jaywilli7610 Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Ive been looking for this book for a while now. I believe their are various updated versions. but may be out of print? Please could anyone tell me where to find one and more importantly is it worth the dosh!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FNHIR Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 www.farmmodels.co.uk have it, go to the Notice Board section Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorbob Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 there are 4 books yellow,blue,red and green .... you get them on ebay time to time or toy fairs sometimes.. yes they are worth it ... green is the hardest to find {any out there} Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FNHIR Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 there are 4 books yellow,blue,red and green .... you get them on ebay time to time or toy fairs sometimes.. yes they are worth it ... green is the hardest to find {any out there} Had never heard of the green, what does that cover? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ploughmaster Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 The green one was the first one and was a general overview of the Britains range. The yellow booklet was in many respects an update of the green one. For anyone who doesn't know, the full sequence was: Green cover: Britains Toy Tractors and Farm Machinery - has a basic overview of the farm equipment range from 1947 to 1992, brief coverage of boxes and catalogues and sources of models and factors affecting prices (and a dozen examples of what were at the time recent prices - Deutz DX110 for £10 ). The secod half of the 36 page booklet is devoted to listings of the models by OEM and by Britains catalogue number. Blue cover: Britains Fordson, Ford & New Holland Toy Tractors - Peters particular area of interest, this covers the Fordson/Ford and NH models in relation to their real life counterparts, and has a pictorial listing of the Briains models up to 1993, together with a listing of sets containing Fordson, Ford or NH tractors with detail of their contents. There is also a small section on Point of Sale display stands. 48 pages for this one. Red cover: Britains Massey Ferguson Toy Tractors - same size and similarly layed out to the previous Ford book, but detailing the MF tractor, combine and machinery models up to 1995, with a small section on promotional and point of sale advertising material. Yellow cover: Toy Tractors From Britains - 64 pages updating and expanding in the first (green) book up to 2000. Overview of the development of the Britains farm tractor and implement range, and the way this mirrored real life developments, together with a short look at special editions produced for particular manufactureres or specific markets. Concludes with a fairly comprehensive listings: By OEM, by catalogue number, and a listing of the special issues (as known at the time!). All are useful (there are colour pictures of some of the rarer colours/variations and of POS material), but are of course becoming a bit out of date, and new information keeps coming to light. They remain a useful reference as far as they go (particularly for implements), but David Pullens books have rather taken over as far as tractor variations go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super6 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 They remain a useful reference as far as they go (particularly for implements), but David Pullens books have rather taken over as far as tractor variations go. Your too modest, David Pullens books are by no means exhaustive, as far as variations go. I have all four. Good reference material, where else has anyone seen/shown the Vicon OEM promo material, to name but one item found within. Well worth buying. Does anyone else have the small publication, BRITAINS MODEL TRACTORS & IMPLEMENTS, by David M Bate from 1982? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FNHIR Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Your too modest, Does that mean what I think it does?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ploughmaster Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Does that mean what I think it does?! If you mean what I think you mean; no it doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorbob Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 now thats confusing... im lost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 now thats confusing... im lost Dinny is asking is super 6 Mr Barron which ploughmaster has said it is not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FNHIR Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Dinny is asking is super 6 Mr Barron which ploughmaster has said it is not. No I was asking if ploughmaster was Peter Baron! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGEL FORD Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Your too modest, David Pullens books are by no means exhaustive, as far as variations go. I have all four. Good reference material, where else has anyone seen/shown the Vicon OEM promo material, to name but one item found within. Well worth buying. Does anyone else have the small publication, BRITAINS MODEL TRACTORS & IMPLEMENTS, by David M Bate from 1982? ....of course...!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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