The Tractor Twitcher

Claas tractors on display at the 2019 Yorkshire Agricultural Machinery Show.

Fendt MT940 crawler on display at the 2019 Yorkshire Agricultural Show.

Massey Ferguson 399 power harrowing on the same farm.

Massey Ferguson 3680 ploughing on a farm in Lincolnshire in the early nineties.

Case IH 1680 Axial Flow at work in 2019.

Claas Dominator 204 Mega at work in 2019.

Case IH Optum 300 CVX and Amazone semi mounted reversible plough on demonstration at N.O.R.M.A.C 2018.

Case IH tractors on display at the 2019 Yorkshire Agricultural Machinery Show.

Landini tractors on display at the 2019 Yorkshire Agricultural Machinery Show.

Kubota M7152 on display at the 2019 Yorkshire Agricultural Machinery Show.

A tractor i'm hoping to go back and see this Summer at work. This smart McCormick CX105 Diamond Edition.

No problem at all Stan, once I get it unboxed, i'll have it lined up with a few tractors from that era. 🙂

Lovely work Peter, looks great on the Fiat. 🙂

JCB Fastrac 4220 tractors in action together at NORMAC 2018.

Began collecting seriously again back in 2008, after selling off my carpet farming operation around ten years earlier. Initially I bought most general releases from the likes of Britains, Siku, Ertl, and Universal Hobbies. Then in 2011 I became disillusioned with the hobby, and the collection of mainly modern era tractors I'd amassed. I didn't feel like I had a true connection to my collection so decided to sell all of the modern era tractors, combines and foragers off, and focus mostly on collecting models of tractors I had fond childhood memories of from the eighties, and early to mid-nineties. The more model shows I attended around this time, the more fascinated I became with scratch built and custom converted models constructed by a wealth of talented model builders. Whilst I've zero talent or patience to build models myself I massively appreciate the work of others, and have tended to focus on purchasing these types of model for my collection with classic era general releases filling in the gaps. I enjoy displaying my collection out of their boxes in cabinets dedicated to individual manufacturers. With the odd exception my collection covers tractors and associated kit built between the 1960s and 1990s.

Case IH Quadtrac 620 drilling oil seed rape on a murky drizzly day last August.

Surprised we haven't seen a Mega from Replicagri yet. A pre-Vista cab version like this.

Agreed, i'd love to see an early green belly Lexion like this 430, or a nice Evolution version like this 470. 🙂

Lovely collection Jan. You've some fantastic models lined up there. Welcome to the forum.

You're welcome Jan. Four models were part of Case IH's CT range, the CT5050, 5060, 5070, and 5080. They were produced between 2001 and 2005 following the formation of Case New Holland in 1999. Main difference aside from the cab roof, and slightly different panels was that the Case IH versions were powered by Cummins engines. Whilst the CT5050,5060, and 5070 are very rare, there's quite a few CT5080s at work in the UK.

This one Jan. Part of the CT range based on the New Holland TX60 series and produced at the old MDW/Fortshritt factory. 🙂

Massey Ferguson 5700 series tractor on display at the 2019 Yorkshire Agricultural Machinery Show.

Brand new Massey Ferguson 6716S ploughing earlier this Spring. I photographed this tractor as part of a Classic Tractor Magazine feature I wrote on the career of Birdsall Estates tractor and sprayer operator Philip Nicholson.

Replicagri Fiat 1000 2wd added to the miniature fleet.

Very smart work Chris. 🙂