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Don't know quite which one you're speaking of but here are two others. The first is the one I think you mean. It is a 1410 4WD converted from a Corgi 1412. The second is a 'Highway' 1412, just another Corgi painted yellow with added front mudguards which could be a lot better.

I'd love to do some more but It's a job to find anything rough or good enough to use as a base, trouble is any D.B models seem to command fair money regardless of the condition and it's getting hold of the parts. Don't realy do them to sell as I try to make each one different or to improve on previous builds. I am looking at one of those Ertl Implematic 990's to acertain weather I can turn it into an Oliver 500 which in the 'real' world was a re-liveried and badged 950 for the American market. I wonder if Rick has ever come across any D.B Olivers on his side?

Iv'e got 21 1:1 D.B's, in various states from fully restored to scrap plus about 10 tons of parts, shall never get 'round to restoring all of them, ought to take some pics and advertise most of them, some hav'nt been run up for 5 or 6 years.

So you like David Brown tractors? Here's a few more for you, and everyone else. First one. Malks Models 25D. RJN Classics 990 Implematic. Second pic. Border Fine Arts Silver Jubilee 1412 'Getting Ready For Smithfield'. RJN Classics 990 Selectamatic. Third pic. The very rare Denzil Skinner 25D. All 1/16th apart from 1412 which is about 1/25th.

There are 3 there, the side-on veiw one is a 1/43rd Langley Models but it is not realy a Croppy as they call it it's a VAK1A. The one behind the 880 on the lorry is a 1/32nd Brian Norman Croppy and the one front on behind the 1200 is a 1/43 1949 Croppy Diesel in the 'Hachette' series, this one is made by Universal Hobbies in resin and the detail on it, despite the size, is as good as their 1/16th stuff. The 3 'tugs' behind that one I had made for me, you will see that one is in RAF livery, one in RN and the yellow one is civilian airport tug all in the military scale. Saw the RAF one being displayed pulling a bomb trolley diorama at a WW11 exhibition and got talking to the guy about them and he said that he could build me them in whatever form the real ones were produced so I ordered the other 2. The guy is somewhere in Kent, details escape me at present.

The big 'Same' is a 1/20th Kubota M type by Yonezawa of Japan (Diapet). Opening cab doors, pull forward the top of the bonnet nose and the side panels fold down to reveal engine detail. Another boxed toy fair find 3 years ago, paid ?12 for it.

Don't know Richo really, trouble is, theres so much in so many scales that if you were like me and collected everything it would be best to have a cabinet for each scale, problem is, space, mine is a mix of everything in together.

Richo. The Corgi 1210 'highway' yellow one is a conversion, been stripped and re-painted with added front-wheel mudguards. The Conrad/NZG 4890 is 1/25th and is the rarer 1st edition, the Ertl 4890 is 1/32nd, again thisis a rarer 1st edition. Put both side-by-side and the NZG is very slightly physicaly smaller but much better detail. The one to the right of these two is an Ertl 4894 equal wheel in the black and white 'magpie' livery. Hope that answers your q.

Right, here goes, and be warned, there are 20 pics coming. No, I'm not married, dont get me wrong, I like women but I couldn't eat a whole one. That I think will do for now for you all to digest.

O.K chaps. Thanks for the comments, keep 'em coming. I will take some closer pics, shelf by shelf if I can. I can't realy put too much more in it as I don't know how much more weight the cupboard underneath can take. The rest of the collection is stacked up in boxes in a bedroom, just enough room to open the door but I will persevere over a period of time and post more pics, especialy of the more unusual items. Watch this space.

Don't want to keep banging on about D.B models but they were in the time of the real ones being produced few an far between as Sir David never gave license lightly to toy and model makers to produce any unless he commissioned them to and considering that I grew up with these tractors therein lies my interest and running the Devon branch of the club. Anyway, here is yet another conversion, this one is a cut-down Dinky 990 Selectamatic turning it inti an 880 by fitting smaller tyres to reduce the height, modifying the casting to make it a fraction shorter and also the bonnet as an 880 was three cylinder, adding head and side lights and making a new exhaust and decals. I hope the pics show it reasonably, difficult to photograph a white tractor with a cheap digi camera.

Here is just a tenth of my collection. Hope the pic is reasonable.

Simon m. Did'nt think the land rover would show up, it's one of those big scale driving experience remote control ones in police livery with working lights, indicators, blue lights, siren and opening doors. If you want a pic of it I will email you one mate.

Here on Warren Farm we have to spray the stubble after corn harvest for weed control as the farm lays rather wet. The whole opperation has to be carried out in a short period of time and a large sprayer unit is required as 1400 acres have to be covered. The unit is also contracted out to other farms for grassland and other large areas that need a larger capacity unit for speedy coverage.

Posted these pics t'other day but don't think they came through so here goes again. Built this one, one of my first attempts about 12 months ago using a Dinky 'Heavy Tractor' as the base. Would probably look better with black tracks.

Hi all. I think I may of cracked it! Here are a few pics of another conversion of mine that I did last year using a Dinky 'Heavy Tractor' as a base for this D.B. 30T TVO Crawler. Not exactly like the real thing but a reasonable representation I hope.

The pic of the tipped trailer and tractor on it's nose, is I believe, called a 'vertical jacknife'. Very frightening if you have ever been in that position. A lot of the other pics, in general, is what I believe, called 'scrap'.

Been a cracking day down here, brilliant sun all day, realy warm, just like spring, hell of a difference from yesterday, 43mm rain up to midnight (Sunday-Monday). This evening after dark a bit of a change though, had some heavy showers and a couple of fair thunder storms, being 1,000 ft above sea level can get some crackers that make the ground shake and the lightning can make your hair stand up.

You can't sell a registration from a tractor. Look at your V5 and you will see a bit under where it says 'registration mark' that says 'non-transferable', likewise you can't transfer the number or have a personal plate on it or retain it. :'(

Russ. If your tractor does not have a V5 or a V5C (New type registration document) you will have to contact the DVLA in Swansea to ask them if the registration number is still active. (Still on the register). If you have the afore mentioned you will be able to tax it for the road no problem providing you have a current insurance certificate. If you have no documents you will need documented evidence that the tractor is correct, such as chassis number, original registration number, old tax disc or a bill of sale that documents the tractors identity and even then the DVLA may ask you to verify this through a club that have been approved to provide you with approved research on the tractor to say that it is 'correct'. The DVLA are in the main very helpfull and will provide you with all the relevant forms and instructios of what to do. Failing this you will either have to re-regiser it on a 'Q' plate or apply for an 'age-related' registration number. As regards lights etc, you will only have to comply to the law as was at the time the tractor was new, for example, if it was not fitted with indicators or braking lights you won't have to fit them. A flashing beacon is not compulsory in law but it is advised. Lighting that was fitted as standard, head-side-tail are of course a requirement and must be in working order during daylight hours as well. A roll-bar is not necessary, if an approved type was not manufactured for the tractor or there is no provision to fit one. If you are self-employed and use the tractor yourself and no other person drives or uses it you do not have to fit one. These Russ are a few of the basics. I would suggest you look on the DVLA web-site also ROSPA and VOSA, you will probably find a lot more info there. Any vehicle, including tractors registered before 1st January 1973 are classed as 'Historic Vehicle' and the road-fund tax is free but you still have to go through the process of taxing it as you would normally. These vehicles can also be fitted with the alluminium black background type number plates, after this date reflective plates came in. On a tractor a front number plate is not required. Sorry to be so long-winded on this but I've tried to inform you with the basics. Hope it helps you a bit.

The plane was red and white, IH colours!!

Been chucking it down on Dartmoor today, at the time of posting this we have had 45mm, that's 1 3/4in since it started sometime in the early hours of today and it's still raining. I'll look at the guage again at midnight, I recon we will probably top the 2 inches in this 24 hrs.

Simon M. You better ask your Dad to explain that one!

This is the explanation for this one. A guy that had a circle of pals with light aircraft rented a field next door to my farm which they used for an airfield weekends and holiday times. One Easter a few years ago the guy who was flying this crate was allegedly giving his girlfreind a lesson in flying, The plane was taking off and landing several times during the morning and the last time it came in it seemed to me that it was coming in a bit too fast, being just over the hedge from me I could observe, it hit the ground with a bit of a bump and raced up across the field with engine revving like hell. To cut a long story short, it hit the far hedge and bored a nice big hole in it tearing the plane to bits ending up across the road, fortunately the two occupants were not seriously hurt but the plane was a write-off. Apparently the girlfreind of the pilot was at the controls and rumour had it that her hand was on the wrong joystick. Great fun helping the local fire brigade make a pile of the bits. Not a good way to plough out a hedge!.

Still raining. Started fine and sunny with a bit of early frost, rain set in about 12.30pm. Down here on the edge of Dartmoor it has been one of the wettest Februaries I can remember. I have a rain-guage in the garden and for Feb I recorded 9 and 7/8 inches, or 249mm. That is an awfull lot of water. We always say down here:- February fill the dyke, black or white! Good job is was not white or we would be burried by now, an inch of rain is equ to 10 of snow. Did you know that an inch of rain over an acre of ground is 100 tons of water, that is imperial not metric