stevestoys Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Just A Few Pictures Of My Collection.Will Post Some More Soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon 2.05 Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Looks good, looking forward to see more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_scrivener Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Nice to see the older models and the animals & people. When you have time, could you do a one of each photo of the Highland Steer colour variants please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestoys Posted December 28, 2012 Author Share Posted December 28, 2012 Will do more photos soon.I have over150 Highland steer so i will have a look and put some pictures on the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 That is quite some collection! Couple of questions, the first being why so many duplicates? Second, how annoyed would you be if someone rattles the animals' cabinet and they all fell over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_scrivener Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 That is quite some collection! Couple of questions, the first being why so many duplicates? Second, how annoyed would you be if someone rattles the animals' cabinet and they all fell over A lot of those apparent duplicates are not duplicates, if you look closely enough at them, as Jonathan Stephens has discovered. See his site: http://www.britainsheraldfarm.co.uk/ Once there, click on 'Sales', to see his in depth studies published so far. You can have the study of the Herald running sheepdog for free - to get the idea of what they're like. I thought of them all falling over too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestoys Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 Thanks for the interest in my collection.Firstly why so many duplicates?The answer is that some animals are very different in colour and texture.Like the sheep,some have rough coats and some dont.There is a lot of Herald animals in the cabinet and a lot of them was hand painted so the paint finish was slightly different.Also people know me and sell me some Britains so i pick 2 and 3 up of the same model and then sell one.As to the animals in the cabinet falling over,I have a door stopper on the floor to stop the door hitting the cabinet,The cabinet is 6ft high by 2x2 square all one piece and very heavy and sturdy. The glass shelving is all original heavy duty glass.The animals dont seem to fall over as there is over 800 in the cabinet and seem to hold each other up ok.The cabinet also lights up in the middle and at the top and has 2 locks on the door.Thanks For Looking And Any Photos That Anybody Wants Putting On I Will Do My Best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_scrivener Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Another item has caught my eye, which I'd like to see in close up, with some details of exactly what it is - the green landscape backing card you have the line of Ayreshire cattle standing on. Is it a box insert? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestoys Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 Photo of Large folding box set of Herald animals and new lines of animals with the original dust proof covers.Also some pictures of 3 different coloured Highland Steer,and a rare cow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_scrivener Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 The brown grazing cow and the folding boxed set are rare items indeed. However, there are few 'intruders' in the boxed set, which was 1963-64 only, which ideally need to be replaced by the correct items, which you probably have in your cabinet anyway. The ones which instantly spring to mind are the landgirl with bucket (you have a much later PVC plastic version in you box), man carrying sack (the one you have is the very rare, 1968/9 only dark blue plastic version, but for 1963/4 it should be the more common pink plastic version with light blue painted trousers), and the white hunter horse (yours in the box is a much later horse, about 1970). The Jersey cow standing is debateable, as this version started about 1964, and I notice its colour doesn't quite match the other two Jerseys. So it might be original. Depends if you have a good condition and better colour match example of the earlier Jersey standing cow to do a swap with, otherwise leave it as it is. Plus, this box originally had all four labourers, each in correct colour with appropriate tool. Thanks for the Highland Steer photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Ah I see, it was more the tractors and machinery associated duplicates I was referring to but you answered that question too. Thanks for the info. Sounds like quite a Fort Knox of a cabinet for all those figures and animals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestoys Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 More Of My Britains Farm Collection.3,rare picture box sets.Only made for a short time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestoys Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 Britains Ford Transit Code 3 Vans And A John Deere Van. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 You have the animal transporter set too! I have that set, its a lovely one. Lucky chap with the Massey set too mind, I'd have liked that one as a child. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Nice photos but any chance of using Photobucket instead Steve..or is it Shaun PB is easier for members to view and I 'm told from the computer guru's it saves FTF server space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestoys Posted December 30, 2012 Author Share Posted December 30, 2012 Britains Milk Tankers.Cant get to use photobucket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestoys Posted December 30, 2012 Author Share Posted December 30, 2012 Britains DX 6.50 Tractor Collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Britains Milk Tankers.Cant get to use photobucket. Photobucket can be a pain at times Stephen but well of late it has being doing alright with me....but maybe I should not say that and tempt fate... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Don't worry about it, Photobucket is a great way of hosting photos but it isn't absolutely necessary unless you intend to post literally hundreds of photos. Back to the actual subjects of the photos.... I have never seen anything of that white tanker gift set, that must be incredibly rare is it not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestoys Posted December 30, 2012 Author Share Posted December 30, 2012 The white tanker set is a very rare set as i have only come across 1 other one before.Will be putting more photos on soon including a few more rare shop displays and models of course.Any photo requests of any Britains models and i will see if i have got the model.Thanks For The Feedback.Like to see that there are other Britains collectors out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Well, one that is evading me at the moment is the Mercedes Readymix cement mixer in the gold Road Series box. While I know what it looks like, a few pics of one wouldn't hurt! Be even better if you knew of one available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestoys Posted December 30, 2012 Author Share Posted December 30, 2012 1970,s Britains LWB Landrovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super6 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 The white tanker set is a very rare set as i have only come across 1 other one before.Will be putting more photos on soon including a few more rare shop displays and models of course.Any photo requests of any Britains models and i will see if i have got the model.Thanks For The Feedback.Like to see that there are other Britains collectors out there. I bought one of these as a xmas gift for my god son when they were out. I did ask about it a few years ago........ sadly all gone now There's one or two of us on here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 The white tanker set is a very rare set as i have only come across 1 other one before.Will be putting more photos on soon including a few more rare shop displays and models of course.Any photo requests of any Britains models and i will see if i have got the model.Thanks For The Feedback.Like to see that there are other Britains collectors out there. You have now come across a third one Steve ...No 9668 was out from 1996 to 1997. I bought mine just over 5 years ago and I certainly did not pay a lot for it back then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestoys Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 Hi Bill,Very nice box set.Have you noticed in the 1996 catalogue it should have been a silver and blue Milk Marque Tanker and not this white one but this box set has the correct picture of the tanker to go with this set.Your thoughts on this anybody?Also Happy New Year From Shaun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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