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I bought one of these red chassis jobs a few weeks ago. The skip appears to be the same colour as the Autoway tractors etc so can only presume that it was made using up some parts left over from Autoway production as per the yellow Bauer tanker variation. Usual Britains practice! The blue and red Rear Dump was still available after the demise of the Autoway series. mreyder your trailer looks to be the same orange colour as the Road Series models. How does it compare against the Dynapac roller or others from this series?

TW 20 1981 to 1984 inclusive (4 years) 7710 1985 to 1986 inclusive ( 2 years) TW20 would be on the box as this was the first version out. Britains are unlikely to change the one picture and retain the rest of the existing box design, Forage Harvester box accepted. Good reason here though!

Tricky one this as 9523 Ford TW20 is shown in the 1985 catalogue but the January 1985 trade order form shows 9523 as Ford 7710 Tractor and 9600 as Ford Tractor & Hosedrum. At a guess I'd say that the 1985 catalogue was prepared and possibly even printed before the decision to change the model to a 7710. 9600 was only made for two years, '84 to '86 inclusive, so a year of manufacture for each tractor model. Most likely rare in either guise

There is also the David Bate book Britains Model Tractors & Implements. One on EBay at moment, I am not the seller! Britains 1953 reprint as produced by Honiton Antique Toys shop, closed now I believe? 1939 reprint 1940 Almark facsimile/reprint Two very good books by Joe Wallis on the pre and post war Britains lead range. Out of print now but worth seeking out. And of course there are the catalogues, brochures, leaflets and lists produced by Britains themselves and the fun of tracking them down

Can help you out with a leaflet/booklet if interested

Will have another read, methinks

The buildings would not have made the 1959 catalogue as it was a two year one with 1958. You must be aware that 1960 saw the introduction of new farm buildings as 500F to 505F. There are some pictures from the new lines catalogue on here somewhere, under Britains buildings I believe. I should like to see your 1959 crown range leaflet (copy) as still good as reference material. I have a couple from 1957 and 8, but there aren't any farm related items within, so not really my thing. I do not have the James Opie book, to dear for me! As with all reference books they, the Joe Wallis ones, are by no means definitive. I only used the 1962 numbering system to help make a point with Britain's usage of their numbering systems

663 was only shown in the 1939 catalogue price list as New Line. Not shown in the 1940 catalogue. Joe Wallis records it as being Cafe Table with Sun Shade he states that it may have used the parasol from the Flying Trapeze set! With regard to the farm building range 158F to 170F I cannot find any reference to these at all. They are not listed in the 1958 catalogue, new lines catalogue or price list. Where did you get your information from? The two publications, I have, by Joe Wallis have lists of new lines, pre and post war, in chronological order. Your unknown catalogue numbers were most likely for future use and never used as they changed their numbering system in 1962? Even with this system they did not use all numbers available. See the small farm buildings for an example of this. There may have been products in the pipeline, allocated these numbers, that were not carried through to production, the numbers then being lost or deferred. The opposite of this being their reuse of numbers in the rest of the farm range, go figure?

I have a few of the Milky Way booklets, but only as an EBay purchase. Looking at them makes me wonder if they sent out standard Britains bubble sets or loose items in their own packaging. Perhaps Ploughmaster knows?

Brian Norman does these!

Well I'm gonna stick my neck out and say they will make more than the upper estimate (£800) Item could most likely be classed as unique With regards opening, I'd be tempted as not much point in owning if you can't look at them, might as well be a box of lead ingots

A minor problem with the all blue animal transporter I see. Saw this on eBay, advertised as mint, what is the story with the cab as appears to be not sat on right? And did it come with the outer sleeve?

Does yours come with key as well Clive? Nice to see a boxed one. The seller had two, at least, as I bought the second one he auctioned off. Now looking for a boxed one

I bought one of these recently, quite cheap too. Does yours have the locking cover to the coin box? mine does not. I can only presume that they were converted by Britains as all decaled up. Mine is missing one of the door mirrors.

Sounds like a plan Clive. There aren't copies of their original price lists with their relevant catalogues then?

Yes, pictures please as you have now whetted our appetites!

RE the Ready Brek offer, does our Cornish expert have any paperwork to confirm this?

I reckon this to be 97F Country Cottage. From the 1972 Almark reprint of the 1940 catalogue. They are not shown in the reprint 1939 catalogue so may have been first issued in 1940, although Joe Wallis lists it as 1939-41. Not many of these made/sold I should imagine.

1966 Edition for sale in July edition of Tractor and Machinery tractor mart, £60

I have a few pieces by FG Taylor including a Trade box of Stooks. Never seen the gig before, a little crude in comparison to the Britains version. I have not seen any catalogues, trade or otherwise, from FG Taylor, but don't doubt that they exist although not in large quantities as Britains ones do. The Joplin books are a little on the pricey side for my liking. Being a Britains fan I only have the green one, he also did another that covered a lot of different manufacturers lead/metal based figures etc, I have access to a soft bound version. Two other good reference books for Britains lead, I know a little off topic, are Armies of the world and Regiments of all nations by Joe Wallis.

What do you mean by this? to complete the pose? Also available in a boxed set and a bubble pack, deleted end of 1974, although possibly still available in the two sets to end of 1975

Or pay a lot of money :'( I enquired as to the price of the gold 8345R at Spalding, two available at either £540 or £650 apiece and that's in a recession! The sprayer was, I think, £1200 last year. Too much bread for me, I'd like them but not that much, unless I win the lottery

Is this thing International based? I'm sure I have some pictures of one somewhere, looks an awkward thing to drive

Its a bitsa. Mostly bits of a standard fordson ie engine, fuel tank, gearbox, rear axle,front axle, wheels, steering column, engine and mudguards, and bits of an e27n ie radiator and looks like the air filter too as this appears to be to far back for an N. I could be wrong on this part though.

Do these share the same back end and cab/wings structure? I see they have the model no.s on them too, along with some half decent looking tyres. Early days yet though