fenryk

I discovered the answer this afternoon. Get them hooked on collecting as well. Mine's collection of Landrovers is growing quite well as I keep adding to them and she sees them at shows, but her main interest is books and bygones (always wondered why she married me).

TOG. It was said/written very tongue in cheek. I do not envy any farmer struggling to survive in this economic climate, especially battling against the power of the supermarkets. That is why my car carries the NFU stickers and why we joined the march in London the other year - to support the rural life and farming. If I have caused offence I apologise, it was not meant.

Whitemetal is delicate in small sections. I think it is an alloy of lead and tin (but not sure). Lost wax casting is also used for small items, anything larger becomes brass section soldered together. My approach to reproducing hitches would be to make them out of brass rectangular section and insert brass wire into drilled holes to get the pins. That is my theory, the theory what is mine - untried yet due to the sheer quantity of end of year marking needing attention and the fact that the external verifier arrives next week to check my internal checks on other colleagues marking. Oh to be a carefree farmer :

They are devious aren't they? Not that we would ever consider doing anything remotely underhand, like slipping the carrier bags in whilst they are down the garden.

They become rather delicate in whitemetal. The railway boys sometimes use lost wax brass castings which are stronger, but more expensive.

On the front of your potato planter front mounted implement and the back of the subsoil er you have bar rollers. Where did you get them? I've been trying to think how to make them but if they are readily available at a decent price why bother.

Have pity on your poor Springer.

I'll gp along with that as you obviously agree with my opinion that the Labrador is the best

Don't worry Rick, it is a dog which is second best to the best dog breed - the Labrador

and his French relation - wait for it - wait for it - French bean

And look at the postage cost as well, another source of income. Funchemist is bidding so he seems likely to be ripped off.

Thanks Britfarmer, 1 of each ordered as the better half collects LR and it eases the guilt over my purchases!

Some of the descriptions should not pass the Trade Descriptions Act! Anyway, well done F-P. I hope your efforts are rewarded by expulsion of the guilty. They undermine the trust in ebay, though as IHP said maybe this forum is a safer place to trade. Talking og ebay, has anyone else had trouble accessing it today? I can get the listing but trying to put an item on watch or access my area results in 'unobtainable'. It may just be my lack of skills but everywhere else is working fine.

difficult to tell as it states seller's standard rate for UK. This is the Item number: 6954425685. This is all new to me and so far e-bay has resulted in a couple of turkeys (not Britain's models of turkeys!).

Currently there is a seller charging ?15 postage on a group of 12 models which are not partcularly large. Is this a hidden mark up?