Universal Hobbies - Massey Ferguson 65.

MF 65  Left to right Universal Hobbies, Scaledown & Atlas.

12 hours ago, smithy said:

I nipped over to G&M FARM MODELS sunday afternoon to pick up some models and they had this ,its pre-owned ,i now Nigel said Joal did it i am not sure on that but in my jcb photos there is this model in there museum and i thought U/H had done this confirms it ,it is 1/16. Yes that is the price sticker in the trailor  

Many thanks for the information, I'll contact Martin.

 

 

 

 

10 hours ago, NIGEL FORD said:

UH 1/16 on ebay at present. Good for dimensions to scale down?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175352060952?hash=item28d3cc1c18:g:aYkAAOSwJPJinJdw

Thanks Nigel, now looking for someone who has a 1/16 model who could give me the dimensions 

On 7/15/2022 at 8:42 AM, NIGEL FORD said:

Joal already did one in a set (40th anniversary or similar?) Sold mine years ago

Thanks Nigel, I wonder if anyone still has one?

On 7/5/2022 at 10:50 PM, smithy said:

Some more from the VIP JCB 2 day event 

Thanks for your pictures of your visit to JCB.  I was especially taken with the ones of the Bamford trailer.  Did Britain’s model their early #9550 trailer on it?  Is there anywhere I could get dimensions of it as I would like to attempt a model of it?

On 7/5/2022 at 10:50 PM, smithy said:

 

Scaledown T1 Allis-Chambers Tractor

It took Royal Mail over a week to deliver the paint and decals but I eventually got the model finished.

It was bought second hand hence no instructions but Nigel (Scaledown) provided me with a copy to finish the build.

Replicagri REP510 Massey Ferguson 188 Tractor.

With cab from UTS.

Scaledown T1 Allis-Chambers Tractor

I can't seem to resist the very old Scaledown kits that appear ever so often on Auctions Sites.
This one was complete except for the instructions.  Made a stab at it but eventually had to call on Nigel Ford who came to my rescue and also provided paint and decals.  Here is it ready for priming.

Excellent conversion, your attention to detail has paid off.

Excellent result John.

Fordson Standard N's

Two Scaledown and a Brown's.

On 12/23/2021 at 10:16 PM, Udimore said:

Good job

How was the flash and clean up job at the start?

There was quite a bit of work to do, not as clean/smooth a casting as Scaledown.

15 hours ago, alf aphid said:

Interesting, I take it completely based on the old model?

According to Julian Brown,"Our model is a mild update of our original 1976 model based on Eddie's 1944 original with added detail.  It is available in the most populous of the final form of the 'N' (1943-45) with narrow mudguards (due to wartime steel shortages)."

Ready for priming.

First go at a re-introduced Browns Model kits.

Lots of cleaning the pieces required.

Looking forward to seeing the end result

Fordson Super Dexta

Picked this up at the North Down Show yesterday.  

The manufacturer is named as Poppema but it carries a Universal Hobbies number.

Recent additions to the collection.

2 hours ago, IH885XLMAN said:

A new box style just be thankfull  we diddnt get a version weatherd as britains weathering is awful you only have to look at the david brown and jcb 3cx to know what i mean ha ha! 

Is that the only difference, a new box and new catalogue number but same model?

In 1975 Britains brought out their Ford 6600 model catalogue # 9524. The next issue I have is the Limited Edition for FTF # 42359.  I think around 2019 they brought out a ‘new’ model # 42794.  Now I see another 6600 issued under # 43308.

My question is what are the improvements on this new model # 43308?

Model 42794

19 minutes ago, 844john said:

I know what you mean Kieran, but the grill decal does let it down somewhat for me....mind you, I wouldn’t want to cut out all those slots!

Thanks John, the grill detail could have been done when making the mould for the resin bonnet, or a thin brass overlay, after all the front of a tractor is the bit you look at first.