The Tractor Twitcher

G and H registered Massey Ferguson 399 tractors drilling in Lincolnshire in the early nineties. 

Massey Ferguson 3095 yoked to a Teagle bale shredder.

John Deere 630 at work in North Lincolnshire in 2019.

Harrison Farms pair of New Holland CR8.90s at work together in 2019.

Managed to get out this morning to see the start of the Derek Cass Memorial Road Run over near Beverley in East Yorkshire.

Smart Mercedes Benz Unimog U1200 at the 2019 Whitby Steam Rally.

5 minutes ago, phil phoenix said:

Yes I think i will attend Cereals as im not at all confident the lurgy has finished with us yet,  September is too far away to get my hopes up for Normac yet. Last year it was all looking good right up to the week before, they were just a mile or two up the road from me and all the fields had been readied and roped off and it looked a certainty to go ahead and then Boris spoke and it got called off within hours!

Agreed, precisely the reason I haven't bothered buying tickets for any of the music festivals I would normally attend. Unless I can turn it into a day's work unlikely i'll be at Cereals, but hoping to attend a few other shows, ploughing matches, and working days etc. 🙂

Great to be back out covering a farm sale today, lovely to hear an auctioneer's voice again. Some tidy well looked after kit off a small dairy farm on the Notts / Leicstershire borders. 

Great attention to detail, fantastic work really well described and explained. 

Case IH Pumas and Easterby trailers on carting duties.

Case IH 9010 AFS in action near Filey on the Yorkshire coastline in 2019.

1 hour ago, phil phoenix said:

Are we going to get any outdoor shows this year Dave whilst covid is taking a break?   

Cereals looks like its due to go ahead on 30th June / 1st July Phil. I'm hoping to attend Driffield and Great Yorkshire Shows in July all being well. NORMAC could well be on, and i've the British National Ploughing Championships penciled in my diary in October along with a few vintage /classic working days. Everything crossed. 

Brian and Charlie Wright's Claas Dominator 86 gathering up oil seed rape in 2019.

Massey Ferguson 7495 and Kuhn wrapper following the 6210R and Fendt baler.

John Deere 6210R and Fendt 1290S baling in 2019.  

A few photos from a Vaderstad testimonial I completed last October on a lovely wet and windy day near Northallerton.

26 minutes ago, 844john said:

Proper tractor there David!

Fantastic tractor John, one of two tidy examples this farm owns. 🙂

Case IH 1455XL on a friends farm in Lincolnshire last year.

1 hour ago, robbo said:

When the SDF Hercules and other variants were announced by Schuco I put in an order with Marcus Selten at Farmmodels.nl for all of them, however, along came Brexit and Covid and he contacted me to say that they did not get them in stock and did not know when they would be getting them. He then refunded me the amount that I had paid up front which I thought was very decent of him rather than asking me to wait.

I then saw some of the comments from others about the difference and quality of the Schuco versions when compared to others from FM Modelbau and I started to hesitate about whether to get them or not. Eventually, (last week), I decided to take the plunge and ordered the Same Hercules standard version from a French seller on Ebay as all of the UK sellers had now sold out. 2 days after ordering the Hercules I got an email from Marcus Selten to say that they now had the full range back in stock and would I like to re-order. I have thanked him but I will wait to see the others in the flesh before I make up my mind. Having said that, I will not be getting the Gold Hercules as it is completely wrong but I might consider the Lamborghini and Hurlimann versions at some stage.

Then yesterday, only a week after I ordered it, the Hercules turned up from the French seller, really good service and I would use him again. At some stage, when I have more time, I will get all of the versions out side by side and do a comparison. 

 

 

The short-comings of the Hercules are just about disguised by the grills in the side panels, whereas they're plain to see on the Lamborghini which looks utterly atrocious from every angle. There's some decent clear shots of the Lambo on the Brushwood website. Yet to see the Hurlimann version but can't imagine it being much better. I bought the Same, but definitely won't be buying the others. I'd sooner spend the £120+ on something a lot more accurate. The FM-Modellbau versions are the best by miles, and some of the best resin 1/32nd scale models out there.  

*Edit.......Just searched for the Hurlimann on Google, and whilst it doesn't look great proportionally like the others, the Lambo still looks by far the worst and this largely down to the size of the gap between the Lamborghini decal at the top of the side panels and the 1556DT decal below. The gap between them is twice as deep as what it should be and this highlights further how far out the proportions of the model are compared to the Same and Hurlimann versions.......Might yet get the Hurlimann now, but its no where close to the top of my current shopping list.

AP cabbed Ford 4610 and bag jib.

New Holland T5060 and re-built Massey Ferguson 30 drill at work alongside the 3350 last Spring.

John Deere 3350 power harrowing last Spring.

Perkins powered Fordson E27N at the 2019 Roxby Heritage Weekend.

Massey Ferguson 699 and Zetor 11245 ZTS at the 2019 Roxby Heritage Weekend.

Great work Chris. That looks very smart. 🙂