suitcase weights being one example).

As these are the new range from Case-IH, there must be a distinct possibility. The 8120 and 9120, and appear similar to the outgoing 7010 and 8010 which they replace, apart from revised panel work at the rear. Ertl have made small changes to their JD combines as they have been updated, so may well do so for Case-IH.

Those are the ones super6 I haven't seen that Zoo leaflet without the trees before - it's one I haven't got! Looking at those pics, I have realised that the earlier ones were priced at 3d. By 1971 they had increased to 6d! There are also 'export' versions of those catalogues without the price on the cover. There are also export versions of the early 60's trade catalogues - I have one with the inside of the front cover printed with details of Reeves International, who imported Britains products into the USA. On the UK issue, this page was left blank.