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All seems fine to me Andy thank you

you have a great looking collection

your diorama looks excellent James

could not see my photo's when making a post to upload, but they are visible in my post, yet all my earlier photo's are missing

the Claas's look great

The forger looks amazing John. The added detail brings it to life

I thought that the Siku box has it towing a 2 axle dump trailer, but I will use a short body single axle Britain's tipping trailer on it

the latest additions to my collection Siku 3459 Lanz Bulldog Siku 2873 Joskin silage trailer Weise Claas Xerion 4000 saddle trac in a dealer box

You have an amazing collection of models there Paul and they all look great Your diorama looks brilliant, so I know who to ask for help when I finally get a chance to start making one And as I have said on one of my posts I will be using your photo's as a guide to match up my tractors to implements, and will also ask your advice

thanks Paul, just what I need for grain harvesting and silage hauling

Thank you for the Information on the weise model, I was going on what some forum posts mentioned as it will be my first weise model. Due to liking the Wiking 5000 I brought the Arion to go with it and extreamly pleased with both models, so will add a few Wiking trailers when funds allow, and maybe a Wiking Valtra T series don't think I own enough Valtra's yet

I have also noticed the quality of Siku has gone down recently, so mainly try to collect their older stuff, and slowly swapping tractors to Wiking and UH as I only have a limited budget to work with. The Siku Manitou is better in hand than the photo's make out and the step/steering controller is not that bad and works fine, and the jib has a good range of movements with enough resistance to easily stay in position. The only poor parts to look at if the safety cage/lack of paint on the cab upper glazing and the split running whole top length of the boom could have had a more positive/closer fit. Will also make it some hub detail Compared to the Britians JCB 550 the Manitou is a 100% better the JCB has no steering and suspension and boom fails to hold up in air unless 2-3 inches up, and not talking scale inches The JCB is already in the to sell box even though it is brand new and been out the box once Have to admit that Britians have some good detail but not impressed with the build or quality of materials now used compared to 30+ years ago. I like the Xerion and have found the Wiking tractors are quite robust and easy to play/pose and even the adapter works well, and if that's not big enough to cope then I don't think the T9 will do much better I have seen photo's of a Xerion pulling the Amazone 6000 Have a Wiese Xerion saddle trac on order so will see how that compares to the Wiking models, but have heard Wieses couplings can be a challenge to use in some posts?

would be pleased to have input from more experienced Collectors/carpet farmers and real farmers on which trailers, ploughs or equipment would suit each class of tractor

My new to me SIKU items with used items marked 4056 Class Jaguar 960 7072 John Deere grass cutter head (will be converted to fit on my Jaguar) 2461 Kuhn front disc mower (to be used on unitrak for small field silage operations) 2967 Welger side tipping trailer S/H as new condition Amazone BBG 6000 Centaur ripper/harrow S/H unboxed great condition but dusty

Some recent new arrivals to my carpet farmer WIKING Class ARION 650 with FL150 loader UNIVERSAL HOBBIES 2919 Le Boulch TP180 Tipper Trailer (think it has 18Ton capacity but my French sucks) 2658 Fendt 2900 V Bailer BRITAINS 43008 New Holland T9.565 (thought a Stiger clone was required )

looks amazing

You have a great collection I need to buy a Class saddle trac for my collection to join my Wiking XERION 5000 and ARION 650 Just wondered if you could convert the Wiking to Siku adapter (in front of my weight set) to fit the rear linkage of the models that don't have a Britain's/Siku ready linkage

it is an amazing collection you have built up

I always have a look round at prices before Bidding on Ebay and always have a max limit I will go to

My current project is trying to convert an Old beaten up brittains farm MF760 found on ebay into some thing looking like this Will take and add some photo's of the progress as I have now worked out the axle and wheels and have converted a Siku MF steering axle using plastic card and looks about correct with body in place Just need to come up with a plan for the header, lifter and grain tank

I have had no problems today

My collection so far SIKU 3267 JCB 8250 FastTrack 3281 Valtra S Series 3282 John Deere 6210R 3252 John Deere 6920S 3251 Massy Ferguson MF 8280 XLTA 3277 Case Magnum 340 3286 Steyr 6240 CVT 3653 Massy Ferguson 894 with front end loader 3270 Massy Ferguson 8680 3659 Valtra T191 with KUHN embankment cutter 3268 Valtra T191 V42201985 Valtra T191 duel wheels 3061 Lindner Unitrak 3067 Manitou MLT840 1950 Disc Harrow 2063 Amazone Catros 3001 Cultivator 2065 Grimme Ridging Hiller 2067 Pottinger Cultivator 2055 Levelling plate 2277 Vredo Over Seeder 2050 Kuhn Fertilizer spreader 2051 Plough 2064 Vogal and Noot semi mounted plough 2895 Manure spreader 2453 Claas Uniwrap 2891 Trailer with round bales 4254 John Deere T670I 4256 Fendt 9470X WIKING Claas 5000 XERION in dealer box 3 x Siku adapters and 1 set of weights UNIVERSAL HOBBIES 2596 Hurlimann XM100 2793 Valtra C120 with front end loader 4163 Valtra T163 metallic green 4194 Valtra T163 metallic white 4095 Amazone Catros 6001-2 TS Disc Cultivator 4099 Joskin Trans-EX 5T Tipping Trailer BRITTIANS/ERTL 42266 John Deere 7930 42325 New Holland T6070 42872 JCB 550-80 43044 JCB JS330 42701 KANE 16 ton Grain Trailer 43059 Kuhn VB2160 round baler 42892 NC Slurry Ferry Tanker 43154A1 David Brown 1412 WELLY 32210 Kenworth T2000 Cab Unit