Ferguson FF-30

[bbowser]

From the instruction sheet:

The TE-20, nicknamed Little Grey Fergie, was launched in 1946 and built in Coventry by the Standard Motor Co.  More than 500,000 units were built until 1956.  They were imported to France and successful enough to justify a joint-venture between Standard and Hotchkiss in 1953 with mostly imported British parts.  The share of French-built parts increased until reaching 100% in 1957 when the TE-20 became the FF-30, produced until 1958.  Minor differences from the TE-20 included seat shape, battery location, and red-painted engine and chassis.

Neat little kit.  The toughest part was the equipment hitch on the back.  They included decals for the lights which kinda look OK.  Comments welcome and thanks for looking.

 

[Jim B]

Cool tractor. 

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[shoopdog]

Very, very nicely done. This kit is a pleasure to build.

[stitchdup]

Nice job, it seems odd to me seeing the french colour scheme, i grew up with a mf35 and their paint was the opposite

[stavanzer]

Very Nice.

It was that Three Point Hitch at the back that sold those tractors to the world. With it, a single farmer could do so much more.

Yours looks great!

[ksnow]

Great looking little tractor. I mowed a lot of grass with a '53 Ferguson, TO-30 model. Those little workhorses are fun.

[David G.]

An excellent build!

My stepdad had one of these Fergusons back in the Eighties. He had a harrowing deck, a plow and a brush hog for it too.

Thanks for posting this, it was a pleasure to see it.

David G.

 

[happy grumpy]

This is a beautiful kit. There were so many around back then in my neighborhood, I remember being 6 years old, sitting in my father's lap, holding the wheel and marveling at the tractor following the road, turning the curb even before I turned the wheel. Of course my father was driving with his feet pushing the tie rods to steer it in the right direction. Eventually I found out. So may good memories from that time. Never saw one so clean though. Nice to see how they looked new. Excellent painting of the details. I like it

[slusher]

Beautiful tractor ? very clean build!  It’s remarkable how much it looks like the Ford tractor.

[ChrisR]

Looks great!