robbo

Boom Boom ....in his best Basil Brush voice :D :D :D

That is a very sad old SAME, a shame to see the old girl like that but I do have to admit they were prone to the odd spot of rust  :( :(

robbo what sthat john deere yolk with the bonnet up mate it looks a good model???

It is the 8530 precision and yes, I think it is a good model

robbo

I'm pretty sure it's a 165 robbo... at least mine is anyway  \

You are lucky it still has the tyres as well.. most of them fell off... they seem to have expanded over the years... or the hubs have shrunk perhaps 

You're right  :o I have just put my glasses on and had a closer look  ??? ??? I have been thinking it was a 135 doh!

looks great i need a cabnit

on the massey self there is a littel i think 165 and trailer go any info on it

The little Massey is a Corgi 135 and the trailer is from my childhood days, I think it was a Britains log trailer, I found it when I was clearing out my mothers loft and came across and old toy box. I used to have loads of tractors when I was a child but when I left home my mother gave them all to the local nursery school, they would have been worth a bit now and been quite rare

robbo

Picture from a distance of the whole unit would be nice too 

OK Bazza this ones for you

I have just got back from IKEA and I have got 2 extra shelves  @ ?10 each, unfortunately the trip cost me ?76 as the boss wanted a hall table and 3 picture frames  \ \ \ ah well a small price to pay really  ;)

robbo

I'd like to see some more pics of that sometime please Robbo.

Another question...

Do you have lights for the cabinet - and if not... any plans to have...

I've still not got lights in my cabinet, which is something I really must get around to sorting out sometime in the near future 

The short answer is no, me and electrics don't mix, I'm just about OK with a hammer but anything more delicate than that and I need outside assistance, thats why I can't do any conversions I am just too ham fisted and I would ruin anything

robbo

Nice one Robbo.... Looks like a bargain for only ?90... good old Ikea...

One question... what's the crawler

It is a Ros SAME Explorer in 1/16 scale, it is going to be joined soon by a Cat Challenger 95E and hopefully an MT765 (if the bid is successful)

You probably can get more shelves... do you know I hadn't even though about that \ \ \ \ back to IKEA this afternoon then  :D

robbo

'Er indoors relented and it was off to IKEA for a new cabinet that they call a "Billy" bookcase, 6 shelves and glass doors not bad for ?90

The intention is to have one shelf for each major manufacturer but at the moment it is a bit haphazard

Top shelf Ford, Fiat and New Holland, then 2nd shelf John Deere

Next one is the SAME's and the fourth one at the moment is a mixture of red ones, MF, Case and McCormick

The bottom 2 shelves are a bit of a hotchpotch of odds and sods that either don't fit in with anything else or are a different scale

Eventually I plan to have them as

1 Ford Fiat New Holland

2 John Deere

3 SAME

4 Deutz and the 1/25 models

5 CaseIH and McCormick

6 AGCO

The I have to work on a second cabinet  ;D ;D just don't tell the better half yet "softly softly catchee monkee"

robbo

I have never heard of it, where did you get it from?

Don't suppose there is a link to a homepage or anything like that is there?

robbo

I love the old Deutz 06 series tractors, used to drive a D80 06 during the summer of 76. I have been after a model of that model for ages but they are like hens teeth and cost as much as the real thing > >

robbo

Doesn't look too popular, there are no posts since December 2007  :o :o

I think I am right in saying that Watveare were German and taken over by Deutz in the 1970's. You just need to buy the field now to put it to work  :D :D :D

robbo

The 284S and 294S in marky's brochure are built by Landini. Landini used the same cab as MF 600 series. MF owned a big percentage of Landini.

As I tried to say before the A in 3050A stands for Allrad or 4 wheel drive. Doesn't mean that MF produced a model with 3050A on the bonnet. Deere 3050's are refered to as 3050A doesn't mean it was written on the bonnet like that.

To get a model 294S with 600 series type cab you just need a ROS Landini and a pot of red paint.

so why is this one 2 wheel drive

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130214610518&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=003

robbo

Manufacturers hp ratings can vary wildly as it depends what standard the manufacturer chooses to use. Some take the reading at the initial output at the flywheel, with and without things like the fan, alternator and other ancillaries. Obviously that gives the highest possible readout of their tractor power.

Others use different measurements with ancillaries engaged which gives a lower reading. It gets even more confusing when you start to include features like powerboost which many tractors now have in transport or pto mode.

When you get your tractor dyno tested they are testing the pto output so don't expect it to be the same as the manufacturers rated output, very few, if any, manufacturers use the pto output as their rated maximum power, it can be up to 15% less.

Another interesting site is the Nebraska test lab which was set up many years ago to test the sometimes extravagant claims of the manufacturers

http://tractortestlab.unl.edu/

You might be surprised at the results for your favourite tractor although most of the tractors tested are American and may not be available in the UK

Link to previous show models

http://spaldingmodeltractor.com/page6a.html

Claas Senator 80, worked on 2 different farms that had one and drove them both....then gave up real farming :( :( :( :(

robbo

I have never seen one of these anywhere in the UK so I would be surprised if it generated much interest at all other than rarity value \ \ \ \ \ \ \

robbo

Have a look at this topic posted by Deerepower some time ago

http://www.farmtoysforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=20375.0

It has lots of pics of the older Deeres but without looking through it all I can't remember if there are any with the old mowers

robbo

great pics are you in any of the pics and where is taunton in the uk 

thanks

luke p

Luke P... check the title... Taunton in SOMERSET \ \ \ \

BGU is going to LOVE the registration of that Massey 6480 ;D ;D ;D

I need to know asap as well please, I need to book the time off work early this time \ \ \ \

robbo

Its a yes from me but seeing as I am a fan of everything SAME related it will come as no surprise ;D ;D

robbo

The first photo didn't come out too well :( :( lets try another one

much better ;D

I don't know if this has been done before or whether it should be in this part of the forum or under collections \ \ \ \ but as well as the models reading about tractors keeps me warm on long winter evenings, yes I'm a sad old git [ [ [

So I thought I would post the collection and see if anyone has any thoughts on their favourite books.

As you can see I have no particular colour bias, well only a little one, and I have books on a number of different marques.

I do have to say that my personal favourite is Four Wheels Ahead the story of SAME Tractors by Massimo Di Nola, but really I like anything that tells the story of how the companies started and how they got to where they are today.

The next purchase will be one of the Stuart Gibbard books on the Ford tractor story

Robbo

Would love to see more of your Deutz models, I have been trying to get an 06 model but the prices are just sky high

robbo