watermill Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Hi, Does anyone know the story behind the TW20 in the 1981 catalogue? there's a drawing on the front cover and a photo on page 6. tall air cleaner and different decals. Prototype? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super6 Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 I think you have hit the nail on the head there................prototype/pre production Have a look at the cattle truck chassis, it is shown in red in the first catalogue it appeared in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watermill Posted July 26, 2015 Author Share Posted July 26, 2015 Yes it must be Paul, I'm sure I've got a cattle truck in those colours somewhere. I've just checked the 1982 catalogue and they both look as we know them too. Britains didn't often put prototypes in the catalogues did they, now they put real images in which dint have the 'charm' of the old sketches from back in the day when they hadn't actually made the product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super6 Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 I`d like to see a picture of that. You do mean red chassis and not float/flatbed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watermill Posted July 26, 2015 Author Share Posted July 26, 2015 I'm sure its a red chassis, but I may stand corrected. When I go through the collection properly ill try ad dig it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mf135 Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Hi, Does anyone know the story behind the TW20 in the 1981 catalogue? there's a drawing on the front cover and a photo on page 6. tall air cleaner and different decals. Prototype? If you look just above the front wheels you can see that there is also headlights and that the decals are different always wondered the same thing preproduction mock up. Also when the glencoe cultivator came out new in the catalogue it looks to be in Black? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorman314 Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 You will also notice in the 1981 catalogue , that the roof of the Cattle Box is a different shape to what was released. It would be interesting to see if any were produced with Red Chassis and different style Cattle Box. tractorman314. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watermill Posted July 26, 2015 Author Share Posted July 26, 2015 That's well spotted Martyn, I think I need glasses but yes with the magnifying glass I can see that now. Up until now I just thought it was poor lit photography, but I've just looked again and I think your right, it looks black! Also when I was just looking for the cultivator I've just noticed the tipping gear on the yellow tipper is in yellow, as the whole truck changes colours in following years catalogues and not knowing where mine is to look I cant remember if this was black in production? And where do all these prototypes / pre-production models end up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watermill Posted July 26, 2015 Author Share Posted July 26, 2015 I agree Mark, I'm also wishing I could get all the early Britains out now and start comparing them to the catalogue images! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watermill Posted July 26, 2015 Author Share Posted July 26, 2015 And now how many versions of that cultivator are there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 I think I have 4 different colours but are packed away so cant look at moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 on the glenco front there's the green and white, green and white(red headstock) red and white, red and silver , blue and white(from the ford set) last version was orange and silver , and a weird blue and silver (little farmer) don't remember any others, but may well be some Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watermill Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share Posted July 29, 2015 I've got a yellow tipping trailer, (as in the trailer that had the silage extension), it has the normal MF sticker on the side and comes in a normal Britains box. I have no idea if this is genuine as I've not seen it anywhere with the MF sticker on it. I don't think its a spray job, it looks to 'real' if that makes sense? Anyone else got one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watermill Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share Posted July 29, 2015 Here's a picture of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 theres two yellow versions ,ones from the jcb set, and is very yellow, the one you have is real, and its a more orangey yellow if that makes sence, I have one unboxed, but heres a pic from a dutch site who I met at Zwolle one year, he's got a huge book of colour variations where he confirmed my blue and yellow muck spreader was a real one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 no mark they are real, like the lime green one, just rare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watermill Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share Posted July 29, 2015 The lime green one is now on the 'wanted' list, not that you see them every day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 The lime green one is now on the 'wanted' list, not that you see them every day! i have only seen one boxed version, it belongs to someone on here ,just their name eludes my memory right now, i have an unboxed one and have seen two others tops on ebay , i was very lucky and spoted mine in a scrap lot at buy now 10 quid , only just listed , i bought it not 1 min after it went on , was missing its tailgate , but the decals were in place and origonals , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super6 Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 I have a lime green version was bought at a toy fair, it was missing the tailgate, tip mechanism and decals. I also bought a red trailer at the same toy fair and transferred over the tailgate and tip mechanism, decals were acquired from Dave Towse. The yellow version I have was an ebay purchase, the Autoway decal can be seen peeping through from behind the MF200 decal. This comes in a chevron box I think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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