nathan

not sure on lengths but the 6180 bonnet is right for a 4cylinder model, far too short for a 6 pot engine

i must say it looks a fab conversion, paint the loader and it will look great

thinking about the valtra loader at the mo the bucket on it is alot better

what  about front linkage from the TTV?

wow wow wowza love this one ian

best get some 6150 decals , always thought 6180 bonnet was to short ,but how short?

a few boxes of JD4020/valtra c with loader/ttv/MF5480/valtra t/k 100

plus a friend is selling 2/3rds of his collection which i know contains 3 crates JD stuff

i've got a few 6140 bonnets so i might do one of them i did try it before this bonnet and that looked good to just running out of the 6290 cabs now

not sure about the loader or try a valtra loader

started this today aswell its a 6180 bonnet,MF 6290 cab & floor pan on a k100 skid unit

started these today 856 has a 2wd jd axle fitted. the 956 has valtra c wheels and front axle fitted

your tw is one great model mate the two together look so good

No not without a lot of work , mudguards on the 6100's and 6200's are angled not curved, also cab roof is different . Basically this cab only suits the 54/64/7400's and 8400's.

cheers mate i hadn't put the two together to look at them. thanks for the reply

hi guys just wondering how far back down the line can you go with these cabs, say on the britains stuff would it pass on the 6180 etc,  cheers nathan

great load of models guys and the choclate mini rolls just wondering where the veg boxes came from as the looked spot on on your set up

great pictures mate  ;D after looking at grahams set up i'm off to B&Q next saturday to floor out the loft and my mates said the same too. oh if anybody wants some front linkages off the atles farmmodels.co.uk had some in one of there boxes. first time to the new site and i think it was great only problem some people thought was not cafe to sit in, but hey the carpark wasn't too far away to go sit down in . i wonder how many new members signed up when they got home? role on next year lads

PDC had some on his table at toytrac today

what a day, jez and the others displays were spot on. lots of great models , meet some ftf members,free choc  from sean. some of the dealers were saying it was a bit quite and if it wasn't for the ftf members displays it would have been empty. seans MF1250 in the flesh is a cracking model to look at.

:D   :D

as funny as your story is i feel sorry for you mate

nice ;)

when i was younger you went into the local toy shop and they stocked all that was out and there was about eight of each model too. now its two tractors and the rest is bales and spud boxes. the lady in the shop said she can't afford to buy a box of say combines in sixes and have them on the shelve for six months. she said britains are not what they use to be like when her dad had the shop. i really think that britains won't catch up to the others. i've only known of siku for about 10 years and they get better by the year.

nice bit of kit mate ;D

looking forward to seeing the displays on sunday guys. had a good look on farm models site last night about toytrac and its nearer to us down in devon too. any body know how long it takes roughly to get there from plymouth or exeter

not long now ;D

500 was good to drive, but felt unsafe in the steep where the 100 felt safer, the 500's cabs had some sharp edges in the cab too. i saw a kid at college drive a 565 over a speed bump too fast and flew up out the seat and almost take his nose clean off, and i've never driven a 500 with even brakes( gone down a few steep fields a bit faster than tractors should) the 500's were good when we were cutting caulis gearing was just right for walking/cutting and would pull good in the mud. then we got 290's and then 390's so the two 500's went up the road, shame really. but the boss must of missed the 500's coz one 4wd with loader turned up one day. we did have a 135 that would catch fire by the battery. i drove that the first day i started my farming life, the boss explained how it all work than said ' oh yeah sometimes it gets a bit hot in there(pointing at the battery) if you see fire and theres not water bout pee on it like i do" i thought he was joking but turns out he wasn't,

is a huge palce, not unusal to see new kit being unloaded when you go by, only place i know down this way with a technoa self propelled sprayer like uh made thats for sure, always new trailers being delivered  to although i do tend to see the same ones in masons to,5 mins up the road(jd dealer) and a lot of trailers i see like baillys marston and aw all seem to have there stickers on, so maybe they also rent space as a holding area for masons?

they are selling brand new tractors and machinery now too, so that might be why you see new stuff being unloaded. riverford were looking at buying a new tool carrier from them just as i was finishing work for the xmas madness that they have there. their rep gave us lot in the workshop all  vallence key rings . they didn't get the tool carrier in the end, didn't want a 4wd one wanted the 2wd one with the tooling between the front and rear wheels instead of out front on the 4wd one

great model , i've not got one yet but my mate has and has it parked next to his siku 600. so the lexion looks a bit boring now. shame about the tank doors i thought when looking at it, but the rest of it makes up for that. well worth a buy

at toytrac i will be looking out for

fendt 515c

fendt 824 (think thats the right number)

UH masseys

puma 195

jd 8640

PDC decal pot

implentments with the money i have left