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Great news Rick, really looking forwards to this one, not before time either.

If it was damaged in the post,you can make a claim off the Post Office, up to a value of £39.

Found a couple more photos , first shows how cab opens for access , the other shows MF version at work.

The Siku 8270/8280 makes an ideal starting point for a 8480 convo, not to much work required either, here's one I made a couple of years ago.

http://www.farmtoysforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,19040.msg339225.html#msg339225

Looks like one of these, an Eicher Wotan

Zetors are another tractor like the Landini, once you've got one ,the only way you can get rid of it without losing a load of money ,is to trade it for another zetor.

Personally I wouldn't touch a Landini, very low residual values, once you've got one you'll have a hell of a job getting rid of it for anything like a decent price, same applies to a lesser extent to a lot of the less common makes. Have to say I agree with Marky , a Sisu engined Massey will take some beating, low fuel consumption, loads of torque ,and good resale values in the future.

Nice looking conversion there , the tractor looks spot on, the only comment I would make is , Why would anyone fit a new loader like that to a 30 year old tractor?

  Used to be the Rolls Royce of tractors, but like the Rolls not everybody could afford one. Didn't Oliver Walston used to run a couple on his Thriplow Farms?

I'd guess the failures are the age old engineering problem of resonance

More likely to be vibration and metal-fatigue Marky.

I used to have trouble with the front mudguards on a 6150, kept shearing the bolts and dropping off, usually at the most inoppertune moments, but funnily enough no problems with identical mudguards on my 6180.

Tractors used to be built to a world spec many years ago ,IH's 74 series models were described as a "world tractor" , MF's 100 series tractors were also pretty much universal. It was changes in regulations concerning ROPS and Q-cabs and the like in different countries that led to the many widely differing specs for various markets. I don't think it would even today ,be that difficult to build a tractor to a "world spec", the same machine could have a cab or platform depending on the market, but I think the biggest problem would be the widespread use of electronics on modern tractors, We Europeans and probably those in the US now expect these high tech additions, but probably a total liability in the developing world.

Looks a nice little model, didn't this tractor evolve into the MF130, perhaps a convo would work?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/alfreedom-JOAL-TRACTOR-MASSEY-FERGUSON-Miniatura-203_W0QQitemZ310176277574QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_186?hash=item4837f26446

Here's a question for Marky, or anyone else who knows, is this Joal "Massey Ferguson" a copy of a Britains 135. It's a job to tell from the photo but it looks like a green 135, I've never seen one like it before and I just wondered.

Well, if I asked for a Massey ,I'd be accused of being biased, but a nice 885Xl now.

Too many JD's already out there, now how about a red/cream XL cabbed Inter.

I think TM810 has hit it exactly on the head there, "UH have become very quick at picking up on what people want". That's what the're in business for , to produce what people want and hopefully turn a profit along the way. Perhaps some other manufacturers have lost sight of this principle of business over the years, also we must remember, any manufacturer cannot these days, make anything without the co-operation of the OEM's. Presumably MF have encouraged UH in the making of the 135, 590 and 1200 models, in the interests of good publicity, and they will be availible from MF dealers in the sought after "Dealer Boxes"

    Look through Warner Hall,s articles in Model Tractor mag and you realise all the lost opportunities that Britains have missed by not taking up his suggestions over the years, if they had gone along with just some of them , then perhaps UH would not even have got a foot in the door.

The newer versions mostly have a sticker on the box saying "new loader" or something similar but I wouldn't like to guarantee they all do.

The original release didn't have interchangeable buckets ,but the latest ones have the new Siku backplates that allow different buckets/grabs etc to be fitted. Take care if your buying because both versions are still around on sale.

It's all very well to say "I've got a Britains 135 or 590 so I won't be buying a UH" but , you have to remember that the Britains models have both been out of production for some time. So , for the young collector today who wants one ,what are the options, look around for a tatty second hand one, a mint boxed one [at what price] or a nice shiny, highly detailed UH one.

    I know which I'd pick , UH are to be applauded for bringing out these models as Britains are unlikely to reissue or revamp theirs to this standard, lets hope that good sales encourage them to release some more classics from the same era.

I always thought it was about spot on for a 6150, the bonnet is the right length for the 4 cylinder models,but to short for a 6.

I quite like the look of it myself, certainly a neat piece of work and well engineered, but probably overpriced at seven grand.

You have to remember that this big money only goes around a very small circle of breeders, ie, " you buy one of mine ,I buy one of yours", also nobody knows how much "Luck" will be involved in the deal. Most of these high price sales have less to do with the quality of the animal and much more to do with raising the profile of the circle of breeders involved. I think you have to take the whole thing with a very large pinch of salt.

Local contracter turning up at a job on a neighbours farm last week, with a bale wrapper behind a 160hp NH T6080, now that's what I call "punching above your weight"!

Now that is a nice little tractor, well done, as Sean says about time ERTL woke up and re-released an updated version of this one.  Or how about a couple of new inters by UH, perhaps a 574/674 or a 885XL.