Tractorboy's Treasures

[tractorboy]

When I started collecting about 10 years ago everything was up on display (kept on adding more shelves up the wall).

pre tidy1 IMG_9772.JPG (176.69 KiB) Viewed 9181 times

pre tidy2IMG_2640_zps4d86d68b.JPG (356.02 KiB) Viewed 9181 times

2 years ago had a big redecorate and tidy up

tidy shelf IMG_7005.jpg (64.2 KiB) Viewed 9181 times

shelf 1 IMG_7007.jpg (92.68 KiB) Viewed 9181 times

shelf 2 IMG_7008.jpg (63.99 KiB) Viewed 9181 times

Major Pack & King Size

KS & MP IMG_7009.jpg (66.53 KiB) Viewed 9181 times

King Size Window

KS windows IMG_7015.jpg (70.02 KiB) Viewed 9181 times

ks windows 2 IMG_7012.jpg (48.65 KiB) Viewed 9181 times

By now I had a collection of boxed model which ended up in cabinets

boxes 1IMG_7016.jpg (22.65 KiB) Viewed 9181 times

boxes 2IMG_0339.JPG (57.62 KiB) Viewed 9181 times

Plus a cupboard of carry cases, photos, garages, roadways & other ephemera. This thread is a good reason to finally tidy up the cupboard and post some photos.

[tractorboy]

Display Shelf

Knowing that I'd never be able to afford a card display I decided to make my own.
"A" Series

1a seriesIMG_1305.JPG (141.08 KiB) Viewed 9176 times

"B" Series

1b series IMG_8117.JPG (156.35 KiB) Viewed 9176 times

"C" Series

1c series IMG_8118.JPG (171.02 KiB) Viewed 9176 times

"D" Series

4d series IMG_8133.JPG (103.72 KiB) Viewed 9176 times

[Miller]

OMG - you will need al real big lot of bandwidth to load up all these gems

[fixer]

very nice display unit , I like the use of harder to find variants

[Squid]

Very nice collection. I like the King Size models, and my hands-down favorite is the early Lesney Massey-Harris tractor.

[motorman]

Lots of very nice things there Tractor boy. I am very impressed.

[MatchboxFreak]

Wow! An impressive collection!
Thank you for showing the before and after photos.

[tractorboy]

HTF Models

5 HTFa IMG_7014.jpg (67.5 KiB) Viewed 9140 times

5HTFb IMG_7018.jpg (48 KiB) Viewed 9140 times

5HTFc IMG_7019.jpg (56.32 KiB) Viewed 9140 times

[tractorboy]

Accessory & Major Pack

6AP IMG_8587.JPG (71.33 KiB) Viewed 9137 times

6MP IMG_8594.JPG (101.74 KiB) Viewed 9137 times

Buses

bus 1IMG_0956.JPG (93.83 KiB) Viewed 9137 times

bus 2IMG_0973.JPG (143.55 KiB) Viewed 9137 times

bus 3IMG_0961.JPG (123.04 KiB) Viewed 9137 times

Combines

combines IMG_3609.JPG (134.46 KiB) Viewed 9137 times

Milk Carts

milk carts IMG_0814.JPG (128.85 KiB) Viewed 9137 times

Road Rollers

Rollers IMG_9892.JPG (110.09 KiB) Viewed 9137 times

[tractorboy]

OMG - you will need al real big lot of bandwidth to load up all these gems

Recently got Ultra Fast Fibre installed. NZ Government is subsidising the rollout across the country with free installation to inside the house.
At a similar cost to what I was paying for ordinary broadband so very happy. Able to connect up my Sky via wireless and watch/download everything with no problems.