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Just found this site - interesting http://www.themodelmakersresource.co.uk/index.html

The Implement box!!!

The spares box

Some others too!

After restoration some of these babies will be added to my grandsons already large Britains farm figure collection. All obtained from Boot Sales too!

Sweet conversion , looking forward to your "walk through" picture postings ! - might start mine then. I was gonna do some thing using the siku ploughs!!

Nice one ricky - i have tried to print off but no good at this resolution. Can you mail me the original pdf or jpeg so i can print - would appreciate it big time paul

Ricky - would very much appreciate it mate , yes please. How do you find building the kits?

Back to those Doe turntables - i was proposing to modify them for the britains but scratch build in the appropriate scale equivalents for the other skids.

Anything like this Mine are less cabs

I havent got any pictures except my reference material - what is yours like and ill see if i have a picture of it!!

Alot of mine were buried in our back garden along with the soldier in their graves !!! --- shame Now were cooking on gas !!!

Sorry couldnt resist - JCB yellow of course!!!

I think you would agree they have a charm all of their own especially the earlier models - even the packaging was nice. I tend to collect all die cast if its early but especially Farm and Construction - all i pick up from Boot sales for pence. I once bought at a local charity fair 6 boxed Moko Lesney originals circa 1953 MIMB - all for ?6 - i made a killing 1 fetched ?48 on its own. Sadly that was a road roller that i wanted to keep but my partner wanted the money for it = they dont understand do they.

Matchbox Ford tractor

Moko lesney Fordson - these fetch ?70-80 mint boxed

Hey dont knock em steve , many good things come in small packages not just my wedding tackle!! There are plenty of modellers that work on stuff a lot smaller - 1/72 is quite a popular military scale for instance, not for me though . Although building and? flying airfix aeroplanes when on fire was fun when we were kids though!! I digress........... Converting them would be difficult in every sense other than colour variations unless someone knows different Any way these arent mine as i dont have any photographed? but they? give you a flavour.................. so much for the ?15 price tag for the britains liliput -? one is on Ebay at moment boxed and is doing ?40 a good investment i think

Havent yet tried my hand at any implement conversions but do menbers think that the siku plough is a good donor model it certainly seems a cheaper option even if i have to buy 3 at ?5.99 ea especially compared to ready made alternatives others offere elseware on the web. I want something Beefy to hang behind my larger tractors. Now just need to sus linking them together!

Anyone doing anything in this scale ? or collect them, i have a few by Moko lesney - Fordson, Matchbox Fords and MbTrac and Britains Liliput Fordson and a couple of Ertl's so far - Ford Tw20series i think. and some dozers? Certainly doesnt cost the earth to get a collection like this going.

I have been keeping back Britains/Corgi and Crescent skids for conversion to Triple D's but dont know how to do the turntable and linkages convinsingly as no references - anyone help?? Could buy Sstuart Gibbards Doe story i know or buy a Scaledown kit but thats a bit severe on the pocket - its cost me enough for the skids afterall.

Humbrol do a very close shade of blue in a spray can of 150 ml size - sorry cant recall the shade i used mine all up when dry it looked like the same as original britains 6600 & 5610's ? - mind you they varied so much even between plastics and castings on same tractor this was a good mid range shade - quite authentic i think you will agree as you can see http://www.kmcollectables.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/1109194672_orig.jpg

?24 for a corgi mf with front bucket in mint unboxed condition, from the NEC toy collectors fair in Dec. Prior to that ?4 for a boxed powerfarm county which i later undersold on Ebay for about ?36 if my memory serves - still was not a bad return on my original investment. [move]********************************* GOD BLESS CARBOOTS******************************************[/move]

Sorry Goodhead,as i told Tractorman cabs i aint got. Any ideas for cabless conversions?

Not seen this one before Steve Counties / Roadless / Doe based ford 4wd conversions rule Ever done anything with a lambourne cab???

Both - i have tractors with no cabs - cabs cost and you are hard pressed to recoup your costsif you sell on with some marks. I want to restore and or convert to sell to fund restorations to keep for my grandson. He gets my swaps - i cant afford to pay to restore just for him. I got about 7 fords that wiill cost about ?100 to restore and none will be swaps. Cash flow is key!! - i am prepared to swap or sell some bits to further this aim I have corgi, matchbox ,dinky, siku, ertl, crescent and lonestar farm stuff as well.