Valley Axe Man Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 2 hours ago, justy 46 said: I never knew you had so many 1/32 little gems Paul..Keep them coming..! Cheers Justin aye there's a few... some a little rough some rather polished but all will get a photo or two posted for the forum to see so here's another to add a bit of something different in the shape of a Leyland Tandem.... there was a one built in a farm workshop that featured in Classic Tractor quite a few year back, this one based on a pair of Dave Towse 272's just to have something a little bit different 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Valley Axe Man Posted May 5, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 5, 2020 (edited) One of the more sentimental tractors in my collection, a Martyn's Farm Models Marshall 100, first owned by the late Phil Hairsine aka Starbrush, Phil was a good mate and inspiration back in the day, he'd phone up for an hour or two at a time disscussing various builds whilst he was sat on the tractor bed-forming, and one evening on his return from Spalding he was taunting me with this Marshall 100, just because i didnt have one....... When i lost my dad, Phil was one of the few that helped me out of the dark hole that i got myself in and not long after he lost his own life, Phil's brother Rob invited me over to the farm and there was a box with a few bits in it for me, Including the 100, along with a hand book for the 702 Marshall that Phil won his first ploughing trophy with and a few small bits and bobs of an unfinished prototype for a Leyland build he was on with.... One of life good guys and a proper character, one met never forgotten and to me he never will be Phil pictured at the show he had with Mike and Pete over at Hornsea which got given the name "The Show in the Snow" as the on the day it put about 4" of snow down, although its the only show i've ever been to there a bacon butty and a brew were a £1....and they still gave money to charity Edited May 5, 2020 by Valley Axe Man 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Nice one Paul. I remember the first time that I met Phil Hairsine at the Myerscough College show and I had a good chat with him about his potato set up, a really ice down to earth chap. I have also got a Marshall 100 that I got from Barry last year at Penrith but I have no idea who built it, it is a really smart model though 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted May 5, 2020 Author Share Posted May 5, 2020 2 hours ago, robbo said: Nice one Paul. I remember the first time that I met Phil Hairsine at the Myerscough College show and I had a good chat with him about his potato set up, a really ice down to earth chap. I have also got a Marshall 100 that I got from Barry last year at Penrith but I have no idea who built it, it is a really smart model though Cheers Mike , oh aye That was Phil, he'd come and do the Myrescough shows and have a couple of days in Blackpool before going back to work, Your Model is one of Martyns too, he did a second batch mid to end of last year, i'm missing a 2wd version in my collection as Phils one joined my own 100 as well as the 125 i'd also bought off Martyn down at Toytrac which could have been back in 2010 The trio i have 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Valley Axe Man Posted May 5, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 5, 2020 A slight digress off my own thread but a couple of photo's of some of Phils work including his famous scratch built Whitsted Harvester 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmd Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 good to see some of phils models again paul he was a brilliant model builder and converter and a cracking fella too 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 (edited) 21 hours ago, jmd said: good to see some of phils models again paul he was a brilliant model builder and converter and a cracking fella too Thanks John over the years there been a few good men disappear, i'll have to look think there should be some better photo's of the Whitsted and some of Phil's Countys.... Stuart Borthwick has one of only 2 of Phil's 804's the other is in a cabinet at Robs with the Whitsted and a few of his builds that Rob and Sally knew were special to him. First photo was taken at Garstang, next to him (behind he camera) would be Roy, another top bloke and great model builder Edited May 6, 2020 by Valley Axe Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 Back to a bit of Bathgate Blue, Dave Towse 472/482 Synchros 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted May 7, 2020 Author Share Posted May 7, 2020 Back to a bit of poppy orange and a spade lugged Universal4 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 A standard 4/60 and 10/60 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 not 32nd but 43rd, little Steyr Marshall 944 by conrad, its believed there are two versions of this tractor, think the other version has grey wheels..... but interestingly there is a known 3rd version, @NIGEL FORD did a very small run of possibly 3 of the Marshall Exclusiv (Launch model painted purple) and used this tractor as a base model for his conversion. i'd love to own one of those but be rarer than hens teeth...... anyhows one can live in hope of one day finding one 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 10/60 4/65 and 384 4wd conversions, in real life the 10/60 and 4/65 versions were Cantatore conversions named 4/70 and 4/76 respectively, i dont think they ever did any conversions on the 384's but a few enthusiasts have converted both 4/65's and 384's to 4wd using the later scrap skid units of the 462/472 or 604/704, Joe Dobson done a few now as has Graham Hill although Graham liked using Climax Forklift Skids as they were more abundant in the scrap yards around him, but the best one i know of was built by two good friends Ian (Big Tam) and his lad Martin, They used an 804 skid and kept the turbo so its a 384/4t same time of build they also put a "H" set of gears into a 4/65...... i've driven that tractor and it isnt frightened to pick its feet up on the road... both legends in their own right, sadly Ian is no longer with us but his tractors live on with Martin 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Very nice Paul, is that Joe from up our way? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 3 minutes ago, 844john said: Very nice Paul, is that Joe from up our way? Aye think it be the same one, over the back of Stanhope, he's just spraying up a 482 at present and making a real tidy job of it, he's sold a few off lately, 4/65, 272, and a cables 472 and bought a 262 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Valley Axe Man Posted May 10, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 10, 2020 Hi-ways/municipal version of a Leyland 384 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted May 11, 2020 Author Share Posted May 11, 2020 344 and 384 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 I like those last two very much Paul 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf aphid Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Yes I too really must get the scaledowns! Now where did I leave my pot of gold ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted May 12, 2020 Author Share Posted May 12, 2020 12 hours ago, 844john said: I like those last two very much Paul I've a couple more cabbed ones John, though unfortunatley i didnt get all the variants, think the 348 and 344 that i have are the standard versions but were also available with 14x30's on the 384 and 11x32's on the 344, like wise the 255 (11x28's and 11x32's) and 270 (12x36's and 14x30's) in fact i dont owneither of the 255's but have both of the 270's will get photo's 12 hours ago, alf aphid said: Yes I too really must get the scaledowns! Now where did I leave my pot of gold ? Haha Alastair, if you find it.... i dont thint the Scale down built Leylands are bad money although there are only certain versions left now... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted May 12, 2020 Author Share Posted May 12, 2020 Pair of Scaledown 270's 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmd Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 you keep finding them paul i thought your collection was 16th mainly now but you've a fair lot of 32nd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_emmons Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 great looking collection Paul 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted May 13, 2020 Author Share Posted May 13, 2020 9 hours ago, jmd said: you keep finding them paul i thought your collection was 16th mainly now but you've a fair lot of 32nd Aye john, its mainly 16th but i've had these a few years just sat away, its more a case i dont buy that much 32nd these days... though would still buy the right ones if they came along 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted May 13, 2020 Author Share Posted May 13, 2020 6 hours ago, b_emmons said: great looking collection Paul Cheers Brian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted May 13, 2020 Author Share Posted May 13, 2020 Back to a bit of Harvest gold, Dave Towse 602 and 702 Marshalls 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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