My Britains only collection.

[Marmitemania]

Just a little sneaksy into what ive got,about 1/3 of the boxed stuff,  more to follow:

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I will try and post the rest up tommorow, the camera ran out of power, and I have to rely on the good wife to put the pictures on for me, so its not the easiest thing for me.

[BRITAINSMAD]

excellent job james! Been looking forward to this for a while.  So far so good! 

Cant wait to see the older Britains stuff 1980+

Do you have a picture of everything together!?

[MDFord]

Truely excellent Britains collection MM !

I look forward to seeing some more pics 

[Lord Ferguson]

My word James... some lovely items in that lot mate... many thanks for sharing... I don't think I've ever seen a boxed blue combine before... you've made my day !

Out of interest James... a few questions if I may....

1. Which is your favourite model and why ?

2. What is the rareset one you have ?

3. Is it all insured ?

4. When did you start collecting ?

5. Do you have a specific criteria for your collecting habbit (ie. before or after a certain age perhaps) ?

Many thanks in advance

[BC]

Nice colelction James.... I need to get one of those blue combines ;D

[texas]

Great britains collection you have there. Don't see that often a collection with only britains.

Texas

[AlexMF]

great collection! pictures of all the masseys please!

[Marmitemania]

Thanks for all the comments so far chaps, just about too have my dinner then I will nip and take the rest of the pictures, and answer your questions Mark. 

[Deere-est]

A nice collection you have put together over the years, James. All the boxes look as new. I notice though, is the Britains trailed forager missing its insert?

[Tractorman810]

blimey a second big collection on show, some nice bits in here to i must say

[Lord Ferguson]

blimey a second big collection on show, some nice bits in here to i must say

I was just thinking the same Sean... second superb collection posted within a few hours of each other... some dark horses on here I reckon

[ploughmaster]

I notice though, is the Britains trailed forager missing its insert?

I think you will find it does have an insert, but it is plain. 

The forage harvester was unusual in that it retained the straw box right up to the late 80s - I don't think it changed until the model changed colour to green (does any one know of a green one in a straw box or an orange one in a rainbow box?)  At that time the rest of the implements had gone into the Rainbow Banded boxes, which usually had a plain insert,  thus the forage harvester had a plain insert too. 

Why it was still in a straw box when they were phased out for the rest of the implements around 1980, I have no idea.  All I can think is that they had a lot of straw boxes in stock and they simply used them up.  I don't think this model was a fast seller, which may explain why it took so long?

[unkelfergus]

Another very nice collection there James,....seeing the more modern stuff there makes me wish I had carried on collecting.

2010 keeps getting better day by day.

Looking forward to the next pictures......

[jdc]

Very tidy collection. I'm always envious of people who can keep the models pristine in boxes like that - I used to always (and still do) rip then open to get at the goodies inside. 

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Right time for round two, just back from dads having taken the pics, it took me 1 1/2 hours.