robbo

Some of the Ford based tractors

V8 diesel Major

These can loosely be described as tractors, they bear more resemblance to "funny cars"

I seem to remember that somebody on here is building a Ford 3000

Can't remember what this one is  \ \ \ \ \

The sign on this Jones Baler said that he had bought it at auction and the only other bidder was a scrap man

I believe that this was a Mercedes

One of the few "classic" Internationals there

A couple of green ones

This is another that has featured in Classic Tractor, its smaller brother, the 500, was alongside it

This was an unusual Massey

Just for Bill, I don't know how this compares to yours but it was immaculate

There were other blues there as well

Even Fergies come in blue occasionally  ;D

Didn't get the story with this one but I think it had won a few trophys

Zetor were also represented

I am sure that this one has been featured in Classic Tractor and is the only one in the UK

Just got back from the show and took over 70 photos, don't worry I won't post them all.....at least not all in one go anyway  ;) ;)

The theme for the show was Massey Ferguson (should keep 'is Lordship happy) but there were plenty of others there as well.

I'll start with a couple of interior shots

lineup of the MF 500 series

and from the other side

Yes I am certainly taking the camera but whether I see any of the tractors or I spend all my time on G & M's stall is by no means certain  ;D ;D I will post any pictures as and when I get back

robbo

look at that sprayer  :o :o *

Never mind the sprayer, hope the Big Bud makes it into 1/32  :o :o

Just to bump this up to the top  ;) is anyone going to this one or will I be Billy no Mates  \ \ \

robbo

Has anyone on here ever heard of KIBRI models, what sort of details do they have and what scale are they?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=370061190702&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=024

thanks

Robbo

If you need the 9 hole drawbar there is one on ebay if you are quick

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FERGUSON-9-HOLE-DRAW-BAR_W0QQitemZ290238255232QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item290238255232&_trkparms=39%3A1|65%3A1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

robbo

Welcome to the forum Natted, there are a few models already in your collection that are on my wish list  ;) keep collecting

robbo

really ? i thought 56lbs was 25kgs ? as in a bag or spuds ? & 1cwt was 50kgs

Oh allright made a boo boo 1kg = 2.2lbs sorry Matt

robbo

As i understand it the suggested ratio for horsepower to tonne is 10 : 1 ie for every 10 hp you can pull 1 tonne, it still works today if you think about it  ;) ;) ;)

Just look at the tractor on the front is it a TE20 or the biggie  ;D and FE35  8) 8)

robbo

OK showing my age here 1 cwt (hundredweight) was 112 lbs or about 25kg. There are 20 hundredweights in 1 ton (not tonne). However 30cwt equals about 1500kgs or 1 1/2 tons

robbo

Bloody traffic copper dicked me for 30 quid for not wearing a seat belt today  >.

Now I'm a law abiding citizen and respect the police, but crap like this is taking it a bit far  .

When the stereo was stolen out of our old Disco on the drive, they couldn't do a thing about it, and wouldn't even pay a visit to someone we strongly suspected of doing it and who had been visiting next door when it went missing, a known petty criminal  .

Robbing me for 30 quid for a 'motoring offence' is not going to save my or anyone else's life, nor will it help my brain remember to stick it on for a 1/4 mile journey when I have as much going on as I do at the moment. It's just lazy policing and greedy lining of the civil coffers  .

Yet another reason why the general British public are disillusioned with the government and public services it provides. They should blow less tax pounds on fancy Volvo V70R's and cretins to cruise around on fuel at £1.25 / litre eyeballing the general public for such ridiculous oversights and think a bit more about hitting gun, drug and violent crime a bit harder. The cash spent on those two and their car would probably go a long way toward the overtime to cover 3 or 4 bobbies to keep Friday nights under control....

Apologies to all the hardworking sensible coppers out there, the many have it spoiled by the few who think they're Starsky and Hutch and have git-sticks rammed up their ar*es...

aahh so where do I start

Yes actually wearing a seat belt IS going to save your life one day, just how safe do you think Britains roads would be if there was no traffic legislation and no Police to enforce it?

Which laws of this country do you think that you should be able to observe and which ones do you think that you should be able to ignore, the seat belt law? the theft act? the law against Murder perhaps??

Which ones do you think that the Police should enforce, just the ones that make them popular?

It is the same with whatever job you do, should you just do the bits of your job that other people think are needed or are there things that they might not know about that are just as important

When your car gets stolen and the offenders make off in it do you think that the Police should chase them in their zero emissions electric car or maybe a Volvo T5 that can do the speed needed to apprehend them.

I have posted before on the emphasis given to roads policing versus crime, you might not see all the Police officers in plain clothes looking for burglars, robbers, drug dealers and all the other detritus of society but they outnumber the Traffic officers by more than 5 to 1

Mike Robinson

Cheshire Police

Sorry to hijack your thread Andy but I have been given a plastic David Brown Case tractor and I was wondering if anyone could say who made it?

There doesn't appear to be any makers name or other markings other that the DB decal, there is no model number but I would suggest it is closest to a 1694 or similar

Help and opinions gratefully received

Robbo

most likely keep my JD's and get rid of the rest, I've lost intrest in collecting and making them

Are you going to post them up in the classifieds on here? At least then you know they will be going to owners who will appreciate them

I love the way he describes it as "low start price and I will let the auction run its course"  :D :D \ \ \

The last one only reached just over £200 and failed to meet the reserve that the buyer had put on. I will probably watch it out of curiosity but there is no way I would bid on it

Sue

so glad to see the support you are getting, it is times like this that you realise how good it is to have a family that care

regards

Mike

Pudding you worry me sometimes  :) do you have a proper job or do you spend all day and night searching for the weird and wonderful in the world :D :D you certainly find the strangest things  ;D

robbo