David Brown Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Just a quickie, has anyone ever built and released a model of a Track Marshall please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.watson Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 (edited) yes, scaledown models. tm 135, 155.[kits] Edited February 16, 2012 by chris.watson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brown Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 Thank you very much sir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertw1 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Was that the one in the model farmer magazine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.watson Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Was that the one in the model farmer magazine. yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Whilst they're not listed on his website anymore Dave Towse has done a Britannia in the past and I seem to remember Martyn Reeve producing some rather smart older Track Marshall models in yellow and orange in the past too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 like this one david http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MARTYNS-FARM-MODELS-1-32nd-SCALE-MODEL-TRACK-MARSHALL-55-CRAWLER-TRACTOR-BOXED-/260955456369?pt=UK_BOI_FarmingEquipment_RL&hash=item3cc2284371 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 like this one david http://www.ebay.co.u...=item3cc2284371 Thanks for finding that one Sean, wasn't sure whether it was a 55 or not Martyn produced. Very nice indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 there was a pair of them 55's for sale a while back, real ones, one yellow one orange, barn finds apparently ,casnt say i have ever seen them until those and then this model Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I used to drive an orange TM55 some years ago when I worked in Bedfordshire, the farm also had a TM70 and TM90 and also a Fiat 805C to do all their cultivations. The wheeled tractors were almost all MF135's until just before I left when they discovered 4 wheel drive and bought a couple of Fiat 850 and 1000DT models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brown Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 Thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schw84 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 If you want a real one your more than welcome to come take some of ours. My uncle seems to collect the booming things. His got a 155, 135, 120, 90, 2No 70's and a 55.. Give me a rubber track anyday... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brown Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 Pitty you were so far would love to come and look at them, are they in reasonable condition? Do you have any photographs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.watson Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 If you want a real one your more than welcome to come take some of ours. My uncle seems to collect the booming things. His got a 155, 135, 120, 90, 2No 70's and a 55.. Give me a rubber track anyday... track marshal did make a rubber track crawler, not many produced, i think it was a tm 200. someone correct me if thats the wrong model number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 track marshal did make a rubber track crawler, not many produced, i think it was a tm 200. someone correct me if thats the wrong model number. Correct Chris, and I believe there was possibly a very small number of TM250 models also built. They were based on an Austrailian Waltanna design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 (edited) there was a pair of them 55's for sale a while back, real ones, one yellow one orange, barn finds apparently ,casnt say i have ever seen them until those and then this model I've seen a few over the years Sean and my Dad drove a number of dozer equipped examples for the first large earth moving contractor he worked for as an 18 year old. I used to drive an orange TM55 some years ago when I worked in Bedfordshire, the farm also had a TM70 and TM90 and also a Fiat 805C to do all their cultivations. The wheeled tractors were almost all MF135's until just before I left when they discovered 4 wheel drive and bought a couple of Fiat 850 and 1000DT models. Sounds like a rather impressive fleet of "classic" crawlers Mike. I'm not sure what model it is but there's a farm not far from where I work that still uses an old Fiat crawler occasionally for ploughing and sub soiling. I'll have to track it down with my camera this year. Edited February 17, 2012 by walterderwent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 For Ole and those interested here's a few photographs from my travels of track Marshalls i've captured. Pristine 55 at Newark last November. Prototype Track Marshall 70 equipped with a Perkins R6 engine also seen at Newark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 A selection scanned photographs of Track Marshalls from various events / sales i've attended over the past decade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.watson Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 thanks for sharing pics david. that 155 brings back memories, i used to drive one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 thanks for sharing pics david. that 155 brings back memories, i used to drive one. You're welcome Chris, nice to hear the 155 brings back memories, smart looking crawler. Just a shame the one I found was only sat in the static line up of the event I attended. I'd love capture a steel track crawler such as one of those or a Caterpillar VHP in action with my current digital camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 I've just noted that RJN Classics also make a model of the Track Marshall 55, having just had a little look through my Zwolle photographs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brown Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 (edited) OMG those photos are excellent thanks for spending the time to upload these do RJN classics have a website, are the models complete or kit form? Just found RJN link on your fantastic blog Dave Edited February 17, 2012 by David Brown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 OMG those photos are excellent thanks for spending the time to upload these do RJN classics have a website, are the models complete or kit form? Just found RJN link on your fantastic blog Dave Thanks ever so much Oliver, you're very welcome. If I find any more Track Marshalls on my travels i'll post them up to here. Thanks for your kind comments too regards my blog, something i've been endeavouring to invest a little more of my spare time in recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brown Posted February 18, 2012 Author Share Posted February 18, 2012 Yes Dave most grateful for the pictures and the blog is great some nice Browns on there to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Yes Dave most grateful for the pictures and the blog is great some nice Browns on there to. No problem at all Oliver and thank you. I've photographed a good number of David Brown variations over the years with my trip to Newark in 2010 being my favourite for them. Largely beacuse there were so many rare and significant examples from the brand on display i'd never seen before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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