MuirHillyBilly Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 As my name may suggest I am rather fond of the old Yellow Trojans of the British countryside. The first tractor I ever saw in action was a Muir Hill 121 in the field opposite where I used to live near York some 25 years ago. The no nonsense build, the steely front light 'eyes' and the brutal raw sound of the Muir Hill makes my heart dance I love these things so much that I nearly bought a real 141 last year, not unusual you may think but bear in mind I live in a town and work in an office Anyhow having now found the best model farming resource in the world, i.e this site, I was hoping someone, anyone could help me. From hours upon hours of internet trawling and Ebay searching overt he last 2 years it appears that an official Muir Hill build in either 1/32 or 1/16 has never happened. There is a Matchbox series but that appears to be it. Scratch builds seem very rare too, in fact I have only seen 1 or 2 on long forgotten discussion pages. I found some old posts on here that suggested there may be some development but they stop a few years back, I'm not sure if Lloyd Loaders have signed off the rights and I dream of a day when IH, Schuco, Weise or Britains announce they are doing them. I've looked at scratch building one myself but don't think I am good enough and the only base model I can think of starting with is the Schuco Schluter Super Trac as it has similar frame/cab (but would still need a lot of chopping) So my rather long winded appeal is to ask if anyone knows of anyone super talented who can scratch build one. Any small companies who do custom scratch builds. Or if there is any noise been made by one of the big companies about making them? How have Muir Hills fared in the voting for the FTF special edition models? I understand not everyone likes the MH but any help would be hugely appreciated. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick on bff Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 ive got a real 121 series 3 that i might sell for the right price nick...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuirHillyBilly Posted February 25, 2011 Author Share Posted February 25, 2011 ive got a real 121 series 3 that i might sell for the right price nick...... Thanks nick but I think I had better stick to a model one, parking one on my street might be tricky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 get one of those and you can park where you want lee, with a bit of nudge and bump it would fit most spaces with ease :laugh: :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginjaninja95 Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 The classic combines maker would make you one. twose trading might. There the best I found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPN Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 There was a very limited run of an uncabbed MH101 in 1:32 about ten years ago. I've only ever see one of them, and pictures of another. The maker did a second model of a County 1004 (6X) which I managed to obtain in Zwolle a very long time ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the other green Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 I've done a little bit of digging around in past issues of Classic Tractor and in the September 2006 issue (page 107) there is an article about a man who builds his own models in various scales. This gentleman's name is Roy Leetham, he is (in 2006) from Hook in South Yorkshire. He builds mostly County, Roadless and a J.J. Thomas Ninety Five 100 from various donor tractors and scratch-build pieces HOWEVER....he also built a cabless Muir Hill 101 using what looks like a fair bit of Britains Ford parts. That may be a lead for you....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford 8830 Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 There was a very limited run of an uncabbed MH101 in 1:32 about ten years ago. I've only ever see one of them, and pictures of another. The maker did a second model of a County 1004 (6X) which I managed to obtain in Zwolle a very long time ago. these are both built by martyn reeve of martyns farm models. stowmarket. he has still got the parts to build his mh and a call to him would be a good starting point. martyns farm models ward green farm old newton stowmarket 01449673220 i will sort out some pictures for you ok richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 these are both built by martyn reeve of martyns farm models. stowmarket. he has still got the parts to build his mh and a call to him would be a good starting point. martyns farm models ward green farm old newton stowmarket 01449673220 i will sort out some pictures for you ok richard there you go lee, martyns one of the 2 best 32nd scale tractor builders out there buddy, i have some of his bits along with the other master dave purdues stuff to, buy from either of these guys and you wont be let down for quallity in the build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuirHillyBilly Posted February 26, 2011 Author Share Posted February 26, 2011 Massive thanks to everyone for the information, I will follow these up soon, really excited about getting a few models sorted As a side note I took a look at Classic Combines site and oh my word they are amazing, no prices though so will have to give them a call, since I now have 1:16 County coming (to be revealed soon) I would like an MH to put aside it although my passion is for a 1/32 Muir Hill Thanks again to you all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike R Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 A few years ago Dave Towse made me one from a mF 2680 I thought he said he may make a few more I dont know if he has , see my picture at the side of my name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archbarch Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 ive spent many happy hours driving Muir Hills 101, 121 mk 2 and 3. I consider myself very fortunate to have driven them, i always felt they were far superior to drive than a County. Maybe one day we might see a mainstream manufacturer make a MH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 There is a cabbed white metal Muir hill out there too, not sure who made it but I know of two which have come up on ebay in the past, one went to someone I know of in Ireland, the other was bid on by someone in Ireland on my behalf, sadly I was feeling too tight on that occasion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allistairc123 Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 There is a cabbed white metal Muir hill out there too, not sure who made it but I know of two which have come up on ebay in the past, one went to someone I know of in Ireland, the other was bid on by someone in Ireland on my behalf, sadly I was feeling too tight on that occasion! i got the 101 from ebay and the 171 to match! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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